Show RELEASED BT A PISTOL SHOT A nervy nerty woman escape from an assailant through knowing how to shoot portland near cottage grove lane county I 1 last ast tuesday morning ala manon ion P martin an old pioneer ot that section attempted to assault mrs margaret taylor and wai was shot dead by her immediately Immedi atly after the deed mrs alre taylor went to co cottage t grove and surrendered herself to J C stouffer frer justice of tha the peace who went to the scene odthe of the killing and held an inquest tho the circumstances of the homicide are best understood from the sworn statement of mrs taylor as given before the coroners jury A marion larion P Alar martain tain came to my house this forenoon about 9 an and d came in the front door of the sitting 61 itt 11 ig room he door was open and I 1 was alone in the in li use Alar martain tain asked where my husband was I 1 told him be bad had gone to mr whites to work martain Alar tRin commenced to talk about abour making arrangements with me for his visits when my husband was gone I 1 told him there would be no such arrangements made I 1 told him to leave or I 1 would tell my husband lie ile then told me we that he be was not afraid of my husband and wai was going to do as he lie pleased I 1 told him that he lie had bad best beat let me alone and that he lie should not touch me lie ile then caught hold of me and held me a it little bit before I 1 could break loose from him this wai was in the front room 1 I ran through the kitchen to the back bedroom and picked up a revolver that lay on the bureau a as I 1 went in the lie room he ile followed me and caught hold of me and pushed I 1 me into the corner of the room by the window he ile then took hold of me by reaching around me mp and find I 1 raided the revolver IP in my right hand around under hia 1113 arm and back of his shoulder sti and shot him he ile fell forward on the bed and commenced to move hii his feet and fearing fear ilig I 1 had bad missed him I 1 shot him again until I 1 was satisfied he be was killed the jury returned a verdict 11 ia accordance with the facts and immediately M afterward mrs airs taylor was discharged from custody her plea of self defence being considered well founded and the attack made upon her by martain blar tain a full justification for the killing marion P Blar martain tain was a pioneer of the willamette Wll lamette valley and about 70 years old he leaves a family of grown children there is no doubt of his big guilt or of the ex exact a ct truth of the confession eleven months ago he miss used hii his wife who committed suicide on account of his big misconduct mr alra taylor is a small woman and weakly but with a good deal of determination and gave her evidence freely and was an anxious bious to make all the matters clear she has lived in the valley for twelve years and has borne a bood char acter |