The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 21, 1883, Page 5

IN THE CITY. é a = SJSEwET EAST SIDE OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE, BUTLER, MO. LOCAL ITEMS. | The State Short sdourn Breeder's | Association will meet in Sedalia, | Wednesday, Aprit 4th. Ben. Canterbury has « novel calt | story which he delights in telling. | It is certainly marvelous and ‘mirac- | ulous. In voting tor H. M. Cannon for ! jastice of the peace the people take | no chances. made for himself a good record. He} will be clecte! by a good majority. | N B. Meek is one of Bates coun ty’s best citizens. He has had large experience in legal matters and is a manof much more than ordinary intelligence. He will make an ex- cellent Justice of the Peace. An examination of the students of Butler Academy will take place to- day and te-morrow, Friday mght an examination of the Hesperian lhiter- ary seciety will be held at the Pres- byterian cnurch. All are imvited to attend. Admission 15c. The grecery firm of Dicky &Ce., made an assignment to Mr. Pattv last week for the benifit of their creditors. The stock of goeds, we understand, inyeiced a lit- tle over cight hundred dellars, and will perhaps pay the indebted- nese of the firm. Cel. W. T. Heath has made a good constable and therefore the people are perfectly willing that he should have the office another term. We found who would fill the office more acceptably than Col. Heath has done. fe Bennett & Wheeler seid the other day, six gear break Mitchell wagons te a party of men in this county who will soon start everland with them te California. The Mitchell 1s a good reliable wagen and will stand the trip like a top. Mr. John P. Rich, of Grant eoun- ty, Ind., who beught the Ruble farm in Charlotte tewnship called and subscribed tor the Timzs. Misses Mary and Susic McBride gave a party at the residence of their tather, Mr. Wm. McBride, on last Wednesday evemmng. A large num- ber of their friends were present and they all enjoyed themselves until a very late hour. The Misses Mc- Bride’s discoursed some very sweet music which was higly appreciated by all those present, and after which all retired for their homes express- ine themselves well pleased with the evening which thev bad snent. The Butler flourishing, and that manutactories will pay m ler. employed and we were mformed by Mr. Catterlin that they work to keep twenty-five busy if they only had the room, ‘Their spring wag- ons are in big demand, ly they have had to keep their entire force on them. Nothing but first-class tmber and workmen used at their factory. It should be patronized and encouraged by the whole county. carriage works are fully demonstrate But- ‘The managers have nine men have are William Brown of homer town ship, father ot Judge Brown, served on the grand jury last week. The old gentleman 1s nearly 71 years old, and an last Thursday after the unbeknewn to his children here, deubt 1f another man could be} consequent: } { i MURDERED! Geo. A. Bollinger Murdered. Foully Arrested. He has been tried and| As the Parties Committing the Crime. McGinnis Acknowledges Striking the Fatal Blow. THAT AWFUL FRIDAY NIGHT. Dos. to One of the toulest and most cruel) murders that has disgraced ourccun- ty tor many years, happened on last Friday evening just about dark near the residence of Mr Wm. Young, and just outside the city limits en the road leading out of town from the south-east corner ot the public square. The yictim beimg Gee. Bollinger, a harmless and _inoffen- sive farmer living some ten miles south of Butler. The body lay in the road and was first discoyered by, Wm. Cassitty who chanced to be coming into town, and was yet warm when found, proving that the deed had not been while, While Mr. Cassity yet the dead boay, some one eame committed « great stood at rid- ing down the road from teward town | anc when in about thirty reds stop- ped. He was told tocome on, that there was a man dead there and that it was Gee. Bollinger, the stranger who proved to be Bill Lauder, then rode up and remarked, that he and) Bollinger had started home a short time before ana that Bollinger was riding his horse. The horse reter- r-d to stoed hitched to the tence a few feet away.