The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-19


trIct Court of Lyon County. hi
On Charge OF Shooting At ,CoIdncsoFs -
Downing and ingalls,
The readers OF The News will recall q
an account published in this paper last m
Thursday of. the arrest of party named hi
Taylor, who, while under The influence j
of intoxicating drinks. confessed TO T. al
n. Dixon, of Plymouth, by whom lie b
was employed, that he was one of the d.
men who killed -sheriGan and his deputy je
in Tennessee last fall while they were til
taking Taylor's brother from Chattanoo- oil
ga 10 Knoxville. n
The following proclamation issued at "
the time of the tragedy, seis forth the to
fall details of the occurrence: Ii
$S,33333 REWARD. Il
for the muFderers of Sheriff w. L. Gate "
aud Deputy Sheriff John j: Conway, of N
Tenn s,
On September 18th, 1882, at Philedel- p
phIs, Loudnn county. Tennessee, while N
ab y I.aAcu officers were conveying OF
j Ohm Taylor TO the Supreme Court at n,
Knoxville, Tenn, they were fouily muir :.
dered by John and his two brothers, u
Andy and Bob Taylor. on board a pas il
senger train OF the East Tennessee, Yir- OF
ginia s. Georgia railroad. John had
been convicted for the murder of Capt.
Fletcher, and had appealed to the Su- U
preme Court Bob and Andy boarded eI
the train and shot the officers without Of
warning, liberating John, took posses
sion Of the train, ran il at high rate OF /.
speed through Loudon and across tie
Tennessee river, stopped at Lenolfs, "
seized horses and escaped. During the q
shooting on the train John was badly
wounded by pistol shot in the left arm :,
between the hand and elbow. Johns II
wound was dressed by DIR. Lenoir at b
LeRoir's station. The three Taylons e.
then proceeded to Kingston in company n
with their brother-in-law, George Little
ton, (whO resides between LeDoir's sta
ton and Kinston.) Here they aban- c.
doned their horses, and LittletOn started n,
back to LenoIr with said horses. They -
boldly entered some stores and demanded =
some ammunition, which was given u
them and from that time 10 the 18th Of
October all trace was lost. On this lat lie
ter date Bob Taylor was shot and killed g.
by Sheriff GoodaiI, of baclede county, | "
Missouri, on a passenger train near g
Marshfield, while resisting arrest. He h
had got aboard at Lebanon, Mo-, and b
was supposed to be making for some n,
DOiQI Int NollOH VI 1CAdo. l
Sheriff GOodalI brought Taylor's body D
to Chattanooga, where it was identified,
and he received One-third of the total n
reward of $12, 500, which amounted to -
81 1856 g. The same amount will be
paid for the arrest Of either of the other o.
brothers, DEAD or ALIVE, or $S,3So 81 81
tor both FIVE thousand dollars of this "
latter amount will be paid by the county :,
Judge of this county, and the residue :,
So 383 SO by the governor of the State of II
Tennessee. Or, if anyone will locate 81
for me these brutal murderers, Or fur O
nish me any Information which will u1-l =
timately lead to their arrest, he will be :
literally rewarded. / am ready and
willing, with posse from this county, u
to effect the arrest and give the entire Ii
reward To parties locating them and
aiding. / want the outlaws apprehended /
and am indifferent about receiving any L
reward. ~. "
DESCRIPTION. -
The following description of John
Taylor can be reliedson as accurate, he1
having been in my charge IN jail for.
length of time while held b
for the murder of Capt. Fletcher: His ] i,
height is six feet or a little more, age =
about "a years, weight while in con-
finement 100 pounds; complexion dark, G.
hair dark brown, eyes very large and b
greenish brown in color. HIS face is h
round, with well-developed head and :
high forehead, and Inclined to be little
bald at top of forehead. He usually i"
Wears q mustache and has his hair cut n
short, and has small burnsides in front NJ
of his ears connecting with his hair. .,
His face is badly pitted with smallpox. .
When gazing at you he has q vihdictive u
look, turns the bali of the eye down le
ward, and shows an unusual quantity of II
white above eye-ball. His form might 4
be called "heavy SET" with the points |
of the shoulders slightly rounding, and e.
when he walks the upper part: OF his tC
body inclInes forward. Let
Andy is described by his >acquaint7 :,
ances as follows: Age, 81 years; height, =
about feet II inches; weight, $50 lbs; u
rather slender built. He has complex. p
ion and countenaHce similar to John. Al
He is rather heavily freckled or peck >,
marked.
John Taylor's trade is either steam Fl
boat engineer or fireman on railway, en- "
CINE Andy has no trade. but has II
worked some in coal and ore mines and -
public works. Andy stammers a little "
in his speech. His under lip hangs q:
down some, and he is constantly licking it
it with his tongue.
Address all communications to a,
II. j. SPRINGFIELD,
Sheriff Hamilton Co., Tenn, j.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Ii
This morning Sheriff Fl. J. Spring tls
field and Deputy Sheriff G. E. Stanley. I'll
of Hamilton county, Tennessee, arrived b
in Emporia in response To advices from "
here, aud informed Sheriff Ryan that b
they had in their possession reqnisi- e
ton from Gov Bate on Gov. Click, and o
also a requisition from the latter upon Il
Az. of T f,-. ToxylN 1
who has been lying in the county Jail c
since last Thursday They said, how O
ever, that they were not empowered to |,
make any terms touching the reward, II
and Sheriff Ryan refused to surrender ]
the prisoner until some pledge at TX
least could be scored that this II
would be forthcoming. Iu the mean Il
time Taylor, who rode out to Plymouth 81
on the freight on the tenth, aud who, il
being intoxicated, made free use of his Il
revolver when the train men endeavored Fl
to collect his fare, was brought before b
Justice Fletcher this morning, in the n
kitchen of the Jail, on warrant sworn C
him with shooting at Conductors In q
gals and Downing with intent 20 kill, 2
and waving examintion was bound over
to district court In the sum of $4,000 s.
and committed to Jail in Il
default of bond. Taylor can e
now, therefore. only be surrender n
ed to the Tennessee officers with the con- o
sent of County Attorney Feighan. b
THIS afternoon Sheriff Springfield was b
permitted to see Taylor and immediate d
iy recognized him US the maa, who COM
mitted the crime of shooting Deputy I e
Sheriff Conway. Taylor expressed the i
deepest sorrow for his misdeeds and as '
suIed Sheriff Springfield that-he would | !
willingly give his right arm if he Was
once more free man. He7said he was I
fearful if he we're taken back TO Tenne II
essee that he would be lynched, and evil Z
IDENTIFY clings to the hope that he will be ia
held here He says he knows nothing Ee
of the whereabouts of his brother q
John, and declares that he was I'd
persuaded to commit the desperate /
deed of killing the officer whose blood i
Is upon his head. e
Officers Ryan and Kramer and Mr.. Fl
Dixon have rendered a great service 70 t
the commonwealth of Tennessee IN cap
turing such Desperate, and II is only 1
fair that they should have the reward 4
offered for the apprehension of the
criminal, and the Tennessee officers who &
are here say they will do all in their Il
H.. 1. a. ! a..