Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1901 — WOULD-BE AVENGERS KILLED [ARTICLE]

WOULD-BE AVENGERS KILLED

Bloody Affray In Virginia Due to Alleged Insult to Girl. Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 5. —William P. Taylor and William Heflin were killed and J. Q. Stiff seriously wounded by Herbert Marks in Westmoreland county. Taylor was Informed of an alleged insult offered by Herbert Marks to a young woman, his (Taylor’s) cousin, and endeavored to have the inattter amicably settled. Falling to do so, he. In company with Stiff, Heflin, and two other men visited the Marks house. Upon arriving they found the bouse barricaded, and when they attempted to open the door Marks begnn shooting from a window. Taylor was shot through the heart and died Instantly. Stiff was shot through the neck and Heflin in the stomach. Marks, who is from New York, surrendered to the authorities snd after being exonerated by the authorities immediately left for his home. The wounded men were taken to Washington. D. C-. where Heflin diet!. Taylor was from Westmoreland. It Is said a party sought Marks to tar and feather him.