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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-26
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
TAYLOR PERJUREs HIMSELF IN COURT.


On "Wednesday night named Sally Saunders
Mrs Eliza DrOnaugh Cask Station
in Christian county, about five miles from opknve The woman had
was done she until dark before leaving for her ome about
also Mrs Bonaughs and proposed to
home but his proposal rejected and she borrowed
field alone This the last seen OF her
home that night or the next DAY ana ON
Mrs. Bonaughs looking for her party OF
search for her and the body found ABOUT O'Clock
Taylor who had on
and he taken along with the searching
nary crossing field several hundred yards from Mrs onaugs
murder Evidences struggle and blood on the grass and also
had stuck the ground The trail was
about 0yads off and there the body was found
the brain with two places She
was found living where she had been stopped after being dragged
foremost L., Hoo, ,,,u.;uu
with during the Search but when the latter bore III ne
direction 100 yards off when the spot was oun Mr.
Watson called telling him what he had found when ray at
called boys Mr. Watson has found he s
been followed where the BODY was
Mr. Watson to place
arrest and taken in charge by the officer and posse
lying cool and shady place ana deco-
noon had although the murder had been committed nearly
held by Esq W. e. Warheu ana YER
dict mpang yor returned by the jury and he was taken
to the county jail .. a,, 1oo,orod tbot
John Lee committed murder Lee accordingly arrested ana put IN
innocence and Taylor just as persist
guilty, but that Lee struck he ai
only in the immediate vicinity OF t
the county For brutality
fendshness almost without parallel IN the county any
when Taylor and araged for trial before Justices Anderson ano
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-26

endowed Taylor with,
themselves and at early find him
trouble by stealing When he about twelve years old
Mr. Munda neghbor his masters and
was settled upon pescn he'd and denied all knowledge of
he had it. which he
dishonest whipped by
his master brotherin-law of the of the dog
him lie
his mistress TO the writer Jordan related the
following incident:
pcd brains beongn after hog killing time she put
mn in the the saeps and found EN- day
always time passed the jar took handful
and it wasn't long gone One day mis sent
thought would what had done by
bkin when broke the jar by falling down the steps, that
didn't the brains thar and got another whippn"
lily II years.
continued practice his petit thefts rob-
bling hen the like until his conscience be-
these little matters
almost shrewdn his being detected
stealing the
plentiful He stole $3.50 from anUth
roomed with him and arrested and taken Lafayette for
was released After married and for number lived
with Mr. NJ his family still live His during these
this sketch and will on to the
cumstauces the crime that cost Taylor his life
weighing probably
She old and the mother of children Her charar
ter was known In 1877 or 1878 Taylor met this
woman lie left his wife at times and worked
then another About 1881 he met John Lee and
black paced the fall OF 1854
Tyor went working the neighborhood until to-
wards when he arrested The motives leading
to the alluded and will proceed to give his
tory based TaOrs confessions in court
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-26
THE TRIAL OF TAYLOR

The grand Jury 1886 and Taylor reiterated his confession
before that both Taylor and Lee promptly indicted for will
ful separately Taylor araigned Mar 2
and the following jury empaneled TO try his
Cooper, Tho Brown James Lacy, Wash Harry Van Duln W.
H. Smoe Courtney g. w Clark Alex Walker j. s. Forrey
f. d. Boyd and E. +. Morris ,..
The Court appointed Mess Jno W. McPherso and Jas rcaht to
defend the prisoner promptly entered through his attorneys plea of
guilty charged the Indictment The then argued by the
counsel whether penalty should be death life
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-26
HOPKINSVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY KY.JUNE 26, 1885,

Friday Oct 49, the crowded
its capacity The spectators had come to hear recital of the
the participants i'll the hi crime
disappointed Taylor promptly waived examination and
jail await the action of the grand jury in the March following
trial postponed until the next day. and Mr. W.
appointed defend him. and the prosecution in the absence
Sbree Messrs Henry Payne
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-26
JOHN LEES TRIAL.

again filed when Lees trial began The day
introduced lie raised his manaccd hands
and and then looked nvouy around but being assured that
began and told straight story Lees
admission testimony the Court decided
conspiracy charged and Taylor was held to be
nntnn ntwtnn
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-26
SKETCH OF CHRISTIAN C0UN-
TYSELEVENTII VICTIM OF TlIEHALTER, TO-
GETHER WITH A HISTORY OF HIS CRIME
TAYLoR's CHARACTER OUTLINED.

