Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1909 — TRAGEDY FOLLOWS WHIPPING [ARTICLE]

TRAGEDY FOLLOWS WHIPPING

Mother Who Objected to Rod Shot Dead by Her Husband. Richmond, Va., July 6.—Because his Fife threatened to leave him, Mordeoal Taylor shot and killed her and then attempted suicide. He probably will die. The tragedy was the result of a quarrel which started over the whipping of one of the children by Taylor.