Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-20
DEATH OF "BUCk" TAYLOR
WAS SERGEANT IN ROOSEVELT'S
REGIMENT OF ROUGH RIDERS
Victim of Consumption, Resulting
From Campaign I'm Cuba-Sketch
of His Career.

Berry =. Taylor, generally known as
Sergt. Buck Taylor. of Roosevelts Rough
Riders. died at Providence Hospital at 1O4o
o'clock yesterday morning. Taylor was one
of the most widely known of the Rough
Riders, and was in the charge of San Juan
HILL 1t was such men as he who gave the
real character to the dashing regiment
headed by Wood and Roosevelt.
Buck Taylor once a strapping fell
low, being one of the most robust men
among the Rough Riders; yet when he died
he mere shadow of the man he for
merly was. His death was due to con-
sumption, the result of his Cuban cam
paign. The remains We're taken to J. Will
liam Lees undertaking establishment.
Taylor had lived here since he came to
the city shortly after the Spanish-Ameri-
can war with a number of other sick SOL
diers who We're sent to the military hos
pital at the Washington barracks After
convalescing he secured a position in the
census office as a copyist, being appointed
May .. 1899.
Friend of Gov. Roosevelt.
Buck Taylor was a warm personal
friend of Roosevelt, with whom he toured
the empire state in the gubernatorial cam
paign which made the latter governor of
New York.
A telegram was sent to Gov. Roosevelt
al Oyster Bay last night informing him Of
the death. During the stumping tour of
New York state Buck Taylor made the
famous speech ending with I'D fight for
ma colonel; I'd die for ma colonel I'd lie
for ma colonel Even as late as last June
Taylor, who had been receiving treatment
for the lingering malady which finally
brought his active life to an end. went
over to Philadelphia to boom Gov Roose-
welt for the presidency. His health was ex-
tremely poor The old Cuban fever had
chung to him and he was scarcely recog-
nized by many who had known him. When
the convention was about to get down to
business Buck Taylor said: Let me go
up in that convention and nominate ma
colonel for President, and I'll stampede ey
erything. Nothing will stop It, I tell you,
Hanna wants ma colonel on the ticket to
carry Mckinley through. Ma colonel has
big. broad shoulders; he can do it. He'd
sweep the country; that's what ma colonel
would do
His Last Hours.
Saturday evening Taylor went to Cabin
John bridge and for a long time sat in a
big rocker the hotel veranda. About 10
o'clock 1t was seen he suffering great
pain, and he was given immediate medical
attention and later removed to Providence
Hospital. He wanted to know whether he
was going to die, but he was not informed
of the serious nature of his condition until
administered extreme JUNCTION.
The name Taylor was an assumed one,
the gallant fighters name being Berry +.
Tatum. He was the son of a wel-to-do
merchant of Montgomery. Ala, where two
of his brothers live. When Berry became
a cowboy he assumed the name of Buck
Taylor and the name ever afterward
stuck to him. He was about forty-two
years of age.
Taylor became an actor and opera singer
after receiving his education. in that man
ner putting to good a fine voice. He
filled the role of Ralph Rackstraw in Pin
afore,' and also played in ''Esmeralda' and
The Count of Monte Cristo." He after
ward became a cowboy and toured the
country with Buffalo Bill ten years ago as
King OF the Cowboys the star in stage
coach and robber dramas of the frontier.
After leaving the Buffalo Bill show he
started in what was known as the Wyoming
Wild West Show, which opened in Pennsyl-
yania in 1895 and exhibited to one-day
stands in New York and Pennsylvania
towns for several months. During the in
augura ton Of President Mckinley he was
in Washington, but soon afterward returned
to Wyoming. He lived at 1920 street
northwest while in this city. He was never
married.