The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 3, 1890, Page 1

he Butler Weekly Cimes. BUTLER, MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3.1890. OL.. X11. NO. 41 FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY, Cash ee — 000.00 \tor t poe Hoory C. Shier, aise and aa I says, , ‘Want to pe some shirt jone-half miles west of the village.| Mr. Parker.’ All right, just walk Hi isso | 1 Ct aie B q il k He thought at the time it was| around tothe front andIll Jet you in.’ strange for Walters to be in town at} So I walks around and pretty soon such an early hour, but made no in-|he opened the door and says, ‘Ain't OF BUTLER, MO. | bAPITAL, 110.000. quiry. jyou alittle bit early, Will? I says THE BLOODY BUTCHER CAPTURED. ‘Yes sir, I am but wanted some Receives Deposits subject to 0 Cheek, Loans Money, Makes Collectious and does a General Banking Business. This much was learned by nine|sbirts to wear to the fair. ‘What o'clock, and a party of men, mount-|are you doing with that corn knife,’ In the Real Estate Loan Department. on Real Estate on long or short time at ed and on foot, at once started for|says he pointing to the knife. ‘0.’ Shier’s farm. They reached there in| says I, ‘I've got a little job of cut- lowest rates without delay. STOCKHOLDERS jabout half an hour, but neither Shier | ting to do before I go to the fair.’ Make loans | nor the negro hand were there. Mrs. | Then I asks him for some cigars and Hardinger, W N Farmer mith, GL ean Hickman,G B Furniture dealer Smith? John T Law: . tary es . Attorney \ ea stated that they had gone to|he went around to get them and I Lexington for corn, end the party | foliowed him close, trying to get a started in that direction. After trav-jchance to hit him, but his face was eling about two miles they met Shier | toward me all the time. and the negro (Walters) returning, Next he went around the back end DIRECTORS. x, Farmer and stock raiser. Judge Clark: Wix R.J. Hi M, 8, Kiersey, Farmer and Stock raise : Bennett, , otBennett, Wheeler & ‘Company and 2ad Vice-President. Jenkins, JRAss’tCashier Starke, B Deputy drenit clerk |€ach driving a wagon load of corn. | of the store and behind the counter a G. Wilcox, Farmer and Stockraiser Kinney. ‘Don Bank Clerk Turner, Mrs M E Capitalist Shier was made acquainted with the|on the other side where the shirts E a Gaily, Farmer and Stock Raiser. am Dy Goode & Clothing Tucker, WE Dentist Morrison. C Tacker, J paren unit M i B Farm horrible murder and the suspicious circumstance that pointed to Wal- ters, and he helped seize the latter. Walter was told that he was wanted for the murder of old man Parker, but he stoutly protested his inno- cence. ,,What’s that blood on your hat and shirt,” and one of his accus- ers pointed to several bright red splashes on the front of his straw hat and in the bosom of his hickory shirt just about the edge of his trousers. ‘That’s where I had the nose bleed,” said the negro and he still manifested ignorance of the er. N. ‘Thompson, President, farmer -— stockraiser coe Steele, Farmer and stockraise J. McKee, Farmer and stockralscr. ty D. Kipp, Cashier. and things were. He asked me what kind I wanted ard I pointed to some checked ones and he turned around to reach them. Then I struck him with the corn knife straight across the top of the head. I was higher than him and reached over so my knife went clear across the top of his head. He reached up his hands and said ‘O,’ and when I hit him againashirt hanging on a string over the counter kind of turned my knife and it struck him on ‘the side of the face cutting a hole from the mouth to the ear. He says, -O, Will ‘ank MF Farmer IM eotitalist CLumber dealer Wi Ha ‘wa E Cashier? Wright, TJ Ca cle Weiner, Max 8 & Shoes Walls, Wm F Farmer Walton. Farmer weatie m5 T Physic cian. Tai ple. N L Physician Wat jams, R V Farmer Receives Deposits subject to check, loans monsy, issues drafts, and trancacts a general banking business. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Ballard Items. Judge C. D. Cole has returned from Pettis county, where he attend- ed the Sedalia fair. He reports a splendid fair, lots of fine stock, and thing needed to make it a suc- He brought some fine sheep with him. Hon. J. N Ballard and son, of the Montrose bank, called a few minutes last week, and reports business live- rank? One of the “Harris Bros.” goes west quite often; guess he gets lone- some. Berry is responsible for it. S A Douglas, the Union candidate has changed his mind about the re- publicans, and will not be ashamed of their vote, if he was ashamed of being accused of voting that ticket. Ray and Ned are happy, as they are riding turning the weeds. Reisner, J w Insurance pane, Jone Pn Physician ‘A Sullens, J L Pres Judge Co.Ct Griggs, Wm'M Farmer cashier asst. cashier president vice-president WM. E. WALTON J. R. JENKINS BOOKER POWELL « . C. BOULWARE JACLARD CO KANSAS CITY MO INEGHRD'S CATALOGUE EE og and Plesed Tatts W, = KANSAS ii i WO. crime. ysergoee yeu free eae 2 @ Lawce the house all night. A FIEND FATE. ing wide open and he stepped into the room. He found this disarrang- ed and Parker's coat and vest hang- ing from the back of a chair. The door leading into the store was open and thinking that the merchant was in there Maw stepped to the con- necting door to announce that break- fast was ready. AN AWFUL SCENE OF BUTCHERY. The shutters in front being tight- ly closed the interor of the store was dark and Maw could see nothing. He lighted a match, and holding it over his head peered into the room packed full of boxes, barrels and dry goods of every kind. Still he could not see the store keeper, and he walked behind the counter in the west side of the store. There under the flickering blaze of the match a fearful sight met his gaze. Stretched on the floor, his feet to- ward the front, lay Parker’s body in apool of blood. Stooping over the body and touching it Maw found it was still warm, but the wounds showed, even to his excited mind that life must be extinct. The head was chopped into pieces and almost severed from the body, only a small section of skin and flesh in the front holding it. CLEWS a8 TO THE MURDEREE. The news of the tragedy spread rapidly for Parker was one of the most popular men in all that coun- try and a rapid and systematic inves- tigation was begun for clews. ‘The Village of Mayyiew Shocked 3 by a Fearfal Crime. OM Man Parker Laterally Hacked to Death in his Store. ters protested his innocence, bu Mayview, Mo., Aug. 29.—The lit- ide town of Mayview in Lafayette tounty, on the Chicago an Alton nilroad, only forty-seven miles east of Kansas City, was the scene this pg of a murder of unparelled and butchery. The victim was Edwin F. Parker an old time ident of the village, and proprie- or of a general merchandise store the main atreet. He was a man WS or 60 years old and of delicate ique. The murderer was a ne- o, 20 years old, strong and large. The motive was robbery and the ‘ime premeditated. Looking out the window of telegraph office at ‘Mayview, where this dispatch was Written, in a westerly direction, the Times correspondent sees the body the murderer {hanging suspended balf way between earth and the top ef atelegraph pole, on the north tide of the Chicago and Alton track not more than 500 yards from the he depot. He was lynched to-night fat 9:17 and his body at a late hour ‘was still swinging in the breeze, his ‘black face upturned. The murder conception and execution wasa tal one,and the speedy vengeance I and began bawling for merey. vailed temporarily. kill Mr. Parker with?” “A corn knife,” was the answer, an THE FOUL FIEND'S CONFESSION. Shier was called on next and he told that Walters had not been in He had come home early that morning on one of “ lus horses and when he scolded him for it Walters said that he had been over to Mayview to get some clotches he had bought the night before. The clothes were found in the barn at Shier’s farm by the party when they reached there and were part of the same lot that lay scattered about on top of the counter in the murder- ed man’s store and like them were also splashed with blood. Still Wal- eyerything pointed so strongly to his guilt that a halter was thrown over his head and he was swung to the limb of atree in the barnyard. The latter broke when. his full weight came upon it and the negro fella limp mass upon the ground. The driving lines were next detached from the harness of the team Wal- ters nad been driving and quickly fashioned into a noose and it was thrown over his head and the crowd were about to swing him up again. Then Walters fell upon his knees killed him, I killed him,” he yelled, “but please don’t hang me, misters. I didn’t mean to do it, but I wanted to get——” and the wretch lay grov- eling in