The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 13, 1889, Page 8

PLOW and AND C0, ALMOST A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. L. E. Mann Shoots John Hens- aad ley, His Rival in Loye, LAND. | Then Attempts to Take His Own Life, —_—+eseo- A Young Lady the Innocent Cause. BATES COUNTY News was brought to town Satur- day that L. E. Mann had shot Jobn Hensley, and then attempted to end JAS K BRUGI ER & SON his own life by shooting himself 0. ot uy ala . avy twice, at the Liberty church in Hom in the western por- Pits er township, tion of the cour MANAGERS, Butler Mo. This Company invests money in real 3 estate, buys n tes and School and dealsinall kinds of good seuuriteis. | learn that both young gentlemen had | FINE IMPROVED FARMS been paying court to the same young | lady, Miss Anna, daughter of H. P. Ut 40 to 640 acres each, and good Bonds, It appears from what we could | Nickell, and young Maun was inade | | insanely jealous by sceing Miss Anna jin company with young Hensley, at i a school exhibition at the church on | When the couple | grazing lands from 400, to 1,500 acres in a body tor sale or ex- chanec- | Friday evening. ‘started home they were met at the | | door by Maun. who told Hensley he | wanted to seehim, and when a few | steps from where the young lady | LOCAL iTEMS. _— 100 Piows Wanted. | : < . | stood drew a revolver and fired, the he Star shop just east of the | ® ? : so fate ball striking young Hensley in the | right breast, and passed through a | heavy overcoat, dress coat. a folded | | Grange store Butler Mo. to put new bottoms on. Now dou’t wait till plow time but have the work done now and I'll take good cere of your plow and not ask youa cent till you ;hewspaper and lodged in a cheek | book he had in his pocket. Mann, get ready to use it this spriug. My, thinking he had killed his rival, in work is all guurantecd first-class. | 8tantly turned the pistol upon hin- tf Prop’r | self and fired two shotsin rapid suc- cession, one in the right side, passing i through his clothes, without doing | other injury, the second shot took Capt. J. W. Hannah, late republi- | effect in the left breast above the ean candidate for congress in this | left nipple. The weapon used was a district, has recently been nominated \44 calibre British bulldog. for mayor of Butler, on a tax-payers Mann was picked up and taken to ticket. The Captain got enough of | the residence of Whit Weller about the republican ticket last fall and | oue-half mile from the church, and California honey and ‘maple syrup at Graham's. Call and sample it. paper, a corner of which was shot will try a different kind for office | Dr. T. C. Robinson was called and this time. He is au enterprising | dressed his wounds. It was first gentleman, all the same.—Montrose | thought that he was fatally wound- Democrat. \ed, but after probing it was found = | that the ball had not entered the | cayity and the attending physicians say he will get well. Dr. Boulware was called Saturday and did whathe could to relieve his sufferings. Cheap money tc loan on farms Jas. K. Bruaier. Mr. Frank Allen, of the Walton & Tucker Loan & Trust Co., and The grand jury, in session at the | time, indicted Mann and a capias was issued and placed in the hands Be deputy sheriff Shelby who arrest- ed Mann on Sunday and left a guard with him until he was able to be moved. Both young men are prominent in the western portion of thecounty. Mann is from Kentucky and is well connected and his people stand very high in that state. He has been in this cuunty about one year and was for a short time emp!oyed by Walls & Holt, druggists of this city. Hensley is the son of Cole Hensley, one of our most prominet stock- dealers and farmers. Capt. Nickell had forbidden young man Visiting Miss Lillie Wood, a charming young lady of our city, sister of Mrs. J. D. Allen, wife of tho editor of the Tres, were married at the residence of the bride's parents, on last Tuesday evening, by Rev. Stockton. Only the immediate relatives were present, and after music and refreshments, the young people repaired to their own cosy home, which had previous- ly been fitted up by the groom. They are deserving young people and a host of friends will join the Record in wishing them years of * happiness and prosperity.