Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-12-14

i boaYd fence In front leaped over iit into
1 the pear orchard. AS soon as struck
The ground on the other side Of the
fence was confronted by another
/ masked figure. Again | shot quickly,
and the man fell with a groan. i aft
erWard learned that this man was Will
liam Taylor. The second man 1 shot
was William Hefiin was between
Taylor and the light from the window,
and | wondered why he had not shot
me as climbed the fence.
After Taylor dropped to the ground
| lay on the grass for about ten min
utes, as | feared that the man lying
near me might be fooIlng and waiting
for me to rise that he might shoot AS
| lay with my pistol cooked thought
! saw other men moving around among.
the trees, but this was probably, inn
agination. | finally decided to run for
it into the orchard.
II ran for about $50 feet and then
threw myself down to listen. Not hear
ing anything, got, up and ran to the
house Of Bob Gutbridge, who runs the
plantation of David S. Griffith. Bob
went with me to Mr.. Griffitll's house.
about half ? mile away The family
were all up and some of the neighbors
We're in the room, and told them Of
my experience.
'Gutbridge and Griffith returned
with me to our house. / had no more
cartridges and borrowed a gun On
the way back to the house we found
the tracks of two buggies in which
Taylors and the others had driven to
the place. AS we entered the yard we
could see no one about, but in a few
minutes we heard faint voice saying,
Dave The voice came from inside /
the house, and going in we found two
men lying on the floor. Hef1in, who |
had crawled in from the outside, lay |
by the door and Stiff near by.
When recognized them, felt for |
a moment that perhaps after all the |
affair had been only a practical joke
played on me by my friends, and a |
feeling Of horror came over me at the
thought. When l asked Heflin If it
was all a terrible joke, he said Yes +
but that was about all either man had |
TO say to me. sent a man for DR..
Stewart, who lives twelve miles away,
while | went for, DR.. Washington, who
lives five miles distant.
That night | stayed at Grifith's
house. The next day they told me that
there might be trouble, and went to
the house Of Riatt, where stayed I'M
til the constable came for me. About
q dozen deputies who had been sworn
In walked beside the carriage of the
constable. The coroner's jury met in
ny bedroom. Carroll Thompson, one
Of the jurors, was brother Of George
Thompson. who was in the attacking
party. The hearing lasted all day, and
was honorably acquitted.
ROSA Taylor, who unfortunately
was mixed up in the trouble, did not
appear at the hearing, but made a
statement to DR.. Washington complete
Y generating me from the charge of
insulting her. was advised by my
friends that there might be serious
rouble for me if remained at Oak
Grove, and that night drove over to
4eedstown. where took a boat for +
fredericksburg. From there went to
Washington and finally returned to
Brooklyn"
Young Marx very frankly admitted
hat he had kissed Miss Taylor. She
vas little girl whom he had known
or long time and whom he regarded
lmost as a sister. The story that he
aid offered Miss Taylor insults was
pread by John Bird. an itinerant ne
70 preacher