The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 11, 1893, Page 6

FOR A WOMAN’S HONOR. Capt. A- W. Tompkins Spends Years in Prison. St Louis Chroniele.> In a Sixth street lodging house,in a poor, miserable, 6x10 room, in the midst of vive and poverty, there liyes—if such existence may be call ed life—a friendless, homeless, mon eyless, broken down old man, whose career has been far more marred and sear d by the hand of tragedy than oftens falls to the lot of human kind in this dull, prosaic age Picture before you if you will, a youth of wealth and luxury in the anti bellum days of a Southern home, with all of those accompanying ad vantages of education, of culture and of refinement. Picture before you an early man hood of successful business life, when the influence of money anda powerful family name made friends by the score each day. Then let your mind go back to the days of the civil war, to the field of battle. where a gallant Southern Captain is year in and year out lead ing his company against those whom he deems to be the foes of his Dixie And then think of this same man standing before the bar of justice with the sentence of life imprison ment upon his head for murder; think of him toiling away, in the very prime of manhood, in the dark loathsome prison mines of Tennes see and finally thick of him as he is to day, called back to life—almost from out of the tomb—by the stroke of the governor's pen, a wandering outcast on the face of the earth, the influence, the money, the friends of the past, all to him dead and buried. Call up to your mind all these visions and you have an outline of the life of this poor Sixth street lodger, of Capt. A. W. Thompkins Surely no story in fiction could sur- pass in depth of pathos or tragedy the story of this southern captain. His life dates back to the second day before Christmas, 1829. His family were Virginians, but moved to Kentucky prior to his birth. His father, A. M. Thompkins, later mov- ed to Texas and became the first at torney-general of the republic of ‘Pexae, The, young man was educated at Bardstown, Ky., ia St. Joseph’s col lege. After graduation he entered mercantile life and became a member with his brother of the wholesale dry goods house of J. C. Thomp kins & Co., of Louisville and New Orleans. At the opening of the war he re- signed his business to his brother and organized a company in the fa mous Louisiana Tigers. He remain. ed with his regiment until it was shot away to a handful and then he joined the Eighth Texas Rangers, with which he stayed to the close of hostilities. It was at the Gayoso House in Memphis where occurred the event which changed the course of his whole life and stamped a prosperous southern gentleman as a convicted murderer. The day so momentous to him was March 10, 1S71. It was at the dinner table, and as one of the wait ers was taking the order at the cap- tain’s table, the latter heard some one behind him call out to the dar key to attend to him, using at the same time an insulting epithet in re- gard to two strange ladies at the captain's table. Captain Tompkins turned around white with anger. He recognized in the speaker a cat petbagger plant- er, A. J. Hamilton by name. Hot words passed between them, the lie was given and the captain in his rage, hurled his goblet of claret, glass and all, straight at the ex- federal’s face. A clinch followed: the men rolled on the floor, but were finally separated. After dinner Thompkins’ friends came to him and said: “Captain Hamilton says he will kill you. Heis a bad man. You had better arm yourself.” Hardly had they spoke Hamilton approached and demand- ed an apology. The quarrel was re-| newed when Captain Thompkins | refused it point blank. “J will kill you before sundown,” } said Hamilton, “if you do not apol- ogize. Prepare yourself to fight.” That is what Captain Thompkins did and it was the most fatal move js ; | of his life. He went to a gun siore, | procured a double barreled shotgun | z | returned to the hotel to await de- junique “exhibit at Chicago, illus- velopments. | trating the possibilities of newspaper Hamilton soo a. The} eats ree emuonecc™ abe: | publication in this age of telegraphs quarrel was again renewed. Thomp | fast presses and advanced mechani kins saw the climax was approach- . ‘eal devices. ing and started toward the corner’ Jt is publisned to-day in New York where he had placed his gun. AS | end Chicago simultaneously. he did so he heard a warning cry. | Chicago edition, in addition to the He turned his head. Hamilton was | general news which the reader is en- drawing a revolver. |titlod to expect in a complete news With a quick spring and turn | paper contains the whole of the de- The World this morning offers a poured both barrels of lead into| “The World” At Chicago. | The} Thompkins seized the shotgun and | scriptiye matter, illustrations, etc. | ATTENTION | { FARMERS ! ! The Most Successful Remedy ax it is certain in ils effects and 4 Read proof below. