The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 14, 1883, Page 3

0 THE ST. LOUIS TRAGEDY. ¢ qTime Table Mo. Pa LEXINGTON & SourHERN BRANCH. Trains leave Butler daily as follows: GOING NORTH. Texas Express (daily) -- oa soplin & K.C. Express - Local Freight one GO Then Destroys Himself. Texas Express «.| Plauwged Into Futurity Te- eee gether—An Awful Scene 0 5 Ae Se in the Criminal Court 2. KK. CARNES, Agent. Room— Details of = See ee the Horrible ye Secret Societies. Affair. MASONIC. Butler Lodge, No. 254, meets the first St. Louis, February 6.—The only Johu Parker Shoots His Wife and There was blood splattered around the south side of the room tm profusion and this, the dead wom- an, the dying man and the smoking | revolver were sufficiently eloquent A Loving Couple who Boldly | testimony of the horrible character ot the occurrence ' place there. adjourned that had taken Judge Van Wagoner court about 12 o’clock, j and during the remainder ot the day | nothing was discussed in or acound | the Four Courts except the tragedy. | Parker died at 12:25 p. m. Stevens and Ben Hill. who says he was at the open door | From the New York Lim:s. | The action of Gov. Stephens, of | Georgia, in regard tothe resolution | of the Legislature providing tor the | im Saturday in each month. ae witnesses to the tragedy were Pres- of Miami Chapter Royal Arch Masons, 7 Ge SSE ae 3 E No. 76, meets second ‘Thursday in each lev N. Jones, F arker s sister. Mary i month. i 2 Craft and Deputy Sheriff Walters, Gouley | ommandery Knights Templar meets the first Tuesday in each month. é : 1.070. FELLOWS. of the jury room in time to see Par- Bates Lodge No. 180 meets every Mon- | |.) put the oistol to his own head day night. cg ae 3 e . ; hatter Encampment No. 76 meets the after killing his wife. Parker’s at- Co and and ath Wednesdays in each month | v4.40) had obtained permission te take him out of the prisoner’s cage in the jury room, where lawyers are in the habit of consulting with their clients. The cage is on the west side of the court room, and the jury room adjoins it onthe south. Large swingmg doors open into the court trom these rooms. Johnhy Parker and his wife and sister went in with attorneys, the dver was closea and nothing more was seen of them = un- til Mr. Jonnson walked out. and a moment or sc later there were two pistol shots and then came the as- tounding news of the bloody ec- currence within. Parker and his wite had talked pleasantly to each other on meeting in the jury-room, and although the little woman had given evidence during her sojourn in the court of a depressed state of feeling, the presence of her husband appear- ed te brighten her face a little, and they say the twe were talking and laughing te each other a few mo- mente befere the pistol cracks were heard. The lawyers had spoken cheerfully to Parker of his case and assured him et the certainty of his acquittal. Their talk had nothing unusual in it outstde of the regular conyersation indulged in by lawyers and chents. Mr. Johnson lett the room after having made his state— ment ot the condition of the case to the prisener and spoken encourag- ingly of the outcome. Preston Jones remained sitting toward the south east end of a long table occupying the middie of the room. He was 2 writing, taking a new list of new witnesses that Parker and his wife were furnishing him. Mrs. Parker sat in a chair at Jone’s left, and her head close te hiv, PARKER SAT AT HIS WIFE'S LEFT, and at the nortneast corner of the room Mrs. Craft sat alone, watching and CASH HOUSE Startling announce- ment. A. S. Martin listening to the proceedings. Jones had taken down eigh: or nine names will commence on and addresses and was making about the last that had becn given, when he heurd a fiscol shot, and turning and saw Mrs. Parker fall back through the smoke, dead in her chair. She said not a word. Jones was be- wildered. Mrs. Carft