Show sheirl offs riffs death in TO ecale anar 0 0 of officer in the bald country in missouri had lively career forsyth mo the don death th of james mk tolk mchaffie seventy seven year years 17 dd ok former sheriff of 0 taney county in III i bo spital in springfield has removed ire te of the real pioneer pioneers of the ozarks aind whose hose life some of the most bating miling events of this hill country atif associated ue ile helped blaze a mil of and had exciting aurience with ith the bald Knob obbera bers ae terrors of southwest missouri in tbt early ilnyo d the life story of a pic alorque que character cliar acter Is closely inter croven the buhite hite river country was as born in n christian anty near sparta in 1840 1846 when the ahe of that county extended 0 o the missouri Ar arkansas kangas boundary in issa mchaffie was elected sheriff if taney bounty at that time the bald ball were a power in the hill and were ere one of the many d problems which were presented to 1 11 sheriff Al cHaffie for solution he ile had A leeg kes elected because he was known to it fast on the draw and fearless both tt ot these qualities were put to severe tests before completed bis his balod of office mee adventure with bald Knob bers shortly before his death he told for the la lat latt tt time the story of an adaven lure mith the bald Knob bers the said the Knob bers were origin lily illy organized for a god good pur purpose but later became dominated by men who I 1 encouraged outlawry 1 it haq during the administration of sheriff Mella mellville ille that frank and tu tv kier tier taylor a ere taken from the for b jail all and hanged by bald knob I 1 ken lers the taylors were known 0 throughout the ozark section for their I 1 escapades one night they entered the tore store of john T dickerson Ulc kerson at forsyth tad ted hot shot up the place dickerson was wait shot through the mouth and his hi wife no seriously wounded the offenders were ere apprehended and placed in the taney county jail that night the bald Knob bers made their appearance sheriff Mc mchaffee said there were approximately men in the band several of the knob bers leveled their weapons at the boffl and ordered him to deliver the taylor boys to them was forced to comply with this reque request requel L since the night riders had the drop on him the sheriff followed the trail of the bald Knob bers after they left forsyth and the next day found the bodies of the taylor boys dangling from a tree said he had often been crid cited for surrendering the prisoners but stated that any other action bould have been foolhardy the john bright lynching occurred at forayth forsyth la in the early oft after the th bald Knob knobbed bers had ad disbanded height bright was we charted charged with having murdered his hi wife and wa was placed in the forayth forsyth jail under the care can of sheriff one night a mob surrounded the jail sheriff mcnab hid out with the key keys the tle fury ot of the mob increased when iti its member members learned that Mcl Wc laffie bad had gone away with the key keys and then proceeded to force an entrance into the jall deou o 0 ty sheriff george williams attempted to prevent the mob from breaking into the jail and wae was killed bright wae was taken out and banged hanged indignation wept swept over thie this section became because of the killing of deputy william williams later a memorial public library was wa established here in honor of depoty deputy william williams but now it Is I 1 practically abandoned |