The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-05-13
HUNTING WITH HOUNDS.
Very Small Chance Of Escape Of the
Assassins Of the Meeks
Family.
Blood Hounds Called Into Use by
tho Citizsns Bent on
VenReance.
when Captured short Work VIII Bs
Made of the TayIors-1hs Little
Girls Story.

BnowSSo. Mo-. May l2-The posse in
pursuit Of tho Taylor brothers. charged
with the murder Of Gus Meeks and family,
rounded them up near Leonsrds. but the
fuRitives broke through. The 1aylors were
surrounded in an old house and fought
their way out. Thew are again surrounded
In bush. The puraueis have called on
Milan for hundred men. In the house OF
Mrs, Mseks' mother the prosecuting at
torney found the following letter addressed
TO Gus Neeks. Milan. Mo. browning Mo-.
May l0-Be ready al 10 o'clock. Every
thing is right" The letter was written on
a lStteThsad OF the Peoples Exchange
bank OF browning, OF which William r..
Taylor is cashier.
IL "a evident the Teylors frst only In
tended 10 kill Meeks. The crave at the old
straw stack In Iaylor's field waa prepared
Tor only ono person, but Mrs. Meeks, fear
ing something would happen 10 her hus-
band. insisted on gong along, with her
three children. The eldest girl. seven
yonrs, is the only survivor OF the tragedy.
The eighteen-months old babV was shot
through the temple. evidently while in its
mothers arms.
The surviving girl a hrirht and intslli.
gent child, sells the following story: "Ihey
They then shot mamma and killed my
sister with a stone. kicked me- struck me
on the head with q stone. and ! went 20
sleep; did not know auFthinR more until
the men threw US all into a hole. They
first Kicked Us 70 see II all were dead. One
OF them said; Yes. they are dead One
man said something about burning the
straw stack. and some one said 10 WAS too
wet. They covered us with straw and
thought We would smother. but when they
got away ! crawled out over pspa and
mann, and went to Cartet's house"
MILAN. No.. May 13.-At12 r. IN. reports
from the spot where the Taylor brothers
are supposed to be corner Oh say that n
score of bloohounds have Just arrived, and
that the pursuing force has been largely
Increased. A mounted courier arrived at
Iinneus about midnight from the scene Of
the chase, He reports the IayloFs sur
rounded IN guich twelve miles from
browning. hey will doubtless be cap
tured by daylight.
CORVALLIS. Ore. May 70 The dead body
OF Mrs. Kenyon and the almoat lifeless
BODY Of DR.. Applewhite. Wero found bv
officers, side BY side. -day, in boshy Fa-
vine near the scene OF last night'a shooting
an ay. The woman diei from the effect oil
twenty grain dose OF morphine. by whom
ndministtred unknown. Applewhite was
auitering from dose OF the same drug,
with two Rashes from a pocket knife In the
nsck and cuts in the wrists IN an attempt
to open the arteries. lie said he tiled to
kill her husband, bot mesnt no harm to the
woman. lie attempted 90 use revolver
when the officers approached. lie will re-
cover,
ST. Louis. May 2-Aspecinl to the Post
Dispatch says: 4. Il. so9er. who on April
22 1891. 81 Archie, Casa county. Missouri.
murdered his wife and two children with
m AZ, has been arrested at Red Bluffs,
Cal aFa1a artlN D.. - A..
The orimo was one Of the bloodiest ever
IecoFdsf.