Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-17
A FAMILY VENDETTA.
A SON Puts a Bullet Through HIS
Drunken Fathers Breast to Save
His Mothers Life.
The nrute shoots his Daughter and At.
tempts TO Massacre his whole Family
Tho Mothers Testimony.


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WHISKY RUINS HAPPY HOME.
HENRIETTA, Tx, Jan. lG.--ro-day,
about O'Clock am, a shooting ARRAY
took place In Henrietta, which Ia too ter.
rible TO enter the columns of paper.
William Taylor, being somewhat under
the influence Of liquor, went 10 his home
In this city, about O'Clock M, To-day,
and began quarrel with his wife and
children, Taylor soon Jew into bad
state OF feeling, and took his pistol, pre-.
paratory TO killing his family. They sue.
ceeded in taking II from him, aud then he
sald he was golng 10 Kill them anyway.
aud took hts wife by the hair with one
hand, aud u pair OF scissors IN the other,
as Il 10 cut her throat. While Ia this
attitude, his son Tom, about thirteen
years old, got hold OF ride
and shot his father through the
breast, the ball entering on one side OF
the breast and coming out on the other.
The wound is thought not to be fatal.
immediately after Taylor was shot hc
grabbed the gun from his son aud at
tempted 20 shoot some one OF the family.
The muzlle was thrown down by some
one OF them and the weapon was fired,
shooting one OF his daughters through the
grown. Taylor Us now sober, and gives
his son Tom credit for the bravery he dis.
played In defending his mother, brothers
and sisters. Tom is ready 20 be tried az
any time, MS ho feels justified IN doing
what he did. Taylor Is IA bed His OK
aiming trial win come up as soon as he
gets out, which win be before long u Is
thought.
Special to the Gazette.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
HENRIETTA, Tx, Jan. lG,--At this
place to-day, about O'Clock a. m, a
drunken husband attempted TO commit
foul murder on the whole inmily and then
TO commit suicide. An examining trial
was had to-day Of the son who shot the
father with rifle In defense Of the fami-
| ~. The wife IL the only witness who tea
tides, and she relates the story as fol-
| lows
al saw the defendant to-day before the
making Of the complaint. William Taylor,
my husband, came homo drunk
last night about 10 O'Clock lie brought
home whisky and tried 10 get me 10 drink
| It and | would not drink, He made the
children drink rs long as they could drink
aud then poured some down his daugh-
terra throat and beat her on the head with
his fist. We begged Of him % stop AID
/ told him that we all liked him well
enough aud were not mad 40 him. He sat
| IN a chair until about / O'Clock this morn.
| ing He went TO sleep and fell out Of his
chair and my daughter and ! picked him
| mp and put him to bed, and he let on Ike
1 he was asleep until about 2 O'Clock. He
! had pistol In bis pocket
when we put him 10 bed which took out
and put away ia the trunk In another
room, where my daughter slept When
awoke he was out Of bed and In my
| daughters room, ! got up and Htt rted TO
20 INTO the room where he was He hoard
me and came out and met me. lie took
hold OF me and commenced TO choke me
and told me wns going TO kill me- lie
| pulled me back into the bedroom, con
| tinulng 10 choke me, but he soon quit and
went TO looking as II trying
TO find something to strike mo with. liz
found nothing. lie then felt In his pocket
for his pistol and asked where II was
told HIM that IL was put away, and that
none OF his family were going ~ hurt
him. by this time my daughter and the
defendant had hold Of him and told him
to let me alone. He told them no, he
was going 10 kill me, and said 70 me
| you have begged off before, but you will
not beg off this timc.' Then he threw
the children back into the bedroom aud
got pair Of scissors off Of the table and
| opened them, aud drew my head back by
my hair and said he was going ~ Kill me-.
While In the act Of striking my throat
with the scissors, the defendant shot
him with rifle, think
| In his left breast, the ball rang
| Ing across his breast. He then
dropped the scissors and said: II nm
killed. He then swore he would Kill
the whole family"
After he was shot he succeeded IN
getting the gun from the defendant, and
his wife still bad hold Of him, and be
tried 10 shoot his daughter. The wife
pushed the gun down 80 that 1t was low,
hut he fred and the ball struck his
daughter Just above the ankle, making
only flesh wound. The with M stated
further, while not testifying, that VIII
lam TAYLOR said he was ready 70 die him
self and that he would do as he pleased
with his family, aud that he would Kill
them all aud then kill himself After
he had shot his daughter he told them be
was killed, and tried 70 persuade his wife
10 let him loose. She, thinking that he
was only wanting 70 get chance " Iii
them, continued TO hold him with the
empty gun In his hand until she could
send for some Of The neighbors, Shortly
some one came In and took the gun, and
the matter ended.
A. coon as william Taylor got sober be
said the boy did right In shooting him
aud SAVING the life Of his mother. UDder
this testimony the court discharged this
defendant, Tom Taylor. The citizens say
n rom ought 70 be punished 1t all II
should be for not making better shot.