William Farris Kills Three Members of J.M. Taylor Family, Sept. 7, 1922

Three Victims of Shooting at York

By Associated Press

York, S.C., Sept. 7—With the death in a Gastonia hospital last night of Lela Taylor, age 16, and Newton Taylor, age 12, three members of the family of J.M. Taylor of Clover, S.C., are dead from gunshot wounds alleged to have been inflicted yesterday afternoon by William C. Farris, elderly cotton mill operator.

Three other members are being treated for wounds, and it is reported here that one is probably fatally wounded.

Farris was rushed to the state penitentiary in Columbia last night as a measure for safe keeping when feeling ran high in the Clover vicinity as reports of the tragedy spread.

An inquest was held over the bodies of the three victims today, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased had met their death at the hands of Farris.

From the Sun Journal, New Bern, N.C., Sept. 7, 1922