▁former ▁companion ' s ▁possession . ▁While ▁being ▁question ed ▁by ▁Rev . ▁John ▁Mc Int y re ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁conf ess ▁to ▁the ▁killing , ▁Schmidt ▁wasn ' t ▁persu aded ▁to ▁do ▁so , ▁but ▁susp ici ously ▁remarked ▁that ▁" it ▁was ▁enough ▁to ▁die ▁for ▁one ▁man ." ▁ ▁John ▁Young ▁Taylor ▁On ▁April ▁ 7 , ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁Schmidt ▁and ▁Taylor ▁were ▁both ▁seen ▁together ▁at ▁June e , ▁m uck ing ▁about . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁hours , ▁multiple ▁witness es ▁observed ▁Taylor ▁become ▁increasing ly ▁into xic ated ▁with ▁br andy ▁in ▁several ▁establish ments , ▁with ▁his ▁friend ▁Schmidt ▁only ▁having ▁small ▁p ints ▁of ▁sh andy ga ff . ▁Event ually , ▁they ▁were ▁last ▁seen ▁in ▁a ▁hotel ▁in ▁Alfred town , ▁and ▁after ▁they ▁left , ▁they ▁in ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁a ▁mut ual ▁friend ▁named ▁King . ▁On ▁the ▁way ▁in ▁the ▁w agon , ▁the ▁d run ken ▁Taylor ▁mock ed ▁Albert ▁and ▁called ▁him ▁a ▁li ar , ▁whom ▁initially ▁refused ▁to ▁ret ali ate . ▁In ▁the ▁heat ▁of ▁the ▁moment , ▁Schmidt ▁gra bb ed ▁a ▁tom ah awk ▁and ▁hit ▁John ▁on ▁the ▁head , ▁causing ▁him ▁to ▁fall ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁w agon . ▁Quick ly ▁real ising ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁died , ▁Schmidt ▁pan icked , ▁wondering ▁where ▁he ▁would ▁hide ▁the ▁body ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁open . ▁After ▁deliber ating ▁for ▁some ▁time , ▁he ▁eventually ▁bought ▁a