the dirt of the barnyard. the part of thecrowd to hang him then and there, but cool counsel pre- “What did you was asked. he led his captors to a clump of weeds aboutaquarter ofa mile away and got the instrument of butchery. The confession, as it afterward re- please don’t,’ and grabbed the knife. I felt kind of sorry for him then, for I didn’t mean to cut him so but now IknewI must finish, so I jerked the knife away and hit him and he fell. Then I ran to the front door for a nigger had passed just a little while before and I locked it and went behind the counter. Parker lay dy- ing and groaning on the floor and I just chopped away until he lay stil! and didn’t groan any more. Then I went into his pocket. He had only pants and shirt on and when I pulled out the pocket some keys fell out. There was no money. I didn’t look in the pocket but went to the drawer. It was locked and I pried it off with my knife, but there | ° was no money in that either. Just then I heard a noise outside and I waited a minute and picked up some shirts-from the counter and started out the back way first blowing out the light. I went to my horse, got on him and rode him home. The corn knife I threw in the weeds just before I got home, and after break- fast I went to work.” SWUNG TO A TELEGRAPH POLE. One man climbed the pole, carry- ing an end of the rope and put it over the single cross tree. The dang- ling end was pulled down by ascore t ed man’s neck. There was a strong disposition on of the party asked Walters, whose preparations were being made. a ed, not a tremor in his voice. of the barbed wire fence. of handstill it stretched tothe doom- “Got anything more to say?” one legs had been tied while the other “Nope,” the doomed man grunt- “Pull him up then,” said the spokesman and with three or four jerky motions the body was hoisted six feet from the ground and the other end of the rope tied to a post ly and politics hot. LC Armstrong is just as full of decent ae ealil babe wack ta Clinton, as deputy recorder. ‘Ballard letter i in last week's lives } mile north and then west. The boars one lives near Vinton. Sunday and 1 ursday night. Rev. Tnlow, though young in the cause is =< = bis "a wi latest thing out is Thos. Brosidus as editor of a U L paper at Adrian. Jas Ashberry and family attended bed — Saturday, as did many Will Hooper has a seen it? He is tired ai, him awake at night. Sorry indeed, to hear of the death of a sister of Mrs. Billings, and her two children. They died in St. Clair county. Frank and Heney attended the reunion, but Henry was too young to eat with the boys. Berry Beaman wants to trade for the mule John Mc. was riding when started for the doctor. He would have no fears of getting lost, as the mule knows where to stop, and how to get there. ‘om Starks is buying lots of hogs to feed. He is not scared about the | corn crop, thinks he can buy for 30 cents per bushel. Urich seeems to be in the lead have you as it keeps all our freends are selling there. per, but not us; we are not one of this season in buying grain, almost | J A Lentz seems to be happy, as he is whistling all the time. Albert Moore and A J Ousley in town with the boys. Farms for cash rent, give us a call. JUVENILE. Prod peiaemisee deg oh gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. ‘When she became Miss, she clung 00 Castoria. Whea she had Chlldrea, abe gave them Casteria The river and harbor bill, as it passed the Senate, provides - for improving the Osage river, $55,000, of which sum $5,000 is tobe used for snagging and $50,000 isto be used in commencing the construct- ion of a lock and dam at or near the mouth of the river. Fried beef this evening for sup-| Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant refresh ing to the taste, and acts the twelve. ently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Judge arigg finished his thresh- Viner and Bowels, cleanses the sys- ing this week. tem effectually, dispels colds, head- nele Eph * gurely intends being aches and fevers and cures habitual some one’s deputy, as he too, has constipation. Syrup of Figs is the: rented and will go to town. only remedy of its kind ever pro- J N Ballard’s teams came over and pee page eerie to the taste and = ipo. peor ermacer ray its action and truly wily benetical fa its a leading Wheeler (if noton the tick- et) gave usa call last evening and Marion Staley of Peter