Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-28
THE SUPREME COURT
dc clines to Interfere in Dill TayIOr's
CnSe-Other Decisions.

Justice Brewer has deried the petition of
Virgil Conk!ing of Carrollton, No, in the
case of Bill Taylor, sentenced to be hanged
at that place Thursday next. Mr.. Conk-
ling arrived here Saturday, hoping to save
the life of his client, and a once applied to
the Supreme Court for stay of proceed
iEgs, presenting the case at considerable
length and in the best light possible for the
condemned murderer. Justice Brewer last
evening sent the attorney brief note, say
ing he could not interfere.
The crime for which Bill Taylor is to suf-
fer the extreme penalty was one of the
most atrocious ever committed in Mis-
souri, The Taylor brothers, Bill and
George, were thieves, and in a case for
which they had been arrested one Gus
MeekS was the principal witness. The Tay-
lor brothers agreed to give Meeks 81 GEO if
he would leave the country. MeekS made
his preparations, put al his household
goods. together with his wife and three
young children, in farm wagon. and
drove down to TIE house of the Taylor
brothers for his money, which they had
promised TO have ready for him. Sheltered
from view by huge straw stack, the Tay-
Tor brothers murdered, as they supposed,
the entire family, ami thrust the bodies in
to hole il the stack. One of the children,
a girl aged nine years, not dead, and
when the murderers had gone she crawled
out from the stack and made her way to
r.eighbor's. One of the brothers saw her
just as she had reached the place of safety
and both Immediately left the country.
They were not captured for long time,
but the proofs of guilt were so clear that
there was no question at any time Of the
verdict. Less tn IN two weeks ago George
Taylor ped from Jail at Carrollton and
is still a. large. Bill Taylor was then taken
to Kansas City for safekeeping, where he
will remain until the day of his execution.
Chief Justice Fuller yesterday announced
the decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States in II e following cases:
George w. Wilson, convicted of murder
in Judge Parker's court for the western
district of Arkansas and sentenced to be
hanged; judgment affirmed.
Flour inspectors Glover ct al. from
the eastern district CT Louisiana: the judg-
ment of the Supreme Court of the United
States is reformed, as to include costs
in the CO urt below. and the motion for a
rehearing is denied.
John Ansbro's motion for leave 20 file
petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.
Ansbro was convicted in the federal court
for dImpir garbage within the prohibited
limits of New York harhnr. and that con-
victi0n vas affirmed by the supreme Court
of the United States. After being sentenced
by the court hf low. he made an effort to
gain his freedom by habeas corpus pro-
ceedings.
Henry Thiede. convicted of murder in the
territorial supreme court of Utah. will he
rescntenced to death by the supreme curt
of the new state. While the
pending in the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States the state government came into
whether Or not the case should he remand
ed, the judgment of the territorial court
having been affirmed, to the state court or
to the circuit.