The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 15, 1891, Page 8

| had over $20,000 county money de FATALLY STABBED. {posited with the bank, and that —- |while he was certain the county (harles Lewman Loses His Life : would lose nothing, he did not think in a Drunken Brawl—'the ine himeelf would suffer any loss Murderer is still at | It was stated on the streets that } Large. | Sheriff White's depesits amounted: jto twenty-five or thirty thousand jdollars, but Deputy Sheriff Ewing |gays they were: something over fif j teen thousand and less than tweuiy ‘thousand dollars. In speaking of the matter Mr. Ewing said: “I do not know exactly how White had ou de; jbut it was something over fifteen , mitted in the annals of our city. Ae thousand dollars. The money be- the news has been pretty generally | longed to the Levy Bros. assignment circulated ere this, we will not dwell Our prices have al Ways been low, A Murder, the First and only one Ever i i Cemmitted in Rich Hill—@100 Re- ward Offered by the City for the Capture of the Assassin but our July prices are still lower Rich Hill Review than ever: we want to sell) more Lo To-day we are called upon to goods in July than any month mouey Mr. it chronicle the first murder ever com- since we have been here and we are going to do it to if further stated that the assassin was | uot four miles from Rich Hil! all day | yesterday: that he \ just waiting to know coroner's inquest when he w 1 yo to Butier and surrender Limself to the officers. | The return of the horse and buggy last night would seem to verify his | statements. | Charles Lewman, the murdered man, leaves a wife and one child be- hind. He was aged about 26 years, i ‘and has resided here almost ever lsince the town was started. His slayer is about 29 years of age, with a light colored mustache, and is bad- ly crippled in the right foot. He | Cleans Most basa brother, Sam Wetzel, living near Sprague. s | Mi Hagan, who isalsoa jus | arertince, wtointosies| 16 T enox, jly after the affairand issued a war- Wa The Soap that No, Mr. White had no indemnity | the whole. | Offence of the kind ever committed ease, and also the Wimer assignment upon the minor details of the horn- rant for Wetzel. This morning he , | case was included in this amount | ble affair, but give the substance of | went further, and, as it was the first | i] ‘ t bond fi ny : : Saturday night a party consisting | bere, and Wetzel is reported a very aw Prices on Good Goods wrll doit, cise" Se Scere roe Ses é s | epositec to his individual |, a congregated in the rear room | $100 in the name of Rich Hill. He One of the saddest affairs that has | ever taken place inthe state occured | on the morning of the fourth, and jcast agloom over the large crowd | that had gathered there to celebrate | account. Some of the money had | of Big Mart's saloon, aud after im-| also authorized his assistants in of- | our national holiday. The residence been paid the Levy Brothers’ credi-| bibing quite freely for some time, fice to send telegrams to different | of L: G. Willhoite one mile north of |tors—probably one-fourth of the uaturally became quarrelsome and ; towns in this section posting Wetzel | Drexel was burned tothe ground and jclaims, but of the Wimer case com- #24 unruly. The proprietor of the and his crime. These were prompt- | his two little boys, one six and the | paritively nothing has veen paid.” | We have just received a big lot of Summer Corsets good values at a Dollar, we are selling them at saloon, Mr. Hughes, had subdued |ly dispatched at an early hour after | other four years old, was burned to 5 ‘two or three rackets when a fight |the affray. \death. It was reported the fire City Collector Frank Anderson! .emed iminent, but as the boys} A reward of $100 has been offer- | started from a gasoline stove, but jwasalso seen. He stated that he seemed determined to find out who jed by the city for his capture. and it ‘later reports show that it started be- had $1,000 city money on deposit; was the best man from a physical poorer - = val “many moons | tween the ceiling and the roof. Mrs. a Sartell -n over |Standpoint, he told them to ge on | until he is brought to justiee. | Willhoite had just started fire in - = oe pibe = i the ae A fight had previously; The funeral of Mr. Lewman took | the kitchen stove and gone to the Ree ensure tees: ave’ been mutually agreed between the| place from the family residence at | field where her husband was at work, | . : } ©: . & } assurances,” he said. “that the mat+/ murdered man and Doe Anderson, | 2:30 o'clock this pm Interment | about two hundred yards from the | house when the flames were noticed 50c, they are a GENUINE Barcaty. one of the party, and they etarted to/in Green Lawn cemetery. We are Sel ever shown in this town for 10c. We have a nice line of black sum- mer goods, such as Lawns, satteens Black Robes and Buntings. will commence a big remnant sale THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, S22." "=" There will be some big bargains in this lot of goods, don’t miss it Boston -:- Store. CORRECT Macsouri Pacific Time Table Arrival and departure ot passenger trains at Butler Station. NortH Bounp Passenger, : - Passenger, - Passenger, g:25 p.m. Local ¢ reight + 10:05 a.m, Sovutn Bounp 4:51 a.m. 3:50 p.m. Passenger, 7:04 a. m. rassenger, 12:28 p.m. Passenger, 9:46 p.m. Local Freight - - 1:37 p.m. LOCAL ITEMS. A stock of groceries for sale at Ballard. J. P. McFartanp. Hon. C. H. Morgan, superintend ent of the Minden mines, was in the city last night. His belief is that Cleveland will be re-nominated uext year. Personally he would prefer Hill to Cleveland, but is prepared to support the choice of the party. He regards the feeling against Hill as unwarranted but recoguizes its ex- istence and the intluence it would have inacampaigu with the New York governor as leader.—Joplin Herald 7th. Call on R. 8. Catron for insurance on stock against lighting 29-tf Ww ater Guages. County Clerk Roser is sending out to the oversears of the road districts throughout the county the following circular: One of the new features to the law is as follows: “That every road overseer within his district shall erect and keep up a guage post at the ford of we ery creek or river that becomes unfordable or impas the crossing of the public roads of this district, which post shall be set at low water mark, on ' “ch shall be inscribed, in plain, legible letters ox figures, the depth of low water mark, together with a scale of feet showing the seule of feet above low water wark, to the hei stream had risen; aud the gxpense of the same shall be paid by the coun ties in which such posts are erected, not to exceed $2 for the erection of same. —Jefferson City Tribune. of which said Girt wantep, to do house work for a small family. None but a good one need apply. Call on Joe Meyers at Levy & Co.'s store. ing the Best Ladies Black Hose “'"=iss*, HENRY COUNTY ALLIANCE. Declared Against Entering Politics. Clinton, Mo, July 4—County |tional provision, roll call and quo W rum found present. e with full delegations: Leesville, Huntingdale, Progressive, Dunham, Agricola, Hickory Grove, Honey President being absent, Bro. A. J. pro tem. Secretary also absent, Bro. Charley Wilson of Hickory Grove was elected secretary pro tem. !business, Bro. Thompsou of Pro | gressive, obtained the floor and ina few well-timed remarks, thought it | proper, in | ASSIGNED commemoration f —— of Independence. that = 5 aoe we defer our regular business to Four Vernon County Banks conte rath ee : ee Closed. ne fu are: day. | jmade a motion that we adjourn to | The Citizens’, of Nevada, Walke | meet Saturday, the 18th day of July | L ’ NOV . r Sheldon and Bronaugh Banks Suspend. | the county union, delegates to the | State union in August, 1891, at Per- Nevada Mail. A notice on the main entrance|that may come before the order. | door ef the Citizens’ bank this morn-| Bro. Cook of Honey Creek very ing notified the public that the in | ably seconded the motion, and by a stitution was closed, an assignment | rising vote it was so declared car- having been made to A. E. Forder-|ried unanimously. hase. | Bro. Jeter presented resolutions The announcement came like a| in substance: ‘clap of thunder from the clear sky,so Resolved, That weas a brother- } : . | jfaras the general public was con- | érhood—non-partisan as is so declar- | jcerned. However, it is said that a}ed by eur constitution and by the run had been made on the institu- | proclamation of our state presiding | tion quietly, but steadily for months | officer, U. S. Hal!—do ignoreany en-! | past, but this is only a rumor. dorsement or affiliation with any po- The assignment papers were filed | litical party or set of men who would in the county recorder’s office this trample under foot the constitution |morning at 10:30 o'clock assigning |and by-laws by which we are govern- to A. E. Forderhase all and singular] ed. the real estate, goods, chattels, ef- fects. credits, acsounts, notes and | Hampton of Huntingdale. and carri- , all other property owned by the Cit-|ed unanimously. izen’s, Bronaugh, Sheldon, and Walker banks of whatever The president pro tem then gave descrip-/us afew words of encouragement. and hold the same injand prevailing upon the sub uni trust inaccordance with the general | of our county to meet with us $ assignment laws of the state. jurday, the 18th of July, 1891. The Citizens’ bank had a paid up| No further business, capital of $65,400 and the Walker|elosed in due form Bronaugh and Sheldon banks a paid | up capital of $5,000 each. tion, to have A. J. Dessawax, Pres., pro tem. Cuartey Wi pro tem on, Sec’y., There are all sorts of rumors afloat - as to the amounts for which County | Treasurer Bryan. City Collector An- dersor f White hat was eve well known that/!country. Our Were accustonied fe a very fine throu Since the cutti len & Co. m ices on Org to do business bank. In order to with the Citizens ascer zard to th a Mail reporter cal the facta in re surer Brvar 1 ine | two cents less court house Always take th to talk! who never fai! to og th t that this a matter! in which the