People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1896 — Taylor Had Polson and a Saw. [ARTICLE]

Taylor Had Polson and a Saw.

Carrollton, Mo., April 29.—1 n a little, pocket case containing his children’s hair, the officers, while searching “Bill" Taylor, the murderer, found a quantity of strychnine, and in hfs mouth a tiny steel saw. They were taken from him. When his last ray of hope dwindled before his eyes, the criminal sank into deep silence, and his face betrayed the utter helplessness he felt. There is a fatalistic impression in Carrollton that Taylor will not be hanged. One of the officers said: "If he does hang, the multitude will break down the stockade surrounding the scaffold. | There is room inside for 500, whereas 5,000 will fight to see the hanging.”