Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-13
wife Lured 10 Death In Care
fully Laid Plan on May u.
Prisoner 10 Be Arraigned Today
In The Municipal Court.
Funeral Of Victim Monday-.no One
Else implicated by Story.

Pennington, Me-, June 12.-That he
killed his wife, Mrs. Eta Taylor whose
body was found yesterday buried back
of her home in Freeman, by shooting
her at close range with a shot gun on
May IL, was the confession made late
today by Marshall Taylor. according
to County Attorney Cyrus n. Blaneh
ard. Taylor. who broke down while
relating the details of his wife's death
and his subsequent burial of the body
almost on the spot where she had
fallen said that no other person was
concerned in the matter Taylor gave
no reason for taking his wifes life
Attorney Blanchard said, except to say
that they had had several quarrels.
The confession which the authorities
say they secured from Taylor came
without any pressure. according to At
toraey Blanchard. With Sheriff Small
Attorney Blanchard had been ques-
tioning Taylor in his cell. in the ooun-
ty jail, where he was locked up last
night following the discovery of his
wife's body buried beneath earth.
boughs and bricks about 100 rods from
the Taylor home. slight admission
was gained from the prisoner TODAY.
Mr.. Blanchard says and then TAYLOR
broke down and confessed everything
he said he and his wife had quarreIled
frequently up to a month ago, and he
made arrangements to kill her. On
the evening of Friday, May ~, after
they had eaten supper together. Tay-
iof asked his wife to accompany him
to the woods at the rear of their home
to go hunting. She agreed. TAYLOR
took with him his shot gun. The
couple walked across the clearing back
OF the house and had taken only a few
steps through the trees when TAYLOR
told his wife TO go ahead of him on
some pretext. and holding his gun close
to the back of her head he fired.
The skull was shattered and Mrs
Taylor fell without word, her nus
band said today. In answer to a d,fes-
ton from one of his examiners. Tayior
declared that he fired only one shot
a x1at he did not club his wife over
M after she fell. The fact that
gre back of the woman's head
lfsing when the body was dis
yesterday had led the authori-
reliev TIL I the skull must have
oeeneaten away by some heavy in
struTnenf
Immediately he saw his wife was
dead, Taylor said he set about hiding
the body Within short distance of
the spot where she fell he dug a grave
placed the body at the teottom. piled
stones over it, placed dirt on top of
these and then cut some spruce boughs
from he nearby trees and spread them
over the spot to hide the fact that the
earth had been freshly turned. His
efforts to cover up he traces of his
crime lasted we'll into the evening and
had tired him out. Taylor said. and he
went home and slept
To divert suspicion from himself he
wrote the letters and deeds tending to
show that his wife had committed sui
eide and had bequeathed all her prop
erty to him, he said. note which
Taylor showed to neighbors and to the
authorities yesterday signed in his
wife's name, said that she was tired
of this life" and that she did not want
to live any mere.
Taylor will be formally arraigned
before Judge Holman In the county
court here tomorrow on the charge of
wife murder. One of the witnesses. 1t
is expected will be Miss Gida Searles.
his housekeeper since the death of his
wife who was brought here with Tay-
Tor last night, and who has since been
detained as witness.
At the inquest held at Strong today,
the coroner's jury found that Mrs.
Taylor was killed by blows on the head
with some blunt instrument but did
Enot attempt to fix responsibility Cor the
saet. The funeral of the victim was
s held this afternoon from her little
home in Freeman, and the body was
buried for the last time in the village
cemetery there.