Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-17

III NilHrrA, TEN FED. 10, 1883
To the Editor OF .hc Gazette:
The DALLAS Morning News Of tho 18th inst.
having censurcd u. u Mandy. county attorney
OF CLAY comfy, Tex, 80 strongly for londing
his sanction TO tho publicity OF certain state.
monts made by persona concerning the Poker
Taylor ts'nnetimes eai!el Wllliam Iaylor) case
IIo wishes TO replyto u IN tho columns of the
paper. lie etateB as follows;
Tne following IL found In tho DALLAS Nows
"Tbe Testimony was so utterly contrary to The
sAnEuine expectations 81 tho county attorney,
H. y. Mubd that the case was dismissed on
his motion, the reason given being thai the tes'
her statements 90 himself and otho 3 also that
the thirteen .ycarold son was conspicuOusly
absent a d the wife was not allowed TO testify.
Al along up to hits time public sentiment has
been strong against the defendant on accouot
of the statemonts OF his family hut as the test-
mony has failen 80 com lotely the community
is disposed TO doubt thesalidity Of the charge
THE People INDIGNANT
The article IN n Fort Worth paper 10 day
caused great ndiRnHG IN here, ana 9 unity At
torney Il. b. Mundy Is severely ceDsnrcd for
lending his sanction for ita publication. The
in cronce 90 be drawn from II l. plain that the
testimony ON the stand was false and the pre-
vious statements true. Thy were all made by
the same parties, and " any crtdenco Is 10 be
placed In the statements of the Witnesses thoso
undcr oath arc certainly more to be believed.
II no credenc IL given 10 either, Than defend
amt is Justly ontit ed TO be considered Innocent
! In tho absence OF proof Better mat the town
be spared this foul stain, oven though the pros,
| ocuton be professionally dlhhpp inteu.
/ Now II tho statement In tile Dallas News Is
1 true the people OF Clay county surely feel very
/ indignant toward mo, and u they feel sorcly
| gTieved over my conduct assure tholn that II
will n be much trouble for them 10 be re-
4 ieyed OF my unwo thy services, but want IL
! distinctly understood that | would not submit
| 10 the voices OF law breakers alone, for such
I nm here To battle with. have frequently
| heard II said by some Of this class "thht a. A.
| steagal was tho most gcntlomanly county at
torney that Clay county ever had" 1ou have
| read his fate In the columns OF The papers,
suppose II the mother and children would
! upon Stoaghl's final trial como into court end
I explain away all they have said, and
I refuse 10 testify against him, or would
testify In such a manner as 10 procure his ac-
/ ouittal II would leave great stain upon me,
for which the people OF this Place could Justly
I consuTe me- would II notl Now mrs, Taylor
| and her son Tom came 10 my ofIlce about ono
month ago and asked me with tears In their
eyes II there was any protection for them, tell
/ INF mc many OF the horrible facts that have
come out In tie papers. for instance, the state
uient YOU Ind ia THE GAZETTE OF the 18TH
ipst. / told them that u they wonld come
M and testify 10 them that pokor Taylor would
be apt TO get puDishcd; but they
said that they 9ere afraid Taylor
would Kill them II they tcstihed This
wac dry or two after Mrs. Taylor testified that
TAYLOR tficd 10 kill his own family and was
shot hy his con Tom while he han the scissors
drawn N the act 81 eating her throat. thsn
went with another gentleman aud saw Jane
Taylor, whom Taylor was charged with having
outraged, and she snld Taylor had made many
efforts TO get N bed with her but would not say
whether he had sucnncdcd. but said she did not
want 20 talk about that; 50 the ladies who an
thotizod the piece concerning the case In TAB
II tsAEETTE Of the l3tb inst. went 70 see jane and
drew out the other facts Of tue case and took
them 10 the editor OF the Clay county paper
tIIcnrietta independently, and he rcfuaed Ia
Iubllrh them. so they brought tbcm 10 me
4 and sent them 10 Tar GAzETi H. and gave my
idcnH about a man who would DO guilty Of
such thing. For this am eeneuIed, and they
back II up IA the columns Of the Dallas New
/ by saying, "thAt the testimony WA 10 utterly
contrary 10 the aanguine expectations Of IN
county attorney that the caB0 waa dismlsse'
upon his own notion" True enough, the cas'
Was dismissed upon my motion; cld
not do right, when the wsinesses wht
had called upon me 10 sec that their family wiz
protected by the law, refused 70 testify upoI
Inc trial, or would testify % contradictions o
what they had told me, and when one OF then
Tom Taylog) ran Oh 70 the Indian IcrritOr
/ 10 keep from leetf ingf Ana did not d
right IN stating 10 the court tho reason VII
+. the papers were on nle against Taylor, and u
| giving my reasons FOR dlHmirsink The casne
AIN giad 10 SAY that DO not think that ~
: course has met with the Indignation that Ia
columns Of the Dallas News would have 20