The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 15, 1888, Page 1

Che But VOL. X. heroes PEACH & SPRAGUE TITLE ABSTRACTORS, COMPLETE AND RELIABLE ABSTACTS | FINISHED AT LAST. Famous Crime Ended By the Law’s Steady Hand. as plainly Landgraff pression of great relief visible on his features. The Three Years History of a paid no attention to it in any way. } At 8:10 Mr. Martin received the! following telegram which was delive ‘ered to Maxwell: Jerrerson Crry, Mo., Aca. 10. OF TITLE FURNISHED ON SHORT | Preller’s Murderer Executed in Compa- | To Hon. J. I. Martin. NOTICE. \ MONEY TO LOAN On Real Estate security on long or short | The Little Chloroformer’s Nonchalence time. Office first door south ot Bates Co. National! Bank. BUTLER, MO. | LOOK HERE. It you wamt to save money get. - LEF -:- CULVER te do your PAPERING, CALSOMINING, PLASTERING, AND CISTERN WORK. | weGSatisfaction given or no charges | made. Office at Jewett & Hickman’s Furniture Store. ny With a young man who Killed a Girl Deserts Him in His Last Hours and Mental Agony Ensues- City Jail, St. Louis, Aug. 10.—The | morning dawned clear and cool | and as the first light of Maxwell’s | ated quite a sensation, as it was the last day entered his narrow cell it | general opinion in and about the jail heightened the sickly pallor of his | that the governor would grant at! face which had increased during the | /east a brief stay. night. Shortly after daybreak Maxwell |to Maxwell. He received it calmly, turned to one of the deputies and i the ashy pallor growing deeper on} |said: “I wish that telegram would | his face \ ome.” “Do you expect a telegram?” w asked “I do, and I know it will bring W. £E. TUCKER, | me good news.” DENTIST, | BUTLER, 2 MISSOURI. | OFFICE OPERA HOUSE. MASONIC. Butler Lodge, No. 254, meets the first Saturday in each month. Miami Chapter Royal Arch Masons, No. 5, meets second Thursday in each month. Goutey Commandery Knights ‘Templar meets the first Tuesday in each month. 1.0. 0. FELLOWS. Bates Lodge No. 180 meets every Mon- day night. Butler Encampment No. 6 meets the and and ath Wednesdays in each month ee! Lawyers. T H. CROCKET T oa ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofice North Side Square, over A. L- MeBride’s store, W. BADGER LAWYER. i Will practice in all courts. Alllegal business strictly attended to, Office over Bates Co. Na- tional Bank, Butler, Mo. ARKINSON & GRAVES, ATTORN«YS AT LAW. Office West Side Square, over Lans- down’s Drug Store- \ LCOMB & SMITH, H° LAWYERS BUTLER, MO. Office front room over Bates County National Bank. T W. SILVERS, e ATTORNEY : LAW Will practice in Bates and adjoining counties, in the Appellate Court at Kansas City, and in the Supreme Court at Jetfer- | son City. g@r-Orrice North Side Square, over A. L. McBride's. qitt Physicians. \ J. R. BOYD, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, | Orrice—East Side Square, over | Max Weiner’s, 19-ly DR. J. M, CHRISTY, HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, front room over P. O. All answered at office day or night. Specialattention given to temale dis- | eases. 4h C. BOULWARE, an e Surgeon. Office north side square, Butler, Mo. Diseases of women and chil- | ren a specialty. DORN & PIERCE—BARBERS. Butter, Mo. aatle calls entered the cell, the door was closed and those within the jail moved away to give all the privacy | moved like a log, with a half smile | possible. vices in Maxwell's cell Soon after making the remazk | nounced that the final moment had Maxwell threw himself on the cot in | arrived. his cell, but remained there only a few minutes. He then arose, alight- | fingers nervously. His was the first ed a fresh cigarette and sat down at wee warrant read, and he stood up | the table making a poor attempt to |read. He was plainly ill at ease and | he was plainly growing weaker all | | oceasionally glanced furtively out ! the time. through the gratings of the narrow | As Maxwell passed through the window of the cell and out into the |immer yard he walked firmly but inner yard of the jail. At a few minutes before 5 o'clock | change from