The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 20, 1892, Page 1

Che Bul VOL. XIV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY JULY 20, 1892. er Weekly Times. Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, - . $110,000. Receives 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 at lowest rates without delay. STOCK HOLDERSY Allen, Mre. Levina Koulware, T C, Physician Burk, Monroe Farmer Ballard, J N Farmer Brown, Lulu Bartlett, Edmand Farmer Bryner, Margaret Chelf, H. B. Farmer Coleman, Sam’! L. Farmer Caruthe! Ilvath, DB G_A Farmer Miller, Alf Fi Christy, J M Ph Cracken, A Clark, Robert Courtne. M Deerwester, John Farmer Eyans, John Farmer Everingham, J Physician Freemam, Caroline and Eliza Francisco, S P Lawyer WM. E. WALTON BOOKER POWELL DeArmond,D A, M C Deerwester, Frank Co sch com Rosier, J Sulle) president Ballard Squibs. Rev TS Moshier held communion services at Salem Sunday. We not Baptists, but our better half is .... Quite a number stacking wheat aud hay, while others are cutting are thresh the wheat, he of the shock and seed for 55cts, we are told,...Bone Kash (as we know him) is one of the faithful to attend Jas Rutlege, in fact all have been good and attentive... wife and mother Sundayed with Dick Greer’s....C K Crow fuil force in the hay field to day.... John Lentz busy most of the time . Bill Hughes is run- Tom Greer, has a on machine ning his McCormick mower this week... .Judge Cole and family at- tended the dedication services at the Newberry church Sunday last. .See that nice “waste Mrs CD Greer made, it is beautiful indeed. . John McCandlas is improving fast; another trip to Eldorado will cure his eyes..Squire LaFollett is stack- ing wheat....Uncle Geo Moshier is not feeling well this hot weataer. We ate chicken at Uucle John Franklin's the other day....Joe Rutlege and Jno Harrison and family were at basket” tending the bedside of their cousin | | James Rutlege....M L Embree and | wife have gone to Lldorado in the hope of benetitting her health.... Mesdames Hoover and Fowler, moth- Sunday with her. .Senator Billis cut ting his hay, a3 he has his wild oats wheat....Come fellow democrats lets prepare for a grand pienic ere long in one of the groves south of town..Mesdames Beatty and Greer spent a day visiting mother and Mrs Will Beatty....Miss Mary Moshier has returned to her home at Passaic JR Ray is at home attending the sick. ... We hear Mr. D Teeter is on the sick list, but hope nothing seri- ous....Mrs Alice Embree visited at her uncle D W Cloud's last week. She seems to be slowly improving “our prospects this fall... Miss Fan- neighborhood, having secured a rest ‘from her telegraph duties at Butler ....Dr Boulware was called to see Jas Rutlege in consultation with Dr McF a few days since....- .Mrs A Howard of Johnstown was in our community with a subscription pz per to build au M E chureh in Johus- town. Believe it would be better for them to move up here where have plenty of churches cb Cole and wife were called to Urich to see “Beason’s baby” and report Phim much beiter.....- Uuele Billy Griggs has surely fallen, ss he has not been seen for many days... Mr Mount reports bis wife slowly in proviug....Hope the democrats w dl Sturn out Saturday night and give P>Hon. J W Choate 2 geod audience | Sat the church two miles north of P Spruce. Jack. Jenkins, J R Cashier Kinney, Don Ass’t Cashier Levy.Sam Dry Goods & ClothingVoris, Frank M Farmer Morrison. C H Farmer i McCracken, Robt Farmer Owen, M V Farmer Pharis, John Grocery Davis, J R Foreman Times officePharis, C F Grocery Dutcher, © H Prof Normal Sch Powell, Booker Farmer Pigott, H H Bank Clerk Farmer Reeder, Oscar Fai Radford, Chas R Reisner, J W_ Pension Clerk $ J iL Banker vice-president oats....Geo Keirsey is the first to | threshed out ; er and sister of Mrs Beatty, spent | | all harvested....W B Cole stacking | . ... .N Board is feeling jubilaut over nie Buck is visiting friends in the we | Hannah, W D medical student Slayback, Ed Farmer Hardinger, W N Farmer Hickman,G B Furniture dealer Starke,L B Deputy ci Smith, GL Liveryman cuit clerk Turner, Mrs M E Capitalist ‘Tucker, W E Dentist Tyler, W B Farmer Vaughan, J M Capitalist Wyatt, HC Lumber dealer Wells, Wiley Teacher West, R G Farmer Walton, Wm E President Wright, TJ Capitalist Weiner, Max Merchant Walls, Wm Farmer Walton, GW F: Walls, J Whipple Farmer mer cash J. R. JENKINS 2 asst. cashier DON KINNEY VHEIR BI Pb EFFORT. Dalton’s Latest Job Was a Peach —They Have a Very ‘taking Way When Occasion Requires Eight Outlaws Overcome Nine Armed Detectiyes—Forty Thousand Dol- Jars Offered for the Brigands. robbing