SQUIZZY TAYLOR 1927 John snowy Cutmore returned to Melbourne from sydney with his wife in 1927 and began staying at his mothers house. Within a few days of his arrival, Cutmore was confined to bed with a severe bout of influenza. Meanwhile Taylor, hearing of Cutmores return from Sydney, set out to find him. On the evening of 27 October 1927, Taylor and two men hailed a taxi to take them to Carlton. They stopped at several Carlton hotels in search of Cutmore and, finally,Taylor told the driver to take them to Barkly Street. In Barkly Street, Taylor and the two men got out of the taxi and headed for Cutmores house. Taylor and one of his companions let themselves into the house and went to the room where Cutmore was lying ill in bed. Words were exchanged by the men, followed by a series of gun shots in quick succession. Cutmore, still lying in bed, was fatally wounded. His mother, who rushed to the room on hearing the shooting, was also wounded in the shoulder. Taylor was shot in his right side below the ribs. He staggered outside towards the waiting taxi, while one of his companions fled out the back door of the house. Taylor was helped into the taxi and taken to St Vincents Hospital. When stuck in traffic on the way to the hospital, Taylors other companion jumped from the taxi and ran off. Taylor was unconscious by the time he arrived at the casualty ward and died soon afterwards. Taylor is buried in the Brighton Cemetery
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