* Louder then wert and got the herse and Cassity: re- marked to him that they would go and notity the authorities. The two came en tegether and when about mid way the crossing at the south- east corner ef the square they met Dos. McGians, when the three stopped Cassity remarking that there had been a man killed doen the road. He then cressed over to the court yard and hitched his leaving Lauder and McGinnis still talking. Cassity after hitching his horse went and notified the othcers horse, of the fact who immediately began to investigate the matter. They were not long in finding out that | Dos. McGinnis and Bill Lauder had lett town with they at once suspicioned them as being the Bollinger, guilty party and began to search for them, Lauder was soon found ting by the stove at the Laclede Ho- tel «nd arrested, McGinnis had mounted his horse and fled. The shenff orzanized a posse composed Ck. Pee es in of the followimg gentlemen: Tracy, Howard Trimble, Allshire and J. ¥. Willis, te search. They secured horses at the livery stables and started in pursuit ot McGinnis, who they had gone direct home. They pro- ceede 1 as fast as they could ride and arrived at the house about g o’c!ock p- m. it was quickly surreunded and e go a search started on foot for his home 16 miles} search finding his horse tied up in distant. And he reaching bishome in the west part of the county in five hours. If there ts another man in Bates or amy other county, of his aye, that can beat the We learn from made the trip time trot him out. his yeungest son whe came to town! Ailshire and Will the next day that the walk did no!) reported to them what they effect his father in the least as he Was up scareing the chickens eff the! as to what world be best. roost next morning as usual. the stall and. still sweat, proving that ke must ridden very hard. Tracy and Trim- ble had not been there long: until Ailshire, Wi and Dos. McGin- nis’ father They called and had dis- covered, and a connec: was then beld have rode Ss ta one st av ed that they would tell supposed | made but they failed to - grand ury adjourned, Mr. Brown, | find their man. Tracy and Tnmble | then went to the stable, and made a_ dripping with. old man that they intended to give up the chase and go home. and that ihe could see Dos. and bring him to }town the next morning. They in- | formed the old man who agreed the plan ana the four got horses and started as ! were geing home. to their they They only went on though | Dos. MeGinnis and Bill Lauder |# short distance when ‘Tracy and | Trimble jumped off their horses to | watch the old man supposing that he | would goto his son. Ailshire and | Walls rode on a short distince and | dismounted. The. pla. worked like |a charm, as they only waited a tew, | minutes when the old man accom-| | panied by a young man ma ued Mer-, chant came out of the heuse and) erected about a quarter of 2 mile) 'trom dhe house tor the purpose of} feeding cattle. They walked within atewteet of Tracy and Trimble | who lay flat an the ground near the} |jpath. After they had passed them, | they got up and stepped cautieusly | along after them until they got with- jim a short distance of the hav man- | ger when they lay down again. Old {man McGianiswalked up within a few feet of the and called | Dos, who got out trom under it and they started for the house. They ‘kad not proceeded until they | walked right on to Tracy and Trim- bie who raised up with pistol in hand and told them to surrender, at ithe same time Ailshire and Wilhs ‘camevp on the other side. The ' father spoke to the son and told him to eurrender. and young McGinnis manzer far | handed over his pisto! te Merchant, j who im turn gave it up to Tracy. | They then went back to the manger |and there found a bed quilt and a | lot of provisions. McGinnis on the way to town and | after he arrived in town made a full | comfession to the killing, which was about as follows: The three came | to tewn at the same time during the day Friday, and while here took sev- eral drinks tegether and while in the saloon of Dickerson, on the east side | of the square a dispute arose between McGinnis and Bollinger as to which | was the best They stepped | out the back door te settle the mat- ‘ter when Bollinger told McGinnis | they did not want to fight and to ge ! back and take a drink, which they | did, and thus the matter dropped for ‘the time being, and they continued ‘to stroll around town until dusk in the evening when the three, Bolling- ‘er, McGinnis and Lauder started home horse-back. not going far how- ever until the dispute was again man. Bollinger was a man about fifty- one or twe years of ageand married, having a wife and two daughters al- most grown. McGinnis is a young, stout built man about 24 or 25, years Louder the about of age. and unmarried. man arrested as accessory is 35 or 36 years old. : The bady of Geo. Bollinger was removed to kh city hall where an inquest was held Saturday morning, and also a fost mortem examina 'ion. Lhe post mortem showed place the skull had been broken about the size of a silver dol- lar and that the cheek bone was so broken in two or three places, ‘The corpse was then dressed in a in al- a handsome coffin. A reporter called gt the hall Sun- day morming and tound Mrs. Boll- inger on the left side of the coffin looking through the glass top while her two daughters sit on the rignt side, all three dressed in deep black. The mother, and wife, weeping bit- terly, while the two daughters scem- ed to be in the greatest agony over