Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-27

though mos, Of the residents Of Clay
county hold him blamclosF, Between
lho Towards and the Bakers there had
existed for generations deadly feud.
Sometimes II would sumbcr Tor a dec.
udr but II always aWoko with fresh
Nirulcnco As the result OF a buglnpsa
deal In which the Bakers wctc worsled
the quarrel was removed with all It's Old
time foIoclS one day the Bakors,
rongrulod I'm u clump " Hhrubbory, shot
lloWar1F falhor and two brothers ns
they were riding Nh the public highway,
Soon lflcWard James Howard mot The
lothol Of tho Bakers us he war coming
INTO the village on horseback Both
mon drow roNolyors and fred, but How.
urd'H aim WAS the moro uncrriug and
the old man loll from hiU horse dospor.
atoly wounded,
Howard vas arrested and brought 10
trlnl Tho shooting had been witnessed
by several persons but II was limos.
slhlo 10 ma a jury willing to convict
tho young Uvongrr IT his slain father
und brothers old man Baker and his
adhorcnls had a bad reputation In tho
county They had shot ana Killed tho
Towards from ambush without wit.
ncstos. and II was not thought worth
Whllo to arrest them No one doubted
iholr CUNT ana the opinion waa general
w the county that "youug JIM had
done no more than strict equity de.
mnnlod. Although he could not bo nc-
quilted, II was absolutely Impossible 10
convict him. and finally the cuso was
dropped That he lost no prestige IN
me mountain community ~ evidenced
10y the fact That he was elected subse.
uuonllN Ia the olllco ~ aF4opsor,
tut Howard was not satisfied with
thiH mwlusa conformation OF his act "
summary vengeance ne determined
To Ro Ia Frankfort and scpuro u nun
pardon from the new executive, who
Ws u personal friend ana know tho ctr.
rumHlnuDoa, lie rode into tho CAPITAL
lust az lhc election committee was
about 60 report and n did not take him
| lunR 10 llnd Oul that Div fIond TAYLOR
might not be- declared TO be- the nghlful
governor lliH hope Of obtaining tho
/ coveted pardon grow FAINT
After the tragedy Howard did not ~.
turn Immediately Ia the mountains lle
| " NlN'l'' N'dIlN " Ni'k W. a lnlol At
Frankfort ana thon realizing that Mr,
Taylor would never be- acknowledged
governor of Kentucky ho went back lo
his native mountains, Ms burden unfit.
81, but he AYERS with no additional
weight Imposed upon his conscience,
lie was not arrested mtll the following
Ann
According 10 The confession Of Horny
", NoulaoN James y 1aylors Monog
| rnphor now serving u HE sentence IN
the Franklin county ponilontinry for
completely IN tho crime, tho shot was
nrcd from the window NJ tho private
ollco of Secretary ~ state Caleb Pow.
cf, ana Howard and himself were The
only persons I'm The room lic declares
nat Howard got un his knees, took n
| ulo which Youlao, had borrowed and,
l0klnp Nlondy aim lrod, fhcn Howard
ilrod four ahols from his revolver he
also insists that meeting was held ON
thc Monday evening preceding The
shooting ia devise some way 10 got rid
N dochol and that both Taylor and
Powers were present AZ that mootins
n was decided that Howard was Tho
man ~ do the deed, ana ne was sum.
moncd TO Frankfort for that purpose
ARTHUR N, HATCH.