The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 11, 1882, Page 5

~ bne roof. ExXPOSsSTTION of PARTIES INTENDING TO PURCHASE WILL FIND OUR Largest and Finest Assortmeni in the Southwest. est, _ Styles the Choicest, Inducements Greater, everthing in grea —————_ Assortment ALL AND WINTER GOOD) Larger. MILLINERY Flowers, teathers, plumes. ribbo: notions, yarns, CLOAKS, DOLMANS JACKET». House Furnishing Goods. carpets, oil cloths, lace curtains, and upholstery. - Remember the place, on DEPARTMENT. and | BOOTS & SHOES ‘ HATS & CAPS FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT. ns, zephyr, worsteds, shoes, men’s and boy’s boots Men’s Clething. Boy's suits, children’s suits, fine ‘ing, Linens, Hosiery, Knit Goods, working suits. Ladies fine shoes, children school { rugs, door, wedding suits, elegant dress suits. . matts, window shades and fixtures, | substantial business suits, curable | For Men, Youth and Childr s ra iaiblaiues § enim Fine neckwear, E. & W. linen : Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Dress Manhattan white shirts, , Goods, Mourning goods, Calicoes, scarlet and merino underwear, ply— iGinghams, Percales, Muslins, Sheets mouth and saranac Buck GLOVES. | driving gloves and suspenders, Orr’s | felt skirts cloths, - cloakings, jeans, ; pantaloonoveralls, rubber cloth— ‘blankets, bed comforts, robes, gloves |. ‘handkerchiefs, trimmings, fringes, (= trunks traveling bags and va- laces and embroideries, collars, ‘Lace collars, silk fichues, flannels, | lises. the ast side of the — —— eties. square. ur four floors under RANK JAMES’ LETTER TO THE GOV- ERNOR. odium for which, in part, he is re- sponsible. He comes as a man who, outlaw though he has been. has in- noceht ones who call him father and | lusband,.and. who possess love as! strong and devoted as was cver | tound in men whose lives are biame- less betore the world, and who is} anxious to remove from their closet the skeleten which has so long been its hideous occupant. If it were not | for the fear of responsibility for that | which I did not do, rather than for | that which I did, Gov. Crittenden, | you should never have to put a price on my head; but an excited and just- ly mdignant public 1s not ‘discrimi- | nate, aad when a man is stripped ot that presumptive, innocence with | which the law ‘theoretical surrounds him, as I would be, he 1s put to the dangerous necessity of proving a negative. Thatfear is stul with me and asI write it prompts me to abandon my present purposes, and having for nearly twenty years prov- ed my ability to evade any attempts to capture me, to take my little family and go to some remote section where I can live a quiet lite, free from apprehension. That I refuse to obey such an impulse ; that I pre- ter to go to my boyhood home and face my disgrace, in order to hve it down: that i am willing to place my- self under a surveillance to which no man in Missouri has ever yet been subjected, as must naturally be the case should I return; that I chose this rough course when smoother cnes offer; I humbly submit as proof that I am not so bad as has been painted, and thatthe elements of manhood have not been omitted from my nature. Right terribly, Gov. Crittenden, have the offences Kansas City, Oct. 5.-—The Times’ Jefferson City special has the following = Sr. Louis, Oct. 5—To Hon. T. IT. Crittenden, Governor—Your Excellency: Time has demonstra- ted that however carefully I may fol- low the path of good citizenship, and however successful I may be 10 gaining the confidence and respect tt those who associate with me daily ind hourly in every act, the work of heaping infamy on the name which ny children are to bear goes steadily on and on, as it began so many years ‘The greater crime which startles the people of our Western States, the greater the certainty that itwill be attributed to my act of in- stigation. Hlowever strange it may seem that a man of the reputation bear should assume to possess either pride or sensibility, I have the hardi- hood to lay claim to some degree of both. Foryears the one desire of my life has been to gain the citizen- stip I lost in the dark days when in} western Missouri every man’s hand } was against hisne1ghbor, and to have | an opportunity of proving by sub- mission to the most rigorous test that I am not unworthy of such citizenship. It would avail me nothing at this day to revert the circumstances attending my outlawry, which I and thousands of others regarded as extenuating. Those who were where they could observe the events in the little page | of history need no_ recapitulation of them from nieyand those who had | no personal knowledge m the prem- ises has been so stirred against me by reports of my evil doings that they woulda naturally give no consid- | against society which haye been eration to the facts of that character. | charged against the James family ‘Lhe people at large reason logically | heen avenged. Ged knows, enough a8 where there’s so much smoke | blood has been