the loss ot their dear father. It was surely a pitiful sight ber of the good ladies of Butler had come in to console them as best they could, among whom we noticed Mrs. E. A. Henry, Mrs. “Judge McGau- ghey, and others. ‘Dhe ren.ains were taken in charge by the Masens of which order he was a member, at ten o’clock and_ con- veyed to Oak Grove cemetery tol- lowed by a large concourse of people McGinnis and Louder were prought betore squire Cannon Saturday even- ing and waiving emamination were sent to jail. Circuit court being in session Judge Gantt ordered the sheriff to summon a special grand jury tor Tuesday. McGinnis and Lauder, will be tried by jury, judgement for defend- | $323 7 represented by the following attor- neys: Holcomb and Silvers, Aber- nathy and Judge Parkinsun. While the state will we represented by S. P. Francisco, prosecutiag atterney, assisted by Wm. Page, C.C. Bas- sett and Jno. T, Smith. Tac following ts the evideace «ken before D. D. Wood, and H. M. Cannen, J. P. city hall Saturday merning. witness sworn was ta- at the First WM. CASSiTY. { live in Butler Bates county my name is Wm. M. Cassity. [had been out in the country andon my way back I noticed a horse standing on my right, and when I came up to where the man was my horse shied that a! Quite a num-! Mo. | told him Bollinger was lying in the read dead and he and Lauder stop- ped there and had a cenversation. ! Did yeu see McGinnis or Lauder af- terthis? I saw Lauder but not Mc- Ginnis, atter he was under arrest I came back where he was, he told me /he wanted the truth to cone and I told him te tell the whole thing it {weuld be best. This is the body | we feund ia the road it is the body | of Geerge Bollinger. ? i G. WwW. LANE, My name is G. W. Lane, I live ;abeut 3 1-2 miles south-east ot But- iler, Bates county Missouri, I went jout from town yesterday between sun down and dark I met three men, fon the road Dos McGinnis, Mr. | Lauder and George Bollinger, they | were just between Cy Clarks place jmade a bee line for a hay manger) nice suit of black clothes and laid im and Mrs. Robinsons, they were on| C Winfrey vs Me Pac jhorseback and seemed te he going ;round andround Mr. Thenas and his family were with me, | think his name is John Thomas, I did not | hear any conversation between these three parties, | told Bollinger he had better come om and go heme and he did not answer, but seme of the oth- ters spoke and said he will come with jus when we goer words to that ef- fect. I saw Lauder hefore I started home and he told me he came back after whiskey, this was hefore [ saw them 1m the road together. BE. L. RICK. My nameis E. L. Rice, 1 am a practicing physician I live in Butler Bates county Mo. Ihave examined the body before the jury. I think the man came to his death by a heavy | blow on the lett temple I think the wound was sufficient to produce death. I found no other wounds on the body. i Circuit Court Proceedings. John Atkison vs J W Switt, con- ; tinued Mary FE Salmon, exparte, dis- | missed. | E E Switt vs J A Boyer, centin- j ued. A Henry vs Meo Pac Ry Co., j ant motion for new trial. Thos C Purdy vs Thos Gau Itsub- | mitted to court. — Gee Gerby vs Mo Pac Ry continued at plaintiff's cost. i WW Kendallet alvs O New- | kirk, judgment for plaintiff $479.26. ; RR Deacon vs WC Horn, tried Co., ener, by jury, judgment tor plaintiff $25. | Ashly et al, non suit. i Sarah E Clause vs Wm B Clause, | dissmissed. | Kaminer Cohen et al vs Tas Man- jnixet al, judgment for plaintiff $gt,- | 46. Setz Schwat & Co. vs Jas Man- i nix, et al. judgment fer pl’ff $13 44- j Assignment of Fo C Copeland, settlement of assignee filed. Assignment of J. W. Harbert ‘raised as to who was the best man,| at it before I noticed him and I hol-, final settlement filed. Z a few words then McGinnis drew from his pock- et aslung-shot striking Beliinger on passing between the lett temple knocking him off his horse and carsing instant death. | 1 The in wa iron band about halt inch wide and three or four inches in circumference eye s as Near as we can describe it, an run full of lead with a brass in nent used as a slung shot! lowed three or fonr times-and he did not answer me, I came on about 150 yirds to Mrs, Robinsons and a young wan and his mother came to the door and the young n iT went back together and toun in the road and I recogn z:d hi frotinger, he was laying flat on back his left hand was stretched at ‘from his body and the right was by his body the lett had no glove on and the right had a glove en the young | LM. Hamm vs D T McKibben, finding for plaintiff. lL. M Hamm vs J Hi Beckett, commissioner eb- ‘jections to report filed. L M Hamm vs A A Gamer, same. LM Hamm vs W M_ Stephers, repert commissioner filed. i | Assessment, Burch & Hyten, nal settlement filed. ° fi- the center, to which was attached’ma: took hold of his left hand and! Agsessment ot