creek, and | éfects, pf from the healthy He substances, many excellent qualities commend it —— remedy knewn made it the most. lated the Times reporter by several of the captors, was substantially as One or two of the party wanted toempty their shotguns into the ith which the horrified farmers| Alec Dyer, a colored man who attended the F. & L. U. meeting at, : 5 lived in the street back of Parker’ cmp : Fairview, where no doubt heard | P° eeu cetera ase eer « that as my wat en follows: “Yesterday, Thursday, I| wriggling body but the leader inter-| some good aguments favoring de- write rot Fy = a in 50s cen LS his t : x door, which opened in the| ¥® 9 the Higginsville fair. I met |ferred: “No we want no shooting,” ure. ble me get who Edwin Parker's stere is on the| 15 shout 100 yards From rear of{M: Parker. He hada big roll of|said he, “let him strangle.” And en ee et ie Demon. ary my not shige Will pro- main street at Mayview. About 100 Parker's store, he saw a negro dart|™0eY and I felt like taking it away | strangle he did. He was too tight- The Wh held ‘ poets 36 for Ss one who yards east of the store is the home the alley back of the ae and | {rom him, but I would be caught. I/ly bound to struggle violently and Thursday eh an CRen geasion Tabet try it. accept any eee Nace: Fear a = run in a northwesterly direction thought I could do it better by could only apd y vig Sy tage ‘W J and C K Crow called a few CALI RNA FIG SYRUP CO. ls, The merchant was a widow- across some lots to the road | Waiting until morning when I could pose aay ‘While the twisting a minutes this week, as they returned dbs i FRANCISCO, CAL, pet his wife having been dead twen-| |. : ance catch him in the store alone and | writhing of the body gave a circling | {om uncle Eph’s. rats nEW YORK, WY. ‘ d he lived «p_ | leading to Lexington. This evidence i 'y gai John Lentz fed the machine for Nice in ae ail oe re was speedily supplemented by that — = a motion to it, and then it was left | roots the other evening at Judge Of the store wry 6 ‘clock tie nnn | of Bill Dyer, a brother, who had left a = a eT poles | ia eee oe Cole's. ! e store. 9 this morn- 5 barn. Iguess it was about three | g2- stack-oRAUGHT ta curesConstipation,| Judge Cole had 950 bushels of j ii | y; the house some few minutes before}. 4 8 Maw went to the store as was his Beollex went to the ‘beck door. o'clock when I woke up, for the —__——. wheat, or 50 acres at 19 bushels per tis wont to call Parker to breakfast. Bill was going to 0 job of w ork moon was shining brightly. Iwent| A horse thief giving his name '88| acres, who can beat thut? (Successor to found ee door —. and | some distance away and his road led | 20m to the stable and bridled one —— cooky a — at = : poral = a. is rustling the A Ww MIZE) ring i ii * oon’, iday. 8 kill 8 ; earn ks siety aa him directly by the front cf Parker’s of Shier's nexee and started for/ "on Snesy: ae oe eas eo Frank Wilson and Henry Moore s ® try to wake him. Half an hour store. As he passed he noticed it| Maytiew- I hitched my horse to a| possession w ved in Clin-| 5 —- a load of from Adrian. | pear, ESTA’ INSURANCE x Maw returned and still found ae é and that a lighted lamp} ‘tee just outside near the depot and ton, horse, buggy, harness and sad- tT talks of buying a farm TE, e store locked. He shook the door | ss BRE Ta By ae light went Parker’s store. I knocked but | dle. : The Property was stolen from | near Adrian. AND LOAN BROKER. times but getting no answer lt he saw Mr. Parker back of'the coun. |20body answered and I walked parties living in Warrensburg. The So aay and F M Fort thresh- Benting, Collecting and Managing ent to the rear door opening iuto around tothe back and knocked at |suspicions of the officers at yesiieg | ter reaching up to a shelf for some : a 3 WH Bradley at Salem Tuesday Property for Non- residents er’s bed room, intending to | | thing, while in front of the counter| the window. Mr. Parker asked, “Who Clinton were arouse by the thief night, and gave us a vote to-day. a Specialty. : Sipser aac hin jt stood a young colored man he recog-| is there” and I said, ‘Bull Walters,’| Offering the property for sale to] ‘Tom Latham all smiles when he job: te: uutecanl ben i nized as Will Walters, a hired hand|‘What do you want, Will, said he! different parties so cheap. read that letter, did you see him, | win attend tothe wants of customers.