Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-03-07
KANSAS CITY MAN LIES IN WAIT
FOR HIS VICTIM AND SHOOTS
HER WITH A RIFLE.
WAS SHOT DOWN m THE STREET.
Terrible Tragedy Enacted in a Busy
Part Of Kansas City-Prisoner
Narrowly Escapes Ven
geance Of an Infuri-
ated Mob.

KANSAS CITY, MO-, MARCH ~
sumed with affection for Ruth Mol
lard, Bud Taylor, a professional base
ball player, this afternoon shot and
killed her. The man fired a rifle from
the window OF a house past which the
girl was walking. 1t was only for the
timely arrival of the police that he
escaped summary vengeance at the
hands Of a mob Of fully one thousand
people.
AS 1t was, the crowd first assailed
the building In which Taylor remain
ed, and when later the police brought
him to the door a detective had to
level the murderer's own rifle on the
crowd to force a passage.
Even that did not quell the out
siders, and four men with drawn re-
volvers and as many more with clubs
were kept busy standing of the infuri-
ated citizens.
Miss Nollard is the daughter Of
most estimable people, residing at OIL
Penn street. Taylor had evidently
lain in wait for her In a rooming house
at Ne. 4I0 West Ninth street, a direct
thoroughfare from the Nollard home
to the retail part Of the city.
Knowing the girl was in the habit
of passing that way, he evidently
had made his ambush. Forty min
utes after being shot the girl expired.
By that time Taylor vas behind steel
doors. He had been found by the
police, cringing like a coward, in the
cellar Of the wholesale drug store, to
which place he escaped as Don as he
brought his victim down.
Three shots were fired, two taking
effect. One ploughed Its way through
the chest, close TO the heart; the
other dividing the fifth and sixth ribs.
Instantly upon the shots being heard
the source was discovered by smoke
emitting from q window. While
some Of the rapidly assembling crowd
picked up the girl, Others made a rush
for the rooming house. In the room,
which was easily located, they found
Taylor's hat and his rifle.
People in the rooming house at once
volunteered the information that 1t
was Taylor who did the shooting,
offering a description Of him, and
pointing out the direction In which
they had seen him run. The leaders
of the mob began their man-hunt.
They located him finally in the cellar
Of Lilly's drug warehouse. A wagon
had taken the victim to her home, to
die there shortly afterwards, and
simultaneously with the cap
ture Of Taylor it returned to take him
up. Then began the battle with the
mob, in which there vas work for the
Bud Taylor and Ruth ollard had
been friends for about five months.
They had been together frequently.
A month or so ago they had a quarrel,
and Miss Nollard forbade Taylor to
come to her home. Nevertheless, he
came several times, and one day
choked the girl almost into insensi-
bility and threatened to kill her at
the first opportunity. He was ar
rested on complaint of Miss Nollard
for assault with intent to kill, and
released on bond two weeks ago.
His trial was to have taken place next
Wednesday.
Dusty, begrimed and ~breathless,
stood exhausted in Inspector
Halpin's office while Onicer Heydon
and Detective Boyle searched him. He
made no remonstrance when his money
taken, but when Boyle drew the
picture of the woman from a coat
pocket, Taylor struggled in the grasp
the police and shouted: For Gods
sake, don't take that ~pictureg'
In Taylor's pocket vas also a cabi-
net photograph OF himself. On the
back Of it he had written this message
to bis mother:
My dear Mother: Please forgive me
for this, for l am willing to die for
the one l love. The girl has treated
me very badly.
tSigned) BUD TAYLOR.
Taylor had a large diamond, $40 in
money and a rabbits foot in his
pockets.
While being searched, the crowd
beat about the walls Of the City Hall,
clamoring for admission, but police
men blocked every entrance. Seeing
the crowd gathering and knowing
that he had only a few policemen TO
repel any attack, Chief Hayes did not
wait to question Taylor, but had him
hustled away to a safe place. Taylor
was not put in the holdoyer at police
headquarters, but was taken away and
secreted where the mob could not find
him.
The direct cause Of Taylor's jealou-
sy was Harry Jones, a youth OF 20
years, who was born in st. Louis.
Although Jones worked in Kansas
City as attendant In a hotel billiard
room, his father is a wholesale i'm
..-. l.1.. L.. Coit I oIro nffv