The morning news., 1894-09-10
THE TAYLoR-sTUCKEY TRAGEDY
Additional Particulars of the Sad AT
fair.


The MORNING News contained a
graphic account OF the killing OF j. Ira
Taylor, a young farmer living within
seven miles of Dublin, Ca, by his brother
in-law, w. A Stuckey, on last Friday
night. The Macon Telegraph contains
the following additional particulars of
the tragedy:
The beginning of the trouble between
Taylor and Stuekey, who are brothers
in-law, dates back To last March, when
Stuckey returned home to Wilkinson
county, after several days absence in
Macon as a witness in the case of the
United States VS.. Ben Pope, who was
charged with Illicit distilling. After ar
irving at home Stuckey accused his wife
of improper relations with a man named
Smith while he IStuckey was absent in
Macon. Mrs. Stuckey denied the charge
and left him, going to her brother,
in Dublin. After remaining apart
munication with his wife. and
finally, by making promises to
treat her right, induced her to return to
his home, near Red Level. After her re-
turn, however, he forced her, by means
OF threats Of personal violence, to openly
acknowledge to her neigh bors that it was
! true that she had had improper relations
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| done TO his satisfaction he beat her Sc
| verely with shotgun, striking her so
| hard that the barrels were broken from
| the stock. More dead than alive Mrs.
| Stuckey ran away from him and again
! sought shelter with her brother in Dub
| lin, to whom she related what had hap
| pened. Her brother advised her to sue
for divorce and alimony, Stuckey
| owning considerable property. The
hearing of the divorce case
is set for next Thursday at Dublin.
! Last week Stuckey wrote his wife a
| letter saving what he had said about her
was false and if she would come back he
! would treat her as lady. The letter
also begged her not to report him to the
| government for making and selling
| whisky, for II she did he would be COM
! PEELED to hire witnesses to swear against
her. He also asked her to let him have
their little son, Robert. In the meantime,
| however, Taylor had sent word to Messrs.
George Thomas and George White
! United States deputy marshals in this
city, to come to Dublin and he would
operated by Stuckey. The depu-
ties went down to Dublin Wednes-
day night and Thursday morning Taylor
went with them to make the arrest When
the party started to Suckey's house, Dep
uty Thomas asked Taylor if he had pis-
tol. Taylor replied no; that he never car
ried pistol Deputy Thomas insisted on
his carrying one, telling him it was dan
gerous mission and a dangerous commu-
nifty into which he was going. Taylor
said he had been there many times with
out pistol and was not afraid to go again.
Deputy Thomas then informed him that
he would deputize him to assist in max
ing the arrest. Taylor consented to this
and the party moved on. After number
of places had been visited where
Stuckey had been running his still, the
party finally found copper still and 10C
gallons of whisky in Stuckey's crib,
which is about thirty yards from the
house. Deputy George White then ar
rested Stucky and brought him to Macon.
On Friday he was given a preliminary
hearing before Commissioner L. M Err.
win and placed under $500 bond. Taylor
was the principal witness against Stuckey
After the trial Commissioner Erwin
who anticipated trouble between
Taylor and Stuckey, charged
| Stuckey not to have anything
to say to the witnesses after leaving the
| court. Stuckey said he would not and all
parties interested in the case took the
$40 Macon and Dublin train for Dublin,
and it was while on the way home that
! Stuckey did his murderous deed, and
came near, if he did not fully succeed, in
| killing himself.
An effort will be made to have the case
! tried before Judge Speer III the United
| States court