The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 22, 1884, Page 1

NOAT THE LOWRY MURDER. | sorther Particulars Concerning the | Murder of John Lowry and his i i Wife in Saline County. | { Marshall, Mo., October 16.—John ry and wife, a newly married ple, were brutally murdered at | ir home, six miles northwest of sometime between six} ug place, ‘dock Saturday evening and noon ; i-day—just when and by whom is sot known. The crime was dis- “overed to-day, but up to this writ- | ‘og little, if anything, has been dis- _overed to throw light on the dark ‘yeed. The news reached this city ‘tz o’clock this afternoon, and your rrespondent repaired immediatelv the scene ot the tragedy. 2 : i The house is situated in a bend of “straddle creek, about fifty feet from Bthe public road, in a httle strip of | fimber. The country is thickly set- ded and the murderous work must have been quick and decisive. The house is humbly, though neatly, fur- mshed, and in one end of the room btood an organ with the hymn-book on it open at ‘*We are Going Home To-Morrow.”” Over the organ hung a picture ot the couple, taken a short time ago, which showed him to be an intelligent, sturdy farmer about 30, and she a handsome brunette of about 23. Inthe next room stood a table set for two; one plate was un- turned, and the other with a half ae biscuit buttered lying on it. When the writer reached the place ; the coroner had taken charge of and was making prepa- was everything, ‘rations for the inquest. It learned that the discevery was made by Mrs. Lowry, mother of the mur- dered man, and Mrs. Sayers, sister of the murdered woman. These two ladies at a little aiter 1 o’clock this afternoon visited that place. | They were surprised at seeing no- » hody about the yard, and still more so at seeing the door otf the house open and a cow in the front room. They entered the house and called out the names of those they had come to visit, but received no reply. They passed on into the next room, and finding it also vacant, went out into the back yard and on to the The barn, too, was empty paused to wonder where Then they walked barn. and they the couple were. alittle further to the north and made adiscovery that explained the mys- tery. ‘here, stark and stiff in death, was the body of John Lowry, about fifty feet north of the barn, with the side of his skull crushed in as if trom the blow of an axe. Both women began shrieking, and their cries at- tracted the attention of some neigh— bors passing along the road. They immediately hurried to the scene, and further search was prosecuted, which was rewarded by the discovery of the body of Mrs. Lowry about seventy feet from the house. Her head was split, and it was evident she had been struck with the blade ot an axe on the left side ot the head, directly in front of the ear. township clubs, headed by the | Walker band. By actual count, there was said to have been seven Both | Democrat Rally at Ppieton City. Special to Butler Times. \ Appleton City, Oct. 10. —To-day | has been a gala day for the democ- | racy of St. Clair county. It having | been previously announced that Hon. | Chas, H. Morgan would address the | Cleveland and Hendricks club ot Appleton City, your correspondent | boarded the train, intent upon see— ing and hearing what might be said or done. Never was 2 democrat | better paid tor his trouble, tor the} demonstration was certainly the \ largest and most enthusiastic ever | made within the borders of St. Clair. The Appleton club had announced that they would present a fifty-dollar banner to the best represented neigh- | boring club present. | Upon receiving this the ever-active ] proposition } ot Ne- train democrats chartered a special for the occasion—notifying, ever, the clubs at Schell City, Walker and Rockville that they would have the privilege of going up on their train. vada how— Upon the arrival of the special train at the depot in Appleton, the delegations from Nevada, Walker, Schell City and Rockville were formally received by the Appleton club amid the firing of The then tormed in line. anvils. various clubs were First, the Ap- pleton club, headed by their band; then Nevada and Walker, headed by the Nevada band; and last, the Rockville, Schell City and various hundred and sixty-nine men bearing full After the procession bad torches. most of whom were in uniform. , they the round of the cit drawn made the were in line ope brought out and presented to the Nevada boys, they having the largest The was a fire specimen of handi-work witb up near delegation present. banner and was received animated cheers by the gallant democrats of a house, where the banner was | REJOINDER. i The Prohibition Candidate Declines to Withdraw. