Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-14
BUTCHERED.
SALLY SAUNDERS, COL, MUIR
DERED WITH AN AXE, NEAR
cASKY WEDNESDAY
NI4HT.


The Body Found Friday and Jor-
dan Taylcr Arrested on sus-
pioion.
The fall killings have opened up
with vengeance this month. In
our issue of Oct. 7 we reported one
in this city, Oct. 3, one at cambridge
Oct. 4, and now we are called upon
to chronicle ant tier which occl rod
near Casky on the night of Oct. 3d.
making the third murder in the
county within period of five days.
There are no palliating circumstan-
ces whatever in this last one as it
was heartlcss, cold blooded butch
cry Of a woman.
On last Wednesday colored wom-
an named Sally Saunders was en-
ploycd in assisting to cut tobacco at
Mrs. Eliza Bronaugh's, near Casky.
The woman lived about one mile from
Mrs. Bronaugh's and after the days
work was done she stayed until after
dark before starting home. Jordan
Taylor, negro man who was at Mrs.
l'ronaugh's when the woman started
away proposed to 90 with her, which
proposal was rejected, and she bor-
rowed lantern and started across
the field alone. This was the last
seen of her alive. She failed TO re-
port at her home that night or the
next day and on Friday her daugh-
ter went to Mrs. Bronaugh's looking
for her. A party of men started out
to search for her and the body was
found about | o'clock Friday. From
the first the man Jordan Taylor, who
had been on bad terms with the wom-
an, was suspected and he was taken
along with the searching party. In
crossing the field several hundred
yards from Mrs. Bronaugh's house
Mr.. Watson, one Of the party, found
the scene Of the murder. Evidences
Of Il struggle were seen and blood on
the grass and also place where an
axe had been stuck in the ground.
The trail was followed to little
thicket of willows about 100 Yards
off and there the body was found.
The wonau's head was cut TO the
brain with an axe in two places. She
was found lying on her face, where
she ind been stopped after being
dragged feet foremost.
Jordan Taylor was at once arrest
cd on suspicion. lie had been hunt.
ing with Mr.. Watson during the
search, but when the latter bore in
the direction of the place where the
killing occrr.edTaylor began TO n.ose
III another direction and was about
100 yards of whom the spot was found
Mr.. Watson called TO him, not telling
him what he had found, when Tay-
Tor at once called to the others "come
on boys, Mr.. Watson has found her."
This was before the trail had been
followed up to where the body was.
The body was lying in cool place
and decomposition had not set in, al
though the murder had been COM
United nearly two days before. An
inquest was held by ESQ. w. L. War
field and verdict duplicating Jor-
dan Taylor was returned by the jury
and he was brought to Jail where he
is now confined.
The murdered woman was about
40 years old and had grown daugh-
ter living with her. She had made
her arrangements TO go to Louisville
to live and intended to leave Friday
on the excursion train. Some days
before she, had a difficulty with Tay-
lor and had drawn a knife OH him in
the store at Casky,
Taylor is about IS years old and
bears a rather unsavory reputation
Circumstances point TO him very
strongly as the guilty party, and I'M
less he can prove all alibi his neck
will be in considerable danger, al
though hangings are seldom ever
thought of in this county 1t would
be difficult to conceive of a more
atrocious murder than the one with
which he is charged and if he be
guilty he should pay tho penalty
with his life. The examining trial
has not yet been held.
On Saturday Taylor became
alarmed and declared that negro
named John Lee committed the muir
der. Lee was accordingly arrested
and is also in Jail. Taylor insists
that Lee did the killing and Lee pro :
tests that Taylor did. 1t is very
probable that both are guilty and it
looks like we are to have hanging
in this county after many years OF
bloodshed and after scores of crimi-
mails have gone UNPUBLISHED. A ring
belonging to the dead woman was
found in Taylors pocket and there
is scarcely the shadow of a doubt
that one if not both OF the prisoners
are guilty of crime for which death
would be light penalty,
GA1LAGHER'S RANCH, TEXAS.