Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-10-30
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Cal. I7yIor's RlifacuIOnsI Escape
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Thrilling story Of How Taxhan sDrskse1
Il from Night Riders AFTER lHaSkin,
q His Companion. Had Been Murder.
2 - ,3asbia5Ig -s9iF ge8
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harmed, save numerous scratches -rs-
lceived in aasthirtyl lhoard trip thfodehF ~
unfamiliar woodsJ and the, fatigue IN
cident 20 the trip without food. and
the mental strain Judge r. Zach TaFBT
Ilor- reached here WednesdAI- I-moening--
,aftersa miraculous escape zfFem- -zAw6Npk
riders at Reelfoot laaae, who nnrosx>
kim. @A"a AA-''~ ~ -
h al escape is due 70 q dAss3
ing dash for liberty while the night
riders were q disputing among tAsh4
selves the best way to XIII Fin.
n zr9Tsylof pldho.d fntSresk.2a .2a5 Al nI
il Da1ilak D1ila the heat atff of the diseps:sos.ag 5ssst
1at al moment When the guards at,.nno.sGJgy
1tion was diverted -D Colonel Taylor
broke for freedom -Dashing 9 tswr
yards I t33 the bank OF SHALLOW inlet =
scf Heeifoot lake, lie lpidnged \, t.. e D1,I,r
10 ,S9{d ,iiade9 of Bhlletss followed tie
flu slti7Fe5 whose .hknre Vas dlnly diiss.S,I
.ee.ni9.e in the growing dawn ~ aVs'''
,prOacLirg aylight-odr;d Adj T., an0
< Ma ing and swimming. the aged >
attorney pushed forward il,al Bullets - -
and sr all shot fell on every side, Svs ?'s ~
none lslf1c,kys str1e jshJ jao1J sYI .ssis'2
- Near ID 6anEo opposite jT qbslh q}bs.l h1n2 a1nlQ2 T.
riders. Judge TAYLOR threw his'-'
hands and pitcaed forward hee-tly,
over a leg, and lay. inert aaa,, 4,,s
li}undreds 81 shotr We're hrYed into I,1 ~
the Aog by the night riders to make go
assurance doubly sure,9 buy not one
penetrated far enough ito inimfe Colo. y ~ ~
nnhi 'tra yleT loT IGsb Jon lisa h0i12eLes
ssJoihed that th eha''at}RH bad sit3ts10
death, and fearing that the Repeated sH
sound of shots would arouse to- many,
resiaehtsd OF the HSeishbdt69odiiq tie
night ddera did not hftempN t6p cross sS3o :
the sleugd 10 gsxasnfi2e 1fa1 b6dy 9fBtt 10
left Inc scene after over s68os6otss 3 Had rs
been fred. httW 5s9Up9I f esnoo sf9h5
For Hours in tHeg Water. bssoloHs
Colonel TAYLOR; hOwe2gP,q lay for TsYs .
hours in the water. fearing Some one -O- M
he'd been 1efG 6eGTnd toasTs}ch leAt9o
dawn. looking up and seeing thatShfs >SA
ruse had been successfuf : Colonel Tay-.
lor pfin geds 1879 the Euhderbrnsh to-
Sight ihiso way 10 friendly icoHinuni. ~ =
ty. Avoidfag paths which f6ight seAd- us
to some unfTenafy clearingoo eotenel as9
Taylor pushed his way slowly through io
/. the dense woods eEfopbinf only to ? y. =
take a few fninut ossfest BRIO feff&sI is'A
himself from some clear st1eamGuo9 INV
Four h6ilrs5 he traveled fn1thfse aSSRfioOJ
ner. the sum hts Q only guide when 1ol
night came. Colonel Taylor. stfII1 sb
afraid to approacHx aeusS. his
couch0onla bed OF leaves and Slept 5ansA
I'll early motning9s Is1 o. svsn onw AS
With EthsJ first3rsyss efhtse ssdao Ne noi'
was ups and pushing nhwardd is1sn9J Sii'
About sio,clocleWrAnsso&so HSr rhf6x 7Sds
Colonel TaNlofo deciding ehat 10 AoAtGnslt
then bensafe yfop AtmI 20 rmaE hdQntdy stc'
at asfarms hegse .evfelSwh a1sTxkA IN
which, shortly led int affoufbswoHtssl i
aideW nsttagts9 Ahsj IfeeihE1f II
man came sI2ons the dhomessEs Azuthsnibss
Rankin 90 oyfEseeG5 foE57tsne ysktsndzT III
Harris; u diitsE2sstsi t2asttn IN thatosectsaew iA.RG
whatIls fanewa Cssg EPfT3 Bgttem. .sbafa q
, Fugitive oIven = Astelsem.sxsn 7vo a
Rankin, who-4s-net-re-akaf=tH Colo
mel Taylor;s law partner, Nslconf9daA
the almost exhausted m; 4, land after sF
giving 9Eim rbreakfastian dressing the, SSi
wounds made bylrOugh brush fnotkesvs
bsttle9 shrough theDnwoods3 srodS $50 osA
the nearest telephone neighbor OhB nd Hss
sent Armessage tolTitusvilie iwitn dnsoiH
news that Colonel 5TaNk0r was szfEIg I~al
Shortly AfteFwagds Colonel faxldns1s
and Mr., Rankin started O for EtDtoBsGss'
vile INA buggy They were dmetns bf
few miles from town by a posseit twhfehsy1
started, out for othe ,pprPesesht y3ieoaiml
Colonel Taylor ,iimmediatelF1s AFTER boo
reaching town, called up his, homeIatHf n,
Trenton, by. long distance teleRhgHeits.
and informed sdrrhis his relatives ofntHssss-o bI
cape. T. - es'-.' - - osoIa al ~ VII,
In HIS night Colonel Taylor traveleda,s q
about twenty es-threueh-a=xection
which would have proved idifaenftaehsicdI
mad he followed resds2sL is nnoasoId IL
-Qs0 O-4=44-+susu Is gnivquo
Fun.eai Or Captain Rankin ~ l'
Trsnton 5 vTehh y Oct? 2s. s.Nk ktftfyd-u - II,
cd by one Lofbihe largest aeFtbwds stiist tsph =
ever assembled ehefei, tbgaunefxteof sIl
Captaimq ouintih RanhiAititrSRo +A5sIu
murdered bysnightt orders asswafnStfj ]
| Log Monday hight u was n eld1 here hs
"Wednesday morning. .saHandfsdstcc<TSi
floral tEibuteeHwerei ssntfby sosfotins tn'
friends from all fsectiops OF thssstsse btuc
and among those who gathered RtotiSGd
tgrave were residents of fneariss FeveSS yl-
county ofowests sTennesseeo The yvhngoo !