following sketch based the statements
weeks before the date fixed for
The portrait made from photograph taken In the jail
death had been passed him and excel
lent likeness From the reader obtain accurate idea the
who committed the hearess murders that daened
country dark brown almost black
small and possessing the characteristic features and instincts Of
Guinea Ills weight while Jail not
pounds but he health while ncarcerated and proba
weighed robust health lie moved with shu
fling gait shoulders stopped and spoke in quick nervous way his IAN
marked
average intelligence his That he
unusually quckwed the
trial when he implicated old John Lee and supplied
details of Lees The affair from his fertile imagination lie
did lack intelligence but like the genuine supous TO
degree that made his faith absolute IN the Vonoosm paciced by is
friend Dr. % John Lee 10 This fact largely due me circumstances a
fired by
passions filled with envy jealousy resentment
threatened by his victim whenever he complained
poor ignorant and dbaed creature conceived the idea of taking the
his mistress his ncanes his evil genius She it
him his wife and children had held him victim
by her we and when he no longer had money squand upon her. she
the influence John
rabbits and love rcwa2 When all else had failed regain her
took of his heart his
words devil got him. and his hands dyed with blood
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-26
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

According old the second day of
following emancipation of the slaves This being true he
his conviction little 81
age Shelby county, Ky at the plantation of Mr. John
lives Abilene, Tex His mother named ace
Press Onu Jordan the second
family children When Jordan small child his mother be-
James Taylor boernaw of Mr. Bell who
cnneown in this county, and the subject of this sketch be-
Christian and has been out OF the county
since or his five brothers Robert Thomas,
live at Mr. Maus TURNKEY this county Manuel lives in this city,
Ind and the other brother has not
been heard years and his whabou known His
ents dead for several years
married about Julia Avant and they
have three children Edward Emma and Annie aged
children live Jas NJ Caycs Beverley
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

of June ed shall be enforced TO the
letter. Subsidies will not be paid and
not one cent from the customs rev.
enue will be appropriated TO RAILWAYS.
which will thus have TO submit to the
exigeucies of the situation. The gov
eminent maintains that II owes the
railways nothing except the small
amount of subsidy which would have
accrued to them since the promulgn-
ton of the decree, and this amount.
together with that falling due In n
few months will be included In tho
governments floating debt. The gov
eminent will not even deliver up the
subsidy certificates to the railways,
claiming that. tho railways have no
right TO them, and that even II said
certificates were still receivable for
custom duties, the government
would not DO obliged to dc.
liver more than enough TO keep
the railways supplied with the
requisite amount To cover their month
ly subsidies. The government objects
TO the railways amassing large
amount of certificates and using them
W. security for loans, and considers
that IL was lenicnt to the Mexican
CNH'" iouh DNibEts III permitting
that company TO issue debentures,
with subsidy certificates as security.
President Diaz is firm In his dcter,ni-
nation TO maintain strictly the decis-
ion, and says: "When this Mexican
Central company found they could
not pay interest on their bonds they
funded their coupons. now we lind
we cannot pay the subsidy and we
ii; IL is equally matter of
necessity in both cases.
II is u matter of common report
that the government ~ looking to En-
gland for financial aid and that on the
return of Minister ST. John to Lon
don, new treaty of commerce with
Great Britain win be arranged. The
government is very favorable to the
investment of British capital in
the northern tier of states, rs n
to American influence.
The tendency is to favor English in
Iercsts.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

GALVESTON, August IA The status
OF the weather throughout the cotton
belt of Texas during the the twenty
four hours ending at p. m. to-day
was as follows--the first figures being
the maximum of temperature, the
second, the minimum, aud the third,
showing the amount of rainfall In
inches or hundreths thereof:
Galveston 81, rs, IL; Houston 81, II,
.25; llearne 81, II, 80; Waco 80, "A, .iS;
Corsicana 06, IS, .43; Dallas SO. "A, 10;
San Antonio 80, 20, 10; Cucro 80, II,
30; Palestine s., "A, IA; Columbia 92,
~, 90; Huntsville 80, ~, 80; Long
view SO ~, 90; Austin S6, "A, 10; ny
Ter 80, rs, 90; Weatheriord SO. 81, 90;
Bolton SO, 63, 90; Orange ~, az. 20;
Luling 92, II, Is; Wcimar 95. 73. 90;
Sour Lake 92, ~, 20; Beaumont 92,
~, 20
Mean temperature throughout the
cotton belt: highest, 92.25; lowest,
III 50. Mean rainfall, .3S.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
CRUSHED TRAINS.


