The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-28

beings have bsen killed in these feuds SING,
he civil war. This looks like large estimate
but when the fact is taken into consideration
that up to within very short LINZ LINZ S siSs,,
OF the boundary limo. from Cumberland Gal
TO the Breaks OF the sandy River. distance 9
With frsgSent meetings Of the orposIng fam
ilies. and that at these meetings reNoiDets nn.
rifles played important parts. TINS est'iha's
will appear more reasonable. 49,,
Taylor was one o. the typical men n ,S oSn
II ssS sS ~ aad nHs hi
with the CONSEQUENT influx OF new blood, Iav,
Tor would probably still be locked upon as 4
sSs have hsa f to scao fl
lawyer, doctor. preacher. alleged Messiah
seoSt ana murderer lie fought his WY Into
prominence. and had but little uiuicnnlty
he was Competent to follow any PROBES
aion he chose. Then his nppearance was snnl'
Ps Wsksd rn nsSn Tsy Ike
moving arsennl. He wac never aeon until he
had fortified himself with ntScs 81 rcyG ir Sis
& H'. w ss' about sixty senr. Did; lis n.ir ana
Triniles in his face. and. were it not for tho
fact that his heavy lond Of nrearrs gave him a 4,
scholarly stoop. he would have looked t"en'y
He was mountain doctor" Of unusual
E and sn 1Sd hs .Says y w. mite" no S
what the distance or the weather was, he
was never known to make "a S, ki.i A. s SnI
climbed to mountain tops alone to commune
with angels. Sometimes he took with hin
watched the moonshners, and personal enc
miles 10 the coves below. He knsw every foot
path 1,S the the r onse SoG low
heels in front. and he moved with eytraor-
Sns,y spS sS Fox F 81 Ind Uae
tame No mountainecr walking any path.
however lonely. vas snrpprrised I" have Taylor
feriously disappear. ITe always came from
the bushes by the brush route. as tho phrase
f. and he .lwnYs went thnt W1y sce ne on nso .ae
Of 1t was TRANQUIL and benevolent; curious as
lift at the corner of his mouth on tho other
Taylor was born in Scott county. virginia
of respectable parents. but he didn't like the
moved into Ietcher county, kentpcfy. where
there was plenty OF lighting. He began by
SrSp on Kin MN IN the SQUIRT and the
took to practising medicine. Tho witness
made him promise to give up the law. taylor
was soon known MS the most famons root and
herb doctor in all that region. lilo didn't tako
any family along with hlm md struck ont as
which side he was on 80 that he was in light.
and for years he was looked upon Ms tho best
'aG In nsa sSS To II" he
revenue collector. but he was not man enough
to make those bny nrIs c Sa
men made it so hot for him that II came to the
alternative of leaving tho county or facing
Wise county and lived quietly for several
years. sometimes. acting ns deputy sheriff
and as n special officer to make some espe-
II was in 1881 that Taylor became convert
20 religion. and shortly nfterwnrd announced
himself rs the Messiah como n second time.
several counties. urging tho people to follow
and women: who believed IN his story OF being
ap. inspired person. During all his peram;:
s the and e s
that beneath his long white robe no carried
his trust, whch he was svsT reads
''S year u! e and Sent inc his iolIowers abSu.
is% G H. ioowef H didn't take this dos.iion
a1d Man 70 % R had fns h% o
be truly descended from heaven; and when he
coolly announced that he was flesh and blood.
20 help them through the coming hard winter.
there was open mutipy. and several shots we're
threw off his robe. and. with revolver In each
hand. poured such hot shot into his late fol-
s ha %
Messiah. he was veritablo devil with pistol.
TAYLOR soon made many converts to Sweden
R he now made no pretence Of cor coneeains the
arsenal which no carried about, him. His
churches were the country schoolhouse.. and
near az hand. His rovoly-rs, were still hue kiel
70 his body. It was while he wasn sweden
which resulted in his sentence to he hanged.
He had begun to preach that he was sccurge
came: He said that an army Of spirits sur;
rounded him and commanded him TO shoot
1awbreakers. 1t Is not known exactly how
many people he killed. but there are not less
ON this account. The ignorant. superstitious
mountain people began to believe that he had
which he bought on one OF his trips 70 tie out
tiyes as az instrumen ont Of evil He would often
mountain. ' and with his spVeisss in hand watch
foE week at time for The apGroaen Of some
ct his hands.
In order to give legal color to some Of biz
murders Taylor often undertoek arrests which
Taylor would shoot him ND down without ielay .
officer. but for several years h" md to keen ip
hiding during the day and TO travel at ne IT.
s Ssas f"@a fnG; o
wagon losdeG viii moopshine wErM,iskey in tho
was concealed behind house in the village;
fire. At tho Grst Shot no KILLED the driver. but
the escort were as desperate men MS the mar
enal. anu unsllnkinE tnelr llnes. tnrV openen
fire on him and slightly wounded him. lie
escaped. however. without serious injury.
About this time the better el"ment Of people
In the county began to unite against such out
breaks and. reinforced by tho arrival Of the
new blood brought In ny tho railroads. got the
upperhand in tn" county. Taylor stopped his
old way Of life Tor several years. and not until
June. 1892, did he hren; ont again. This time
was his last. for Judge II. A W: Skeen. yonng.
determined man, Ind N,cen elected Judge Of
the County Court. and he brGana vigorous
campaign against outlaws, and it was only q
few months after the well-known murder Of
the Mullins family by Taylor TINT the outlaw
bad been tried; CONVICTED. and sentenced 70 he
and Taylor as marshal. Ind attempted to
capture him and q wagon ot. whiskey he wns
bringing from North Carolina, The attack
was made at Wise Courthouse. The horses
ran. Mullins and another man stood their
ground and fought Taylor md MI his posse
TIL their guns were empty. and then they wont
on leisurely nfter tn" wagon. Tho driver was
found dead in the wagon. liors started tho
enmity Of Taylor and Mullins.
Old Mullins had n most unsavory reputation
In Wise county. I!o WAS no doubt ms corrupt
an old -scoundrcl as. ever lived there and