The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-06
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Nah Gather. a. rrook neiL NO.. "a
Gsnrh thu las ior~ for the Murder at the
Ms~k~ Family The sheriff Gets W tnd az
Their Int~ati.n and Jssi- ~. Prisoners al
Macon WIN he i-snshsdn Taken 4" LIN"
Goanty.
EEnuAKIEIp. Mo. June -. mi lie care
full. there arr traitors with you. ms
message. signed by prominent citizen
~ Erspkhrld was all that saved
the TAYLOR brnth.r> from dangling
az the end ~ rope last night
Just hefore sheriff Barton left
- Louis with his prisoner, he wired
Il I-inneus that he was EN- route and
would arrive at l,rookiield AZ y IN.
Two ~ the men who accompanied him
" ircsi 10 Milan and browning the infor-
nation.
The Taylor> will beat ircolsfield at
tonight
When the train arrived AT Monroe
sheriff Barton received the tirst quoted
message and two Others. one signed by
Jaiier ,.errrtt. ~ Linneus. and the
other hv a man named Ne>tgate-
/ advising him not 10 come 10 Linn
county. a. il was reported that "a mob
wa~ forming at Milan and Browning
The three messages. but particularly
the first one decided the sheriff lie
Al unes. announced that he would place
tn. prisoners in the Macon county jail.
which n. did MIR. South. who cap
-ur,-.i the prisoners. came on t. Erook-
field. and tomorrow viii 60 20 Lin
meas 20 collect hi reward. and u az
certain the feeling ~ the people.
When tn, train pulled into Rockford
Their. We're nearly Thousand people
.onrrs.-atc,i at the depot A. >"on a
the party aiights-d. County Attorney
Pierre. - sullivan County was sur
rounded and the demand made:
--Wherr are they Where are they
When Informed hat the faylorS ha'
l-.en left III Macon city. the sarea>ti
remark WAS made iy >oIsie one IN tn
, crowd. There l. M danger here
The men would have been safe.
Tire. minutes later twenty-hv
ARMED and masked mounted men rrt
III trcakneek speed down the mai
! street - the. depot with the eviden
intention ~ lvnching the prisoners
; \ numhs-- II wagon Loads ~ arme
men al>o arrives. at the same tim'
: They w.r,. told that the Taylcr> wer
). nor IA the train. hut did not helive
: until they heard j, from friends WI
: had prcecde,. them.
Z The masked men then removed q
4. handkerchief from their faces an
took their hnr~..> 10 the livery stable
: L.. waten-d and fed. They were d
!. mountaineering Ut q. men. and can
n here for business
enc ~ tn. riders said they Were a
fra browning and Milan lie vi
= asked hox many we're in the mob. ar
\ r, pl;c,l tina, including those who can
~ town quietly during the afterno'
- there were abou, 40
y south. the captur y the Taylor~- v
N surrounded by eager c-owd>- all wal
ing "a know the particulars ~ I
cs.pturc. II- assured them all that I
! men came along pcaccahly and we
willing 10 stand trial. all they ask
being a fair chance.
!, They want To- earn an honest liyi
for their families grcaned several -
pie in chorus
Prom the demonstrations here
= nigh, IL i saf.. To assume that the ia
~ Tor will he lynched should they
brought To Linn county
After consultation between IN
if White II Macon. i:arton of LIN
: and Winters ~ siranhy- il was decd
Is t. take the Taylor boy out ~ the Z
and they were placed on
>outh-houad Wabash train Il
81 tonight. Their destination
r. teen kept secret a. il j. feared an
hy -, -. n. ,oade =, ;,..r..p, the
IN !. ,~.r;..~., -. 80. .h.v will
~ returned 10 - Louis