—Record. The Fire. The music loving people of the city were afraid that the fire at Mr. Wade's would interfere with the con- |," 1 5 cert to-night, but we are gratified to | tis daughter, and the young lady, know that the Von Elsners will give | Who is held entirely blamelessin the all one of the finest musical enter matter, had discouraged his atten- tainments ever given in this city to | tions. > ree eee ge From John Hensley, who was in the Von Eleners lost some of their | the city Saturday, we learn the fol goods by the fire, it will not at all in- | lowing as his version of the tragedy: terfere with the entertainment. He said, “My name is John Hens- “aS "es para ley, I am 23 years old, son >of Cole Hensley. Mann came to our home ——3— Them In | We Rope That's what‘they say, and we ad- mit the fact. We lasso them, cor- ral them and hold them tight. That's all right. LOOK AT OUR ROPE. EMARK ABLE QUALITY PEN HAND N VER- DEALINGS & CHARGING. RICE THE ROFITS LOWEST & SMALL, VERY ARTICLE VERYBODY A BARGAIN & E PLEASED. Our rope is a rope te tie to: it! Won't strain or stretch; every strand rope is stout and strong. It's the that HOLDS CUSTOM AND HANGS COMPETITION. We are doing our business strictly on what you get. 0. H. Fs. & R= Goons. | THE U ROPE IN. PLAN. Get what you pay for and pay for | My overcoat, undercoat, a paper and on Thursday evening and stayed all night. Wewentto Virginia together in a buggy that night. Thenext day jhe went with meto hunt some cattle. He appeared very friendly all the time. I had heard that he bad threatened my life and asked him him about it. He said he hoped I didn’t think such a thing of him. He borrowed a horse of me Friday | evening to go to Mr. Crawford's, so he informed me. I accompanied | Miss Nickell to the chureh that night |and saw Mann there when we arriv- ee. Wheu we started home he met jme at the door and asked me if I j could lead my horse home. I tola jhim that Icould. Hethen said he j wanted to see me. I started to fo!- j low him and had only gone a few | steps when he drew a pistol and shot me. Iheard two more shots lin rapid succession, but could not | tell whether he wasgshooting at me jor himself. The ball struc: me in | the right breast, passing through was stopped by a cheex book I had jimmy pocket. (Mr. Hens!ey exhib- tited the holes in his coats and the | lit was some ten minutes before any | one went out to see what had be- away.) come of Mann. The reports of the affair which came to town being so complicated After the excitement had some and unreliable, in order to get atthe whit subsided Mr. Hensley and my- i true facts, and do all parties equal ; seif left for home. ; 1 justice, a Trves reporter chartered a} The above is Miss Anna Nickell’s | conveyance Sunday morning, and in | statement in substance, and after | company with S.C. Franklin, called | thinking her kindly for the inter- ; | view the reporter withdrew, and pro | ceeded to the residence of Mr. Bar on MISS ANNA NICKELY. who we found at the residence of , tom for the purpose of gaining an! her father, Capt. H. P. Nickell, in | interview with Mr. Marn We ar | a t : sae nived at the house about 12 o'clock now owns . very intelligent and charming ludy, and while she deeply deplored | ; having her name appear in public | isfactory Stavement: Be had a Pe priut in connection with such an un | Ollection of the difficulty, anc ne fortunate affair, she had no hesi | mind seemed to dwell upon the re- : ; | i ampaign, and was also laboring | taney in inaking a full statement to j cent campaign and mas SO wi | under the hallucination that he was Miss Anna is a Mann delirious and not in 2 condition to make a sat young | and found young the reporter as follows: iB : “I have known Mr. L. E. Mann | Just getting GAGE t Blakey F | about two years; he has been to our | Finding an interview with Mr. | : He seemed anx | Mann impossible, the reporter ap- | | house frequently. we ious to pay me attention. His compa- | plied the pump to Mr W - H. Cr | Fees ene agreeable to me I dis-| ford, who had been at his bedside | ae = | for two days. | couraged him, but he seemed to be persistent and finally to get rid of | Mr. Crawford said Maun seemed ; : { > rational S: § spi ad} lhim, he was forbidden the house by | to be rational Saturday morning ai d \ jinanswer to questions which were | my father. | I was spending last week visiting | : at the residence of Mr. Geo. Graham, | said: ' : | a neighbor, and Friday evening about | When Hensley and Miss Anna 5 o'clock Mr. Mann called to see me. | Wilked out of the He was met at the door by My. Gra- | thing CES ONSE him and ham, who he requested to inform me | to get blind. re for me. [| Ifired at John and then turned afraid of Mann | the