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 13.—Gov- ernor St. John has addressed a long | letter to Prof. D. Woolsey, | Hon. Thos. Hon. Noah] Theo. Talbot, Davis and others who had appended their names to arequest that he with- He shows why he can neither agree | with the reasons, nor comply with } fol-| lows: ‘In conclusion permit me 8 the request and concludes as say that so long as the government is the open partner of the liquor bus-| 0 ——— iness to the extent of ninety cents | for every gallon of whisky made and | sold; so long as men make and do illicitly sell liquor in violation of | State law, under a United States tax | receipt; so long as in the Territories | ~~ MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of goods in all departments at Tt will do you good to look through and save you tots of money on all falland winter purchases in draw from the canvas as the ie, COWLES ME bition nominee tor the Presidency. | a Clothing, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Congress permits that which itsbould | Carpets, Gloves, Hosiery, Notions, Trunks, Valises, Groceries, forbid, just so long this issue of the livuor trafic will remain a National issue In view ot the fact that said | party presents the only Presidential | OF \ ernon counties. nominee standing on a temperance | {mammoth store, plattorm, would it not be more con— sistent for steadfast temperance men the immediate at once to demand withdrawal of YOUR OWN CANDIDATE | a = 7 and thus avoid all possible calamities | The N-vada’s Cargo on Fire. \ to which you refer, including, as you Queenstown, doubtful propriety as to put Governor Cleve- land into the White House?’ For | you may rest assured that so far as 1 : October 17.—The , Guion line steamer Nevada, Captain Bremar, from New York October 7 for Liverpool, off at! She reports fire term it, ‘a thing of such arrived here 8:45 this morning. am concerned I shal! neither with- aboard and great excitement prevails among the A. tender draw from the canvass nor assume a passengers. neutral position, but, with God’s from the the Nevada was sent here help, I shall continue this warfare | and returned to the steamer with] on the liquor traffe, and while a} 889gS of laborers to help subdue the | the fire combustion. fire. Itis supposed was vote for any candidate, simply as such may be lost, a vote for principle caused by spontaneous is never thrown away.”’ | The Nevada on entering the harbor Ir is stated | A Wealthy Stockman Killed. that there is ten feet of water mn hold. Admiral Leithbridge offered \ had a heavy list to port. her Vernon. The crowd then repaired to the opera house, but only a small por- tion could secure seats or even stand- ing room. Col. Morgan being in- troduced, opened his address by a few preliminary remarks about state politics, after which he proceeded to review the character of the republi- can candidate for president and the republican administration ot national affairs. Never was a man’s character, po- litically, so thoroughly sifted as did Col. Morgan sift that of Mr. Blaine. Having been in congress at the time ot the Blaine investigation, the Col. was able to give the full particulars about the work of that committee, the production of the Mulligan let- ters and the cause sun stroke, which stopped the in- vestigation, until Mr. laine very opportunely secured the election at the hands ot his state legislature to the office ot U. S. Senator, which took him out of the jurisdiction of a democrat House and placed him in a republican Senate, where, of sides were cold when found, and there was no clue as to how long they had been dead. The last per- son known to haye seen them alive was Hugh Christman, who, passing by late Saturday evening, noticed Lowry standing im the doorwa The theory is that the murderers watched for Lowry, killed him with a blow from behind as he came to the barn from his day's work, as his skull was crushed at the back. and he wore overalls and a gum coat when found. Next they assaulted the woman at supper, when she rushed into the yard, was overpow- ered and killed. A covered wagon containing two men camped there Fniday evening and some part of the day Saturday, but