the apparently uncon- | Maxwell performed his morning ab- [cerned man puffing a cigarette and | lution and denned his funeral clothes, which were new from the skin out, the outer garments being of plain jan ashy hue, and his eyes were black with a neatly-fitting Prince Albert coat. COMMUNION TO THE CONDEMNED. At 5:18 Father Tihan arrived and | Was calculated to awaken even the | of which | Pity of those who were convincedhe Come and see us as we can do you good Father Tihan then communion to the condemned. the conclusion of the religious ser- | cended without assistance. \ like offices | were accorded Henry Landgraff Father Tihan. Landgraff had cupied his cot the greater portion of | gulped several times. the night after 11:30, and appeared | received the warrant and pinning as coul and collected. He was neatly | steady as any man could. attired, but his apparel was of 2/ gession to the scaffold was coarser texture than that of Max- \formed, Father Tihan walking be- well’s. While the Father confessor | was administering the communion to | ceded by Sheriff Harrington and the condemned, the deputy sheriffs | i were engaged on the scaffold pre-| | paring the apparatus for its work. | LANDGRAFF BATS MUCH. MAXWELL LITTLE. | At 5:50 Maxwell and Landgraff | sat down to their final meal, which had been prepared by the jailor’s wife. | dishes ;and the breakfast consisted of fried | oysters, fried eggs, hot biscuit and | The black caps were being Each was served with like pancakes with jelly, repast quite sparingly. As he \ departed and his face was blanched, i quickly, and at is | while a troubled, hunted look had Landgraif never moved nor did a) ed. : Morgue officials state that Max- ¢ ‘well's body was the filthiest corpse ' Mollie McDonald. | handled in the morgue for may We understand Miss Williams, of His underclothing was vile ‘and he evidently hadu’t bathed in | music in this vicinity. | taken possession of his keen e He was evidently growing wea and had lost all hope of staying the | and H executioner’s hand. Landgraff main- | tained the same old stolid look. ‘TWO HOURS MORE OF LIFE. ,at the jail and announced that administered | Was no time lost in reaching the | bread but- {when Landgraff slipped backwar | ter and coffee. Landgraff ate hear-| py; promptly recovered. | tily, while Maxwell partook of the | | Governor received another tele- | gram from Minister West but he persists in the same position. Hold as lon sas possible as we may | | hear in time. My heartfelt sympa- j thy to accuse i x | Wire his father. | P. W. Faustieroy. THE DEATH WARRANT READ. The receipt of this telegram cre- | The message was at onceconveyed | At &:20 Sheriff Harrington, accom- as | panied by deputy, entered the | yard and the sheriff entered Max- well’s cell, where he and Landgraff | |had been placed together, and an-| Maxwell paled and pulled his and heard his doom calmly though slowly. There was a wonderful the one en route to his death. His | face looked pinched and drawn, of | swollen. | He glanced about him piteously, | | his lips twitching and his appearance ought to die. Landgraff looked and | } and a half sneer on his face. There | At | scaffold, which the condemned as-} BIL HIS LIPS AND GULPED. by | oc- | ioned Maxwell bit his lower lip and Landgraf | The pro- then tween Maxwell and Landgraff, pre- deputies, and followed by the police, reporters and witnesses. Maxwell was placed under the noose next to Twelfth street. Father Tihan read prayers. Max- well was then asked if he had any- thing to say, and in an almost limaudible tone responded, “No.” Landgraff merely shook his head.