K. Cohnberg, same. a leather strap about six inches long and split so that it might pass over the hand and fasten round the wrist, it would perhaps weigh six or seven ounces. Before tie scouting paity had . found McGinnis and passing near )the rouse of Bollinger. Tracy re- marked that he W6uld get down and bear the sad tidings to Mrs. Bolling- er, who was yet sitting up keeping He ac in home at almiost any n-inute. cordingly went to the house and as mild way as he could broke the sad news ‘o the old I: Mr. Tra- i owed never Wisk- as it was heart- supper warm capecting her husband} telt of his pulse and I of his right and we could not find any pulse and prenounced him dead, the hat was ine af.w iiches from his kead uot to exceed a foot. In a very short lime there came aman from towards {town on horseback, he came up within twenty or thirty yards he halt- ed, I told him to come en that there was a man dead here, and it was Geo. Bollinger, he said Geo started vut about a half hour age he was riding my norse, 1 asked him who the was and hesaid Rill Lauder. he j says I willge up and se. this is - herse the herse was sta ng br he fence, and whii pthere I said see if he was ! ad and he said mo tad at the same time saw {him raise the rcign off ence stake j we then went on to it bev to go te the © ton Clarks place ands uli wae come ch We came ‘town tegethe: and got nearly to the the Grange store and th we met halted. I Kansas Mo. Coal and Land Co., vs Cunningham, judgement tor de- fendent. Fred Canc vs Mo Pac Ry Co, leave to file aunended petition. iP Edwardsvs E Hender-on, dissmissed at plaintift’s cost. A%sessment of Houston & Wood, settlement filed. C E Hancock vs N W Cook. judg- ment for pl’ff tor possession. Sue McConnell ys Mo Pac Ry Co., judgment for plaintiff $60. T P scott vs T J Wiseman, tinued by consent. G W Dulaney ct al, vs WS Van- meter, answer filed. VT Green & Co vs WT Brooks, judgment tor pit ff $373 39- W D Clark et al, vs W C Bishop, dissmissed. D Laskey vs swer filed. con- Wm Cassity, an- Tr. HC Wyatt vs Frank Newton, dissmissed by plt' ff. Assessment ot W F Sick, ment filed. W H Johnson v5 anewer filed. Oliver Wilcox ys Mo Pac Ry Co., same. John F Moore vi Edward Crabb, metien tor costs. E Buck vs WS Vanmeter, answer filed. Martha Guffith ys E same. Jehn E Showa'ter vs Me Pae Ry Co., judgment for pit’ff $28 75. ! GA Todd ws Chas Endres e: ai, answer filed. settle- Mo Pac Ry Co. Ss Guffith, Ree. | amewer filed. ; Wm MeClements vs same, same. | Eglaritine Campbell AD Jones, motion for cest. | State vs John James, defendant pleads not guilty. State vs Robt E Blair, plead not (guilty set for March 27th. | Stateve Thos L Fisher, plead jnot guilty set for Friday 2md week. Anton Hammer vs J.C E Davis |et al, petition for injunction. | Wa Badgley et alvs Sam Beuill, ‘triend by court, judgment for plain- | tiff $50. , K Kiinsick vs Wirtz, judgment | for defendent. | Amanda Perry | dismissed. Anna Ooley vs «J, Ooley, ve ve |, B Perry, i | de- | leree of divorce granted Fonda, Biddle & Co., ve T. C. | Copeland, | $147 60. | Nichols, Shepherd & Co., vs ‘Vm i Ray, judgment for plaintift fer pos- | session of property. | PD Ridenour et al, vs. Thos Sic- jDonald,, judgment for plaintiff judgment tor plaintiff i Elizabeth J] Bievine «* Char'es Blevens, decree ef sliverce granted. | Geo W Claycomb ve Simeon Shearer. judgmeat for plaintiff | $265 85. Susan Able vs J Av Able decree jof divorce granted. W O Mead et al vs Cordciia | AJ Wallvs David Clark, judg: ment of J P-affirmed. J H Fhinnvws J H Burk, judgment _ for plaintitt. © cent. WH Allen vs W S Vanmeter, ‘judgment for plaintifé $256 45. Nichols, Shepherd & Co., vs JG Donoho et al, judgment fer plain- tiff $1,527 10. JJ Rsanve CP Reeder judgment for plaintifé $220 63. Now at this day it is suggested to the court that there has been a fel- ony committed since the discl a ge of et al, the grand jury this. Orderd that the Sheriff summon a_ spccial grand . jury to report 10 e'clock March 19th. Only Snoring. Our young triend Hugh Allen, living in New Home township. who has mere of the humanity in his makeup than any ether loy in the ceunty, waked up the other morning abeut three e’clock and hbesring a loud noise suppesed at ence that the dogs er hogs were killing a calf in the yard, and like the true here that ke 1s quickly dreesed himseli and smouldering his weapons proceed ed tomake athorough search of the yard for the swpposed <alf. He hunting to his satisfaction and find- ing nothing unusual going on out- side, returned te the house to ge t> bed again. He had hardly cntere! the room when he was surprised t» learn that his supposed calf-bawlin’ in the yard was his father, tie Major, snoring. and only that and nothin: more. Well Hugh, come up to Bur- ler and set "em up. or muzz'e the old gent at night. They are regular bedutic-. th Easter cards at Maynards. ee ne