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,lpato tho ruthless attack which onded in his

tielpSt.e. the ruthless attack which onded In his
Tho tTOSchorOuS murder At his v hCHsS
20 fSi \ SC ssdoSt e Fhs ssi' on nt0F I. d Il. na irq% Hu Of
those who left the spot and only saw the result
q the murder upon their return and the other iS
Next Fus6e; into defence one Of Judge, TIA
Brown, formerly Miss Brooks, Of the Brooke.
fancy connection. Her mother, born in lslS,
in 1893. She says il took place in 1926 or 1925.
:, This Ills is the Nv Grst guess Ts.oy We D, haze Of the Sss date e
his years, for Michael Taney bcgot Roger Bro. Ike
Tanex in 1877, as tho latter relates. Chief JUS
iok, where she:died in 1914, and whore he mar
riea Anne Key In 1900; Why was TAney,s
was born in 1855, he would have been go in
1918. therefore suspect that this murder TOOK
R9laaStSS tel ! sG ht dSiS, 'fPs SFh S&s''s The sh doat tR' o SH NJ!
chael's. wife left his fancy, free. yet, gloomy.
The family Witness T. the most fs!al ,S one to
She says Benjamin mot Howardi Magruder,
at the fox hunters feast, toasted q young lady
mother had married "beiow her social position
This poor relative was dou6ly An orphan and
Michael Tsney's. The toast was resented by
Tnnoy, and MeRruder then ssid:,
N SIs she So s lSaS but or a y% TsI1t liEsSt has 2. t lRTs. smlrohed
smirc6ed tho victim MasEEuder. Of whom this
habit Of making disreSpoctfnl remarks about
women, and had Mr.. fancy not killed him 1t is
All other accounts speak Of the Magruders as
comparative models Of restraint and policy
pubiiShed his BOOK in 1867. and he says.
1.-THE Magruders were endowed with, but little
strength OF character EEst were distinguishSsd
tween these adjoining families was due to
the aminble character Of the Magruders. their
careful avoidance Of committing or speaking
any wrong Of them and also their never taking
Theirs were the two most influential families in
the hq IN Iofi;, and oN We're ! ,r mSEifeioNST' i. al%Sys oP.
This, probably, was the family which defeated
Roger B. fancy for reelection to the state
my father and mySSif,T" wrote Chief Justice
feat, There was no object to be gained by con.
tinuing there any longer
"Thus far MI. Tanoy wrote his own life, but
The lady who has now added her testimony,
ness" that we do not know where We are at"
in date or anything, says that Michael fancy
light Q, ioyo-probably meaning to say light love
Ssrappie" and arranged to. feht a duel on
Taney's own lawn in good faith, hardly good
taste. When the pistols went on with plank
laugh and tone" so strict is memory o. the IN.
ferential, accused fancy Of the deception. He
dared fancy to fight him across n handkerchief
again interfered. Then Mr.. Magruder called
fancy Tln then sprans on and stabbed him.;
This is circumstantial:, but hardly natural.
Tan goes would ON too not lG sy for Tia asy wi nnd nei RGss s iSps
nor ate; What matters 1t L he did fly at lasti
aup,rothv with Nv Tanav avNAnt tho Mavrudar
Connection
The witness says the Jury OF inquest gave a
eral attempts 10 arrest him. Mr.; fancy told him
from tho hall Of his homo to XII hin; but he
on by Mngruder,s friends, summoned help.
Mr.. Taney's friends then induced him to leave
Ny n mo m9t b F.r ne: fntbsr, child h1ln q bn mine OF eS zen y TSen
she came, upon Mr.. fancy aslcop on a bed OF
stray. She ran to- to the u, house house. NET me- her fat father se
planned the situation, impressing upon her the
consequences II she told any one what she
M. fancy ngA' across the Pstu8ent River to his
brothers, Mr.; Thomas fancy. who lived near
GNain n OH; lis II life ss'''y' "n'to ne spent the re-
So 1t seems that the grandfather Of this wit
by in his favor and only a Coroner's finding Of
manslauehter, he slept around in barns and left
"C6ief Justice Taney." says Samuel Tyler.
was of a most vehement and passionate nature,
Wnlcn gave RreuI ueClSlNcn6sbI W HE oplHiono "
all subjects. and on none more than on politics.
Judge Frederick Stone adds:
II have no doubt that his fathers rash act
exercised n restraining influence during most OF
his life upon Chief Justice Taney's temper"
What have we learned Of that murderi That
1t was done at Michael Taney's house upon a
visitor; that in some way It concerned his sensi.
bilities toward a female dependant and rela'
tive; that 1t was SO savage that he fled for
life: that he did not pay the debt Of honor ia
ignored that debt of honor for from forty tc
ffty years. GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.