The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-06-20
rayLOR's RETURN.

sudden The tlreieS' "o'A "
uuds .;,ies in their endeavors to bring
U Us' De iostce W. w. Taylor and others
i. ors identified with him during
80 ii last days previous to his flight
r,omises to bring forth good
,ud There have been rumors and
mor, of his probable capture and
;, ), urn but Attorney General Craw.
wa a and Governor Sheldon have been
10 10 sspjpg quiet and pegging away with
10 ss dustry. some y, az.
ie ned IA the organs of these friends have
UStS .sn constantly attempting to belittle
DOB work of the authorities, and work.
But huff game, but the ais have
be .at right on in their work of drawing
id . meshes tighter. Not knowing
pots Il where Taylor himself might be
,owa Iund, they were perhaps awaiting
i. ,velopments as to his hiding place,
bva. "A at the same time persistently
lrso, 0lowing those who had evidently
mms .dsted him in the operations Of the
nd 90 ime lust before his fight, we'll know.
70 that the i'm pending punishment of
bsse individuals would be strong
actor in bringing the arch-culprit to
emily ostce. That they have been on the
tu'a jght track is now evident
wing Last Monday Attorney General
1ered rawford was in Aberdeen on other
appy business, and he was followed here by
!, r. Mccoy and III. II. Horner, rep.
' aVa r,entng Taylor, and conference
cis,, vas held between these gentlemen
h. that evening IN this city. The next
oul law the party went to Sioux Falls
fruit where H. NJ. Benedict, brother.iE'law
l@ h TAYLOR, met them and that night
ss 1.-The following statement was given to
y, ~ the Press by the representatives of
,sn The state and of Taylor jointly:
trv 1T was evident that the pursuit Of
ORR 4 TAYLOR by state must ultimately
I'm result in h.. capture. His parents
|Eg are aged and heart.broken, and the
~ strain was more than they conld en-.
w w dure, and they wanted that the fate
sv that hung over him should come to
ali an issue aud thus relieve the tension.
US. In recognition of these and other cir.
les cumstances, friends of Taylor went
a. to Attorney General Crawford to see
!; if any promise could be secured from
>, him. He told them the state had
d absolutely nothing to offer except in.
" dictment of the parties, prosecution
d to an issue under the law, enforce.
d ment of every claim which the state
E has against the principal and his
A. sureties fox what has been taken from
its treasury.
"But, he said it is the experience
In every criminal case that whe re
: the prosecution is put to the fullest
extent of trouble and expense that is
possible, and where whatever it OBJ
tains it has to fight for, the penalties
and all that can be inflicted under the
law are much more likely to be strict
ly and vigorously exacted. On the
other hand, 1t is the universal expert
ence that if defendent manifeSts
disposition to undo. SO far as in him
lies, the wrong that he has committed,
the court and society, there is ten
dency TO treat him with greater len.
iency than where he fights by aid of
all the ttChnicalties which it is pos.
slole for defense to interpose.
Taylor's representatives then want
ed reasonable time within which to
prepare to meet their Obligations; but
they were informed that justice
would be permitted to take it's due
course, and nothing would be omitted
which could guarantee the state every
legal advantage to which it was en-.
Titled. But within the latitude al
lowed by the law the bondsmen and
all concerned would be afforded every
reasonable chance to turn themselves.
Ihis was all that was asked. State
ments were made as to how much
money Taylor could put up to meet
MS defalcatiOn, and Attorney General
Crawford is satisfied that the schedule
OF property which Taylor owns or
controls Will very nearly meet the
i claim of the state, leaving not so
2 much for the bondsmen to pay as had
been supposed.
8 Under all these circumstances
# laylors friends agreed to have him
return. and their represents tive was
supplied with warrant under the
seal Of the state to escort him
|" South Dakota-the warrant
oelng for the purpose of pro-