The news boy., 1896-05-09
read Il. Some oas asked Aim ifhe had

read It. Some oac asked Aim II he had
anything to say.
NO." was his answer. "If the pco-
pie can stand It, can."
Breakfast was brought the doomed
man about six o'clock. II was not a
credit to Sheriff Stanley or Carroll
county, When men are about to die
It is the custom to let them have what
they want to eat. They are even
humored with all the delicacies of tho
season, but no questions were asked
Taylor. His morning meal, served in
a tin pan, consisted of two fried eggs
and three biscuits and tin cup full Of
coffee. There was no knife or fork,
not even a spoon.
Taylor found a spoon finally on his
table, and wiping it on newspaper
began to eat in stocial, Indifferent
way. A gentle murmur of indignation
went the rounds of the reporters.
us that all you wish, Mr.. TaylorP"
one OF them asked sy ympat athetically.
Yes, this will do" he answered re-
signedly.
But his eyes filed with tears and he
struggled to suppress his emotions.
This touch of sympathy from the men
who had been sent here to describe his
last hours and his ignominous death
moved him moro than hate or bitter
ness.
TAYLoR's DYING STATEMENT TO THE
PUBLIC.
just two hours before he was to be
led to the gallows the doomed man
made statement to the public. Col.
Hale and Mr.. Conkling had been talk
ing with him, and us they went to
leave he handed Col. Hale letter ad.
dressed to the public. 1t contained
this statement, his formal farewell to
the men who believed him guilty and
his friends who still stand by him:
ITO THE PUBLIC: l have only this addi
tional statement to make. I ought not to suf
Ter as / am compelled to do. Prejudice an,
perjury have convicted me. BY this convic
tion my wife Is left widow, my babies ar
made orphans In cold world, my brothers +
mourn and my friends to weep. You haste
my gray-haired mother and father to thei
graves. The mobs and that element houn
me to the grave. I have hoped to liy
at least until the good people realized tn
tin1ustice done me. but it can not be so.
feel prepared to meet my God, and no,
wing my way to the great unknown. where
believe everyone is properly judged hop
my friends will all meet me In Heaven / be
lieve I am going there. Good-by all
Nv. p. TAYLOR"
The note also contained this printe
certificate, given him by the priest an
: signed his name.
I II, the undersigned desiring that in the ever
. | OF my death the truth concerning the conditio
OF my soul should be told at my funeral, d
hereby testify that have been born again b
n believing In the Lord Jesus Christ. II I di
: tonight will go to Heaven"
Both messages were under date c
April 30. Before giving out this lette
I Taylor wrote one on scrap of new!
paper and, signing it, handed
kthrough the bars to the reporters
ran as follows:
"To THE PUBLIc:-The c,amor for my bloc
!, Is soon to he satisfied by numbering me cool
IS and deliberately under the guise Of law.
!. may be you are not murdcrers. 1t is betwee
4 you and your God"
. Taylor chose r. NJ. Kneisley, Virg
= Conkling's law partner, to attend I
A the disposition of his body. Kneislc
y had talk with him in his cell. in whic
= he calmly discussed the details an
a asked him to accompany the remain
/, to the Yount cemetery. near Lacled
~ Mo-, where the intermcnt will occur.
"a ''Don't leave me-" he said, until tn
4 last clod of earth has been placed upo
20 my grave"
~ During all this sorrowing talk /
4 never faltered, and was apparently IL
! as much affected as the lawyer.