The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 27, 1892, Page 1

EEE ee Che Butler Weekly Cimes. VOL. XIV. BUTLER, MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27, 1892. NO. 10 Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, - $110,000. Reece’ 8 Deposits subject to Check, Loans Money, Makes Collections and does a General Banking Business. DEPOSITORY FOR COUNTY FUNDS. | In the Real Estate Loan Department. Make loans)‘ on Real Estate on long or short time lowest rates without delay. | | aeons | STOUK HOLDERS Allen, Mrs. 1 Boulware, T Burk, Monroe Farmer Rallard, J N Farmer Brown, Lula , Edmund Farmer Margaret s Farmer Sam’! L .G A Farmer Hayes, Johr flardinger, W Meath, DB Kinne McCracken McCracke Owen, M M Stock Dealer John Farmer Jute! DeArmond,D A, M © Eyans, John Farmer Everingham, J Physician Freemam, Caroline and Eliza Fowler, Isaac Reeder, Oscar Reisne Sulle WM. E. WALTON president BOOKER POWELL Jenkins, J R Cashier y. Don Ass’t Cashier Levy. Sam Dry Goods & CiothingTyler, W B Farmer Morrison. © H Farmer V Miller, Alf Farmer A Farmer Pharis, John Grocery Pharis, C F Grocery i man Tisks officePowell, Booker Farmer r, © H Prof Normal Sch Pigott, HH Bank Clerix Rosier, J M Farmer Radford, Chas R Farmer JW Insurance J WL. Banker vice-president Slay back, Ea . Farmer Smith, GL Liveryman Hickman,G b Furniture dealer Smith, John T Lawyer | Starke, L B Deputy circuit clerk | Turner, Mrs M E Capitalist | ‘Tucker, W E Dentist oris, Frank M Farmer han, J M Capitalist att, H C Lumber dealer 8, Wiley Teacher ' , RG Farmer | Wolfe, Pattie Walton, Wm E Cashier | Wright, TJ Capitalist Weiner, Max Boots & Shoes Walls, Wm Farmer Walton, GW Farmer Walls, J 1 Phy Whipple. N ot Farmer er ROBBED BY TWO M 1 | ‘The Express Car on the Missourt Paci | Mapes. who boarded the fast wail,’ Mexican war fame, fic Held Up at Midnight. Lamar, Mo., Jan. 23.—Two bold meu robbed the express car of the Missouri Pacific which reaches here at 12:30 a. in. The wen held up the occupants of the car, keeping them cove red with revolvers while the train trav- oled the ten miles between Sheldon very train and Lamar The two men of whom only the most meager descriptions ure attain- able Sheldon. In the baggage and express car were Express Bag gage Master Hall and Traveling Pas seunger Agent Charles Barrett. All and their pockets ransacked Hall $75 was taken, from the others small sums of money and some jew- bourded the train at Messenger Houck, were covered with revolvers From elry Houck was forced to give the com and this amount bination of his safe also was robbed. The from the safe was simall. One of the trainmen found them taken boarding a passenger south bound traiv, and the mesenger sent the following message to the sheriff aud | city marshal at Fort Scott: “Watch for two men, no baggage, rough appearance: one somewhat taller than the other. They are wanted for robbing Pacific Express, Missouri Pacific train, here this morning. Coming toward your city ona freight.” MURDER AND RETRIBUTION. Ft. Scott, Kan., Jan. 23.—When | the Ft. Scott Chief of Police receiv- ed the telegram above quoted from Lamar, Mo., which notified him to watch for the two desperadoes, he detailed officer McLemore, colored, whose beat includes the Kansas City | Ft. Scott aud Memphis station, for the work. At 6:55a. m. a freight train entered the yard and when it reached the depot two men answer ing the description of the robbers alighted from the caboose and pur- chased tickets for Kansas City, after which they walked north toward a junction station some distance away. They were followed by McLemore, who, it is supposed, was not sure of their identity and so delayed making the arrest. After walking fifty yards the ‘started in pursuit Williams, 8 V Farmer F KINS cashier DON KINNEY asst. cashier Chester of the Gulf detective service and deputy U.S. Marshal J. B. which arrived iu a few minutes At Miami, Kan., | the passenger overtook the freight. | ' The officers here deserted the fo led the latter, which | hort stop. The officers mer and be minde a ver. took possession of the car immedi ately behind that in which the ban-| dits were. The latter bad seen| their pursuers enter the car aud at | The) once opened fire upon them. officer returned the fire and shots the cars all the way, a distance of | five miles. A had | sent to Pleasanton asking that posse ineet the train. dispatch been When the train arrived the car} was surrounded and the inmates edled upon to surrender. They an-} swered with shots turned the fire. The two imprison-| ed men fired from both sides of the ear at random, the fu nearly an hour. 1 the posse re-| te lasting | Finally a shot from , the Winchester of one of the posse | struek of the robbers in the head and killed him. The other {bandit then surrendered. He seriously wounded in the side. | one was He! | | gave his name as Charles Myers of ; Kansas City, Kas., but declined to reveal that of his dead pan eacan| | The coroner held au inquest on the| at ee {father was very : | % and baby ana his mother were found MOB JUSTICE at the address given by the wound- so eliman. Whe asked where he was’ Hepler, the Dual Murderer, Tak- they said that he left last night with en From Nevada's Jail his brother-in-law, J. C. Francis to goto Harrisonville to trade for 4 The Wreteh Carried to Lamar and OF BATES fara and were expected to return Hanged at Midnight to-wight The women exhibited! Lamar, Mo.,Jan 23.