Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-29
Nebraykr
BERT TAYLOR IS EXECUTED
Murderer Of Pearl Taylor Of Minden
Hanged at Lincoln.
HE PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE
story Of the Crime and LONG Chase
for the Criminal, who Finally
Surrendered Himself I'm
California.


LINCOLN, Neb., oct. 2S.-tspeciaL)-For
The murder Of his sister-in-law, Pearl Tay-
Tor, age 10 years, Bert NJ. Taylor, Of Minden
was hanged at the state penitentiary today,
the trap being sprung at 2:37 o'clock The
man was dead in thirteen minutes.
From the scaffold Taylor made a short
statement in which he maintained thai
he was Innocent Of the crime for which
he was TO be executed. saying:
Il am not the man they thought. I was
convicted on circumstantial evidence and
no case was made against me. when the
black cap was fastened around his face, he
said;
Goodbye to everybody. / am going to
a better country"
Taylor was perfectly cool when walking
from the hospital where he has been CON
fined, to the building in which the scat
fold had been erected. He walked up the
steps OF the gallows between two guards,
and upon reaching the top examined
critically, though without touching IT, the
rope with\ which he was to be executed
Then he looked carefully over the crowd
and as he saw an acquaintance on the
scaffold, he reached out and shook hands
with him and inquired how he felt When
he was asked II he had anything 20 say
he spoke as above.
Hears Governors Decision.
A short time before the execution Taylor
was examined by a number OF pnys.cians
and his pulse registered only eignty-five
and he was pronounced sane and in good
health and erfectly calm and comosed.
When Warden smith informed the con-
demned man that Governor Shallenberger
had refused to interfere. Taylor SAID:
What will you do nowY'
I'VE will have to carry out the orders
Of the court" replied the warden.
Taylor hesitRted, then said:
Nv hat Is TO become OF my bodyr'
Relatives have requested the body re-
Piled the warden, and 1t will be turned over
20 them" Taylor seemed to have an idea
that the body would be turned over to q
medical college and he did not want thai
done
Every Legal Step Taken.
Taylor was not executed until every lega
action had been taken to safe his life. he
had been convicted in the lower court anC
the sentence affirmed in the supreme court
Appeal was then made to the governor
who came home from a speaking tour u
hear the plea OF Judge n. O. hamer thil
afternoon. After the governor had refused
TO interfere Judge Hamsr filed a motor
In the supreme court for q stay OF sXeou.
ton ana . reheartng OF the case. The
court was assembled and declined TO per
NIT the fling OF the motion. Final hops
was not abandoned for the prisoner unu
$40 o'clock and the trap was sprung
shortly thereafter.
Among the witnesses OF the execution
was douglas Tay lor, father OF eParl Tay
lor. he was also In the office OF the gov
ernOr during the time Judge Hamer wal
making his plea
Governors Findings.
Governor ShailenDsrger. IN refusing to In
tarfere, made this statement;
IL note from letter written by the de
PENDANT, Taylor, attached TO the bill o.
exceptions in this case that the crime To-
which he was convicted was committed
two and q half years ago. 1t seems to m,
ample time has been given his counsel Z
inquire into his mental condition. II Their,
is any chitioism that may be urged agains
our system OF Jurisprudence II 10 the delal
OocaslOned by the procedure OF our court
IN bringing to Justice those who are guilt!
OF such heinous Grimes as is disclosed b!
the record In this case. In conformity witt
the ordinary procedure in the courts o
England Il would have taken two month";
70 have brought this man 10 justice ratne
than two years and a half.
There 10 nothing presented at this tim,
which, to my mind. warrants my interior
SnOo with the finding OF the jury and IN,
sentence and judgment of the court anC
the application for a suspension Of sen
tancS u accordingly denied"