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* tIfkt P: IA * ' a . in. \u 1 V.: :i!*•—tin* M — :n f rlt; lit «-f: Avant A* Tayi *r‘ri i* i f 11; »a IT! * eider r*'-ort aiul poo] r^»ru. ii* ar ’.ii**? r:v*T, in a -uburb of tic* viH;.:;* .THK KTl.TTNO.S* v.n\\ dav* ago, Judge K. M.%(rrahnin. nlt* nt Stat* Blt;*nrlt;! of Health. official lt;totlt; v,ii Marshal -To,. Terrv to notify11**1 Til w 1*1- r;i ;;*•»! ijH I) to mar. ^ aiurth- rLa i i- a» *t 1 i*** m, ~***«. , ? t rtlt;* t h* * -•lt; t tiirn-Tb*s*u«juci‘Hi- ]) of t f * •» , i vwt r»* \v» i. (a * *1 i-Jj*** i a- a n nrf !ibullet In 1lt; , th tlir* •* oih* r- having ent» i*o! tin* upp* r part oft!*.*holt;lv. two • in**riiter \], h^art and• v Jlt;»no thlt; riiilit lunir. Ithe }»*m*]»!*» i f PaIin*-tto tlt;- atT-'Itv ? I • buri-d thi* afi*-r- •Ua it h\put their promises in t Sanitary c«»nditi* * a* n pr^vaiit i*»n |, again-t tin* invasion « ?I In carrying out t!**-•• * r«l r- t!m i ‘iofli^ r lo^t hi* iif-. In b is rlt;him:.- •1.0011 f 1 MiIn- w h* rinwas m» • lt;i] a ft tin* post mlt; rt»m.Both T ot ami T- rrvw*•*¥ *ii, ’{ofman\ ; rc-mi-; »«uhin th* n *»-* V . .. 1 *I »a ra t lt;v,is S ill: ‘ ’ I - **I • ii r* ^i, 4 # *r f * t itisrlt;* his •■.ii, and tn«* niistort un*-- •ho vi-it* d Avant iavhr « p:ano. j_ . * . 1 nt hothand th**r* nut Tait, who wn-sittit.ir down with his l;u k t«- |4-4piiraflt;-*vlt; * -odlcer, nnar tin* door, ona11 Aft-r instructing Avant *lt; cl ani *oTj u|. Marchal Terrv n innrk -I thatt 4r*-crr«-tt. (J. {! Both ir* • : ah-nit th* ,-aan' anti fr- in Alai an.;. T. ; h;.- r - ’■ sided in *m lt;\i111 v i'lt;r 1 d vlt;-a r-i. rI _______*■ •; Terry !.a s* rv* lt;1 us mar-ha 1 f r:In saw Tuit near bv and would;!thr**e v* ar- or nior** aid was o n- it h * * t * and there notifv him also tosidercd ♦ -flici* nt and an intr^-nidjch*an up his luum* pruuui^. call-*! officer, who would incur anv da: -!■ ^j in^ him at the same tim*- tlt;'U« t up and approach him.“Didn't I tell you never to talkj 2lt;t in the dSehurcro of hi- lawful iduties.to m«- ngain? saul Tait tlt;* T* rrv.This culmination is attrihuttvl1 v -ome of theciti/i ns of Bui in* t-as I;*1 anfrom his seat and ap-to as an indire *t r *nlt lt;fwhisky j* * ii ion tor l,e»n- gottiI proachiNt! the officer. . . ,, • , .. • , up lv Avant Tat ] r larg* i vlhra com*1 Lr«» with m*\ *,ud 1 * .the (tffidf-r, catching Tait l-v tie*slit OildeT-Tait grahhtd the lt;vflic* r by tinthrough tie* etVnrts oi Tait, \vh *;cai.vassrd for signature's.Others claim that bIi*1 i • * nllLr ;lias exist* fi b* * t w* e * * ] i t! i * ■ m* n for a 1(throat with both hands. The of- , tI,, o.i* 'r •.* : long t inn*, ami prior to rlie adventi ficer struggkng tlt;» fre* ratt s grasp j . , .... .. ,I K* -* I!i , , - . , , , .. Jot tie* petition,I dn w in- pint* I and hastily tired 1r«. * i j »*i * i » m*c about a d*,fat Tait, the ball going high over his ln*ad. As the m-n st»pped ipart the officer once more pointed his pistol and snapped it, thecartridge refusing to explode, as I he received ? dertdlv vo]!y from nthr*-:ite?ied to kill, which belong-!i♦ Meiting a ‘Sisagr*-**-fv* 1he (.dicer |! t IIt Tait, as