pistol on myself. The first bul- But Mr, | let passed through my church, some- I seemed | that he had a mess told Mr. G. I was and refused to him. | : and Mrs. Graham insisted on my go- | 8€Foss my breast. Ithen placed the | ingiutothe parlor, and finally I |™uzzle againt my stomach and the agreed to do so, provided some of ! Pistol suapped. I then changed it to finy right ear, from there I changed it to my left breast and fired. The! ball entered about two inches above i the left nipple, struck a riband pass | ed under the arm and jodged back ! of the shoulder blade. | The bullet was located Saturday evening by Dr. T. C. Boulware, of | this city, who pronounced the wound ; not necessarily fatal. Mann remarked to Will Crawford the evening of the shooting that he | was aruined man, and he did not | care what became of him. About a month ago he made the same state- | meut to Miss May Crawford Mr. W H. Crawford said it was his opinion that Mann was out of shape on love affairs, and had heard him say on two occasions that John would never get Miss Nickell. Mr. Crawford said he would not have been surprised to hear of there being trouble between H P. Nickell and Mann, but did not expect trou ble between Hensley and Mann. When the reporter left Mann seemed to be resting easy. | | | | clothing | the family would accompany me, and | Mrs. Dell Hite, daughter of Mr. Graham, agreed to go with me. When we entered the room I ad- dressed Mr. Mann, and asked him ! what he wanted. He said, “Iexpect to start west shortly, and probably this will be our last meeting. I havea message for you, but have left it with anoth- er person who will deliver it to you after I amfgone.” He did not remain in the room long, and seemed to be morose and not in a very talkative mood. As he left the room he turned and ad- dressing me said. “I hope Miss Nick- ell you will be happy in the new step you are about to take.” suspected his meaning and thank- ed him. I was very much afraid of Mann, and firmly believe he called at Mr. Graham’s to kill me. Mr. Mann has repeatedly made his threats that I should never marry avy other man and the fact that he has often threatened my father's life kept me constantly un- eusy. Lhe same evening he went to Mr. E. Rayboune’s and after changing his linen, took the pistol which he had at the school house. The pis- tol belonged to Mr. Raybourne, and was taken in the absence of the family. He had heard from Mr. From a gentleman who lives in Spruce township, we learn that L. S. Henderson, a prominent stock deal+ er aud farmer of that township, departed for parts unknown about a week ago leaving several gentle men, who had allowed him the use of their names, and some who had not allowed him tbis privilege, to mourn his sudden departure. And worse than all he left one poor brok- en-hearted widowed mother to , asked him in regard to the tragedy, |. | place jevening, Feb'y. 4th. jin the direety R. R. DEACON, | HARDWARE - AND TOP BUGGIES, SPRING ‘Buckeye =:- Force «:- Pumps, ‘ = ° ' = a a > cs) Ame nn Qo a. = Gee ES = 3 m= =< -_ n : 7) So = [=a] A Large Assort The Building and Loan. The annual election of the Butler Building and Loan Association, took | at city hall on Monday | The attend- | ance was good and a large vote was polled. Only one change was made y. Mr. D. EL. Wykoff’ being elected in place of Captain Hannah, who declined to be a can-! didate. The board is now compos- ! the ed of the following: Messrs. Mc- Bride, — Thompson, Everingham, | Hoffman, Legg, Bennett and Wycoft. ; On Wednesday evening the Board met and elected the following offi- | cers: President—A. L. McBride. Vice-Pres.—D. N. Thompson. Secreta C. A. Denton. Treasurer-—Geo. W. Weaver. j The society is ina very flourish- | ing condition and is domg good in | making 2 safe and profitable invest- | ment for many men of small means; also, it enables members to purchase or build their own homes, who would not otherwise be able to do so. It is the best thing for our town yet started. Good zine trunks $2.50, $2.75 & $3.00 at the American Clothing House. Rich Hill Gas Works. Rich Hill, Mo., Feb. 9.