cried out, and while the people in the court room what the noise, all meant, Parker had risen to Saturday, Feb. 10th and continue — until March 15,to sell their Were wondering his feet, placed the revolver to the side ot his own head and fired the second bail. He tell back, strixing his head against the west wall ef tae room, and lay there dying for over Notions & an hour. The first bullet had en- 1 py al Fel . Millmery Goods at tered his wife’s head just over the ; eft ear; his own wound was over net eost for cash. Tt | the right ear. Not a syllable was spoken by — either. Mr. Jones rashed out and the crowd poured in. Mrs Craft stood in her place terror- stricken. The dead woman was litted from her chair and laid upon the table, She was poorly clad im dark and cheap material, and her pale, careworn face, with an old black straw hat still above it, was like marble. Reporters usually write about a smile upom the lips. whether it is there or not. In this case the smile may be written abeve stock of Dry-goods, Carpets, is well known. that oie we always perform what we advertise, & you willdo well to call early: your friend, ‘A. S. Martin. able upon the parting biue lips, and . the expression et screne Satisfaction that held the countenance of the dead woniar was additionally cor- ' roborative of the suspicion that at planting ot a life-size portrait & the | late Senator Hill, still continues to | excite much comment in the South | and elsewhere. OURI MATT Charleston has a BUTLER NATIONAL BANK, —— nite year old bov who issues a manuscript paper each week. Martin Barley, last week, gave $75 per acre fortha Flourney | SALOON, J.u. HOUGH, Prop'r. ; tract of | OPPOISTE OPERA NOOSE. orty acres in Cass county. | / oe J aye vey B ak | P : A butcher in) Linneus recently Ope sie House lock, li Sore. see emer killed two hogs which weighed re- | spectively 686 and 6So pounds net. | M.S. Bonham has bought the A. | BUTLER, MO. T.W. CHIL‘S,.... x z Vice President. ister all Charleston is $900 and that . ++ Cashier. ot the Baptist minister $1,006 a | oe year, | The Holden Silk Culture compa- | was accompanied by a preamble fill- | Tearing, ed with the Hill. jthe Legislature by the Governor months. | with the significant and characteris- tic endorsement: ‘*Without refer- ence to the preambye, the resolution (is approved by me.’’ The justice of Mr. Stephens’ action is not ques- t.oned by any one, but it is well sug- gested that it was not in good taste. For many years Alexander H. Ste- phens and Ken Hill were bitter per- sonal and political enemies. Neith- er could ever be induced te say a geod word ot the other. This fact has long been notorious in Washing- ton and :n the South, but the exact cause et their enmity has net beca generally known. It .nay be briefly teld. Many years age, duriag a hot eontest for office, the twe men be- came involved in a quarrel of the most violent description. Theresult was a challenge to a duel seat by the fiery little Stephens. This Hill, with commendable courage and good sense, refused to accept. Ia declining he wrote a most cutting letter, saying thai he was opposed to dueling en principle, and closing in substance as follows: ‘*Moreover, I cannot fight you, Mr. Stephens, be cause the conditions are unequal. I have asoul to save and a family to care for. You have neither the ene nor the ether.’ This letter Steph- ens never forgot. That he hasnever forgiven it may be argued trom his course in regard to the Hil! resolu- tions. a | Asan eastern train was nearing Cheyenne last Sunday, a drummer made an insulting propositiea to a lady whose acquaintance he had made. The lady rose to her feet and called out, ‘*Has any man in this car a reyolver about him? If there is I wish he would lend it to me, and [’il put an end to this scoundrel’s isu s!’’ The diwnner rushed to che end of the car and jumped off, going into Cheyenne by the back door. A school master in Texas county got offended at a little six-year old } boy for laughing outloud, and at- tempted to punish him. Being un- successfull in making the child cry as he wished it, he took an iron rod that lay unde: the stove and struck him three times. The child uttered one cry and fell with its back broken It lived only twenty-four hours. The teacher was tried in Housten not long ago, but soon after the trial made his escape, and has not been recaptured. The father of the child had to be locked up in jail to pre- vent him trom murdering the man. ‘Demonstrated. That «mart men average $5 00 to $8 00 per day profit, selling the “Pocket Man- ual.”? The mast marvellous little vol- purchased pyall classes. Nothing in the book line ever to equal it. Will prove it. Complete sample and outfit soc. or full particulars for stamp. Den’t start | out again until you learn what is said ot this book, and what others are deing, | OTHER STOCK HOLDERS: | |G. Rogers tarm of 160 acres in | Authorized Capital, $200.000 Clinton county at $60 per acre. | I Cash Capital 50,000 McGinnis, who murdered his wife 1S 1 E « 3 u s at West Plains last spring, is to be gece ne side hung at that place on the 16th. { im The Sallary of the Methodist. min- | OOKER POWELL,....-..- President he finest liquors and in the market. Free Lunch Erery Night wines I.V, PENTZER FURNITURE, It will be remem- | "VY received 150,000 silk caterpillar G BABY CARRIAGE b 2 ; : ‘ a SS ae ke Dr. T. C. Boulware, Booker Powell, | bere that the resolution in question | £2 'y¥, last week, ior second R, D. Williams. Green W. Walton, AT all Styles a0 prices, Judge J. H. Sullens, Dr.N,L, Whipple, | 990d Haars? Always on Haas j Goa _ | ALL, McBride T, W, Childs, corr most exagerated | The Ste. Genevieve coper mines | C,H, Dutche. A, H, Humpt rey, Mia ; oie : = ory Pye. Sore. le k Vori Wa, FE, Wa =: Mide at furnished on short * and nonsensical praise of Senator | have turned out 1.645.057 pounds of | “"@9* Yorls, ™, E, Walton, Onders may be lett at. FP. Evans? stable The paper was returned to | dressed ore during the past eight after night oron Homey, “Butler: Mo v3 | } ae G, B, Hickman ©, C. Duke, ratte Bs poses eee the missing coal oil) john Deerwester, O. Spencer, caer | nspector of Springfield, who disap - ey aes J, R, Estill, bRIDGEFORD aw HUPP, | peated some time ago, has turned | John B Ellis, N. Hines, | up at Silver Cliff. Col. | Boone county breeders have recent- lv sold eight or ten thousand dollars worth of blooded stock to western ranchmen. In Montgomery countv, E. B. Delamatre sold the farm bought ef N. N. Card,160 acres, to W. ff. Heath, for $35 per acre. Te be abreast of the pregress of the times, Lawrence ceunty has drawn a negro on its petit jury for the incoming term of court. Hunters from Platte City killed in the course of ten days 300 rabits en aneighty acre tract within three miles ot that place. E.S. Link reports the coldest weather on record in the state of Missour: last Menday at Slean’s Point, the thermometer registering thirty-five degrees below zero. The Malden Clipper says that one of its ceuntrymen harvested frem five acres of land 340 bushels ef cern 3, Q. Dutcher '. McKee, Henry Donovan, Receives Deposits payabie on demand Loans money buys and seils exchange and does 2 general Banking bus ness. BATES COUNTY National Bank. BUTLER, MO. ORGANIZED IN 1871, Capital paid in, - - $75,000. Surplus - - - - $20.000 Large Vault, B urglar-Prooi Safe with Time Lock. We are prepared to doa general bank- ing business. Good paper always in demand. Buy and sell exchange, receive deposits &c., &c DIRECTORS. Qrnamenial ‘House --AND— Sicn Painters Graining, Paper-Hanging, Decors ting, Sign and Buggy Work a SPECIALTY _ JOHN DUFF. PRACILICAL Wacthmaker & Engraver,~ BUTLER, - MISSOURI. SETH THOMAS’ CLOCKS Ronee Bronshisl Subes, andiurnse : 2 Lewis Cheney, J.C. Clark,§ sew iniag onesies whieh relieves the ire sixtv