Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-04
Slayer Fires Contents of
Pistol at Lawyer
FOUR BULLETS
FIND THEIR MARK
Beats Victim Over Head With
Clubbed Gun-Believed Taylor is
Demented-Coroner's Inquest
Finds Shooting Intentional

AS a result of what is believed to
have been an unprovoked attack
made upon him by v. L. Taylor Mon
day afternoon, Daniel Mclaughlin,
former prosecuting attorney of Ell
more county, died at the Harley home
at 1880 a. m. Tuesday.
The people of the entire eommun-
ity were profoundly shocked when
the tragedy became known to them,
as it was not known that any great
i'll feeling existed between the two
attorneys, although Taylor had in
timated upon numerous occasions
that he did not feel too friendly
toward Mclaughlin.
AS near as can be gathered, the
story of the crime is as follows: Mr..
Mclaughlin had gone to the justice
Office of o. E. Norell for the purpose
of obtaining a subpoena in a civil
case. He obtained this and in COM
pany with ]. M. Anderson of the
Boise river territory went out the
door to return to his Office. Accord
ing to witnesses, Taylor was at the
time standing in front of the Talley
dow, and as he saw Mclaughlin
leave the Norell office, started toward
him and Anderson. Passing the
couple, Taylor walked possibly ten
feet north, turned around, and shout,
ed in loud voice, "Yon s. of a.
b."
Mclaughlin and Anderson turned
about at the sound of the impreca-
tion. Taylor was standing with an
automatic pistol in his hand, and at
once fired at Mclaughlin. At about
the third shot Mclaughlin fell to
the walk, falling partly under the
drinking fountain in front of the
building. Taylor strode up, still fir
ing at the PROSTATE body, and as his
gun was emptied, he stopped over
Mclaughlin, and grasping him by
the right arm, beat the latter over
the face with the butt of his empty
weapon.
The attack came so suddenly that
the witnesses to the crime were un
able to prevent it. Mr.. Anderson
grasped Taylor by the arm and tried
to pull him away from Mclaughlin,
and o. E. Norell rushed out and
strove to take the pistol away from {
Taylor. The latter broke away from {
the two men and again hamered Nc '
Laughlin over the head, but Mr.. {
Norell finally secured the gun, and
William Talley took charge of Tay- {
lor, holding him securely. /
DR.. Hamilton, who had heard the 1
shots, hurried across the street and |
with the assistance of several peo- a
pie carried the stricken man into the '
office of DR.. Evans, where everything t
possible was done to relieve him. Mr.. '
Talley led the slayer into the office a
and sat him down in chair. In the t
meantime Officer Henry Little had I
arrived and at once took Taylor in a
charge, taking him to the county n
Jail, where he was locked up. v
witnesses differ as to the number h
Of shots fired, but it is generally be- q
lieved that, as the gun held eight h
charges, that number was discharged. fl
But six empty shells were found on "
he walk, and street, however. Four
IF the shots took effect on Mr.. Nc ri
Laughlin. The wound which subse- h
luently caused death was in the a,
right breast. The bullet ranged s,
lown, breaking rib, passing 81
through the right lung, both walls in
If the stomach, a fold of the intes- b;
ines on the left side. and lodged in
lnder the tissues just under the skin. a,
rhe next most serious wound was in n
he groin on the right side. The m
,ullet passed straight through the Il
haft of the femur and lodged in the m
,uttock an inch from the surface. NJ
rhe other two wounds were slight, II,
me passing through the fleshy part r,
# the right forearm about four r,
inches above the wrist, and the other h,
trough the fleshy part of the left lo
orearm, two inches above the wrist. in
The wounded man was removed to 60
he Harley home after his hurts had
een dressed. Mrs. Mclaughlin ar
ived at the doctors Office before the