—The Rich Hill Light, Heat and Power Co., re- ceived its charter and was organized to-day by electing the following officers: ‘Maj. Geo. H. Knapp, of Fort Scott, Kas., president; Thomas Irish, vice president, and Charles R. Walters, secretary and treasurer. The company has purchased the gas franchise and five car loads of Piping arrived to-day from Shickle, Harrison & Howard Iron and Pipe| Hensley that he would accompany me to the concert that evening, and when we arrived at the church Mann was there. After taking a seat I looked arondand found that Mann had taken & position just behind us. T looked around on two or three mourn the ruin and disgrace of her daughter. He had goes, been very ati Nannie Fortner, a pretty little girl, he intended to marry her, and had tion of the mother. A short time 16 years of age. and given out that! even gone so far as to ask the sanc- | occasious and found that Mr. Mann was eyeing us closely. Hislook was that of ademon and it sent a chill of horror through me. Before the concert was yet out I suggested to Mr. Hensley that we go home to which he assented. As we passed Mr. Mann he fell in behind and followed us. On the outside he asked Mr. Hensley if he could get some one to take his horse home, Mr. H. told him that he would take it himself. Mr. Mann then requested Mr. Hensley to step around the corner of the school house as he wished to speak to him. Mr. H. started 2ad as he did so I saw him open his knife. and at about the same instant I saw the flash from Maun’s pisto!. John immedi- ately retreated toward me. and I again saw the flash of the pistol! By this time Mr. H. reached me and pushed j 0 the school house. I y inghtened was perfect!) ide myself and was unable to move or speak. We remained the building some fifteen or twenty minutes. and in ago it was discovered that the girl! was in a delicate condition, and Hen- derson brought her to Butler,and to- gether they boarded the south-bound train. At Ovid, between here and Rich Hill, he left the train, desert ing the girl and leaving her adrift in a cold and heartless world, inexperi- enced, withoutgmoney or a friend on earth to appeal to. The girl return- ed to Butler and stopped at the} house of an acquaintance, but was | | advised to move on when her condi- | She went from i and, | tion was discoyered here to Harrisonville - She died th The above being i rumor | ein a boarding | nO | ‘ i aw would; { 24 | panishz nent known to the t too severe for such a villian, and | .if this poor girl h@®a male relative | | on earth, { dre ibe he should hunt this scoun-| down and bri ne He ¢ him to justice. | idersou gave Mrs. | 1 whom he was | s on the Adrian | vas eished at the | Grifit! | Fa Bank of this city, after be-! jing « lby Mre. G:idith, but | | the ch: 2s returned, be having | RO money in the Adrian bank. : Co. St. Louis Brick work on the , 80 the story! holder is now being pushed. The tentive to Miss| works are under contract with Play- ter & Boase of Pittsburg, and are to be completed by May 1. | ql . r | 294 < , fe & | 3 22038 = p> 7 Ban oy | © 3S o BA ; D 5 a WUgNO1 THE BEST MAKES OF Plows, Cultivators, Harrows, &c, Gas Pipe Fitting and Pump Repairing. ' than the ordinary kinda, andcannot be sold ia | Competition with the multitude of low | short weight alum or phosphate powders. only in cans. | trouble with the local option elee: jthe Court of Appeals holds ‘th# - IMPLEMENTS AND FARM WAGONS. ' Q har lo} ci Sos 2 so Uq C2 O48 eon @ ment of PIECED and STAMPED TINWARE. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This strengt pomser never varies. A marvelof; h and wholsomeness. More econ Rovat Baxina Powprr Co., Wilet..N.Y a 13-464 Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 25.—A_ bill was introduced for the vacation of portions of town sites and additions and subdivisions in about 65 towns in the state. The bill is in the in- terest of the Santa Fe railroad, which owns the town sites asked to be vacated. These town sites and sabdivisions were laid out and plat ted in the days when town lots were in greater demand than they are at | present. Salt Rheum = With its intense itching, dry, hot skin, often broken into painful cracks | and the little watery pimples, oftes causes indescribable suffering. Hood's Sarsaparill has wonderfd power over this disease. It purifies the blood and expels the humor, ead the skin heals without a scar. Send for book containing many statements of cures, to C. L. Hood & Co., Apoth ecaries, Lowell, Mass. Local Option in Lamar. The Kansas City Court of Appeal has knocked out the local optigl law at Lamar. Barton county. The tion in Lamar was that the city divided into four wards, and to ss expense in the local option e the city council ordered the to be held at one voting place, stead of four and for this the election was invalid. CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED. 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