bushels of stock peas, twenty | pr. Elliot Pyle Hon. J B. Newberry] rttation thas eanees the eoagh. It cleamsee loads of pumpkins d ti E. P. Henry, I. N. Mains the lu: al otrengthens Pumprims and Seteen | Dr.j.Everingham, J. P. Edwards, Sti wens sae = Ee Sos ea coons. . J. Ryan, ; ee ae Berveus = one end tp Cass county voted by « large ma- | Dr.D. D. Woo - M. Patty, consumption. It jerous SSN oe Re ee ep orof the | Ge: W- Miers,” F. Coleman Smith. | them. Apply the remedy prompaly., & aes d pl : Fone oe h . F. J. Tygard. moremedy hasever heen found that proposed plan et compremising her —— Rrompt in tecfleotsns : iy 5 single d raises sul indebtedness, and the local papers OFFICERS. indlamation, and its use ily ewres the mont report that the vote has increased obstinate cough. A pleasant drem take ft readily. Fer Croup tt is 4 j every family. . - - President’ tavaluable snd shou! the price of land $5 to $10 an acre. NOGLARK ce peer a A Washington county wood-chop-|F.1. TYGARD - - - Cashier. per hung his big Colt’s revolver ona limb, the otherday while he was chopping a tree, The tree fell upon the pistol, causing it to fire and in- flict a painful wound in the chopper’s leg. J. W. Hisey, of Mexieo, has been spending a week or two with his sis- ter, Mrs. Virginia Holt, mear Hat- ton, and during his stay has killed fifteen wild geese, thirty-three rab- hits, nineteen prairie chickens and fifty-nine quails. The grain fields of Northera and central Missouri have been well pro- | tected by snow during the recent blizzards, but in many parts of South- ern Misseuri the farmers are com- plaining that the late planted wheat is all destroyed. O. G. Harpison, the great hunter ef Atchison county, during tour days ef last week killed the follewing game; 480 prairie chickens, ninety- ene quails, thirty-seven rabbits, four- teen chicken hawks and bald eagle, all with the same gun and with ene | dog. A St. Louts station agent recently pocket. leoking gentleman, thing of value. said he: ‘Excuse me,’’ said the gentleman, picked up something which made him blush and hurry to hide it in his Shortly afterward a rich approaching truthfully, for it was plainly discern-| ume ever issued.- Needed endorsed and | him, asked kim if he found any- THE NEW DRUC STORE! W. J. LANSDOWN, Prop’r. Good Stock of Pure, Frest: Drugs. e [ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SQUARE 1 IN BUTLER. MO. I will give my personal attention to compounding prescriptions, day or night. Give me a trial trip. W. J. LANSDOWN. T. L. MILLER Co., Basepans asp Lurourans °F BERKSHIRE SWIME. Wirt Co, Tumor i 3. 20%ER, ! MERIDEN, CON¥. THE MILLER BROS. CUTLERY CO. v premeripiom CA feaknegs sii Deeay. free. Dragine can 6 & CO Lovvsane Me able eS Adress OR WARD ‘but I saw you pick it up just now.”” The gent was on the | | point ef denying again, when sud- CT 1 4a Address fence settled upon the throng that ‘ she had prevailed upon her husband | ‘to commit the deed, and had pur- i chased the weapon tor that purpose. ; Parker lay dying im the far corner of | Will give you 2 neat the room, his shoulders leaning | h2‘r-cut, hair dye iat and | approved style. He kee | perienced barbers. _Roo HEAD COVERED WiTH | jewelry store, north side John Burns, Publisher, 7: St. Louis against the wa!! HIS BLOOD. 7 Olive Street. Fred Dare lof his pocket. saying: ‘“That's ee ‘Make all styles of | put I don’t think :t’s of much value. | Ss T E E L Pp E N iThe gentleman thereupon showing gad as | nim am elegant gold ieckie adorned | none but ex.| With a couple of diamords worth | xt to Dutt’; $290, walked off and handed the ‘ garter to his delighted wife. shampoo, mare. ti. | RESP’ ot nn i denly recollecting, he pulled it out ' STANDARD POCKET CUTLERY, | HOME AND FARM® i Ladies’ Selssers and Ink aurea i Care BP. Avery£ Seat, An Cicth-bound Book of whelesome SENT cane Meo, bys eee a, SENT FREE we sdawe THE HEALTH JOURBAL, MRWADKEE, Wid.