was Saturday evening. Some think this may serve as a clue to the mystery. The officials here have taken the matter in hand and the utmost en- deavors will be put torth to bring | the guilty patties to justice. not there | | course, no turther investigation was | demanded. Mr. Morgan’s speech \ was loudly applauded by the demo- crats, but thef{Col. knew too many | tacts in the Blaine case to be very armly received by the republican element. The democrats of Sr. Clair are active in their work and say they are going to down Warden and the ticket ih their county. whole mongrel ee en eee Ladies’ Medic] Adviser. A Complete Medical Work tor Women, cloth and ilius- | handsomely bound in trated. ‘Tells how to prevent and cure all a treatment at diseases of the sex, by Worth its weight in gold to every home, lady Suffering trom any of thes Postpaid only mps, e diseases- Over 10,c00 sold already. al note or secents. Po: Address NUNDA PUBLISHING Co.. eR, Y: N 45 unda of that timely Marshall, Mo., Oct. 17-—Ben.| the services of the crew of an Eng- veal a ck ealer. re : = Poe, a wealthy stock dealer. was] lish gunboat in the harbor, but the killed last evening near Brownsville, | | agents of the steamships declined the by a German farmer named Benja-| proffered assistance. At noon, min Dohrman. The facts zelane Wednesday, the discovery was made to the killing are as follows: Dohr- that a portion of the cargo was on man was at work in the field, andj fire. The captaia and other officers noticing a horse hitched at his house, | went below and found some cotton he returned to the house to ascertain | and nops burning. They returned what was wanted. Upon entering | to the deck nearly smothered. Wa- the house he declares that he found) ter was at once poured upon the yas a iting his wife and try— : = see ha al B Y— | burning cargo and the fire got under ing to overcome her. Johrmal bt a Ae z ene = | control after some hours, many pas— grabbed his gun and shot Foe in the | Th ae A | sengers assistance. attempted to run, when | | quantity of the cargo was thrown Poe Dobrman drew his revolver and shot | - os & ees i \overboard. The steam extinguish— | him through the head, killing him. | = | = A : ier did good service. From Wed- | Later reports just received from) | oo4 2 Se nesday the captain, officers, crew Brownsville discredit Dohrman’s } s fi ; | and passengers worked without ceas- story, ot which the above 1s a sym—/ 31, opsis, and people suspicion foul play | inet state of eX They were ina 1 p i ! haustion when they arriv ed at} and say Poe went there to purchase ; a aie f Queenstown where fresh men were | me stock, and that Dohrman met = = shipped to relreve the c The | him at the door. 3 Ae hp f fire while under control, s smoul- The da landed seventeen passengers Queenstown and proceeded to Liver- | pool. Before the Nevada} hsted heavily to starboard and boats | on the portsides were filled with | yas | ders in the cotton hold. | | ———— A Brutel Murder. H at! i ; Denver, October 17-—Sam Bald- { win, teamster fo Daisy mine, | \ was found dead in Long's Gulch, | {near the toot of the old Mosquito ; sailing the { E = : vater to assist in mighting her. This | j pass) 2 che svicity e: Leadville, Wercher 6a an feat Ta It Daas with a bullet hole in his head and | that on Wednesday the flames_were | his face battered to a jelly. He had} subdued, but again broke out Thurs- | been sluzged, shot, and then dragg- | day nigt. Some of the officers and } His clothes were | ° -veral ot the crew were injured | | about the head and hands in at- tempting to extinguish the fire. One | officer was entirely disabled. | jed some distance. \ nearly stripped trom his body py the | assassin and a belt containg $1,100 had been taken trom his person. A rude mask was found near the body. The victim was 35 years old and has seyeral children near} James G. Gillespie | SS A few days ago while the Cleve- nd and Hendricks club of Warrens- burg were having a grand torch-light | . a drunken | a wife and Galesburg, Ill. procession in that c 7} . o ae S ae 2 and a man named Minch have Geen | Poodium mob stoned NE fre m the | arrested charged with the murder. alleys. The decent republicans of as - cocina gi | Ot ee : | A yalise belonging to Gillespie, con- | Warrensburg do not indorse such | taining bloody clothes was found to— action. Itseems that place has a ior citizens, jday. Minch confesses the murder | Certain Crass > and implicates