—1:40 a. m.—! mu: Dervousness, and were much Hepler, the doubl brought to the reservel iu answering quest city tonight by — $50,000.00 President Vice-President 2d Vice-Pr waen told of the t robbery: mob, taken to the court house yard By = kosIER. wounding of Mevers acd kill jund hanged toa tree. A train from 2 ; esis ‘ 6O up vn they aude no “ s ftlugge on i 1e Dr. J. WVERINGHAM ing of Oupa i they 1 b ada was flagged 1 on it the br. W! SILVERS it t xy the mob, The Populat vf Butler Nevada, Mo. Jan 22.—Henl he| DIRECTORS. Nevada, Mo., Jan 22.—Hepler, the 1 lark:Wix, Farmer and stock raiser Barton county murderer who was! oe Lumber Company. j K. Rosier, Vice-Pres i Farmer te ae RaieRT ante ee mae MS. Rierse,, Farme ‘ : brought here for s ke ab mass ye vice Teeside taken from jail at 0:30 o'clock to oe it bo a of 200 men trom =. Me. Farmer and St aiser TW, Lege, ‘‘Butler Carriage Works Barton cour 1e upon the DON Thompson, Pree farmer stockralser : : Se i j John Steele, Farmer and stockraiser evening train and tarched straight J Melee, erand stockraiser. 5 : E.D. Kipp, Cashier. to the jail and demanded the pris- REDUCED TU POVERTY. Se hs i Receives Deposits subject to check, loans money, issues drafts, and transac ef Barton county was | F : che loans money, issues drafts, and transacts a general b news of the! > mob’s arrival reached him he hasten- | nking business. soon the Daughter of a Mexican War Gen- eral in want in Sioux City. 2 ed to the jail and attempted to spir- | Sioux City, Iu. Jan. 22--An old it the prisoner away. He had hard. | HAIR OW THE AEGK, FACE, ARMS OR ANY PART OF THE PERSON LZO_ 187% woman lives in a woodshed in the | ly got the m t of the jail before | : reay of prominent lawyer's residence the m oundel the build | im this ciby ing. He then retreated yan out: | She says she is the al P f idas the daughter of terson of | house, but was soon found and his Gener wife lan taken. The mob was well organized anil d to do their work] with as little trouble as possible. of Colonel ment to Mexico Graham followed a regi wher seemed dis he and the hter of General Taylor carried They secured their man and were out of town before a hundred of Ne- | of their action and the officers were entirely a flay over the walls of Chapultepec word tt rss Qu when aed falleu from the bands of Major Van Dorn. She says her rich y vada’s citizens were aware SPECIAL—T) 's sent with a MEK Brena i ya when he died and charges Governor Pattison of | ¥eprepared to make any effort at re- To Remoye Missouri of Liabili- Pennsylvania with keeping ber froin | Sistauce. ot a shot was fired tics her inheritance. She came here | during the time. Washinet D. G ; ‘ r = ; ashington, D.C. Jan. 21.— some years ago from New Orleaus OFF DOWN THE RAILROAD. eee n 21 the fire which burned the University buildings at Columbia, Mo., destroy- ed a lot of arms and equipmeats ob- where she had lived since the war| A‘ 800n as their man was secured which square and down Cherry This e and she d istreet to the depot. As they march- tained from the United States gov als 1E ANE ‘ 2 accuales is = “ . was swiudled oat of it by par-| ed on the moans and cries of the|€THment. The State was lies here. She has lived ina filthy, “Yetched vietim could be heard] for double the value of the property introduced ie 4 Senator Cockrell to day novel for a long while = hoy or whi g and depeuded above the fora scant supply of O: The t ing kept in such poverty causes in- | tou county. g spot the mob ek the railroad track toward Bar- tl l the cle u the county coal aud food. fact of her be- It was supposed that dignation among the people, and they intended to take the prisoner . i she will doubtless be cared for in |to the railroad trestle, a quarter of a} port on the bill on the bill ahd it ihe | passed. To-morrow the bill will reach the house and Mr. Heard it through there. A Great Offer for the Ladies. Many complaints having reached A. McDowell & Co. concerning the | difficulty experienced he was able to make a favorable re- | future. She came here mile south of tow: with a a convenient rge amount of jewelry and silver place to hang Lim. But they marech- ed over it without » halt and kept on their course. As soon’ as the given Captain Mitchell called out company H. of the nation- al guards of Missouri, and they set will Hy put plate and this has gone, but a num ber of beautiful dresses she still keeps. alarm was ‘Lhe Most Pleasing Way. OF preventing the grippe, colds, | gut in pursuit. headaches, and fevers is to use the 5 Ee Schese es liquid laxative remedy Syrep of Figs, | With the militia was sheriff White whenever the system needs a gentle, | anda posse. The pursuing forces yet effective cleansing. To be ben-/| overtook the main body of the mob in obtaining» their fashion journals through news- dealers, who often try to work off some other and inferior publication lying on their hands, this firm has Your patronage New Discovery by Accident bg eo and permanently removed with QUE nh | body of the dead robber and return-|efited one must get the true remedy | at Nassau junction, two miles south eda verdict in accordance with the | | facts. j Myers was taken back to Fort} Scott. BOTH ROBBERS HIGHLY CONNECTED. | Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 23.