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE. Cantos, Mo., Apr. 3, 1982 Dr. BJ. Kexnatt Co. Dear Sirs:—L have used, all's ‘Spavin Cure several bottles of your much success, I Hamilton's body. The latter fell dead on the floor. i Captain Thompkins hoped that the plea always so strong with a man for insulting a woman, would avail him at the trial. But it did| not. | The fact that he had deliberately | purchased a gun and returned to} the hotel was urged strongly by the | prosecution and after one of the most famous murder trials in the south the jury found him guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. General Luke Wright and General Turner, the condemned man’s coun- sel, advised against the taking an} appeal as it was thought a pardon would be granted before au appeal could be heard. And so, clad in the stripes of a convict, chained and manacled to the vilest and most brutal of felons, this soutbern gen- tleman, this man of business, honor and integrity, this brave soldier of the civil war, was led away to slave for life. And yet he did not exactly regret what he had done. He felt that it had been neccessary to kill his map, not only to preserve his own life. His hopes were high that counsei’s efforts to obtain pardon would ma- t-rialize and he determmmed to make the best of it. But months dragged into years and there was no sign of the pardon. The young man began to grow old, the dark hair began to whiten, the head to bow down and the step to falter. Petition after petition was sent to successive governors, but Hamiltou’s friends were working against him and hope finally faded away. He felt that he was doomed } {to die a couviet. But he had one friend, a Major Sparks, whom he had known in his better days, who still worked on, and finally on the 13th day of Feb-| ruary, Governor Buchanan, as he} was about to step down from official power, put his pen to the pardon} and the man was free. He must start again in life at the) age of 64. His friends were gone. | Southerner, that he had killed the} clecewnenssteet® THE LIGHT RUNNING PLANO BINDER, | two great cities of the country lying | [pertaining to the Fair together | | with the editorial page telegraphed lfrom New York and reproduced ex lactly as it appears here. | Itisa novel illustration of the con the same hour a metropolitan daily newspaper appears in duplicate in Also the Wo nearly a thousand miles apart. It} signifies much of that progress in science and the mechanic arts which | the World's Fair celebrates.—N. Y. World. a Machi The country is scarce yt aware of the stupendousness of the uudertsk ing which culminated in yesterday's inaugural ceremonies. The great Fair has already cost about $20,000 | 000 For 21 months its creation | has employed a whole army of labor- ers, masons, plumbers, carpenters, blacksmiths, builders, engineers, ar chitecs, artists, decorators—enough to build a city and peopleit. There are nearly seyen hundred acres in the grounds and there are four hun | dred buildings there, some of them | ‘vast palaces such as no Emperor ever dreamed of building, and one which covers more than thirty acres of land. More than sixty thousand exhibitors have taken space, and every nation under the sun whieh has aught of interest in human pro gress to show'is represented there The citizens and corporations of Chi- and Spring Call and see me pefore buying. Praying For Good Weather. Chicago, May 4—A St burg special cable Peters- says: ‘Public prayers are being offered in many cities of Ceutra!l and Southern Rus- sia for the abatement of the severity of the weather. Since Sunday the the thermometor has been rising slowly. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. We have made arrangements with Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., publishers of ‘*A Treatise MINNEAPOLIS BINDERS, Standard. Wood and Pano Mowers and Hay Rakes: Binder Twine, Repairs for the Excelsior Whitley and McCormick rid Renown pest Liniment 1 rc “PE Rl recomn ded it t Heo ne Spavins. lave Tecommended o> EXerot my friends Who are much pleased With P.O. Box Si PAVIN CURE. NeRaska, May 11, 180. have used your celebrated Kendall's re with excellent results, Please send Treatise on the Horse.” Long live Ken- dsil's vin Cure that is proving 80 beneficial noble animal, the Horse. our noble sgincerely Yours, F. FE. Braxe. Price $1.0 per bottle.—— DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., ALL C SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. nes. Turnbull and Mitchell Wagons, Columbus Buggies Wagons. S. W. S CHiLDS. | First door west Bates Co. National Bank. First Published April 20th, 1893. Trustee's Sale. Whereas M S Strickler and Lanta F Strickler husband and wife, by theirdeed of trast dated December 1,18s8.and recorded inthe recorder’s office within and for Bates county, Missouri, in book NO Sf page S38 conveyed tothe under- signed trustee the following described real es- tate lying and being situate in the county of Bates and state of Missouri, to-wit: The southeast quarter of the southeast quar- ter of section thirty-two (32) and the south- West quarter of the southwest