public ested and Children fo has a right to know the exact facts, | Pitcher’s Castoria. but I y It my attorney Children Cry for before m. . g anything like a °* | pitcher's Castoria. | tailed statement. er to co Mr. Bryan further stated that be Pitcher’s Castoria. uvion met, according to constitu | The following uuious were preseut | Dunnaway was elected president | GAfter which under the head of new | of the), tle Springs, Mo., and other business | It was seconded by Bro. Dave | the union ‘select 2 suitable place for the mill. ,At the junction of Maple and 6th | streets, the party came to a halt,and after some parleying the combatants shook hands and “made up.” While ‘the crowd was still standing on the |corner, Sig F. Wetzel, a crippled shoemaker who has been working for W. A. Jones just below the Rich Hill bauk came up and being notic- ed by Lewman was asked, “What in {the h—l are you following us for?” | Wetzel replied that he was “just go- ing along to see the fun,” and going up to Lewman the two shook hands, | Wetzel proclaiming that he was as | good a friend te Lewman as he had. | “Don’t let them run a ‘sandy’ on you Sig, I'm with yeu,” said a big fellow in the crowd whose name or residence our reporter could not learn. Lewman then directed his |uttention to the big fellow but Wet | zel interferred with the remark that | be (Lewman) had as weil hit him as to hit the big fellow. “I can do that said Lewman. Wetzel replied , that all he had to do wasto get him- | self in shape. Lewman threw off his coat and the two went at it. There were but three or four blows ssed, when Lewman stepped back _and told the crowd to catch Wetzel ‘too | |P8 To this end, he | and not let,him get away. as he had! been stabbed and Wetzel did it. There are one or two other ver ;most reliable, as it was obtained |from an eye witness. The friends of Lewman assisted him to Big Mart’s saloon, and doc- tors were dispatched for at once. Drs. Allen and Long responded, and upen examination found three knife |wounds upon his person one just !under the heart, another in the ab- |domen, from which his entrails pro- , truded, and still another in the left hip. The unfortunate man was ‘bleeding profusely from the breast wound, leaving a perfect trail ef \administered to the wounded man, but to no avail Thirty minutes from the time he received the cuts he was jasked by a companion if he felt bet- | ter; he had lost the power of speech, | j but shook his head, and at that in- stant his life’s lamp went out. As soon as it was known that Lewman had died, parties went in jsearch of the assassin. He was found standing in front of Jones’ shoe shop, but with the blood st: ed dagger F rom stood them off H He \ ble of his employer and. procur- ing a horse and buggy (without the kuowled,e of the owner) made hasty cks out of the city, and up to this 1e has not been captured. A pe- culiar feature of the matter, how- r, is the fact that the horse and eturned last night some ily us they were r Was at o1 e down last ake about that. He is a grand-child of the historical Lewis Wetzel, the great Indian hunter of Children Cry for | Kentucky, noted for his deeds of dar- | idg and nerve of steel” Mr. J ones | i i ;sious of the affair out, but the Re-} *(1891, for the election of officers of | view has given the one it deems the, blood from Maple street to the sa-! loon, a block’s distance. The doctors | a pirwibn breaking through the roof. Before SCHOOLS f LEXINGTON MO | they reached the house it was per- 0 AUN 9 | fectly enveloped in the flames, and ip ta BY: ALWALSON. ~ | three or four attempts by different ET Aer y p-LAbI | parties to reach the room where the % cM }.DBraxton. | Children were proved fruitless. The Ua. rs ‘Sueiaus, |funeral of the children’s remains SEND.FOR CATALOCUES. | took — a — Sharon heap * en a eee at ten o'clock Monday morning anc King William must be careful how | was attended by all the people in he alludes to the game of “baccarat” | this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Will- in the presence of his Uncle Al, the | Boite have the sympathy of the en- prince, or he may precipitate a war tire community in their terrible be- " — shief. between England and Germany. Honea iipasl War has arisen for reasons no bet- | Patronize home institutions b ter, and in England it may be 80/sending your washing to the han again. lvundry. 30 tf Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889, Baki Royal Powder | ABSOLUTELY PURE SHIRLEY CHILDS, Mitehell, Turnbull and South Bend A FULL LINE OF | Buggies, Carriages, Spring Wagons and Road Carts. Also the celebrated FLYING DUTCHMAN SULKY PLOW SHIRLEY CHILDs. “WEST WARD STOCK FARM, PASSAIC, NO. The Honic of Mambrino Chief Jr. GRAND COMBINATION SALE. Chas. 8. Concklin, Jas. S. Warnock. “FIRST-CLASS STOCK SOLICITED. TO THE FARMERS OF BATES CoO. have one or two aunimauls for Sale, but not enough rma Sale of your own. why not pass them in to us and we e that they are put in good form THINK OF IT: CHAS. S. CONCKLIN, JAS. S. WARNOCK. d get good notes or returned to you. Respectfully,