The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-05
HORRIBLE DETAILS.
OF the AvOndale Murders as
Told by One of the Fiends
Who Committed the
Deed.

examination of the parties charged
with the murder of Beverly Taylor
and wife and Eliza Jane Crombert
and adopted child, whose bodies
were sold to the Ohio Medical Col
lege the same night of the murder,
was held at Avondale this morning
before Mayor Strickland. The tes-
timony included the statement OF
r. b. Dixon, express driver, who
said he was employed by Allen In
gals on the night of the murder to
do some hauling; that ingalls, and
another cnlored man met him at an
appointed place, and that he hauled
three bodies in sacks to the Medical
College. He recognized Allen In
gals and Ben johnson as the men
who put the bodies into the wagon
DIR. Cilley, demonstrators of ana
tony of the Ohio Medical College,
testified that Allen Ingalls, and an
other man brought the bodies, and
that he regarded ingalls, as resur-
rechonist, but refused to testify TO
to any other cases where Ingalls,
had sold bodies to the. college.
Ben Johnson plead guilty, but
Allen Ingall remained defiant He
and Johnson were held for murder
in the first degree. Charles Ingalls,
and JEFF Prout were discharged.
CINCINNATI, February 23.-To-
night the result was made known
of a long conversation in Jail be-
tween Allen Ingalls, and Marshal
Brown, in which the whole story of
the killing of the Taylor family was
told. Ingalls, for long time resist
ed all attempts to get the facts from
him, but finally saying "I'm gone
anyhow, | know you will be good
ty my family when I'm dead I'll
tell you the truth" he recited the
horrible details. He said that on
Friday morning Ben johnson, " ho
lives with him, said be had three
points for that night. He explain
ed that points ment subjects for the
medical college. He asked johnson
where they were, and johnson re-
phed: "The three people at the Tay-
lor cabin on the hill they are ne
good, and we can knock them on
the head. Ingalls, said he agreed,
and went to the Ohio Medical Col
lege and told them that he would
have three subjects that hight.
They agreed to pay him SIS apiece,
and gave him note to the express
man, II. B. Dixon. He went to the
express man and engaged him to
meet them on the Avondale pike at
9 o'clock that night. Then he went
home, and after dark he and John
son started to Taylor's. They had
a bottle of whisky, took drinks and
felt good. The door was not locked.
They bolted in. The old man was
sitting by the side of the fireplace,
his wife in front, and girl at work
in the room. Johnson had a locust
club little longer than a police
mans .club, and began striking
them over the head, right and left,
as he would cattle The woman
struggled and offered resistance.
ingalls, says he finally choked her
to death. Johnson easily disposed
of the others with the club. They
then stripped the bodies, put them
in sacks, which they brought along,
and carried them to the roadside,
and went to need the wagon. Load
ing them in, they drove to the Ohio
Medical College and delivered them
and get their pay. Ingalls, says he
knows nothing about the firing Of
the cabin. 1t is stated to night that
q mob of sixteen negros organized
last night to lynch these men, but
found the Jail too well guarded. In
gals and Johpson are in the Gin
cannati Jail tonight. Ingalls, con-
fesses that he has stolen several
bodies in the past few months from
the new cemetry beyond Av0ndale
and sold them TO the Ohio Medical
College. .4