quarter of sec- tion thirty-three (33) all in township forty (40) of range thirty-one |31] west of the fifth prin- cipal meridian and containing eighty acres more or less which conveyance was made in trust to secure the payment ofone certain real estate mortgage bond fully described in said deed of trust, and whereas, default has been made inthe payment of the interest as therein provided, and the same is now past due and unpaid. Now therefore. cago have contributed $11,000.000 outright and have lent $5,000,000 to make the enterprise a success worthy of the greatness and glory of our time and country. It is essti- mated that the total outlay, includ on the Horse and his Diseases,” which will enable all our subscribers to obtain a copy of that valuable work free by sending their address (enclosing a two-cent stamp for mailing same) to Dr. B. J. KENDALL Co., ENospurGH Fa.us, Vt. This book is now recognized as standard authority upon all diseases of the horse, as its at the request of the legal holder of said real estate mortgage bond and pur- suant to the conditions of said deed of trust I will proceed to sell the above described prem isesat gers vendue, to the nighest bidder for cash, atthe east front door of the court house in the city of Butler, county of Bates and state of Missouri. cn Friday, May 26th, 1893. phenomenal sale attests, over four million copies having been sold in the past ten | years, a sale never before reached by any publication in the same period of time. We feel confident that our patrons will appreciate the work, and be glad to avail themselves of this opportunity of obtaining a valuable book. It is necessary that you mention this paper in sending for the “ Treatise.” This offer will remain open for only a short time, $500,000. | | We destre to place out on real esiate security a large The German village of Grambke is | 772 ount of money. Will give | z ithe best terms and lowest greatly excited over a case of persist lrates yet offered by anyone ing that of the exhibitors will exceed $100,000,000. A Sensible Man Would use Kemp’s Balsam for the throat and lungs. It is curing more cases of couxhs, colds, asthma, bronchi- tis, croup and all throat and lung troui le} than any other medicine. ‘lhe proprie- tor has avthorized any druggist to give you a sample bottle free to convince you | ot the merit ot this great remedy. Large} bottles Soc and $1. Slec ping Her Lite Away. between the hours of nine o’clock in the fore- noon and five o’clock in the afternoon of that day, for the purposes of satisfying said debt, interest and costs. LUCIUS H. PERKIMS, Trustee. Firat Published April 20th, 1593. Trustee’s Sale. Notice is hereby given that on FRIDAY, MAY 26th, 1895, between the hours of nine a. m and five o’clock p. m., at the front door of the Bates county court house in Butler, Bates county. Missouri. I will, as trustee in a deed of trust made by David B. equa, dated the first day of October, Iss9, and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in Bates county, | Missouri, on the second day of October, 1886, in book 46, at page 548, sell the northeast quar ter of the southeast quarter of section thirteen (13) in township thirty nine (39) south, of range thirty-one (31) west of the fifth principal meridian, situated in the said Bates county, Miseouri, at public vendue, to the highest bid- der for cash, to satisty the conditions of the said deed of trust, the note and interest thero- by being past due and unpaid and defaulted. when | ent somnolency in the person of the} daughter of one of the town officials | The girl, a pretty child of some 13) years of age, has been in continual | His brothers had lost their property in speculation and they too had died. Where to go he did not know and so he drifted around, making shift sleep over seven months and even | as best he could until he reached St. 'now doas not show the least trace of Louis. He has been here some lit-/ arousing from her protracted slum | tle time now, but fortune has not/ber. During the first week of her smiled on him ‘enforced sleep the family seemed, Just the other day he thought, grieved to the verge of destruction | perhaps, fate had relented, for he aud all was mournitg in the house met on the streets of the city a, where the child lay ‘ia the embrace) man to whom just after the war he | of “death's twin brother.” After a} had loaned $5,000. The man had | while, however, when it was noticed | goue west, invested in a ranch and that she would swallow liquid nour become rich. Captain Thompkins |ishment, their fears for her safety) told him of his plight and asked seemed to abate to a certain degree the man to aid him, but he was false and now, after a lapse of more than and went away to the west again, half a year, the family go about their) without turning a hand for his old | daily labors as if the little maid were benefactor. really deadand half forgotten High The captain only smiled sadly est medical authorities have been 1 when he learned this and trudged consulted, but all efforts to keep her | slowly