Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-05
uIRL WHO GAVE LIFE FOR SALT LAKE BOY
PremontiOn OF the Terrible Tragedy-Ms Noad Knew Abso
utely That She Was Going to be KIled-Her
Letter TO Harry Jones'

Il know that am to be killed by Bud
Taylor. 1t must come; / cannot escape
IT,"
These words repeated at various
times 10 her relatives ana friends ex-
pressed the one thought that occupied
the mind Of Ruth Nollard and caused
her to prepare for the fate that over
took her when, says the Kansas City
star, she was shot 10 death on West
Ninth street Saturday afternoon, by
the man whose love she had rejected.
Bud, or John, Taylor. former ball
player who did the shooting carried
out to the smallest detail the purpose
he had made known to the girl when he
finally realized that she could never be
his wife, He said he would move into
her nelghborhood and dog her footsteps
until he got a chance to Rill her for
he declared she should sever battle
wire OF another He prepared TO carry
this threat into execution Wednesday
afternoon and rented room from John
Merkle at il0l3 West Ninth street. The
building is a two story brick structure
on the north side Of the street. He
wanted front room and got H. Then
ne watched ana waited. Miss Nollard
was practically a prisoner IN her par
ents. home at 9li Penn street two
blocks distant from the place where
Iayior kept his death vigil. She dared
not leave the house unless ACCOMPANIED
by her mother or one of her sisters
Taylor had previously attempted TO Kill
Ruth, and every precaution was taken
to protect her Her father the only
man IN the family is in Vera Cruz
Mexico.
MOTHER SAVED HER FRIDAY.
Friday afternoon Ruth and her moth
er walked down the Ninth street hin
from Penn TO Washington. They saw
Taylor approaching them on Washing
ton street, They kopt their ewes on
him, and Taylor lowered his head
pulled his hat down over his ewes and
passed on. The mother and daughter
did not lose sight Of him until he disap-
peared from view. Taylor saws he had
knife and intended to kin Miss Mol
lard then, but changed his mind be-
cause her mother was with her.
SUI he blded his time Yesterday az.
ternoon he saw Ruth and her sixteen
Near-old sister, Louise walking east on
Ninth street and he took up his position
In the window Of his room. The girls
walked on until they were directly OBJ
posite the window They were on the
opposite side OF the street but he aid
not fire then The younger sister was
on the side nearest him and INSTRUCTED
his aim The window whore Taylor sat
with a 44-caibre Marlin rife on his
knee was in the second story and was
the third from the west end Of the
building. He waited until the girls had
passed on, until they had reached the
corner Of the alley known as Bank
street Ruth's back was now fully ex-
posed 10 him. He took deliberate aim
and fred three shots I'm rapid success
sion. The young woman screamed and
fell, pierced by two Of the bullets The
younger sister bent over her and "a
crowd assembled quickly. 4 thick cloud |
n blue smoke tloated gently under the |
window and showed where the shots /
were fired. a mob gathered and cried /
Tor vengeance on the murderer The I
police arrived dra gged Taylor from uh- |
Ter bed where he had concealed HIM |
'elf and fought their way to the patrol |
wagon which conveyed Taylor 70 the /
police station
HER DYING MESSAGE.
The wounded girl, gaspine and barely
was carried to c. c. Noung's