William S. Taylor, aged 74, of 2143 North Delaware Street, the former governor of Kentucky, a colorful figure in the political history of that state who fled to Indiana in 1900 following the fatal shooting of his Democratic opponent, William Goebel, died at the Methodist Hospital, Thursday (Aug 2, 1928) of heart disease.
 Although he had returned to Kentucky several times after he was pardoned by Governor Willson, of Kentucky, in 1909, the exiled Governor had never expressed his desire to return to his native state to live, preferring the state of his adoption, where he had lived for 28 years.
 "Mr. Taylor loved Indiana. He wanted to live and die here," said the widow. "He often commented on the great number of friends he had in Kentucky, and they often urged him to come back, but he always said that things happened for the best for him.
 "He seldom talked about the circumstances under which he left Kentucky, and mention of the subject always bought tears to his eyes. He felt that he had been cruelly treated." Mrs Taylor said.
 Taylor was elected governor of Kentucky on the Republican ticket in 1899, after a bitterly-fought campaign, but the following year the Kentucky Legislature voted his election fraudulent and declared Goebel as the legal governor.
 As a consequence, two governments were set up in the Kentucky capital, both guarded by armed camps; Taylor headed one and Goebel the other. Followers of both governors flocked to Frankfort, and on January 10, 1900, as Goebel was walking to the Old State Capital building, in Frankfort, he was shot down by a concealed rifleman. The shot came from the chief offices in another building. Goebel died a few days after he had taken the oath of office.
 Taylor held a certificate of election from the Secretary of State and held the office through legal channels, when Goebel contested the election. Subsequently, the legislature held that Goebel was governor.
 Taylor fled to Indiana, where efforts to extradite him were denied by Governor Winfield T. Durbin, the Indiana governor, contending that Taylor would not receive a fair trial. In the mean time, a conspiracy to murder trial had been returned by a grand jury against Taylor, Henry Youtsey, and Caleb Powers.
 Youtsey, then 26 years old, confessed and was sentenced to the state penitentiary. He served until Dec 12, 1918, when he was paroled.
 Powers was tried four times, but each time the case was set aside, and he was pardoned by Governor Willson in 1908. When attempts at extradition of Taylor were frustrated, Governor Willson pardoned Taylor the following year.
 Taylor forces, soon after his indictment, took the case to federal court in an attempt to override the legislature's decision; but William Howard Taft, now Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, then a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals at Cincinnati, Ohio: upheld the Kentucky General Assembly verdict.
  J. C. M. Beckham, the lieutenant governor under Goebel, assumed the governorship. the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals, and it was on that decision that Taylor fled to Indianapolis, Indiana.
 Taylor had spent a fortune in his race for governor and subsequent legal controversies. He came to Indianapolis with his family, practically penniless. After he had established himself in exile, he entered the practice of law and later, was one of the founders of Empire Life Insurance Company, of which he was vice- president and general counsel, at the time of his death, having recuperated his financial losses and built another fortune.
 Taylor was born in Butler County, Kentucky. He studied law and entered politics at the age of 22, when he was elected clerk of the Butler County Circuit Court. Later, he was elected judge of the circuit court; and then, for eight years, served as attorney general for the state of Kentucky. It was while he was attorney general that he ran for the governorship.
 He married Sarah Bell Tanner, who died in Indianapolis in 1909. Five children (four daughters and a son) survive this union. Mrs Tyler F. Davidson, 1006 W. 34thStreet; Mrs Anna B. Wilson, 1763 N. Meridan Street; Mrs Letha Belle Bailey, of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Mabel Miller, 1309 W. 32nd Street; and Wendell S. Taylor, San Gabriel, California.
 In 1912 Taylor married Nora A. Myers, of Greenwood, Indiana. The couple quietly went to Kentucky and were married at the old home of the bride at Jamestown. Their presence, however, soon became noised about, and Taylor received the congratulation of his friends. A son, Charles Lindon Taylor, age 12, survives the second marriage.
  A brother, Fern Taylor, of Morgantown, Kentucky, also survives.
 Funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending word from the son in California, although burial will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery.