The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
lie Heard a Lecture on the Duty Of
Church Members.
THEN HE BEGAN TO CLOSE SAN
FORD SALOONS.
The Result Has Been Already Reported
A Talk With the Victim of the Recent
AssauIt-His Story of His Experience.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss..1


Sanford, Me-, August 19-'I heard
John 6. Wooley lecture on temperance at
the Christian Endeavor convention in
Boston," said. Harry Taylor today, land
that set me thinking. He told me of the
duty of church members and as have
just Joined the church thought it over
after got home and decided to do some
thing.
Mr.. Taylor is the young man. who was
Knocked down in his door yard last We'd
nesday night by Elwell, who has since
confessed that he was hired to come here
from Somersworth, N. H., for the pur-
pose of assaulting Taylor. Mr.. Taylor
was found by PRESS correspondent at
his home here. He lives with his wife
IN a neat story and balf cottage on
street near the centre of the village.
Mr.. Taylor is by birth an Englishman,
a native of Yorkshire, and is now just sc
years old. He came to this country about
IL years ago and for most of the time
since then has been resident of Sanford.
He is employed as block printer in the
Sanford mills. Taylor is young man
man of medium height and stoutness,
quick in his movements. He has a frank,
honest face and brown eyes noticeably
bright AS he himself put it, he is re.
formed man, but the people here say he
mas always borne good reputation except
that sometimes before he 'got religion
he would drink too much. Having ex-
perienced religion, the young man seems
to have been deeply impressed with Mr..
Mooleys temperance talk, Sanford has
been undergoing periods of pretty rigid
enforcement of the Maine law. Deputy
Sheriff Newell I. Fogg having since the
first OF last January served 13 warrants
in this village He got liquor in IL places
and secured nine convictions, eight on
search and Seizure process and one fol
single sale. The fines in these cases, three
of which have been appealed, and one
still pending aggregate $3.50. In the
whole town of Springyale of which San
ford is part, the fines for the same peri
cd amount in round numbers to $1,000
So after his own experience with the
drink habit and with the words of the
eloquent temperance orator still ringing
in his ears, Taylor conceived it to be his
dutyitotjoin the crusade against the sa-
looms He talked temperance and carry
ing out Mr.. Wooley's ideas of the du
ties of church members, he swore out
fivegor six. warrants against persons sus-
pected of selling liquor. One of these
warrants was aimed at Leslie W. Thomp-
son, who keeps an OYSTER house in San
ford. Naturally Taylor's crusade did not
tend to make him popular with certain
clements in the town and the result was
the assault already reported in the pap
ers. Taylor in telling the story today
said: 81 was coming home from South
Sanford where they have no minister
and | have been trying to preach the
gospel in my imperfect way. We had hai
prayer meeting that night, and it wa.
about quarter of nine when rode into
the yard. | saw two men sitting under
tree III the yard and one of them came
hand on the handle Of my bicycle ano
| the other on the saddle The man spokt
civilly enough and said that he had beer
| looking for me- With that he struck N,
| on the head with his fist and Issfell at th'
foot OF the steps to the back door of th'
house. Then he kicked me in the stom
ach. I was dazed and hardly knew wha
| was doing, but tried to get my hant
| to my pocket to draw my revolver.
had never carried a pistol before Ny
wife had come out. and in the meantime
and taken hand. She was hitting tht
man on top OF me and guess likely she
hit me too, for there were two heads OF
the ground pretty close together. Sh'
says the man was on me for about two
minutes punching me all the time. Fin
ally, perhaps because my wife's screams
| frightened him, he took to his heels
| got to my feet and fired three shots a
| him."
Mr.. Taylor was asked if he should
continue in his temperance work ant
said that he should, but it is said tn,
people here are going to form law an(
order league through which all warrants
will be sworn. Taylor. is still under thu
doctors care
| Deputy Sheriff Fogg was the man wh'
caused the arrest of Elwell, Taylor's as
sailant. Mr.. Fogg had just before the