The morning times., 1895-07-22
IN THE GALL0WS' SHADE
Taylor Dares Not Hope He Will
Escape the Moose.
DEATH WATCH HAS BEEN SET
Beam Is sUncivilto V Visitorsand Roundly
Berates Those who Are Anxious
About His Souls welfare-Sharp
Contrast Between the Two Con-
demned Murderers.

Two men are waiting at the District
Jail in the shadow Of the gallows. They
are Thomas j. Taylor aud Joseph A.
Beam The death watch has been set.
Uulpss Presi dent Cleveland interfereS
they viii step upon the same scaffold near
loon on July 26, and 10y the same touch
viii be launched into eternity together.
In every way, except the time and manner
OF the fate that stares them in the face,
they are wholly different.
Beam is big, red headed, has fair com
pleXion, blue eyes, aud strong, heavy
features
Taylors little, Gark-haired, with swarthy
complexion, black eyes, small, nervous
mouth, weak chin, narrow brow, and deep
set eyes
Beam win weigh about $50 pounds and
is SIX feet tall. He has fun, big muscles,
and is a little slow in his motions He has
lately shaved off his beard aud has his hair
cut close showing round head with the
curves of his face We'll rounded in sharp
contrast with the thin angular lines of
Taylor's face. He eats with excellent
appetite and seems To enjoy IN a sensual
way even the gloomy closing days Of his
career. He had for reakfast yesterday
squad on toast with two soft-boiled eggs
with The usual accompanimepts and ate
all with q relish.
TAYLOR EATSSPARINGLY.
Taylor VIII hardly weigh l25 pounds, and
is about five feet six inches in height He
wears mutsache and keeps has dark locks
neatly combed He is in poor health, eats
spariugly aBd is plainly overwhelmed blythe
woes that have oyertakeu him. He is de-
pressed in spirit and does not let himself
dare hope that the President VIII grant
him Communication of hissentence.
As the day OF his sentence approaches
he has begun to break down aud may be-
come "A complete physical and mental wreck
before the hour arrives.
No where is the contrast between the two
men more striking than in their treatment
Of religions subjects and in their ordinary
conversation. Beam says he knows more
about the Bible t3an do the men who would
minister to him spirlually. Mr. James Lee
and Mr. Wood, OFT the Central Union Mission,
talked with him a little while yesterday
and a passage OF scripture was wanted.
Before the mission workers could find it
Beam told them where IL was. He appears,
IN fact. to be very well read not only III the
Bible. but in other books
He Is bold and aggressive in his thinking
and does not hesitate to say what he thinks
beratcd souDdly several who have called
on him in ms souls interest. He has not
selected any one as spiritual adviser,
though il is expected he VIII before the end.
BEAM Is UNCIVIL.
To visitors Beam is sometimes civil,
but what he viii do Is uncertain. Some
times has talk is very profane aud OBJ
scene II has not been considered proper
10 take lady visitors TO the jail TO see him.
He is. however, entirely civil in his treat
ment Of the guards and others who have
to DO with him
But Taylor is much interested in Spir-
iual matters. Father Sullivan, Of st.
Peter $, has attended him regula rly,
Father Matthews has spoken to him occa
sionaIIy, while Mr Downey and others
of the ST Vincent de Paul Society have
visited him 1t is reported that al
though christened in the Episcopal Church,
he rs likely TO become a Communicant in
the Catholic. He came out iuto the cor
ridor yesterday aud listened attentively
TO the service held by the Central Onion
Mission band Taylor is very courteous
alike to visitors and officials. As one Of
the attendants expressed il yesterday:
He is a perfect gentleman"
Both men read a good deal. Taylor
rather more steadily and To a later hour,
partly because he has a light i'll front
OF his cell after the cell lights are out
Taylor is now in No "a in the far end of
corridor, while Beam was placed yes
terday in No 2 The Guiteau cell, at the
end of the row next the general meeting
room Beam talks comparatively little
TO other prisoners. while Taylor has as i
cell companion Frank Hall, lately COM
mitted by Judge Miller for contempt, and
they have a good deal to say to each other
during waking hours.
LENIENT TO TAYLOR
Taylor is not so strictly under the death
watch because of the likelihood that the
President Will take action iii his favor,
but neither 5 allowed To see the general
public Their regular visitors are Beam S
wife. whose daughter he slew, and Taylor S
cousin, Mrs. Mary Davis, who brought
him up. Mrs Beam had been sick for
some time, and has not been to see him
lately. Mrs. Davis did not call yester-
day. but VIII probably go to-day. She is
not allowed any longer TO carry him food
or anything else except some trifling
articles OF clothing.
Tayiors mother, broken in health. is
living with her daughter Lucy. wife Of
John Hagenbuch, of Loudoun county, Va.
Mrs Hagenbnch wrote TO Mrs. Davis last
week that their mother has been cheered
aud encouraged somewhat by the hope Of
executive clemency Is shown by recent
copies Of The Times sent her but her health
is SO broken that death viii almost certainly
follow if her son il executed.
Tayior's little girl, Blanche, five years
old, was playing yesterday afternoon among
the flowers in the yard at Mrs Davis
pretty little home al No 10 Maryland
avenue She seems entirely unconscious
of the terrible fate that is impending for her
father. She prattles of her curlS aud
flowers and dolls as iDnocently and is as