The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-15
Take the Keys From Their Pockets,
Unlock a Murderer from the
Car Seat, Capture the
Engineer, aud At the Point of the
Pistol Force Him to Run
His Engine Through
Three Towns to Leyoys, Where They
Take Forcible Possession
Other Foreign aud Domestic News.


CHATTANOOGA, September II The sheriff
and his deputy of this county were shot
and killed to-day while enroGte with pris-
oner, John Taylor, who, two years aao,
killed Captain Fletcher on the Tennessee
river. He escaped but was finally Captnred
and brought here. lie had several trials
and at the last term ofcourt was sent enced
TO ten years hard labor in the penitep.
tiary. He appealed to the supreme court,
which is in session at Knoxville, and the
case was to come mp today NJ
noon. Sheriff Cole and Deputy Conway
took the East Tennessee train with Taylor.
who was handcutled. Several men boardcd
the train at Sweetwater or philadelphia.
about seyenty-iive miles from here and
while the train was bctwern thcre and Lon.
don, deliberately shot Cole and CONWAY
dead and wounded another man. They
then released the prisoner ana took charge
of the train, running it through London,
and at Lenoy's station John ?aylor and his
brothers Bob and Andy, got off, and forci-
bly, taking some horses, left tur the noun.
tain5. John Taylor was wounded in the arm.
This city is in an intense stats of excite
ment. posse Of thirty men with Spring
held rifles left on special train on the
| Cincinnati Southern for Kingston and an.
other posse will leave here soon. An over
land posse has already left Kingston, and
another from London Cole was sheriff
only two weeks. He was one of the most
popular men in this community, and was
about % years old. He leaves large
family. Conway was about 80 aad was
prominent in locol politics. Such excite.
ment has not been seen in Chattanooga
since the war. A special train. will bring
the bodies OF tho victims here tonight,
The shooting took place about o'clock.
{ WASHINGTON, September lI.--A dispatch
| from Knoxville gives the following account
OF the murder Of Sheriff Cole and his dep.
uty The officers had in custody three
prisoners. John Taylor and Samuel
Carter were under sentence for mur.
der and We're chained together
The other prisoner, negro, wac
chaired to tho seat. Whenthe train stopped
ut Swcctwater three mon entered the car
one OF whom was the brother Of the pris
oner, Taylor. One entered the car from
the other two entered the cur from til,
front. Taylor's brother approached Deput,
Conway from behind, placed pis
tol to his head and blew
Conways brains ont. IIo ther
took the keys from out " Uonway.s pocket
and unlocked the prisoners Taylor AM
the latter secured the deputy's pistol. A,
this instant Sheriff Cole rushed at th,
men, firing on them and the prisoners
! AS he fired the prisoner, Taylor, shot hin
! through the bowels, and the other twt
men shot him through the breast
Sheriff Cole fell dead. TAYLOR
the prisoner. was slightly wounded
in the arm; the two rescuers wore not hur.
and with Taylor jumped on the engine and
presenting pistols at the engineers head
compelled him to pull out Immediately and
to put on more steam. lie ran twenty
miles, up to Lcnoys, running through
three towns without stopping. Al
Lenoys the three men Jumped
from the engine and secured horses which
were waiting for them and escaped. Tn,
other prisoners. Carter and the negro
came 10 Knoxville without guard am
surrendered to tho sheriff of Knox county
Conway's dead body was brought TO Knox
Vile. Coles body was thrown from III,
car platform at .Sweetwater 10y the res
Cuers,
SILL LATRR.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., soptcmber It,
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