The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-29
SENSATIONAL SHOOTING,
uu THOMPSON SHOOTS AND SLABS
COON" TAYLOR ABOUT A W0MAN.
Tho Wounded Man at Brucevllle and Expected
To Die Momeutarly-The Shootist
Brought 10 Waco.

Of yer, sensational shooting reached
vyaco from Bruceville, a small town
about eighteen miles south OF the CT
NJ the Missouri z citic railroad. De-
nnty Sn riff Dan Ford went down
Immediately and returned III the al
ternoon bridging with him Jas W.
TN ,npsou who dill the sho 1ting, aud
the principal witnesses, b f. Thomp-
son, Jim's brother and Mrs. NJ. +
Lilly The man who was shot was l..
\. Taylor, commonly known rs Coon
TAYLOR was reported as lying at
deaths door at his fathers house at
Bruceville. No complaint had As yet
been made against Thompson, but he
was kept in surveillance to await the
result of Taylor's wounds The re-
porters for the two city papers foun,
him III the sheriff's office with Mr..
Ford. He is tine looking young
man about twenty-nine year,
old and admirable physique,
standing elk feet aud weighs about
1850 pounds When approached by
the ewspsper men he said he would
willingly make statement as he had
nothing % conceal and did not be-
leve that he would be blamed by any
man for defending his life. "My
brother Forest aud l." he said, "liv>
on the aijoining farm t. Threadg IFS
and keep bachelors hall; our nearest
neighbors were the Lillys VINO rcnted
the Threadgill place and we fire.
qu 'n,ly spent evenings with Manton
Lilly aud his wife.
LILLY LEFT HIS WIFE
few weeks ago but his wife re-
mained and "a ! the farm with the as
sistauce of her hired man, Coon Tay-
lor. Since Manton Lilly left Bruce
vile | received nouce from Coon
Taylor that if should ever put my
foot Oh the place again he
WOULD SURELY KILL ME
STAYED away after that u0tll yester-
day afternoon. My brother and had
baeh to Bruceville and were return
Ing. AS we passed Mrs. Liily's house,
her little boy came out and said his
mo her desired to speak to me. Forest
and | went Ill and Mrs. Lilly invit d
us t, remain to supper. l accepted
but my brother went home to feed the
stock, saying be would return after
supper. Dulng lhe meal Coon Tay-
lor did not have anything to say, an
soon as he had finished eati q he left
the house saying, that he was G ling
over to see his brother who IivcC
some dis tam e away. lt was some time
afterwards, about 8 O'Clock, think we
We're all sitting in Mrs. L'ily's bed
room, Mrs. Lilly aud her three little
children, my brother aud myself
Suddenly the hall door was thrown
open and Coon Taylor entered In 8
loud aud angry tone he said, "you
blaukety blank SO BIS get up anC
strike the grit" | began to expo-tu.
late with him when he again told me
he would give me
FIVE MINUTES TO LEAVE
the house. Mrs. Lilly said that The
place was hers and need no. GU un
less l wanted to. Taylor then struck
me Oh the forehead with bis righ
hand and commenced cutting at IN,
with knife with his left hand. iran
back into the hsll. AS he pursued IN,
drew from my pocket a SS-cali br,
single action Smith & Wesson revOl
yer, but before | could use IL he haG
seized hold OF it aud attempted to TAX
it away. In the scuttle the pistol wen
off,
TWO SHOTS WERE FIRED.
One of them struck Taylor in tai
chin, but he kept graphing with me
found | COuhd not shoot him witt
the pistol and taking my peck c
knife out | struck him III the neck
Then he released me. He Wake,
10 the 81 ting room aid m
brother and lett the house
THE LADY WITNESS
Was found In the county attorney
Office where she had just flied com
plant against Thompson charging
him with assAulting Taylor with in
tent to murder aud also signed
statement in regard t. the oircurn
Stances OF the killing which is as to
lows; Gwen Taylor returne
lrom his brothers tina Thomi
sen boys were in my root
and he ordered them to leave au'
sald they had Deen talking about hiI
ana no would not stand it. Taylo
to'd MIN no "the house is mine and
want YOU to leave it," Taylor pulle
on his coat and laid it on the sew
mug machine. Forest Thomson toll
iaVior he would give him ~ so 10 g
" " The eud of the lane with then
aylor put on his coat and said h
TT,oula 60 and stared towards Jtr
thompson, who drew a pistol an
,aapped it. Taylor tried to get tn
ps'ol but Thompson ran back an
'uot' Coon Taylor said
oh YOU HAVE KILLED ME.