—This | evening the police of Kansas City, | Kas , received a telegram from Chas. Myers, dated Pleasanton, Kas., | follows: “Tell my wife that it is us. Tell! her not to come. Iam badly weund-! ed. Charles Meyers.” “Us” means that it is | Meyers and James Francis. his | chum. The two men are profession- al gamblers and were supposed io, have plenty of money. Francis is the man who was killed in the box } ear at Pleasanton. He is a | of Governor Francis, and greatly re- mbles that official. He is a neph- ew of Judge Cowan of St. Louis, | and is heir to a large landed estate | | | as) | Charles cousin | officer called a halt and both | 2ear Baltimore, Md., which has been | ca:ne back after a while, and now, and the prisoner confessed to hav | decided to give the following pie | man. “a powerful poor far ‘children run tight away down town! intended to make an end of the manufactured by the California Fig Nak thecie: Syrup Co. only. For sale by all Henice «3 both hi : druggists in 50c. and $1 bottles. 7} Cie ts nou sbele demerer ak ;Men inthe mob declared that he souri|bad been put on a wagon under y came! guard of a strong body of well arm- There was a widow ed men and was being sent across and three daughters, two of them | the line into Barton county. There about grown. They took up their |#t daylight, they said, he should be quarters in an old, deserted house, | hanged near the scene of his crime. and it warn’t long until we heard| The militia and the sheriff's posse that they hadn't anything to eat./ gave up the pursuit. Well, a lot of us went out to the old | hou wium offer: To each yearly si. scriber who sends $3.50, the regular yearly price for either “La Mode de Paris” or “Album des Modes,” will | be given gratis, as a premium Book No. 1, “Dressmaking Simpilfied.” This book is valued at $5.00. Book No. 1 teaches how to keep wrinkles out of dresses, how to join seama, how to finish a waist, the darts, the boues, the collar, ete., how to jmake and put in sleeves of all kinds, | how to make new 1 skirt by rule, how to mateh pl i stripes.ete It is desirable to hand in your sub- scriptions through lvcal newsdealers The mob acted very guietly both | but if any difficulty is experienced gave the mouey to her daugh-! jy getting the prisoner ‘aod on the jin obtaining the journals send direct ter, and said: ‘Lou, you and the! train, but left little doubt that they jto A. McDowell & Co. 4 West 14th ne | street. New York. “Some time ago,” saysa M to our town. THE WRETCH'S BATE CERTAIN. That portion of the mob which was met at Nassau juution flagged the train between Nevada and La mar and boarded it. aud sure enough, there they} were, mighty nigh starved to death. Right ther . we raised $8, and | told the widow we'd see that she didn't go hungry. The grateful) wo and get something with this monsy.”| wretched Hepler before morning. Well, off the girls put, and we wait-| A report was current that the man : | would be burned at stak ed to enjoy the pleasure of seeing OHIO AES them satify their hunger. Sheriff Garrett of Barton county | They ‘to day had a talk with Hepler in jail, Common men stopped. He arrested them jleft in trust by his father, Francis) what do you reckon they had bought. jing —- — ee andl child, Soap ait was in the act of searching oue getting the proceeds. His wife and} ‘I bave no idea” Well, sir, they Saag et ene wiratahe when the other fired upon bim with a 44 calibre revolver, killing him in- stantly. The murderers then ran closely followed by several officers, attracted by the tiring. But all trace was lost after a race for half a1 and the policeman returned for re- eruits. The freight train had in the mean time pullep out and the murderers boarded it, hiding in a box car. ‘ This tact was reported to Captain | joint in Kansas City, Kan. His wife! other blood di | baby were found at Nineteenth and | Troost streets and told the news | The wife is about 18 years old and {is very pretty. Francis is 23 old. Meyers and Francis married isters and worked together as gz years her is a very wealthy stockman near Ve’ Mo., and Meyers sed in that neighbor- ! hood. Meyers has been running Meyers’ f iles. as did it for. The crime of Hep! ny brutal cue. bought four finger rings and a quart ‘The miserable fools Rots Clothes and er was a pecu- Last Monday af-| of molasses The poor mother must have been | ter eon he went to Mrs. Goodley’s} Chaps Hands. indignant. You bet she was. *And ho about 4 o'clock in the after wh dshe say! Why, she said: adc head witha) “The k IVORY SOAP DOES NOT. ‘Lou, I'd hike to know what in com- | * } : Cid. 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