The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-12
JEALOUS OF YOUNG MARX.
He Had "a Big Drag with the
Girls" He Admits.
from the New York World.

From the New York World.
Jealousy was the real motive of the
attack of five young Virginians on
Herbert Marx which cost two of them
their lives.
Young Marx practically admitted yes
terday that he was convinced of this
Only desire to keep the names OF
other young women out Of the affair
and to avoid the appearance of posing
as having eclipsed the country beaul
in love affairs prevents him from tell
ing the full truth about what he con-
siders the real reason for the attack.
It is not denied that the young men
Of Oak Grove were Jealous Of the
handsome young city-bred man of pol
ished mien who outshone, outdanced,
outshot, outshone them and was a
prime favorite with all the pretty girls.
This feeling, it is limited, j. @. Stiff.
who is thought by some to have been
the leader of the party, had particular
reason to share. He and young Marx
were rivals in two instances at least.
and Marx came off with all the hon
ors. Marx admitted yesterday that he
had been paying particular attention to
a certain young woman in Oak Grove.
When asked If Stiff had also been at
tentiVe, he at first hesitated and then
said.
"No-o-o, am pretty sure he wasn't"
Marx refrains from openly charging
his assailants with jealousy. His con-
yersation, however, shows plainly that
he is convinced the alleged insult to
Miss Rose Taylor was only trumpet
up excuse for the attack on him, and
that the young men used the oppor-
tunity to get even.
Had a Drag with the Girls"
at is a fact" said ne. that / had a
big drag with the girls. | went to
all the dances and social affairs. You
see | was down there for my health
and had nothing to do, so had more
time than any one else for being with
the young ladies.
Some of the other fellows did not
go so much. l don't want to say any
thing about the social positions of any
of the young men involved In this
affair. Taylor belonged to one OF the
best families.
"Stiff wasn't an +. f. ", as they
call them, and he wasn't the sort OF
fellow that the girls liked. He wasn't
a ladies' man. He was all right other
wise as far as l know. / thought him
a splendid fellow and looked on him
as my friend.
stiff is a bachelor, 3S years old.
He liked the society of young ladies,
although he did not go to all the
dances. He liked two young women
to whom / was attentive. but 1t
amounted to nothing 1t was nothing
serious and l never dreamed he could
have any feeling over 1T.
"Hefiin was a young fellow, just Il.
He clerked for Stiff's father In the
store and was good friend of mine.
He often came out TO the house and
kept his horse there for some time.
VIII Taylor was different. All the
Taylor boys were a little peculiar, odd
and morose. They kept to themselves.
II thought VIII Taylor was good
friend of mine. He invited me sew
eral times to spend a night at his
house and seemed very cordial. The
idea of his being jealous of Rose Tay-
lor is nonsense. Why, she was his
cousin, and only child.
Cause of the Shooting.
"The incident that caused the trou-
BILE happened on Thanksgiving Day.
We were all at an entertainment CIV
en- by the church. ! was standing out
in the hall talking with several girls.
as the one l had been particularly
attentive to was there.
II asked her to walk to the post
office with me to get the mail. She
hesitated as though she was anxious
to go, and TO tease her l turned and
said to Rose Taylor:
"'Well, Rose, you and | viii CO.
Rose consented, and as we walked
along 1 playfully put my arm around
her and made as II TO kiss her. IL
was all done In fun and Rose knew
IT, We never gave the least thought
to It and would never have thought
Of IL again IL the negro. John Bird.
hadn't happened TO see It and tell OF
il.
II cannot understand how Stiff acted
on n wild report like that without
any investigation. ] was not so much
surprised at Taylor and Helm. Tay-
Tor was hothcaded, and Helm would
go into a thing like that just for the
fun OF Il. But sum Is an older fellow
and leyel-headed.
no, have no evidence that Stitf