The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-07
HIS BODY TAKEN TO King george
Mr.. Stiff is Still Alive
Though His Condition
is Critical.
M2 Marx LEA IS FOE TIE North
Nr qayio1s Funeral Further Particulars
OF tho Trag dy

The Nestmoreand tragedy Is the all
absorbing subject not only IN the locality
where il occurred, but IN many parts o
the country SIR N. y lletlin. Jr.. Mr.
j d Stiff. the TWO wounded men. vert
taken TO the Emergency Hospital III
WASHINGTON. where MIR Helm died soon
after his arrival. and MIR. Suti, with a
bullet i'm his neck. lies m paralyZrd con
dluon. He II conscious and can tar "a
little. An OPERATION was To be performed
I'D take the bullet out. but the patient
was suffering so much from NERVOUSNESS
audntiguc from the trip Go Washington
that tuc physicians dcci.cd II was best
TO postpone 10 Tor a TIM.
Dir . l. Sun. brother of the wounded
man. and Dr. Is l.ales. oi tins city, were
IN attendance. aud Miss Kate Stlli. sis
ter. was telagraphcd Tor and arrived
Thurduy night The body OF Mr. HELM
arrived la this city Thursday night,
accompanied by hi. father, Sheriff W. y.
Helm. ot King George. II was met here
bv Mr. j. ". Walker. undertaken oi
tomorn and carried 20 the home near
king George e. H. where the funeral
services Will bee held today at . % clock.
Rev. Mr. Thomas viii conduct the serv-
ices The funeral oi Mr. William +. IaF
lor. Jr.. took place from Oh" Episcopal
church at OAK Grove yesterday. az II
a. ill.,. am immense crowd GOT people at
tending, ana the utcrm,ni was made III
the family hurv1ug ground
4 dispatch from Oak Grove says Miss
Rosa TAYLOR. the young lady REFUSES 20
make amy statement.
Herbert Marx the principal BOO the
fraretr arrived here from Ne-jmor-
land ou The Steamer Northumberland
Wednesday night. having lett his home
after the coroner jury acquitted hiu ou
that dav. ILL., registered al TIE Hotel
Dauueli. where his brother. Mr.. Ernest
Mara. of \rw York accompanied 10y "a
.awycr. mot him Thursday morning.
Herbert Marx condition excite the
sympathy oi all who saw him. a. be- was
In D very nervous state and almost col
Au-.l wt.u he met his brother lie
spent wub.iul night aud ltit ON tire
lO.a1 train iOr the north Thursday
morning.
,onal friends Ol mine ami l bad no idea
they nai any grievance against me !
wouid not have shot them u had known
vino they were They were masked and
4 Thought they were oystermen who had
come to rob the house. ] have never
ma1e any improper remarks oradvanc's
to Miss Taylor.
As soon as Herbert Marx lett for New
York. his brother and the lawyer with
MIN went ID the stable ot Mr.. l.. h.
Wheeler. hired team and started Tor
the scene of the tragedy 20 made thor.
ouch investigation of the affair, in case
action is taken 10y the courts.
THE PARTICULARS
The following are some-oi the facts in
the saG affair. Miss Rose Taylor on sun
Iav evening accompanied Marx TO church
AT Oak Grove and IL Is claimed by friends
of Miss TAYLOR taat Marx made improp'
er PROPOSALS To her. which she resented
She told her girl cousins about II aud
they in turn told their brother. William
TAYLOR. This was where the trouble
started
TAYLOR. who was an oyster packer at
Colonial Beach. determined 10 chastse
voung Marx. lie gathered several OF
his friends aud proposed to visit Marx 5
house in the night. drag him from bed
and give him a horse whipping. The sew
pral friends me let into the secret accom-
panied him The time set for the attac!,
was 9 o'clocS Tuesday night.
The Marx farm Is about three miles
from Oak Grove. 30 it was planned to
start from the village at o clock. 1T
L1bat hour the cOnspiratOrs met and
drove out to the Marx farm and LETT the
team in thicket hall a mile from the
house. All five OF the men approached
the place together Taylor was armed
with Winchester rifle, while the
Others. with exception OF Douglass. were
armed with revOlyers
FIRST VICTIM.
Hehin walking up to a window broke
ont both panes in the lower sash. Marx
was alone in the house He heard the
prowlers and arming himself with a
revolver. demanded to know what was
wanted. There was no reply, go with
the second crash of breaking glass, be
fired at the intruder With a shrek,
Heain fell back. shot through the alb
domen. Hearing the firing Stiff forced
omen the side door As the door swung
open he was confronted 10y Marx, re-
volver in hand Stir tried to shoot, but
before he could raise his arm, Marx
fired. the bullet piercing Stii's neck The
second intruder i-ll on the threshold.
Marx then ran through the lawn up
/ the road past the pear orchard, towards
the home of ID II irihth A. he sped
: along raylOr arose from the weeds and
/ fired at distance Of less than twenty
/ ieet. The bullet missed. Marx fired
at the figure and the man sank back
/ into the weeds without sound. Marx
aroused Mr.. Griffith and took him back
to his hom,, telling him as they went Of
/ the events When they arrived they
/ found another neighbor, Mr. " l. Guth
ridge. whose farm adjOins Marks caring
/ Tor the wounded lie had been sum
mOned by a negro farm hand. As he en-
! tered the room Marx recOniZed the iea
! lures OF his ASSISTANTS, his former friends
/ Srizing a lantern he called TO MIR. Guth
ridge to follow, and ran to the pear or
lchard to find the body Of the man whom
he shot Together they hunted for thu
body and found it under a stunteC
pear tree. 1t was william Taylor