spilt, enough hearts ere must be fire; that although | broken, enough lives blighted ; God some of the charges made against \ knows that if it is the purpose of me aay be unjust, all are not with- | jaw to preveat crime by making its ze conor, and that an evasio& | punishment awful to contemplate, the officers of the law is net the t purpose has been served in a course of an mnocent man. May fF large degree.in the ten years of bow to their logic and reply that the | ¢ergor and. tragedy. Is _ its demand man whg.is now making this appeal | jor vengence. insatiable? Is justice — not de.so from th¢, staridpoint | ¢¢ with mercy, a mere pocti- a martyr. He comes to you with | ca] nothing? -Must the great state ot their representative to say that | i ii ‘ int of re- though his suffermgs has been a hun- Missouri indulge 11 a spirit of re 3 | venge until it has secured its last oa cae greater than theyhave any / ounce of flesh, or laying ali consider- cain = ge ot, immeasurably greater | erations of mercy aside, cannot your vo ie a he evaded would | State (I would to God I could say alte pongsartes his acts, he recog- | ««my State’’) better afford new, that plain ae is as, no right to CcOm-} it has vindicated its laws as no State in of his lot. He comes as | eyerdid before, say to its suppli- man who, conscience of an honest ay, ee = cants: ‘‘Yes, come in; we wW ill purpose, asks to be permitted to do | 3 what our lowest law-abiding citizen | convert your very notoriety imto 2 may to remove from Missouri the | powerful instrument of good order: we will purely as an ayiein timental | spent outside of it. opment inyestment, restore you 0 Sie.) submit that it is not am improper | * question for ship and give you an opportu prove vour contrition and further your purpose ; we will call upon you to utilize your experience and know- ledge of wrong doing in tie entorce- ment of laws which you have in the past been charged with violating; you have won the senfidgyee of all who now condemt. youy we will point to it all as a pi our wis- dom. If I was certain teat 1 would not be made a: scape-goat [I wouid never have troubled“you with this petition but would have -long ago ; faced your coums and met your charges, but being ence in the toils, | I would have had to accept all the j chances, and where none would have been inter>sted in my mnocence ot whatever might be alleged, many might find it to their advantage to assist in convictng me. Put your- self in my place for one momentand then judge of my course in keeping out of laws clutches. There is one other consideration other than al- ready mentioned which has weighed heavier in tavor of my taking my present step. For five months I have been in constant some rash friend of mine, or Jesse’s or some silly person, sceking notor- ity, might carry out the threat ot assaesination which have been, ac- cording to published reports, poured in upon you. ment that that had occured, is there a man living who would not have held me responsible tor it? And yet not anly were the threats not mine, as yeu will discover by comparing them with my writing 3 but the thought ot revenge was never i for one moment entertained by me. I have now stated my case, and hav Itrust, avoided any saver of maw— kishness. [ask if you cannot con— | sistently with your duty give me | some hope for amnesty under these | conditions I have specified ? | Itmay strike you that modesty 1s | net the most prominent characteris- tic of this request; but it should be | remembered that it comes from a } man who 1s still at large, and the un- i certainty of whose whereabouts 1s unknown, although it need Pot be the cause of a deal of apprehension I donot appeal iis.a mau wo, hav. ing followed the wrong course until | tering on the edge of the grave, is ; taught repentance | tor-further iniquity ; but as one who ; is yet young and vigorous, and who thas reasonable ground | that there are many more years vet left him for active service within the | pale of society than those which he 4 Suppose for one mo-! by his incapacity | to._beheve | the official forms of just and well-es- | ‘ tablished \ \ | ' | | dread that} sis. i i | i ‘ | Whether you can be | crime, shall and will have 4 fair and | 5 : peed i i character of the courts of the state} this headis whitening, and he is ‘ot- | i | | am convinced of the importence to D 4 society of having every man within ; your consideration, | tne grasp of the law protected in his whether it would not be better to | rights, however lawless he may have have Frank James a _bunter of fugi- | been, when he yeilds voluntarily and tives than a fagitive? Whether | submissively to ‘that law and appeals Frank James, humble, repentant and | to it and to me for justice and mercy. reformed, before all the world, wali; You may be mnoeent or you may be not bear example more traught with i guilty of the various crimes charged good to the rising generation than | against you. That, as I have before Frank James, a mysterious wander- | said, the