The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-02-24
H N0AhN'S Awful DEED.
From fridays Extra.

this morning another murder was
added To the long list of crimson trag-
eeies which have stained the city and
/ territory within the past two years
1t differed from the ordinary run of
/ killings in 'he fact that the SLAYER was
a woman, and the victim "a young
man
At the hour named Mrs NJ. c. Tay
/ lOr, aged 40, e dressmakcr doing UuSi-
ness at her home, 5l7 South First
street between PerNins and Grant
shot and Killed
William Henry Harrison, aged 81 years.
The deed was cold and deliberate and
the weapon OF the maddened woman's
revenge was "A double barreled shotgun
loaded with buckshut The shot was
fired at close range, the load striking
the unfortunate Harrison full in the
right side of the face completely
Tearing Away the Lower jaw
and se7ering the iugular vein The
wound was an awful one and he ter
rible sight sickencd the hundreds of
spectators who gazed with morbid Gu
riosity on the body weltering in a
Sea OF Flood.
The shooting occurred at the front
or porch entrance of Mrs. Taylor's home
and according TO stories told 10y eye
witnesses, the fatal shot was fired
while Harrison was i'm the act of step
ping into the sitting room. Mrs. TaV-
lor stood four feet from the threshold,
and as Harrison pushed open the door,
with his hand on the knob and one foot
ON the carpet, the trigger of the shot
gun was pdlled. Only one shot was
fired, but the full charge struck him
full in the right side of the face, tear
ing away his
jaw, Tongue aud Teeth.
Flesh, blood and hair splattered over
the glass in the door, and stained the
walls. ceiling and door sills.
As the charge struck the murdered
man low moan issued from his throat
and he fell Violently TO the floor his
feet resting inside ihe room and his
head and body lying, half curled, on
/ the porch. An ocean Of blood spurted
from the horrible gaping wound,
which was large enough To receive a
saucer
After finishing le~ bloody work the
murderess calm y retired and pla ed
| her gun i'm the corner Of the room and
awaited the arrival OF police officers.
Cause OF the Tragedy.
Particular, regarding the awful af-
/ fair are very meager, but it is alleged
/ that TIA. woman was driven TO commit
/ the desperate deed 10y the overbearing
/ impudeucc and fOrWarCness of llarri-
son, who, 30 is said, had frequently
| visited tgc Taylor home with evil de-
/ signs
/ Harrison called on Mr. Taylor yes
! tordav evening at her residence, 5l1
/ south First st.c,t, and asked for fe"
minutes conversation.
Mrs. Taylor scvs for living and
! has residing with her Mr. Lawrence
/ Hancock, aged is years, a son by a
/ former husband. aud who formerly
drove Nutter a Wells delivery wagon
Mrs. TAYLOR wa, alone when Harri-
/ son ,allet aud be Nas prc-emptoruy
/ ordered "a way.
Called to Meet Ills Death
Harrison left, but at 10 minutes to
/ o o'clock this morning again showed
Mrs. Taylor again refused him
admission aud cried: "Go ON
away John Harrison or you
will be sorry" But Harrison per
sisted and finally forced the door open.
At this point neigh bors were attrac-
{ q by the angry words of both Mrs.
/ Taylor aud her annoying guest and a
few seconds later Harrison was seen
to rush hurriediy onto the porch,
wheel around and make for the door
again. which closed with a bang.
As Harrison pushed the door open
and placed one foot within the room,
the shrlll cry of a woman issued forth:
Don't come in or III shoot
simultaneously shot rang out and
Harrison fell to the porch. Officers
were at once summoned and chief BaX'
ter and Policemen Bruce and Upton
rushed 20 the scene of the tragedy,
followed by several hundred people
Here's the gun, Mr.. Baxter; ! did
it," coolly spoke Mrs. Taylor, and q
few moments later she was reclining
on a couch in cell number >, county
Jail
Harrison lived an hour and ten min
utes and very strangely died on the
spot where he fell, not person pres
ent apparently being willing 10 move
che distorted aud blood stained body
After life was extinct Harrison wa'
removed TO Spengeps undertaking
rooms where an inquest will be helC
by Coroner Barker.
Andrew Potete, the intelligen
colored ianitor at the city hall, wa
. the first person on the scene after tn
shooting occurred. Potete lives acros
the street from the Taylor domicile.
Saws he: 81 saw Harrison lying in
pool of blood.on the porch. l rushe'
into the house and said:
did you do this, Mrs Taylor?
S "Nes, She replied
What did YOU do it for?' in sci
defense; have stood that fellow
abuse long enough. lie has been tn
cause Of all my trouble. ! will sta
e here for the marshal and give mysel
] up
/ said Potete. 1t is said tina, POtete ha
, been approached several times by thu
husband of Mrs Taylor TO watch Han
rison
Bottom of the Affdir
d Some light may be thrown on III
n tragedy by the fact that Mrs. Taylor
Y husband, who works at Baxter
Cammack's livery barn, instituted
suit for divorce against his wife thrC
a months ago, on the grounds of adu
Il terv. This case is docketed fC
- tomorrow m the district cour
No cores pondents are name
= but IL Is intimated that Harrison, th
l. murdered man, and two others, ha'
is been intimate with Mrs Taylor. IL
,r said that Harrison has known Mr.
F, Tavlor for some time aud was hI
" friend up till few weeks since, whC
ne he turued against her, although al
r. naarinor i'm the light of a friend. Ii