The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
CONFESSED.
The Horrible Story Of a Murderer

CINCINNATI, Feb. 23.-To-night the
result was made known of long con-
versation in jail between Allen In
gals and Marshall Brown, in which
the whole story of the killing OF the
Taylor family was told. Ingalls, for a
long time resisted all attempts to get
facts from him, but finally saying,
"I'm gor anyhow; l know you will
he good to my family when am deau;
1 will tell you the TRUTH" and recited
the horrible details. He said that
Friday morning Ben johnson, who
lives with him, said to him he had
three points for that night. He eX-
planned that points meant subjects
for the medical college. He asked
Johnson where they were and he re-
piled, "The three people at the Taylor
cabin on the hull; they are no good;
we can knock them in the head"
Ingalls, said he ageed, and he then
went to the Ohio Medical college and
told them he would have three sub
jects that night. They agreed to pay
him $15 apiece and give him a note
to Expressman. r. B. Dixon. He
went to the expressman and engaged
him to meet them on the AvOndale
pike at o'clock that night. He then
went home, and after dark he and
johnson started for Taylor's. They
had bottle of whisky, and took
drinks and felt good The door was
not locked and they bolted right in.
The old man was sitting by the side
of the fireplace, his wife was in front
and the girl was at work in room.
Johnson had a locust club a little
onger than a policeman's club, and he
began striking them over the head as
he would cattle. The woman strug-
gled and offered resistance. ingalls,
says he finally choked her to
death. johnson easily disposed of
the others with a club. Then
they stripped the bodies, put them in
sacks, which they brought along, and
carried them to the roadside and went
to meet the wagon. Loading them in
they drove to the Ohio medical college
and delivered them and received pay
Ingalls, says he knows nothing about
the firing of the cabin. 1t is stated
tonight that a mob of sixty Was or
ganized last night to lynch these men
but they found the Avondale jail toe
well guarded. ingalls, and johnson
are in the Cincinnati jail tonight
Ingalls, confesses that he has stolen
several bodies in the past few months
from the new cemetery beyond Avon
dale and sold them to the Ohio medi
cal college.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 23.-The exam;
nation of the palties charged witt
) the murder of Beverly Taylor ant
wife and Eliza j. Crambert, an adopt
: ed child, whose bodies were sold tt
| the Ohio medical college on the nigh
: of the murder, was held at Avondal
a this morning before Mayor Strick
= land. The testimony included tn
: statement of r. B. Dixon, the expires
r driver, who said he was employed b,
i Allen ingalls, on the night of tn
4 murder to do some hauling; that In
; gals and another colored man me
i him at the appointed place, and h
hauled three bodies, in sacks. to tn
Ohio medical college; he recognize
Allen ingalls, and Ben johnson a
the men who put the bodies in th
i wagon.
3 DR.. Cilley, demonstrator of anatom
"a at the Ohio medical college, t, sti6e
If that Allen Ingalls, and another ma
a brought the bodies, and that he r
IS garded ingalls, as a resurrectionist, bl
p refusing to testify to any other ca
Il where ingalls, had sold bodies to Il
It college.
a Ben johnson pleaded guilty, but a
of len Ingalls, remained defiant. He al
"a johnson were held for murder in d
le first degree. Richard ingalls, and il
%, Pont were discharged,