OrrUMwA, Ia, August l4.-There
was u collision between two sections
of Adam Forepaugh's circus train.
The section which was run into Is
known as the baggage train, and was
made up from the rear as follows !:
Caboosc, two boN-cars and then the
sleepers, Baltimore, Buffalo, Washing
ton and Detroit. There were long,
heavy fiat-cars on which were loaded
the wagons containing the tents,
seats, etc. The boX-car next to the
sleepers telescoped with the Balti-
more. This sleeper was occupied by
the canvassmeD and theirs.
The following men were seriously
injured;
Frank Boyd, OF Philadelphia, leg
and arm broken aud injured in the
head.
"WaSey," the porter on the Balti-
more, leg broken near the hip.
August Smith, train loader, leg
broken.
Mike Welch, car repairer, head Sc
riously injured.
The sleepers Buffalo aud Washing
ton had their platforms demolished
and their occupants were badly
| hihhth UP Dul hOut NtTt Hlucu ILL.,
jurcd. The "Detroit was thrown
from the track and turned upside
down. II was occupied by sixty men
nearly all of whom are known in show
parlance as the privileged people. y
Sid Enson, song and dance artist, wa.
the only one seriously injured in thi.
car. Ae received severe cut il
the head aud his skull |,
probably fractured. A great man,
others sustained severe bruises. Tn,
fiat car next ahead of the detroit
had two carriages on ii which wer,
demolished. Orc of them contalnc,
u troop of performing dogs. Swun,
under the wagons ON this car wer,
hammocks occupied by men, severn
of whom were injured, but none seri
ously. Other cars were damaged
The manager and animals were no
hurt. Physicians from Eddyvllle an
Ottumwa are on the ground attend
ing the injured. Forepaugh did e,
, erything he could TO relieve III
wounded. lie says il Is tho mo,
serious accident that has ever ha,
: pened to him.
Il Later news increases the number ,
those dangerously hurt In the circ,
, train collision. The iull list of tho.
dangerously hurt Is August Schmii
c Frank Boyd, Sid Enson, Lewis llu
e ter, Joe Cops, Frank Holland, Frat
Baker and Lewis LcGrande. Tn,
are now ON sleeper being transit,
red TO the hospital at Davenport.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
CHOLERA HERE.
Near Camden, N. J., a Girl
Dies Of It in an Hour
and a Half.
worse and worse Grows the
situation In spain
aud IN France.
A Terrible Collision of Two
Trains In Iowa and Sew
eral Persons Injured.



PHILADELPHIA, August lI-Thc
people of Camden. N. j., are consider
ably alarmed over what appears to
have been death from cholera. The
coroner of Camden, who is also a
physician, was notified yesterday
morning that Margaret kcalcy, II
young Irish domestic on the farm of
Edward L. Hunt at Whitehouse had
died suddenly on Wednesday eve
ming. Arriving there at noon the
coroner found the body in an advanc-
cd stage of decomposition. On ill.,
vcsligating the cause Coroner Beale
found that the dead girl came from
Ireland two weeks ago, and her
brother, Michael Kealey of Philadcl-
phia, obtained a place for her with
farmer Hunt ten days before she died.
On Wednesday evening Miss Kcalcy
was taken suddenly Ill and vomitcd
continually until she died, an hour
and half afterwards. Tho coro-
ner gave certificate OF death
from congestion OF the brain due to
cholera morbus, and to-day the body
was taken TO m undertaken in Phila-
dclphia and is to be buried at once
The house and corpse were thoroughly
disinfccted. Coroner Beale Afterwards
continued his investigations, and
found that the symptoms in the case
were Identical with those of Asiatic
cholera. DIR. Bowman, II ply stefan of
who was called IN to at
tend the girl, did not arrive until after
her death. but he il also of the opiuion
that il il a case of cholera. An inves-
LEGATION is being made by DR.. Beale
to determine the character of the case.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
Opportunity Bargains Should MISS IT.

