The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 28, 1887, Page 2

; rou YE MET HIM. | KILLED Ai A DANUE | said that in case he (Atkins) made You HAVE | ; any distm bance, he would attend to ‘him. It was not long before Atkins | Graphic Pen Picture of an Individual | ° Surr Mitchell Shoots and Kilis eagle eget Gea Oclnat James Atkins. He stood on the portico near a —— | door that was opened into the room I see frequently—and this pboto- A Lamentable Affair—Kacts Concern- | where the dance was being carried graph will berecognize by thousands on. Mitchell came to the door and t dinire pes upon thousands of men o ing the Case. ordered him away. Atkins declined, Clinton Democrat Last night news reached this city that a shooting affray had taken place between a couple of young men well known in this section of the county, while at a dance, resulting an the death of James Atkins. The facts in the case we have gained by the most difficult investigation, and | strike at him, and as they came near the end of the porch, Atkins was knocked off. He immediately arose and drew arevolver. At this Mitchell also drew a 44-calibre revolver and covered Atkins with it, and ordered his retreat. The latter was retreating down the world, a heavy jeweled, fat- Ae ae ere ne where by an abbreviation of his first name, who is regarded as a bon vivant, whose stories are told and retold in circles far beyond those in which he originally gives them, and who would probably be spoken of, wemneiston” ARE SCARCE & WANTED.| {s paunched man, who is known every- Taliow, Feathers, Beeswax and Rags off »red, in Cash. | PACIFIC Manur: —lI see frequently in cafes, at public ‘ nh Ge eae 8 care. Sine # dinners, in the rendezvous of wen of 00 ; reel All ly | gS, cep I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR ALL THE LEWIS HOFFMAN NORTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, MO. | poraun Stomach, Liver | ee and Bowsll — OP ig; PACIFICH STRICTLY ‘onstipation, ic petit <. ‘or Sale by all Dr THE BUTLE#p, the walk to the gate when Mitchell : iy =e th if he were to die to-day, in all to- ‘ lows: ee ' _ 6 2 peeing baie morrow morning’s papers as a prince 4 7d 4 > o} a wee | It seems that there existed between | D*°K 1e!t shoulder of good fellows. His home hssn’t | | i as near as we can learn are as fol- | | going nearly through the body, and was cut out of the left breast. Dr. Menees, the coroner, was sent for, and upon the arrival of the intelli- gence in Clinton, Deputy Sheriff Jas. Bennett and assistants went to arrest Mitchell, Sheriff Elliston being un- well. In the meantime, however, H. B. Mitchell and James Atkins, the seen a happy hour in twenty years. His wife long since closed the door of her heart with a bang, and the dust upon its threshold gathers slowly enough to be disturbed. His children have grown to man’s estate, some good, some bad, but not one former about 26 years of age and the latter about 22, a bitter feeling, the origin of which we do not know. But from the statements of different ones, on several occasions there has ; been a spirit of ill will exhibited, and | t 8 conflict seemed inevitable. There |... ; of them who hasn't felt the iron heel different stat ts i d t See ee cone We eyeaane Dore f his father’s tyranny, not one of Pee ee Sere ons ed. eRe aeichall’sifather vamored to | tera eee F ee te evidence of some good and reliable ed by the iron shaft of his father’s parties. W.S. Duncan, an intimate relentless selfishness. Treat a great friend of Mitchell's, who went to the crowd, open a basket of wine on place of action last night, and whois racing day, soft-shelled crabs, brds quite well informed, relates the fol and bottles galore at Brighton Bach, lowing: at Long Beach, at Long Branch at j James Atkins, his brother Malcomb Hollywood-—-oh, yes! but at heme, 1 as a igre : . se about 26 years old, and has borne a — = “i big, ag 4 hea - . sid : ‘ x , on cc good reputation for industry, sobrie- ae ere . — : oe 1 =< cae histaee ae ty and personal conduct. Rae eee ome td a i : Powell last night, without an invi these servants cost more than evr, i tation, and for the purpose—as James “Oh, well, if you don’t like it you i Atkins informed his friends before can do the otker thing,” “There, I le hand—of “doing up Burr Mitchell.” have had enough of that. dbn’t a He said J. Atkins presented himself bother me any more,” and away he goes, banging the doors, wreathing in the doorway of the room in which the dancing was being conducted, his ugly mug with the May morting sunshine and emitting the May having buckled around his waist a a oe : revolver and cartridges, and a pair moat + Sega mae} oP ee morning fragrance of which the good of brase knucks in his pocket, all of The dead hen ean about aa old dominie wrote, so that all men which he at the time exhibited to one of age, of good famil Es the 8 me outside may call him blessed, vhile of tho guests. Mitchell came up to ate ‘dows Pte — Zelphin At- the woman he swore to love and | him while there and began Lem