The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-08-09
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s NESS STAND.
1elakes ths CIrcumstances Of HIS Harrow
rig II the Field. Flight From Home and
Capture BY Jerry smith In Arkansas
xsstinss In Cool md couected Manner.
CARRoLLToN, Mo, July 30.-Judge
Fuckers irst announcement this morn
ing was that he would not allow a
crowd in the court room to-day, and
he Instructed the sheriff to station q
man to keep it out. AS a result the
room vas only comfortably flied.
George Taylor was placed in the box,
He sat with folded arms and answered
questions put to him by Colonel
Hale in a smooth, low, even voice. He
related his movements in detail on the
day Of May 10. He told of
loading his wheels into his faith
erss wagon and taking them to
Browning and leaving them in a
wagon shop. After this he went to
his brother Bills house and ate supper.
When he left Bills he or Bill threw a
horse blanket in the wagon and drove
south, then east, then south a mile and
then on q zigzag road to his farm. He
arrived home at 9 o'clock and put has
team in the barn and went to bed. He
saw Mrs. Gibson, his mother-in-lnw,
both that night and the next morning
and spoke to her. He got up and did
his chores and then had breakfast. In
speaking Of the narrowing incident, he
said: II hitched my team to the har-
row and drove to the east field. The
corn was large enough to harrow and
the ground was broken in the spring"
Here he yawned lazily, and ran his
hand through his hair in an utterly
disinterested manner 'sThe ground
was a little heavy, but not hard to
harrow"
George then described the direction
which he had driven the team. He
went east of the straw stack where
the corn was higher. About thirty
five or forty yards from the straw
stack he met q little boy who said q
a little girl was at his house who said
her pa and ma and little sister were in
the straw stack. II said" Taylor
went on, 81 guess not, that can't be-
and he said, That's what she said
Then / turned the harrow and drove
over to the straw stack. There I
kicked up the straw and saw a face.
I&took it to be the face of Gus Meeks.
Then / drove the harrow back to the
barn and the little boy followed. me.
Then | hitchcd a horse and rode to
Browning"
What did you go to Browning foro?''
TO get an officer" replied George.
Then he said that when he got to
Browning he went to Bills bank and
had q conference with his brother. as
the result of which he and his brother
left town on their horses.
why did You decide to leave?'
asked Colonel Hale.
1--WE thought it a job put up on us
and we were afraid of being mobbed.
j knew Bill had lots of enemies in that
country and that it was best for us to
CO."
George detailed their fight to their
fathers farm, where they left their
horses and vent eastward through the
brush.
"Yon were arrested in Arkansas?'
"No, we surrendered to Mr.. South,
who brought us to st. Louis"
George related in detail their trip
from Buffalo to Batesville and Little
Rock. They were put under no re-
s:xaint whatever and went along will
1inglyv. At Little Rock they wer, at
the Gleason hotel under no restraint.
South left them in the hotel and went
to the convention to spend the evening
leaving them without . guard.
Had you any opportunities to es-
allowed to answer it. As q matter of
fact the Taylors were closely watched
by q police officer named Wombold all
the time they were in Little Rock.
although they did not know it.
George denied having had any con-
v%ersation whatever with South coming
mp on the train. Then he told CT be-
ing taken to st. Joseph to avoid the
Brookdeld mob and being kept in Jail
1t that place.
In the afternoon the news that the
Taylors were to be on the witness
stand drew the largest crowd that has
yet been in the court room during the
hearing OF this case. All through the
noon hour people focked in until the
room was jammed and the door was
closed. At ! o'clock a great rush
occurred. The hall and stairways
leading to the court room were choked
with struggling people. 1t was diff
cult for Judge and jury to get through.
When the Judge arrived the door was
closed or the mass of perspiring peo-
pie without and equally jammed and
perspiring people within.
When court reopened George Taylor
went on the witness stand for cross
examination. Major Mullins took him
in hand with regard to the Jimmy Car
ter story. With folded arms and slow
voice and languishing eyes moving
slowly over the court room he an