| drawn There was an awful look of de- sat | epair on Maxwell's face as the cap weakness. The nooses were adjusted | >; muscle twitch. ony A STREAM OF BLOOD. Not so with Moxwell. When he | fell his breast heaved convulsively | ‘and his limbs were drawn upward. | fi d i _ _|while the spectators were shocked Henry Landgraff At 6:05 Sheriff Harrington arrived | py g stream of blood pouring down | penalty z Z night of Mareh 5, 1585. the | the right breast of shis coat. which | were bloekaded. WANTED Everybody to call on the new Grocery firm of PETTYS & WELTON, Successors to CHAS, DENNEY, at the old stand East Side Square, where you will always find a tresh gnd well selected stock of vistwet'oe Staple and Fancy Groceries Cheap as the cheapest, we will also pay the highest market price FOR ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE. A general invitation is extended to all. Respecttully, PETTYS & WELTON. Come early and stay late. WITH YOU ONCE MORE FM. CRUMLY & 60, With a Clean Fresh Stock of DRVGES -; Stationery, Paints, Oils, and would be glad to see you. | t visitor at Salem Su We believe the sick ones in thig part of Bates are all improving. We understand Mr. Louis Decker will start ina few days for Kansas to see his girl married. who will be the happy man. We wonder We should like to know if acertain {young man’s company was accept- able, a few nights ago. Salem S. S. attended the S. S. picnic northwest of Altona on Satur- | day, Aug. 4, and all enjoyed them- , selves well. carried off by the Elizabeth Chapel | school. The prize banner was The meeting which has been in progress some two weeks at Bethel church closed on Thursday night. Have not learned of any additions to the church. You Kxrow. Peculiar In the combination, proportion, and preparation of its ingredients, Hood’s Sarsaparilla where other preparations entirely fail. | Peculiar in its good name at home, which is a “tower of strength abroad,” peculiar in the phenomenal sales it has attained, Hood's Sarsaparilla is the most successful | purifying the blood, giving strength, | and creating an appetite. accomplishes cures medicine for Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. | When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. | When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, ‘When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. fi jn &e. | | photographed, after which the post|head. He was convicted and sen- mortem was begun. that the neck of each man was brok- While his arms were being pin- jen. An immense crowd of curious peo- ple had congregated all about the jail, and the streets nearest the jail The police experi- | until July 13, and the 12th day of jenced great difficulty in clearing the | July Judge Norwill granted hin an-| jail approaches, and at this late hour, 10:30, hundreds linger in the vicinity of the Four Courts. Maxwell would have broken down , completely in a few minutes longer. | Landgraff died as stolidly as he lived. At the coroner's office it was stated d j and Maxwell's remains would be in- | terred in Calvary cemetery by Un- ‘ dertaker George N. Lynch. Maxwell's nose was broken and it | at the table it was plain to see that | 439 it from view and his knees showed | 18 presumed it hit on some part of the | | all of his assumed indifference ha gallows when he fell. | 8:56 the drop fell.| small bones in his neck were fractur- | few days since. day. months. It was stated still Several of the for a crime committed on the | dence of Mr. James Allen, a The victim { nights since. tenced to be hanged April 29, 1887. An appeal was granted the same day. On May 7, 1888, the supreme court affirmed the decision and the date of execution was fixed for June 13. The governor granted a respite other stay until August 10. Harmonious Clippings. Fine rains since our last writing. Every one is jubilant over ‘the | prospect for corn since the rain. Although blown down considerably the outlook is far more favorable than ten days ago. and to try the merits of the much praised waters. We understand L I Some of our Harmonyites have | wis: that the remains of Landgraff would gone to the springs for a few weeks’ | be turned over to his brother, An-j recreation through the hot season drew Landgraff, of South St. Louis, | them. Mr. Gus. Herma visiting relatives near Appleton jit may prove beneficial to all of | Died, Aug. 3d, only son of Ed. and | Polk county, will teach a class in | Our young people passed a few suffered the death | hours quite pleasantly at the resi. few Singing was the prin- others are going soon and we hope} n