Evening journal., 1892-12-01
TYLER TELLS HIS STORY
The Slayer Of William Shaw
Says it Was Justihable.
KILLED THE MAN In sELF-DEFENsE.
In the Easton, Md, Homicide Case All
the Evidence Is Submitted to tho
court-it is Conflicting throughout.
In the Jury's Hands.

the Evidence Is Submitted to the
court-it is Conflicting Throughout.
In the Jury's Hands.
EAsToN, Dec. The Tyler shaw
murder trial was resumed at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning. Judge Stump on
the bench. There were many spectators
but the courtroo was not crowded as
it was Yesterday.
N. A. Hutson, Henry Bell, Alexander
hardcastle, Jr., and II. e. Ramsdell
were put on the stand TO prove that Mr..
Shaw made different statements about
the particulars of the shooting from
those he made on the on stand Tuesday
and It was testified tnat he had said at
the inquest that he said he heard two
shots fred before he met his son; that
they approached Tyler and tried 10 take
the pistol from him. when it was dis
charged, and the SON said, ."Father. Pm
shot, and he replied, I'm shot. too THAT
Tyler then broke away; they followed
him about thirty yards, when he turned
and fred the fatal shot.
Eli Ridgaway and Harvey Scott Silcox.
employees of the National Advertising
Agency Philadelphia, testifieda that they
had came down to Caroline county. in the
guise of land buyers, on the 28th Of Sep
tember they went TO the Tyler farm.
saw Shaw, who showed them over the
farm. Before they left they had obtain
ed from. him the story of the tragedy.
as follows: Monday morning Mrs Shaw
said TO her husband, "You had better 20
to Tyler's VIII has gone down there.
aud as he Is mad | fear trouble"
that he told them he went.
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informed by him that he and Tyler had
had fight and he had thrown Tyler
against the pump; that he had run into
the house that they then went after
Tyler, found him and tried to take the
pistol away, and in the scuffie his son
was killed Major Stewart cross. exam
ined the detectives In very vigorous
way, and the tilts between the states
attorney and the witnesses often excited
laughter, even among the jurors Sedate
Judge stump maintained his gravity,
however
The defense then put William Preston
Tyler, the prisoner, on the stand His
statement was that on the Sunday pre-
ceding the shooting he went TO Mr..
Shaw's TO get clevis Saw Mr.. Shaw.
who told him he did not know where the
clevis was ask Win. VIII said he did
not know but to find 1t and take it. He
found cultiyators, but there were no
clevises on them. He found plow clevis
on aharrow. which he took of. took
home and put in the barn. Monday
morning, after breakfast. (Tyler lived
alone, doing his own cool1ing) he went
out TO the pump, and while there Win
Shaw came up and said you took all
the clevises on the place, Tyler replied
~ did nothing Of the kind Shaw said,
You call me a liar, I'll boat the life out
Of you" He then knocked Tyler down
and struck him several times after he
was down. Tyler got away, got into the
house and got his pistol When he came
out he did not see VIII Shaw. He
started for the stable to get his horse
TO 20 to work On his
way to the stable he saw the elder
Shaw coming toward him in an excited
manner, cursing him and threatening
him. viii Shaw was standing by the
barn. Tyler raised his pistol and
pointed il at the elder Shaw. who
told him TO put it down, as
he would not hurt him. Tyler
then dropped his arm to his side. Shaw
hcame up close and demanded the clevis.
Was told It was in the barn. Wanted
the barn key. Tyler would not give 1t
up. He then said: "You have threatened
to wipe the Shaws out, called Win and
sprang on Tyler VIII cursing him
and saying, "lll kill You Tyler broke
away and ran, pursued by the Shaws,
who were cursing him and threatening
him all the time, and would get
close enough to him to reach
for him. Believing he would
be killed If they caught him. he began
shooting by throwing his arm back and
firing as he ran. Fired three times.
glanced back and, seeing he was not
followed, he went to the house and re-
loaded his revolver. The elder Shaw
shouted to him he had killed his son and
he was going to get his gun and kill him.
Tyler then ran to Wilson's, a neighbor
Tyler is "a years old, 8 feet 2l inches
high and weighed the day Of the shoot
ing 1l3 pounds
Tyler was cross examined at consider
able length by Major Stewart but his
testimony was not shaken by the cross
examination
The rebuttal evidence Of the state
consisted in bringing up number Of
witnesses to show that Tyler had made
different statements TO them about the
shooting from that he made in his tes-
timony today in court. At o'clock the
state and the defense both announced
their cases closed, and Colonel Philip w.
Downes opened the argument for the
state before the jury. He will be follow
ed by Mr.. Russum and Senator Gibson
for the state. The case will get to the
jury tomorrow afternoon.