courts will determme, and er, or the occupant of a felon's ceil | after the voice of the courtsis heard, or grave. This appeal, though ano- | then, if any become neccessary, I matlous and possibly without a com- | shall becide what my action shall he. | plete precedent, is not the result of Yours truly, a sudden whim, but is a born deter- Tuos. T. CRITTENDEN. | mination which has been forming for | | years, and which has already stood the test of four years of sober indus- | trious tarm life, as I wiil have no | difficulty in satistying you. I am | prouder ot the nerve which has en- abled me to take this step m behalf of mv betté@r nature, than any coura- geous act of my past life. I write this letter from St. Louis, and leave it here to be mailed. An answer ad- | dressed in care ot my wife at Inde- pendence, Mo., will reach me, and I will not say how fervently I pray that } it will not be the answer of a Neme- For good boots and shoes do not fail to call onR. Weil & Co. with. ¥en. B. Canterbury a pe ed For a good farm ary where in Bates Co. call on Bren B. CANTERBURY- | For improved land callon ! BsxB Canressury. | It you want it with sell town property leave Ben B. CANTRRBURY For insureance in reliable companies Yours. contritely and hope- | caion Ben 8. CANTERBURY. tully, paperapay pe | (Signed) Frank JaMus. For Abstracts or Titles call on Ben B. CANTERBURY The following is the Governer’s ————_—_—__———_ | SratrF oF Missouri. | It you want to sell afarm put itwith | ExecuTIve DEPARTMENT, ; i City or Jerrerson, Oct. 1882. } | Frank JAMES—Sim: ‘Your ged | | reply to the above: ee If you want to borrow money on 3 OF 5} years time callon Ban B. CANTERBURY | Pe eae ae } If you want Deeds, Trust Deeds, Pow- } ers of Attorney, Leases, &c., written call! Ben B. CANTERBURY~ dated St. Louis, Sep. 30 has been re- ceived, im which you apply to me for “an amnasty or pardon.’’ I cannot , even if so disposed tion of some crime. convicted of | any violation‘ot the law 1s not for me! te say. That, the courts ot the State | will determine the proper way when } you are before them. Ithink it wise in you to abandon the life you are charg- | ed with feading, and to surrender | to the legal authorities of the state or ; county in which you are located. If} _. 7 : innocent of these charges, then you H ae ——— Eee will have an opportunity to prove 1t | to Butler, on Ohio strect- to the world. If you surrender, you, | We Cheers as any other man charged with a} on grant a pardc before con | Please call and examine cur new shades in zephy’s and Germantown A S. Martin’s. Save Your Money | and buy your stoves from McBride | & Co. For Sale- in West addition | App y to J.| 382m The largest stock of stoves we} have ever brought to Butler will} commence arriving next week. | McBnde & Co. Land For Sale in Bates County. Consisting of well improved tarme with | good orchards, on terms to suit pur- | chaser; also unimproved lands. Buyers impartial trial. The intelligence and | are ample guarantee of such a trial, : e i and they are supplemented with an} assurance trom me—one not based H upon nor governed by the prejudices | or sympathy of the ‘peovle, but on! laws. As determined | as I am to see the laws en- | forced against all grades ot crime, I; t Mo. 326m | promptly. It you wantto rent a house leave it | warranted. |ments, oil and need- ‘les, always im stock. and posted before the undersigned tice of Peace of Mt. Pleasant towns one black sow with some white spots, twoor three years old, weight three hun- dred pounds, marked with cro; | im ewch ear. “f | James B. Holioway, A- L. Dixon and T. | J. Bytord. | ERTON, at the Adrian Hotel, at Adrian, | eorner of the square. { comfortable room, NEW } ESTABLISHMENT. Go to Barten & Veil’s, on the west side of the square, fox sew- ing machines. Old maehines takea as part pay on new ones. Repairing done ih work Attach- + A splendid line of hats.and winter caps for 40 pes.cent. below custormary prices at Mappy’s. | Willgive you a neat share, shampoo, hair-cut, hair dye inthe, Intest and most approved style. | perienced barbers. Rooms next to Dutt’s | jewelry store, north side square. tf. He keeps none but ex- A. S. Martin & Co, always employ first Bsn B. CANTERBURY. class Milliners. Now receiving new tall stock ot Dry Goods, and for prices just step into A. S. Mart & Co's. —$—$———— Maddy is offering extraordinary in- ducements in men’s gloves. ——————— A tull stock ot Queensware at 20 per cent. less than customary prices at Mad- { Smoke Hollenbeck’s Nessie, when you want a good cigar. Holfenbeck’s Bessie, the best cigar | made, is sold by all shop keepers. pleaded Meatiatiecenat Sass 8 Three Cer Loads. Two houses and lots, 3 reomseach, one of stoves will arrive at A. L. Mc- Bride & Co’s next week. Stray Notice. Taken up by S. D. Black on Sept. 8th, us ip, and shit Apprised at $18.00 H. M. Cannon, J. P- For a Clean Shave will do well to call and see JAMES HOW- | Go to Crouch Bros. shop, near southwest They have aneat, zotf |