The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-24
NO GLUE TO . TAYLOR
THE ESCAPED
PROBABLY SAFE.
No search Made for HIm--The Hunt Given
Up by Onicers After : Weak Effort to
Follow Him With Observation-Disclosures
News.

the W~hereabout OF George Taylor, who
escaped from the Jail here Saturday
night, and it is the general belief that
he is now many miles from here.
Fifty men spent Saturday night on
the search and yesterday scores more
were out, but to-day there was no or
ganized effort to hunt for him.
The bloodhounds were practically
useless. They followed the scent only
q quarter of a mile at one point, and
to a large pond at another place near
the Wabash and Santa Fe railroad
tracks, and it is thought by many
that Taylor rode 4 horse to the pond
and then caught a train. 1t is re-
ported that a man resembling the fu-
gitlve was seen to jump off the blind
baggage of Santa Fe train at Mar
celine. The bloodhounds were sent
there, but did nothing.
Yesterday searching parties visited
the houses of all of the relatives of
the Taylors about here, but found
nothing of moment.
The people here were not at all sur
prlsed at the escape because it has
long been generally known that the
jail was In a wretched condition.
Last night extra guards were on
duty about the Jail and this morning
it was decided by Sheriff Stanley to
take Bill Taylor to Kansas City for
safety. The feeling against the sher-
if is intense.
1t is low conceded that George Tay-
lor was on the roof of the Jail at the
time Bill Taylor and CUNNINGHAM
were captured, and that he escaped
on the east side of the Jail by climb
ing down the s~mokestack Of the fur
lac
There is intense feeling in Carroll
ton against Sheriff Stanley and Lon
Shelton. Everybody thinks money
was used, butnot with Sheriff Stanley.
He is believed to be above reproach,
out easily deceived. That he was al
most criminaliy careless is certain.
He was warned time and again that
the Taylors would escape. The people
OF Browning distrusted Shelton and
offered to furnish Stanley with guards
free OF charge, but Stanley refused.
Representative MINIS of Carroll
county went to the Jail this morning
and told Stanley that if he did not put
new guards yer Bill Taylor he would
appeal to the governor.
Sheriff Stanley is greatly excited.
He says he did his best TO guard The
men. He says he will hang Bill Tay-
lor, according to program, April 80.
a high board fence will be built
around the Jail yard and the hanging
will be strictly private.
Sheriff Stanley is censured for not
making any attempt to search for
George Taylor after the murderer es-
capped.
Absolutely no effort to capture
George Taylor is being made and
there is not the slightest clue to his
whereabouts. 1t is generally believed
that he was met outside by relatives
and given money. food and re%volvers,
and that he is hiding somewhere not
far from Carrollton. It is believed
that he will not be taken alive and for
that reason few people are anxious to
head a search for him.
Sheriff Stanley was advised bv the
best people of Carrollton to take Bill
Taylor to Kansas City for safe keep
ing. These men said they did not
want the town disg-aced by a lynch
ing. The sheriff consented and stole
away with Bill Taylor in a hack in
time to catch the l0:44 train on the
Santa Fe.