one evidence.tThe affair lias awakened thLaw and Ord* r (dub t*» a declara-1tion looking t(uvards the ext«*rmi-natioii of the champagne cid-T1 ipistol drawn hr Tait. Its rapid!rr atid oluid tigar innsances of thsuccession Tait poured the deadly)lead pellets into the body of T« r-ry until he had emptied th * chain-j1m rs of Ins revolver. T»*rrv tlinch-expr*-—oW ! . and fr* in *arn»-str**d from dlifer* nti1*i• d at the expl'jHion of *-:u‘h 1*»a«l.and walked trcmhling tlt; th*1 d*lt; r«! Avant Taylor'* niaco. an*!gr«uijW'» of g* iith men who enngr* -trut* *! on the olt;rnlt; r-» dimrusi.-ing t h-I• \* ut. a rem**tl\ will he applied t«» lt;ilii*rate th*-m witiilt;iiit 1lt;i«m «itfell 1’acc downward, dead i:i thlt;-doorwav. Ae he l* 11 h*1 exclaim-‘•d, “My God, he has killed me. In two minutes from the timeMarshal Terrv was first shot, h***was dead. His » tody was moved to the residence of Mr. C. E. Me-ctVJiNeill, close by, where a p**st mortem examination was held by Drs.Green and Helms.Mrs. Terrv was notified of herhusband's death, and a heart-rending scene was witnessed by fluis*-present, when the wife viewed h**r husliand’s remains.TMit was arrested shortly afterthe killing, by Councilman Howze, who turned him *v**r tlt;* Sheriff■■ ' at- • : .... . 1 Itine if tIt#*v can be reuc!e*d I v n!** *-■prop-T proeehs «*f lawTait was s-'t-n by a Nkws r* porter, and he declined t* make a statement before consulting hisattorney, Judge Graham, furl her |tthan the claim of self-doft-ns* . H**|further claims that a bad f*» limrhas • xisted against him in Palmetto since he aided Avant A*! tTaylor in getting up their whiskey :,Easterling, who placed him in the county jail.Tait made no attempt to get away, but tried to get passageacross the river on the steamer Manatee, to surrender himself t« the sheriff. Before Tait left Palmetto he wrote a note to his w ife notifying her of his trouble, amie would be home»petition.1.A?en.The inquest wan resumed Wednesday iiH»rning, when witnen^ejs Phillij***, Wept and another testified l he evi-detiee wdit mninly in sujtport ef thatalready MaN The jury*n ttnding wai* in hri*'f, fel«»- ,nioin** wilful murder, with malice aforethought. Tait remain* in jailwithout bond The prisoner w ill doubt 1cm demand a speedy preliminary hearingDESEBVXD ▲ BETTER FATEilast night.The nb.»ve story was gathered from witnesses to the shooting,, Mr. Avant, who!claims to have warned Marshal Tlt; rrv not to shoot Tait as lie drewhis pistol.Jusfjc# of th* pea'-e p F Wil-\ nartv of citizens with tin* as- ', ' sist a nee of a few untrained dog*-.;1 * . ' : • I ,had a lively f.»x chase on the out-ifr1skirl - of the town one dav lastand Revnard was shot tomdeath. Thw Wft* a h«Mi-fuiten**4l fox uud d^*rvc(l ha* fate, unlikew In»Week,tin -I si* (M-rcfM r, th« f^l- hatirtderiA cmtAlhH W ho t n-mnpiunitly flaunt thi irb**!•♦• trained pa«*k^ in other b»-j cabneA, and dh* after long cbuae, j k nr rounded nv baying pack and ;oing bunT.-rr.er.
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Bradentown News
Bradentown, Florida, US
Fri, Oct 01, 1897
Page 3
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