speciivc crews and an endcavor was
made to reach place of safety, over
the ice. Two of the boats
were lost and all on board,
numbering eighteen persons, persisted,
Four of the men in the other boats
were frozen TO death. The steamers
Batavia and Thrashcr and the barks
Atlantic, Arnold, Dawn, Young
PhTnix and Eliza were also badly
damaged by the ice. The agents at
st. George and st. Paul report that
no marauding vessels have been seen
80 far this season. The natives AZ
cape Prince OF Wales and on the bio.
mede islands were found peaceful aud
thriving. AT llalham inlet, Lieutenant
Cantwcll and three men were dis
patched, with the steam launch. to
explore the KAYAK and, if possible,
reach its head waters Another cx-
petition was dispatched under Sec
ond Assistant Engineer Maclinegaii.
to explore the Noyatay river. Sue
ccssiul results are expected from
both. Up TO July 3rd nothing had
been heard at llalham Inlet of the
schooner Viking, having on beard the |
naval expedition under Lieutenant q |
NJ. storey. The Corwin will extend
her cruise to Cotzenbuc sound.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
LOCAL OPTION.
The Attorney.Generai' Opinion of
wRcO's Petition.

The Attorney-Generai Opinion of
waco's Petition.
Special 10 the Examiner.
AUSTIN, August l4.-The McLennan
county local option question is being
freely discussed here IN Judicial circles.
Many prominent lawyers are of tho
oninion that ifthe city petition was
ignored or refused by the commits
sioners, the carrying of local OPP
ton in the county would not affect
the city. The commissioners are given
by the law no option in the matter of
granting or refusing pre-
cinct or county petition, but
II expressly stipulates that
an election shall be called at the first
session of the court after the filing of
the petition. The advice of the attor-
ney generals office was to grant both
petitions, but TO call the county cleo
ton first. This would head OIL the
nti-prohibitionists without cndaIl-
gering the result af a county election,
as, If prohibition carried in the county
no vote could be held IN the city OH
the subject for twelve months
The whole question hinges oa
the disposition the commissioners
made of the city petition. Ii they
adjourned over TO September 2nd
when the city petition is to be COLI
sidered, and that session is but con-
tinuation of the one at which the
county question was considered,
the prohiDitionists are ON top. There
is u conspicuous dearth of decisions
on local option questions, and any
decisions rendered by the court Of
appeals on this particular question
will lie by first impression"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
Killed for Resisting Arrest.

FoRr SMITH, August l4.-Buck An
derson, a Cherokee Indian, was killed
Monday by special deputy marshal,
James Il. Spencer, while resisting AR
rest. Spencer had writ for Andcr-
son for introducing whisky into the
Indian country, aud, finding him near
Wheeler's ranch, he attempted to serve
the writ, whereupon Anderson opened
fire on the marshal and his posse, aud
they returned the fire, killing HIM In.
stantly. Anderson was bad and
desperate character, and dangerou,
man to encounter. lie had, when
killed, IA Winchester rifle, a six-shootcl
and sack OF cartridges.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

WASHINGTON, August l4,-The
acting secretary of the treasury has
received report from Captain
IIealy, commanding the revenue
steamer, Corwin, IN regard to his
cruise in Alaskan waters. The re-
port is dated Port Clarence a. Il.
July 10. "Lieutcnant Berham aud
two seamen were left gu Otter island
early in the cruise for the protection
of seals, relieving Lieutenant Can't
well from that duty. No evidence of
Illicit trade was found among any Of
the whaling vessels. Information
was received of the loss, in the ice, of
the barks Napoleon aud Gaz' lie in
latitude coo so minutes, north aud
longitude l70> 20 minutes eat. All
their boats were manned by the re-
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
Twenty morse.Thleve. Kiiiea.

BILLINGS, Mont, August l4.-Ed.
Goulding, with two associate cattle
men, on the Musscl Shell Yesterday.
met marauding body of Piegan In
dians between the Razor and IIaif-
Breed creeks. The Piegans numbered
twenty aud were accompanied by
scyenty-tive stolen horses. Goulding
and his party fired, killing one Indian,
but being greatly Outnumbered were
compelled to retreat for reinforce
ncnts, Obtaining the latter and
overtaking the Picgans they killed the
entire party and recovered all the
stolen horses. What effect this battle
will have on the neighboring bands is
not known.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

BERLIN, August l4.-Admiral
Paschor tclegraphs to-day that the
Sultan of Zanzibar has given uncon.
ditional assent to Germany's claim
for protcctorate over all the terri
tory occupied in Zanzibar by German
subjects, including that of Sultan
Nitro, Gcrmany's friend. The Sui
Tau of Zanzibar has ordered his sub
jects to keep peace with the Germans
aud has Withdrawn his troops from
the now recognized German territory.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
SOUTH AMERICA.
Revolution ItacEed Perm.