Daltons have done yet their successful attack on the Pacitic express car of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas train No. 2 at Adair,sixty- eight miles south of here in the Tu dian nation last night. They whipped a special guard of nine men, left behind them one mau killed by a random shot, loaded their booty of unknown amount | wagon and drove calmly away. For the eight meu who did this daring deed rewards aggregating 340,000 have been offered. Adair is a small and lonely station | on the Cherokee division of the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas railroad. It has been rumored for two weeks that the Daltons were encamped near there between the town and Pryor creek. Last night at about 9 o'clock the gang—eight of them, bad men | heavily armed—came to town. They went to the depot and proceeded to business. LOOTED THE DEPOT The depot agent, under of Winchesters, v Then the gang looted tie place, tak- menace made prisoner. found. They bound the agent and put him in a corner. This took but little time. 2, the one which the men had come to rob, was not due until 9:45. So the eight robbers sat down on the platform and calmly waited for the train to come. It was on time. When the engi- neer slowed up at the platform there detachment of the eight to claim the attention of Engineer Glen Ewing and his fireman. They were both put under cover of Win- chesters aud were requested to keep quiet. Others of the robbers furm- ed a reception committee to greet Conductor George Scales and his porter when they stepped off the | train and they were made captives | before they knew what was stirring. j NO CUSTOMS VIOLATED. | with the Dalton’s | eustom the tireman was told to come Was i In accordance eab and bring his He was conducted | down out of the { coal pick to the door of was told to make rea iy to sm the express ca lhe messenger, George Willi door. Or \therobbers announced in a voice that he had just put a big stick of dynamite under the car and jrefused to open the ay ONE Parsons, Kau., July 15 —It was | the most audacious thing the train | into 2} ing all money and valuables to be | North bound train No. | ‘rs fired a few shots opened. It swarmed with greedy robbers with their guns trained on the messenger. They made him ur- luck the safe and they pulled every- | thing they could Jay lauds upon jyut of it aad pilled it on the floor Then the three robbers | an Was of the car. i jin the car to the messengers watch,bouud that ur lappy man and dumped him i: | corner. say au out of the way From out of darkuess ee re appeared a spr wagon | driven by one of the robbers. It |vacked up to the door and the heap | | led up plunder was shoveled into it. Then the business like Daltons pre l | pared to depart. | FALSTAFFIAN HEROES In the smoking car of train No. 2 | ed guards | sent along to prevent just such an} | there sitting nine well ar episode as was going on in the ex i These doughty guards | j were commanded by J. press car. Kinney, ‘chief of the road’s detectives, and , Captain J. H. LaFlore, chief -e Indian police of the | About the time the robbery was fall over th se guards became dimly Jaware of what was going on, jand they opened a rapid fire! Jat the freebooters through the} lear windows. The robbers replied with promptuess and much vigor. How- | : jever the robbers loaded their wagon | | Bullets whistled every where jand drove imerrily off toward the | woods firing as they went. After the | robbers had disappeared in the dark | lit was found that the fire had been | i deadly. | | Ina drag store near the depot | Doctors W. L. Goff and Youngblood {had been sitting. Hlets tore through the frame wall of | \the building both of the men were | |struck by them. Dr. Goff died in a Dr. Youngblood’s con- DEADLY RANDOM SHOTS Many stray bul- short time. dition is most serious. | The robbers’ bullets wrought in- jury among the guards too. Cap tain Kinney was slightly wounded on the shoulder and La Flore on the | | re- | leeived a superticial wound { while a guard named Ward was | i slightly wounded. | All this shooiing created a great panic among the passengers, who ee i \ frightened into frenz, But none lofthem were harmed; the Daltons always contine themselves to.express | safes when they go on a business; tous | } AMOUNT OF SWAG. Just how much the robbers secur- | The officials of | | the company refuse to give out any | information, and the messenger who | |was robbed protesses dense igno- | That the haul was a large | | one is indicated by the quick action | lofthe express people in ordering | |pursuit. Vice-president Thomas C. | Purdy