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Show I FUGITIVE OFFERED IMMUNITY ,nf-tt 1 William Sylvester Taylor, former govornor of Kentucky, who hns been n fugitive from his statu $$Sj slnco tho murder of William Goobel, seven yearH fc- r- SM nB' lmB ')uun offjrtl1 immunity if ho will lenvo WSRSjCSi Indianapolis and return to Kentucky to testify in W$Sj2?N. SKjlVS tho enso of Caleb Powers, his old political friend, -V - "Y ffiJrtf w'l 'B cn,ir?ul w"-b murder. Taylor, (,oo, was U "y JrM B,18l(,cttJd of having previous knowlodgo of tho iSPO SY as8nhslnatl0M "r Ooebol, his Democratic rival for " 1 Cs8$!f& I "l0 0,lco of cn,of exccutlvo of tho state, hut ho SYsjiw ' A cscaI)Cl' tno boundaries nnd finally located In tho ?v' .J&f yJ Indiana city, whero hns been practicing law. viaiSjy Tho career of Taylor as governor wns not ' , lonB' llllt 11 wnB 0Xcitll'K- Taylor lived down In "Txjrf Hutler county, Ky. Ho was born thoro In 1853 ' - 4 J, if ) nnd wns married thero to Sarah Tnun 25 years later. Upon finishing his h turtles In tho public Bchnols ho became interested in local politics and secured a position as clerk of tho county. Ho studied Inw and was later mado a judge In his district. dis-trict. Ills noxt movo was to tho attorney generalship, whero ho wna acting act-ing when proposed na a cnndldnto for governor on tho Hcpubllcnn tlckot to run . against Goobel. With apparently no chnncos of winning, Tnylor no-cepted no-cepted tho nomination und then began one of tho most bitter political cam-i cam-i palgna ever known to this country. it la said that there was an enormous corruption fund and Bcnndnlous debauching of the bnllot boxes. After tho election both Goobel nnd Tnylor claimed a victory, and when tho election commissioners went Into session In Frankfort to canvass thu returns, a small army of desperadoes from tho mountains of Kentucky wore brought Into tho city by the nntl-Goobolltes for tho purposo of overwhelming tho commlHsIonors. Tnylor was declared elected und Goobel announced his Intention to contest tho election. Tho light wns taken boforo tho stnto legislature, but on tho day before the final arguments In tho enao were mndo Goobel wns shot down within !10 feet of tho cnpltot building by an asHusaln concealed In tho odico or Secretary of Stato Caleb Powers, and only 25 feet from Taylor's olllce, then tho acting governor. After the assassination tho legislature Immediately took Taylor's chnlr nwny from him and declared Goobel governor. Ho was sworn olllco on his death bed. Taylor then went to Washington, D. C, where he stayed for n time, bu; bits slnco mndo Indianapolis his homo. |