Show BLACK FORK TRAGEDY HOW mun DERED HIS FATHER IN LAW started in to wipe out the whole family but young 0 taylor secured a W winchester in chester park city june 16 coroner wilson and sheriff harrington returned last night from their trip to the E scene ot of the double tragedy at coe coes tie camp on blacks fork ot of green river in the eastern part of summit county they report a pretty hard trip having made sixty miles on horseback friday going from piedmont on the union pacific to the tie camp and back in one day no inquest was held as taylor the murdered man had been brought down to piedmont before the officers arrival while Her kerrens rens the murderer r and suicide had been burled buried at the place where he died the facts acts ot of the crime as learned by the officers are that kerrens had married the daughter 0 if taylor and took her to nevada but tailing failing to provide for her slie site returned to her father after a time kerrens came back and went to work at the tie camp but only worked four or five days before lie he came to the conclusion that it was easier to live on his father ln in law than to work for a living taylor however insisted that kerrens K er should get out and rustle tor for himself and told him that as soon as he got a place where he could provide tor for his vy wife t fe she should join him A team was fitted up tor for kerrens and the household supplies were divided with him after which he drove to the railroad where he traded the outfit tor for EL a saddle horse and some accod tre ments kerrens then went on a drunk and finally started back tor for the tie camp armed with a 41 44 caliber smith wesson revolver and a hundred rounds of ammunition declaring his bis intention to wipe out the taylor family arriving at the place where the taylors lived he skulked around in the timber waiting tor for a favorable opportunity to begin his murderous work at last he old man appeared accompanied by his son a well grown boy and X kerrens e arens began shooting ills hla first shot striking the old man in the arm passing through it and nearly through the body the ball lodging close to the skirt skin on the 0 opposite bide the me second secona shot struck taylor in the face and came out at the back ot of the head bead kerrens then started after the boy who ran to to the house and secured a winchester with which he stood off the murderer but was afraid to shoot tor for the reason that there was only one cartridge left in the rifle kerrens dodged behind a tree some two feet in diameter and after a few minutes placed his revolver to his own head and blew the top of his skull off dying instantly by this toils time it was nearly dark and young taylor fearing that kerrens had only pretended to all shoot oat himself for or the purpose of enticing hint him within range ran up to the tie camp and summoned ned assistance when it was cound that both the murderer and his victim were dead no do doubt abt but kerrens would have tilled killed the whole family had riot not youn young 9 taylor secured the rule rifle before kerrens was nas able to get a shot in on him |