LIMA, Peru, August l4.--Canta is
occupied by government troops, the
rebels having He'd on their approach.
News from Arequipa states that
great misery is prevailing, owing to
the eqaciions and tyrrany of the Gao
ernst authorities, and many inhabi-
tan.s are. leaving. 1t is said gem
eral feeling is in favor of the Yglcsias
government prevails in the central
provinces. While Garcia, the rcyo-
iutionists, occupied Cauta he cxtoricd
10000 sales, paper money, srom the
inhabitants.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

WASHINGTON, August Alt is in
contemplation to appoint All army
officer TO perform the duties of Indian
agents, upon the San Carlos rcserva.
ton. Some time ago Secretary In
mar expressed the conviction that AN
army officer should be designated to
reprepresent both the interior and
the war departments and the secre-
tary of war recommended to the pres
idcnt that Captain +. T. Pierce be AS
signed to tho position. The presi-
dent has not yet signiiiod his purpose
in regard to the matter.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

LOUISVILLE, August H.-Ariange-
mcnis are nearly completed for the
opening of the third season of the
Louisville Southern exposition to-
morrow, the display being nearly all
in a state of completeness. Owing to
the large number of exhibits from
distant foreign lands, this season will
be the most novel and interesting OF
the series. The art collection includes
the pictures of the American art as.
sociation's prize fund exhibition, held
In New York last April, aud some
200 others. 1t is pronounced the
finest collection of American picture,
ever brought together.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

Sweet are the uses of adversely, the
printers copy said, but he set ii up.
sweet are the uses OF ADVERTISING.
Sweet, indeed. TO those who in
sickness and suffering have secn the
advertisement of some sovereign rem
cay, which upon trial has 6roug,.
them from deaths door. "rhe est
thing | ever saw in my papeg,t AZ y, ,he
advertisement of DIR, piers aoa T5oiueh
Medical Discovery 81 thSsn n anu
again the testimony il of lun. VINO ny"
have been e'aiiections lung us
ease,n ,Propelhplaints and tLc " ~ !,
Hesh their, '"o ms 10
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

CINciSSATI, August ii. - Billy
UBrien, of Chicago. is here ON behalf
of Dominick McCaflrcy, who is to
have n hard-glove contest with John
L. Sullivan, at Chester Park, August
3lst. He says McCaiIrey has been
training ut Far Rockaway Beach, N.
Y, but will be here August 10Th.
Sullivan is expected to come here in
about week and go into training.
II is proposed to have the contest in a
twcnty-four foot ring on an elevated
platform, erected in front of the grand
stand Oh the race track,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

WAsHINGToN, August l4.-Au Or
der similar TO that recently issued by
Secretary Endicott will shortly be
sent out from the navy department.
Navy regulations require that officers
years on shore, returning at the end
OF the latter period to sea duty. Com
plant has been made by some officers
tLat they did not receive their full
time on shore and when the three
years of shore duty has elapsed the Of
Ulcers will be sent to sea.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15

WAsnINGToN, August II 1t is All.
nounced, unollicially, that General
Luther NJ Medley. of Lima, Ohio, has
been appointed assistant general
commissioner of the land Office, and
will assume the duties of that posi-
ton on September LIST, the date when
the resignation of Luther Harrison
takes effect, General Medley is a ma
tive of Ohio, and served in the army
on General Nandevcr's stall At the
close of the war he practiccd law until
1873, when he was appointed adjutant-
general of his state under Governor
HishOp.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
Russian Rio, AsaIns, Turks.

CONsTANTlNoPLE, August 1.-THE
populace of Kreumeutchoog, Rus
sian city on the Dnciper in Poltaya,
to-day attacked the Turkish residents
OF the town and attempted to drive
them out. The military restored or
der after much difficulty. During the
riot u great number of persons were
wounded. Thirty of the native
leaders have been arrested This an
gered the populacc and 1t Is feared
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-15
GERM An y.


BERLIN, August 1.-the krcuz
Icitung, in an article on the Zanzibar
question, says: "The moment has
come to end the intrigucs of Sir John
kirke, British consul-general at Xanzi-
bar, who is well known for his anti
German sentiments. The present
friendly relations between England
and Germany will undergo their tlrst.
aud perhaps decisive test, in Eas,
Africa. England must remember that
Sir John kirke's attitude may pre-
vent II satisfactory understanding.