and wife were a | between the hours of 9 0’clock in the paren b | Kansas City Express. Kansas City Express. Local Freight Texas Expre Texas Express.. Freight Passenger Freight. west. applv to . RICE, M, D. Physician and Ot- ce west side square—over Graves’ har- 4e Surgeon, DUTLER, Misso: ess shop. Time Table Mo. Pacific R (LEXINGTON & SOUTHERN BRANCH.) Commencing Sunday, May 13th, and until turther notice, trains will leave Butler as foilows: GOING NontTH. socal Freight... S. L. & E. DIVISION, GOING WEST. PASSENBET... +. eeeeeeee ee eee 12:40 P.M + S:00 A.M. GOING EAST. + 4:25 P.M, + 4:00P.M All passenger trains make direct con nection tor St. Louis and all points east [ Texas and ail points south, Colorado, [i California and all points west and north- For rates and other intormation E, K. Carnes. Agent. Trustee's Sale. Whereas, Aceph B. Mayes, and Mary L. » dates Mayes, his wife, by their deed of trust, March 3, Ins#, and recorded in the office within and for Bates county, in trust deed book No. 44, page 457, 194545 Ae Me +-4:50 P.M, Reece tees 10:30 A. M. GOING SOUTH. 33 Bae + 9:40 P.M, 2:32 P.M. cS to the undersigned trustee the following de scribed real estate lying and bein; the county of Bates, and state of Missouri, in the city of Roekville, Bates county, which conveyance was made in trust to situate im’ Lots 8, 9 and 10, in block No. twent, a the payment of a certain note fally described i said deed of trust d whereas, default has been made in the payment of said note now: long past due and unpaid. Now, therefore, at the request of the legal holder of said note pursuant to the conditions of said deed of } ill proceed to sell the above described at public vendue, to the highest bi ier for’ he east front door of the court house,f | uri, on Monday, Sept. 10th, 1888, { and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, Shop on North Side Square. We | execution had been postponed two | i | was his sweetheart. Annie Tisch. a| cipal feature of the occasion, and it! | poser | was afterward found to have been give special attention to Ladies and Children’s hair cutting. We keep the best of Barbers, also grind scis- sors and razors. Everything first- class. All work guaranteed. Give us a call iuocs Pills. Cockle’s sititcs use for 86 years all over the world, tor Bile, Indigestion, Liver, &c. Of Pure, Vegetable Ingredients. From Mercury. 1 i /attorneys. Sheriff Harrington | the hours of 7 and 11 o'clock, | o'clock. | Maxwell received the news of the | yfaxwell at 9:15. The bodies were| but with an oath he pulled out | Postponement calmly though an eX-/ removed to the morgue office and! revolver and shot her through the hours. The only reason assigned | caused by a cut on the nose inflicted beautiful was that the postponement had been | py the rope in some mysterious way. of age. | granted at the request of Maxwell's | ~ Landgraff was pronounced dead, also (in 11} minutes. and | ing | ddenly turned and uw: This old Engiish Family Medicine in they would leave their cell at Fl jessie dead by the attending | et- He suddenly turne Psi = | physicians. | Landgraff was cut down at 9:124, Jealousy promp the day of the murder he took the! {stated that under the law the men’ yfaxwell’s struggles continued for) girl out walking, with the revolver | [could be hanged at anytimebetween 14 minutes when he, too, was pro-, with which he killed her in his pock- braided her for keeping company , with other men. She merely laughed girl of less than 18 years | is well known that our young folks enjoy that as well as any one possi- | ted the deed. On bly can. Born, to the wife of Henry Randal, Aug. 4, a son. ; | The familiar face of our former |singing teacher, Mr. Harper, was | seen in our midst last week. his /* 1 i | i Mr. Joe Kemper, of Austio, made | short visit among friends in this | vicinity a few days ago, and was fa the purpose of sat attorneys’ fees and costs. JAMES fying said debt, imterest,& B. GANTT, Trustee. § of Butler, county of Bates and state)” THIS SPACE IS SERVED | FOR THE ADVERTISMENT 0) C. B. LEWI THE BOSS LIVERY MA OF BUTLER. i fe i ‘oi q