ivia who Goalies es a. faci hee cherish mourns for the lost affeetion i atrating with him for being there, two miles from where the killing waa of her youth, and the children whom | and they came to blows. Atkins done. His family was one of th he was instrumental in bringing into “ i aang : the Brg onto | oidest in flip pi ® | the world wonder why their father i tach ,door,in which he was A should be so ugl 3. atanding:, opens, at the same time Our teporter, in. order to oe Howard, oe meet i i i this county from Iowa about 21 years ago, and located on the present homestead, 6 miles west of Ciinton, in Davis township. His father, W. F. Mitchell, died about 8 years ago. He has a mother, three sisters and a brother in Idaho. Burr is single, O. A. Mitchell, a cousin, accompa- nied him to town last night after the killing, to give himself up to the officers. They arrived between 10 and 11 o'clock, a couple of hours af ter the act was committed. : é : whatever additional information he — his Tevolver and covering could, visited the residence of Luke itchell. Mitchell had been warned Powell, in Davis t hi ba eae nen rea osgdana Mr: “Feed oud. A Lhe was i owing his disposition, had gone} . : i Prepared for the worst, and when | &'¥®? actor ous, Peep t - Bee Atkins covered him with hisrevolver es eapoigrias — ere — ; Mitchell, who was standing in the j°,, °° ** in charge, 4 o0 oe = light of the doorway, saw Atkins— viting of the guests. Some twenty- who wad receding in the dark—had five or thirty ladies and gentlemen the advantage-of iim’ uo tnvordex ta were present. The dancing began ais i side we eae: nab told me he understood Atkins and \. ins w sidewaysan: ca i ackward, with revolver cocked and | Persson to notify them ~~ covering Mitchell. Mitchell followed, he ci 70 ig 8 at eemleae i hen Se 0 avoi anger of a snd Sheerness ete ke difficulty, and to meet Atkins and his duis bands. When they had gone in friends and tell them of the report this: manner some fifteen or twenty ae a — ant tgs steps from the house Mitchell’s re- | ™ ee a if they came, waives Gua discharged. Atkins, be- but I did not believe they would > sia man and holding ae Pe cut’ th h is revoiver in his left hand, of ‘ peepee ee Course presente that ide to Mitchell ag hays namranegec ctr rer and received the shot in thelef: ‘ Sa a Sper ea fies alencnt pret on reo front porch of the residence before . ¥ af ly alter the hosting I knew anything about it, and until . came to town and gave him. the shot was fired I did not know self up. coe was going on. ae other young men in the nei ood Further, Dr. Meenes, who was | were not invited attended font ‘wummoned immediately, after the} Mr. Powell’s son witnessed the shooting to hold an inquest over the | meeting of Mitchell and Atkins on body of Atkins, gives the following ie Peck Det heel, told him to im regard to the affray, which he says kins’ answer “ne did. phen nal oe i was gleaned from the testimony given crowd of young men were on the by the witness to the coroner's porch, but he could see Burr Mitch- i jury. ell strike at Atkins, whom he follow. Atkins seemed to have eome to} of the porch and down a path the dance at the residence of W. L. om Sever — besos # Powell, who lives in Davis township, | the particulars of which “he did not about 6 miles southwest of Clinton, | see. After the killing Mr. Powell without an invitation. The told Burr Mitchell (who ined i party remained in _ gotten up under the auspices of pr yg five ae that it A Tease % nece 0} i vA - ea ice known as Burr Mitchell aan “I did barges saan wtehell. Some difficulty had pre-| not intend) to kill him. Mr Powell viously arisen between the young | showed our reporter and Dr. Salmon men. Upon the arrival at the house, } Where the body lay in the yard, and Mitchell told Mr. Powell that Atkins | “here fresh dirt had been placed to hehe ogee at the dance, but that | had flowed ea pry: by de —_ —_ e no invitation. He told him oe s : onto the grass. N, ; that troubie was likely to ensue and | a small bottle of cao ee asked ission to order him from | have been in the pocket of the slain the premises in case he should ar- | ™82- Boonville Pastures Burned. Boonville, Mo., Sept. 21.—While south-bound train on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad was passing the city yesterday sparks from the locomotive caused the grass to ig- nite. The farmers in the neighbor- hood were called to the scene by the huge blaze spreading in every di- rection, and for three or four hours tried hard to stay the flames, but the city fire department was finally called upon to assist. Not until this evening did they succeed in quench- ing the flames. The loss is estimated to be about $5,000, there being a great area of pasturage destroyed, two fine vineyards injured, and some six or seven hay stacks totally de- stroyed, with a large lot of fencing. eC Pi Se ee Itch, Mange and Scratches or every kind curedin 30 minutes by Wool- tord’s Sanitary Lotion. 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