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THL'KSDAY. JUNE 1872.r Taylor's Son Fennel Dead.PainfulVerdict cf the Coroner s Jury.We have never U*n called upon Ij record a tragedy tu-ire ruelacaholy than the one in which Eniwl Tajlw lo»t hi* li Tbi* tragic even: brppencd last Wednesday night, Ian no knowledge of the casualty waa received by the father and mother of the dead hif until Thursday morning, when Mgj-Taylor, the father becoming alarmed at the thought of his son remaining cut crer night, went to the Police Headquarter* and reported hi* fear* Within ten minute* after tin-, before lie I.ad time to reach in* home, on Broadway, the report that hi* son haJ leen found dead in a lot not more than one block from his own home, bnrred him In the earth *ilh griet, and no dl-trrssed hi* wife that her reason ws* dcpairrd of. The mournful intelligence soon spread throughout the city, for ill new* trace!- with lightning rapidity.Oar reporter at once- proceeded to the residence of Major Taylor, went tip stairs and ■aw the body of Ernest Taylor lying upon the bed. with the mo-t skillful surgeon- in the room. The face of the dead hoy was blar'. with powder, and the ap|iearmnce of the right eye indicated that a pistol ball bad jam d t hr. ugh it and entered the lira in.The laxly »■ discovered hv a boy, betseen 7 and 6 t/cluck Thurs lay morning It wascopied by Mr*. Spring, and the i ... whichborl.-.od heard .. pistol -.bus Wednesday Sight about9 . ch. k,.. a li— bet,.,, that hour, and • ha- Spring admit- p. haring bees, --kaa l*v whin a pi-Oh wi- tired, and haring pi-ted up Hie pistol herunt this nothing deknite known, although the l.oro-her r Jury retuied . ..-idnl last eveniut :hut Ban.-;: Tiylor . .. . hi, death frtu. , piabundantly supplied with ammunition, h-al-xleai that Kami-t Taylor and t Spring wet. i.^-etlwr Wrdnt~.l,. .ret■hot t.imsi If .,r tl.a | a,T .-priug l r dent shot lulu. '1 lie Sprint- h.v,dieMiry and leeii.VSi.e v-cmut- that u«nc» can he placed tip ,u hi* -lateuieul-moti.i • audaiatm likewise »-«ci: and that lhey have no knowledge ,.f inr tragedy, except that 1 n-.wn to the public in tiuding the had*, and -wnr that ( t.nrlr- to their knowledge, wa n.C •Ml’, of the hou-e that evening. He sc arrested, however, Thursday fbren-ai and pla.e.1 the Marshal's trt*»e. A thorough war. i »a . made ..n the premise- of the ^/rine family tor pi Wots and tlie pistol- hHind, imt the la.lii-. d-cltreJ that the pistol- had i. • !• e i in ;■.si, n of • harles.minister of the M. I- t i.utI. .nth, t.. whose congregation li:- prin ! i y lu-Iongs, feel-called at tlie hou-e, in.l r-eir. I o'* it -factor . account of the Iiii'r, r.r a* lea f r-eeired no intelligent e i-il.nl .|»d n. jniietrate the mystery »urr itndin.. the tragic »vent. He this vt-itrl l e b.e, t har!elt;Charles ad, •••! that he w.-- . law In- wliet the pistol * .• fired, and - I rnei wa climbing the fen.-e, and when he tired the pi* tol hr threw ii bar!, towards hiiu, and he took it and hid it up suira under the-■uppoeing that Ernest had tired hi- pistol in play and had -one home. He declared to the minister tl.a: he didn’t know limes* waa dead uutil meritin';, li uiu-t he ren.l-lecwd that CharlesSpring doited per-istently to the police of having any kaowb d^e the pi.-toL ’1 be ah-ene*. of a pistol 1 jui i aide f the dead body was the . \ , .routhe death.After thi* -tatement othcer* Mai nr ■Sbeelian, the Rev. Mr. Rader and a porter ofTltr TtHFS -. ,-ited Mr*. Spring's hou-- and found the pi-ted under the H.mt up Wain, bavin- been placed then- through a knot hole in the corner of tlie r,.oiu In the pistol wa- lg«u,J the tln-li ol an * ■ plodeslbrain to the posterior wall tl froBi the appcar.ime :L. w.uin.l with a small pistol hall: marl. -onttiefaer, im!i.a-.iiw- iluf lb. heat close to hi* eye Ike direr*Wound was inward and a little upward; the lower ere lid wj- pci -orated near the edge saw the laxly immediately after it » taken to the leJure .if hi-father; -uppo-e trout the condition ol' the bodv tl a' he had been dead ten ..i twelve hours; believe the w.atnJ wa- the immediate . lire ol his death no other w£und on hi- person nivgniud the Ualy. knew Ernest Taylor when living, he was bet we o I', and 1C vear* old and very tall for his age- he had always haard there sra« a t*rong attachment existing U -we-n fliarlesSptCha*. Sieger, -worn and evamined. -I picked up the Imdy of Ernest Taylor day mun.ii;;- between 7 and a oVI.ick; 1 found the body between Spring' rtraet, and the fence along the alley; hi* fsce waa laying on a piece waa prtMuced and the wune— illustrated the position by lying on the ri-wir ; Mrs. Ever haidy told me to go over and get Taylor's boy. A sharp knot on I lie stick was in the right eye; there was -uue blood rn the ground near the block of wood; the distance between the hou-e an I fence is about leet; the fence aUtut four feet high; nu blood on the Wick; the blood on the ground peared to have come from the ncs»; his was V ark but not bloody; there wa- a s rtresm of blood running from tin- eye along the iHi-e. another man who-r nanu I did know, ailed me in moving the hair: wc « ri»d the body to Major Taylor s bolts# Broadway; 1 thought it appeared a* tholtgh be might have fallen mi the fence; I knew both the bars; they were often together and seemed on friendly i,rtn-; Ernest Tavlor paased our house lt;EveriiardyY i betw.cii 7 and 8 o'clock that evening going (u..,rds Broadway; I did not notice any one with him; I beard no report of pistol* that night.Jacob Everhardy sworn and examined._I knew Erne* Taylor; 1 saw him sometime Wednesday afternoon; I heard a pistol shit ■boot 9 o'clock; it sounded right opposite my home on Oage .Creel, where the body wa* found; only heard i* oa the corner of Broadway and Oaage; the phtol sounded across the rUwet naar the old church, a little to the r; 1 u
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The Leavenworth Weekly Times
Leavenworth, Kansas, US
Thu, Jun 06, 1872
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