of the Pacific express com- |pany and J. S. Fuller, the division | | superintendent. have issued circulars ering a reward $40,000 reward , OF i . ed is not known jrance. | for the arrest of the entire gar $5,000 for each ropber. L of the company have Detective Kinney to secure the largest possible posse and to spare nothing torun down the robbers. There will be a hot chase. | real officints HAD BEEN EXPECTED. Sedalia, Mo, July 15 —The hoid- up of the Missouri, Kansas and Tex- as train at Adair, I. T., last night brought ont some interesting facts. For a month past the officials of the Pacitic Ex uz an attack from the rem- Dalton but exactly at what point it be i ticipation, however, armed guards ess company have been anticipat nant of the notorious gaug, would In an- made was all surmise. have accompained the messengers on each trip. Yesterday the officials learned de- jtinitely that train No. 2 would be at- |tacked at Adair, and preparations | j were made to give the outlaws a , Adair, where the train was | O45. | Ads Detective John J f the Missouri, Kan- uiel o and Texas secret service, accom- ked mic force selected to thwart the robbers. Kinney and his assistants took 1, Was the pained by eight ; pos session of the smoking car on the train No. 2 yesterday afternoon for at Three quarters of an hour prior to that hou men masked, drove into Adair in a spring wagon. They of the depot and stant due several straug alted in front ated. of NWinchesters & ation of all its money and val- uables. Having accomplished this, the robbers down in the station FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY, ‘Cash Capital. $50,000.00 An in : later all entered the building } aud with the aid -- President Vice-President . 2d Vice-President se Z 2 Casbie nointed in the face of the station Dr, J, EVERINGHAM Secrets - . W. SILVERS “es orne agent, ransacked the office of the See Receives Deposits subject to check, Lones Money, issues Drafts and and coolly awaited the arrival of! train No transacts a general Banking business. Your patronage respectfully | N The st« | Solicited. on the exp j ady bee in has aly ly at a loss to explain the poor show- ing made apt. Kiuney and his me for t -d thoroughly ounter and the utmost disgust is expressed that the party and two outsiders were woun- seratch, while three of officers ded. Loeal agent Morseman de- the passengers on the Missouri, Kan- sas and Texas train that was held up ot Adair. L T., Thursday night. He was awake and witnessed the entire he presidency, knowing that the | Gen. had suffered defeat once, and | around the entire train, firing 8 they could stand it again. ..Grandpa and : : MeAninch of Pleasant Hill, i ut. All the oe the \are visiting their son Dr. MeAninch were in their holes with the excep-|of this city....Gus Oneal has re tion of one man about 5 | t | | expr, ear into the spring wagon, | got up on the seats, and drove twice detectives a = a eat years of jturned to the city. Gus has been [ee SE eS dq without @/age. He was fighting all the time | farming near E lard....Hay harv- est is fast approaching : ; as in attendance at the dedication shoulder from one 5 y Pee isn “ : 3 I re ove ballet, while 4n-) of the Pleasant Home Baptist church other plowed a furrow across his | Dr. Burnham preached the sermon until he reeeiyed a wound in the} } be ay bers rY, y nies that the Bou rs got a ee breast. Another man was shot |acollection of $100 was raised. Mu- | sum of mouey, but others positively through the left forearm, the bullet sie was furnished by Prof. Norris assert that the amount is between passing on and striking his watch jduartette of Appleton City. The 50,000 and $75,000. That Benred both ine pallet at a | jedics of ns cho neh gw i Dicer COWARRDLY DETECTIVES. . Ss : ave’ cept the Gov's thauks for the good aoe the time piece. Afterward he laid | dinner we so much enjoyed. ...Just Mr. J. T. Hearn of St. Louis ar-|the watch out on a piece of paper! | see the folks going for blackberr rived xt the Coates yesterday from|It wasin se many pieces that it) >-- -H P Calahan is kept busy wait- the southwest, where he had been |could be gathered up and _ sifted james WI GULGaed EE ie aa \ : i i se jratler....Dr. Maxey reports James jon a business trip. He was one of| through the fingers. , sick Rutledge seriously We A stray bullet struck a phys:cian | are glad to know ovr old friend ar in a drug store up town, cutting an | former neighbors, Mr and Mrs Jno artery in the thigh. They thought | Penick of St. Clair county, are visit- when we left that he would bleed to | Bed their son in law Sam Bud ....We death. are inclined to