Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-24

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Un.ess fair minded, honorable man
were wretchedly deludcd aud ihlstaHo,
untse We're the TRACKS OF KEGS. rras,
ton and A * Taylor. They were f,esh
tracks, were examined aud measlired
next morning and the measure M eye,s
respect ntteu the tracks made BY tnese
three men. Let the reader Eef Vol .
Texas curt Of appeais reports tcrin,ls
nal cases) and read from page l7g VIVA,
the Witnesses say on that and other
pages about the tracks. Read ais,
II. y y AZ uhu
But Governor Hogg says that Har-
Yey Taylor contradicts Mira. England
Let US see. On page III OF same bOo6
t ..s 'psuIn9ny begins. The report says.
'tihrNey Taylor, the ouly survivor M
thd England household, testified for mo
state and gave the earliest account.
OF the events OF that fearful nivni
He stated thnt the family had mi IN
somewhat late, talking about hons,.
AFFAIRS ana Isaiah Taylors approach
ing marriage.
Their Inst Hours.
After prayers the family prepared
10 80 10 ped. Witness took his bed
out ON the porch wnere it would be
cooler 10 steep than IN The ho,se .'I
as ne lay down he noticed three men
coming down the road flum mo direc-
non OF Montague. At nrst he t.ns
them to be three brothers OF his MN
had gune TO live Oh their pre-enplt,Iie
witness observed that the sfnniipst
or the three men came in ut tho fr,nt
que Which was about ten feet IRON
tue Po!cn' lhe other two were LARGE
iiieh' ABOUT the size Of Ben Krebs ana
Jant5 Preston, ana were crouching
upWn as though trying to conceal tncrns'
serves. The smallest man came on mo
porch and pointing a pistol al him
sHid; Cd d-n you ret in Tia
mouse. Ihe moon was shining ana
une man was in TWO or three feet Of
W %tuess VINO thought he rescmbled BIl
Iaylor, brother OF a. X. Tavlor. AMI
g. much Ike him that they mirhf hnS,a
pe,u taken for twins. when ordered "a
s't into the house yyitnoss
passed into the north -,
ana saw Ills brother isaiah IL,
tnt doorway between 1t and the soutn
go, ine man came in and pre-.
e. S,''eu MS pistol at Isaiah saving,
ia On you I told Won ISo,,sI
hlll you aud l intend TO do Il y IN Iri
nIpu' witness saw Isaiah fall. WItrass |
ran out OF the house and heard onotbss !
shut ia the house. ana then heard Gov,
efal shots and men curslng and y1,r,,sr,
screaming. After the screaming he b.,,rd |
more shuts and then heard no n,nre
t LAS pl any Kind. Witness ran or |
NJ, r0u Il,,, !9e heid to the residence of .
Vt. Nilhard distant about n quarter
OF mile. (uhls is mispiipt; n sb1,,,d
nave been three-quarters OF n niia
see court of nrns,,'
p. - and told Mr.. Wilji'-5
Wyhat had happened. etc. II il ' Ir,a
that Harvey Taylor did state uhn,
, ,,,.oaa,e 70 ihe stand that tho men Who
r,LeSehteG pistol at him while lying on
III liz, p p,i, n lsee p. ISL and 1881 looked
lux pm iAylor; ana added that hp v,as
a tail, slender man, light complpcr,on
anu mad a rag tied on his head and y,as
paIehedued, and that the other two -,
uau rags tied on their boards. In otho,.
lords they had made some atfernr.
- ulsBuislns themselves with rars oy
va, ro,,''s -. ul When Ben hieos found he
that ss, IEh i-ed he doubtless throw
longer. 10 MN any
., ,Ifs. hndland does not say that sbe
t,tSeoshized krehs in the house nor i9
mere IN fact the slightest confiict ir
n ..e ana Harvey's testimony. sne save, -,
7Wite tme afterwards he fHarvevl
S Sane rusning into the room ana n man
fsaiaIl 1 Nun, The man shot my son.
ssalhn Taylor, and as mo ana w.,
laughter ran out of the ROOM 10y
NV, rIo."ed' old Ben Krebs followed ns
She snid ISrcbs.
ST Not the man. followed rs mi,
~ hNy not In fact have recorniyej
M IS liil lls oatls. his exposed face
ii bav Scl pllk revealed him INN
" A. gee her statement Vol. q
10, 4fp' D. ia. On the last trial of
zen krebs DIR. Stinson tesfiecd ~,
N Us nigand's language was =" tnat l
~ tnat night the family bad s,t 10 {
q oleF me; that they Wera tnli,,1fS.
.uout thelr son, Isaiah Taylors nar'
i1Sv Vnat they finally had prover
5ha,, 'ue Ilihlly We're preparing for bcd
an ,yniat one came in and shot her
Ia y 4 .is. she does not say Krebs +,
~ ~ she and her daughter ran o,tt j
!, the back d5or, tSst
~, no man Krebs followed. ours. 4
w, etc." See her etatet,o,,, (
ourl OF appeals p. c, Krebs VA. slate e
- "so tne testimony of Mrs Afnsic
n - 10 OF same volume It'll line from J
,; Vu,oin; she Mrs, England told
xcen, tual an her family were killed
,sop, Joseph, Isaac mud Burch Tav-
~ VINO were not at home She sajd
'e OF the men was old Ben T<rahs 49, D
~ she did not know the NAV IL Il
llled Mr.. England. i'''n VINO \
VI eross-eNamlnqtlon this vitness L
Ca music, sai1 that Mrs. ENGLAND Il
NJ IN ui't u was Krebs who shot her II
IA ~. - AheW MIN by his voice. v
'hat the man who Killed nor hrs' a
10 was about the size and ago m NJ d
1 ION, nut she would not say II Has a
Mus not Mr.. Preston. The i've VII Il
s5 above quoted give Inc d,re., a
, ois NoW, Tor some but not ali OF s.
I, c,,Ieumstantial evidence brlsfiv
..,yo ~ but which can be fopnS Il, N
bcsIi. me third and eighth courts Of c.
i. = .ile testimony OF malice n mot,,o Oh
a ihieats on the part or botb tSrass IN
. ror,n S'on' espeeiaily on the part Of NJ
", io.l,er' lsee G.Td court of apneals X
gIor vs. State. D. lsD. IF nv anS e
sI''iohd' Jonathan Stroud and 1ohr OF
,.a are TO oe believed-thev we're al
~, vr uontradicted and were ana ,ro az
'lhpeachable--then this ors, nis.,, ~ W
'' Tho IS clearly made out. p
r. ! ne fact that Srebs. Prastor ana di
~, ~; laylor were staying within hs1s bt
uc' heard The shoOtlnp tbanoht nc
.'eooay was killed. talked about II snS di
SO much frightened thar. eeeord- p,
,l,s . ov1ihIly savage. Preston and 4,
1 sat ~eV y. out, and came back scared -
"a Iii, sley were afraid the indians 81
MHlhg some one;" that Tho n,onn pa
luite down when they went 10 hed or
10 s' 'iine' tSee p. 1888 OF same re- W.
n ane fact that all the defendants, e,
n, Nv ugree that Tor some time that w Wv