Gillespre and several | #5 tHe lemoc se dia | others. The excitement runs high | meeting in that town but that they | and lynching is among the probabii- ; , set. i have been annoved by this hoodlum ' ities. } Jackson, his wite, | one (31), except five (5) acres off of the as, the annual interest on said note is }long past due and unpaid, and by the | the lar | undersigned trustee ' noon ot that day, at the east front dooz Everybody cordially Trustee’s Sale. Whereas, John W. jackson and Rosa heir certain deed ot trust, bearing date September 17th, 1533, and duly recorded in the Recorder's of- fice ot Bates county, Missouri, in Book + No. 32, page 139, conveyed to the under- igned trustee the tollowing ribed de county of Bates and State of Missouri, to- wit: Allof lot three (3), in the south- east quarter of section thirty-four (34,) township thirty-nine (39) of range thirty- tside, containing torty-eight (45) acres more or less, in trust to secure the pay- ment of acertain promissory note, in said aeed ot trust fully described; and, where- terms of the i deed of trust, should default be made in the payment of the annual interest on said note when the same becomes due and payable, then the whole debt becomes due and pavable. Now, therefore, at the request ot the legal holder ot said note and by virtue of the authority in me vested by the terms ot said deed ot trust, 1 will, on Thursday, November 13, 1854, Rich real estate, lying, being and situate in the ; Queensware, in fact the largest combined stock of goods in Bates invited to visit our M. S. COWLES MERCANTILE CO. Corner Park Ave., and 6th st. HILL. JOHNSON’S Commercial College! 421 N. 3d St., St. Louis, Mo. Open Al : the Wearl Allthe Branches of an English Mathemathical and Commercial Course taught. say’Special Teacher’s Course for those who desire to Learn and Teach Business and Ornamental Penman ship, ete. Refers to thousands ot former stu- dents who have completed under our instructious. sax" Full Corps of Experienced Protessors. Write for Circulars, Specimens of between the hours of nine o’clock in the torenoon and five o’clock in the atter- noon of that day, at the east front door ot the court house, in the city of Butler, county ot Bates aforesaid, sell at public vendue tor cash to the highest bidder, all and this notice described. or so much thereof as may be neces to pay said debt, in- and costs. So W. Peach, Trustee. ee Trustee’s Sale. Whereas, John T- Henshaw and Mary M. Henshaw, his wife, by their certain deed of trust, bearing date August 238th, 1883, and duly recorded in the Recorder's office, of said Bates county, Missouri, in Book No. 32, page 122, conveyed to the the following de- d real estate, situate, lying and b ing in the county of Bates and Sta Missouri, to-wit: The southwest ¢ of the northeast quarter ot sectio nd the v thalt ot ror the ortheast qu er of said section seventeen (17), township 41) ot range thirty-two (32), containing sixty acres more or less in trust to secure the payment of one cer- tain promissory note in said deed ot trust fully described; and, whereas, the annual interest on said note is long past due and unpa the terms of said deed of is made in the payment | interest when the same be- and payable, then the whole immediately due and pasable- Now, therefore, at the request of the le: holder ot said note and by the authority in me vested by the terms of said deed ot trust, I will, on seven- ne north- nd etault trust, it d of the ann comes d debt ma: bec Thersd y, November 13, 1534, the and five o'clock in betwe forenoo: the afte of the court nouse, in the city of Butier, county of Bates atoresaid, sell at public; outcry, ail the land in said deed of trust and this notice described, or so much thereot as may be necessary to pay said debt, interest and costs. 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Roberts, Administrator, Notice of Final Settlement Notice is hereby given to the creditors and others interested the estate of James H. Hughes deceased, that 1, Amos J. Hughes Administrator of said estate | intend to make final settlement ot said estate at the next term of the Bates co ty Probate court, to be held in Butler Bates county State jot Missouri, on the t Monday in November 1884. Amos J. Hucnes, Administrato Fred Dor Barber Will give you a neat shave, shampoo oF hair-cut. He keeps none but experienced barbers. Will also grind razors. Satis- taction guaranteed. Rooms north side square