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PORTAGE from Page 1performed at the .state Crime Laboratory indicated that Hayden died as a result of complications from three bullet wounds.Havden's body also had cuts around his face, swell-m *mg around his eves and a broken jaw, the complaintsaid.Three spent 22-caliber cartridges were found near Hayden’s body b investigators According to the criminal complaint, these empty cartridges matched cartridges test-fired at the Crime Laboratory from a 22-caliber revolver that Taylor purchased March 17 from Grant Guildner of Wisconsin Dells.According to the criminal complaint, Taylor returned the revolver to Guildner on March 27. and then tried to repurchase it on March 30. However, Guildner refused to resell the weapon because he had “an uneasv feeling about the wav that the defendant wasacting.” according to the complaint Taylor again tried to buy the revolver on April I. the complaint saidMaterials found in Havden’s home indicated that the victim was preparing for a rummage sale scheduled for March 29, according to police. Included in the items to be sold was a 32-caliber H and R 1905 revolver, which was not found in a search of the home, the complaint said.Guildner told officers that on March 27 Taylor tried to sell him a .32-caliber H and R revolver, and asked if he knew anyone else who mav be interested in buying it Guildner reportedly told Taylor to contact a man named Scott Jones of Wisconsin Dells, who did buy the weapon. Taylor then tried to repurchase thisrevolverrevolver from Jones during the weekend of March 28-29. the complaint said This weapon also has been recovered by Menomonie policeTaylor told police that he returned to his home in Portage after leaving the home of a friend in Eau Claire March 25, according to police. He said he had a job interview at a store in Madison at 10 a.m. March 26. the complaint said.Taylor also said he had no contact with Hayden while he was in the Eau Claire area.The complaint said the defendant had been staying with Hayden last October or November, and moved out when a disagreement arose about a woman.Menomonie Police Chief Dennis Beety said earlierstate, including Eau Claire Taylor reportedly met Hayden in the fall of 1986 through mutual friends from the Eau Claire area.Taylor played at several area nightspots and took part in the 1986 production of “Peace Child.” a musical aimed at fostering better relations between the United States and Soviet Union, that was staged at Memorial High School.Taylor, from Milwaukee, was a frequent visitor to Eau Claire beginning in 1984. according to Eau Claire police.In addition to the Dunn and Eau Claire county cases, Spooner Police Chief Leroy Schindeldecker said the state Department of Criminal Investigation is also questioning Taylor about the June 1986 murder of Sheldon Kliman.Kliman, 59, was found stabbed to death in the lobby of the Palace Theater he operated at Spooner.
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Eau Claire Leader Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Apr 07, 1987
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