believe that the dem- ul fight and has some very strong op- b locrats will redeem Bates county inion about the detectives and Inudian| That batch of detectives was on | back to democracy this fall. ...Well, He char- cowardly police on board the train. neterizes their conduct as ‘in the extreme and deserving of uni- Hearn said: “It was about 10 o'clock and every | one in the sleeper had retired except- ing myself. We were bowling along right merrily on the other side of ‘, and on stoppiag at that sta- tion I glanced out at the window. |I saw some rather uncertain figures Then came a few scattering sbots and then the batch of detectives piled out cf the coaches. Inside of ten minutes there were no less than 200 shots exchanged and during that time the passengers were secreting their val- uables or crouching low to escape the rain of bullets from all sides. and a wagon standing uear. the train in the expectation of an at | we always thought that Buddy Car tempt being made at and | roll would make a man of limself ;and now just see him, will you, go J W Choate will make robbery they were very brave until the time Lesa alee | Yersal condemnation. In speaking | came for action. Se ‘one of the best campaigns that Bates of the very exciting episode Mr. Virginia Items | county ever witnessed. Heis a main ? : i that isc: Too much rain for harvest but | county. corn is making good use of it. Pros- | pects are flattering at present Any one being troubled with stray horses send word to Cart Wallace's. ....Mrs. O. M. Drysdale aud moth er, spent part of last week visiting mane : in Butler....Tothe public. Remem a aaiet Gane Piven init: ber I am agent for “The Butler = : ar Roo: een Weekly Times” and am authorized es annua Genet — to make collections. so don't be Se afraid to speak if you want it six mma months for 25 cents..... David paint | your overalls. That will make them last longer. I know from experience. ..Mr. Ed Martin makes a splen- able of representing the Gov. Ssorr The old families are ly to stay lin the regular army of the United States. Among the cadet large neis H. appointed this year ¢ ; Pope, Wil am -TOPTURING ECZEMA aie 3 did harvest hand..... For gri : 2 z Then the firing let up a little and a grit) edite. > wa Plain Dealer Cured of In- Mrs. Browning has it. Asnake sufferable Itching and Pain by the vallant detectives cawe tumbling in pell mell, any way to reach shelter. Chief Detective McKinney had a light wound in the part of the left There seemed to be about fif- teen of the detectives and early the evening I had noticed them and remarked what fearless looking fel- arin. in % bor A. J. Park. arrived last Wed lows they were. Everyone looked : i a S i nesday night inearnest. Even the the typical ‘bad man’ and they were armed to the teeth. “A passenger asked the cheif if| the men were gone and he auswered they were in the car. Then one asked why the detectives were not outside trying to prevent the robbery and they made scant reply. Several suggested that they could waylay the robbers as they emerged some for Eldorado springsto visit Mrs from the car, as by actual count pee | na Lucy Barry and family....... cee there were only seven of them, but HRS S = = | Mrs. E. Nestlerode. Ihave a fine | the detectives ouly replied by finding safe p behind the seats and cn the rear platform. I had placed my watch and pocketbook under the came in at an open door one night | the Cuticura Remedies. last week and got in to the bed. Mrs. | B. seized it by the throat and threw it on the floor Mr. B. got up and made a light and found it coiled up and killed it....The long looked for drough as predicted by our neigh No Less Than Five Physicians Con- sulted. Their Combined Wisdom Followed Without Benefit. |clouds shed tears bountifully over lit....Any one selling organs would | do well to see C. H. Morrison, or Wiley C. Crawford at once as they both want au organ rode Sunday school is progressing ; ! nicely, and is now second to none.. | » ....Grandma Craig and her grand daughter will start in the . The Nestle j ring | line of harness and machine oils jhand. Don’t pass me when in need | | of such. N. M. Nestrerope. ——————————————— H on oO j 1 | j edge of tue carpet on the floor of | Jonnstown & Spruce Township Iten s. the sleeper, but there were so many | tetectives on the fioor that I thought | fe they would be saffer in my pocket so | Oats bi I returned them: to their proper p: ces. | After a robbe all the stuff (hey wan F we ¥ FREE FROM RHEUMATISN. rom his trip to Colorado jailthe rest. says no plac dumped | souri....The U L party did : ed from thelact in nominating Gen. Weav