back to his little Sixth-street awake have resulted in total failures lodginghouse, and here he sits every —St. Louis Republic. day wondering when and what the Cyerokee Delegates See Mr. Smith. | 7 Washington, May 4—Chief Har-} prusre seetisjtol be \butjone Boe e a Treasurer Starr and delegates. in all th look, d : ahct Sie eae fature ae aa ‘Cunningham and Lipe of the Chere- | that is a reflection of the past. Next) - = 3 e | kee nation had an interyiew with Sec his heart, in an old battered portfo- | eae S lio, he has two dingy photographs. ‘retary Smith yesterday in regard to Every now and then he takes them} z | out and gazes at them with a pecu- ‘ascribes the =, for the | liar tender look in his eye. He says oe a age : promise = cae A d to let him k th ;matters, and at once instructed! — of es ue Bee iia | Assistant Attorney General Hall to} Do you think these are the like- tojbegin morkicn)the|contracs: nesses of a dear offspring or ‘relies A Sound Liver Makes a Well Man’ of a youthful romance? No. They | are you biliious, constipated or trou-| |are simply the pictures of those bled with Jaundice Sick Headache, Bad | = Taste in Mouth, Foul Breath, Coated | | women in defense of whose honor, Tongue, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Hot Dry Skin, Pain in back and between! :the Shoulders’ Chills and Fever, &c.} If you have anv of these symptoms your | bess: i: liver is out ot order, and your blood is William Waldrof Astor having a siowly being poisoned, because your! | {sullied by word only, the Captain | gave up his all. iwe can let you have money. | y DEA end will be. Sees the contract for the payment ef $8,-| Harm in this line of business: LUCIUS H. PERKINS, Trustee. Notes drawn for one, two, | Stosceker, Wheeler & switzer, Att’ ys. three or five years: hl See ; Hare some money to loan | pauatble on or before a Given date. Calland see how cheap; Trustec’s Sale. Whereas Catherine Martin and M K Martin her husband, by their deed of trust. dated April 19th, 1=90, and recorded in the record- er’s office within and for Bates county, Mis- souri, in book No. #2 page 357 conveyed to the nd ane vodaegeoae! bors percha e dl described ong: | real estate lying and being situate in the coun- The Bankers Loan & Title Co | ty or Bates and state of Missouri, to-wit: | Lote two (2) and three (3) in block two (2) in P. GC. FULKERSON. Manacer. | Williams Addition to the city of Rich Hill, | which conveyance was made in trust to secure ; the payment of one certain note fully described in said deed of trust and whereas default has been made in the payment of the principal of said note and the annual interest thereon now past due and unpaid Now therefore at the re- | quest of the legal holder of said note and pursu ant to the conditions of said deed of trust, will | proceed to sell the above described premises | at public vendue to the highest bidder forcash by | at the east front door of the court house in the AR | city of Butler, county of Bates and state or Missouri, on Friday, May 19th, 1893, | | between the hours of nine o'clock in the fore- | | noou and five o’clock in the afternoon of that day for the purposes of eatisfving said det, | interest and costs FRANK ALLEN, || i Trustee. | Notice of Fival Settiement. | | Notice is hereby given thatall creditors and al! others interested in the estate of who | Stephen Richardson, deceased, that J, \J W Ennis administrator of said} | estate, intend to make final settlement | thereof, at the next term of the Bates/ county probate court, in Bates county, | | state ot Missouri, to be held at Butler on | _ SALESMAN; Salary and A dy work; good chance for advancement. BROWN BROS. CO., Narserymen, Chicago, Illinois. JESS & HEAD BOISES Veek's tits 80 Hi Whispers 1 HRS, tails eolaby MISCO, | Tork. Write for book of srocisFAE®. | th fortable. Suceesefa! aly, 583 Br'dway, | She, and $10 2° D: / W. Exsnts, health. clears the skin and No wrinkles or flabbiness Endorsed by physicians and leading ladies. PATIENTS TREATED BY MAIL. CONFIDENTIAL, eas. So Starving, Send 6 cents is for BR. 0.W. F. SHYDER, M'VICKER'S THEATER CBICAGO, Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given to ail creditors, and 9 | 1 others interested in the estate of Benj. E. aL | Trowbridge, deceased, that I W. Ennis | administrator of sald estate, interd to make final settlement thereof, at the next term of Srate oF Onto, City oF ToLepo } Lucas County. , | the sth day of May, Is Frank | Cheney makes oath thathe| #13 J.W.ENNIS, Admistrator. is the senior partner of ‘he firm ot F. |. | Cheney & Co., doing cusiness in the! ‘ a city of Toledo, ccunty and state afore- | Notice of Final Settlement. said, and that said firm will pay the sum | Notice is berely gi i 2s a y ’ by given to all creditors and ot ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for! all others interested in the estate of D. N. each and every case at catarrh that can | Wirt deceased. that I 0. ene pe not be cured by the use of Hall’s Ca-| tiement thereof, at the next term uf the tarrh Cure. Frank J. CHeney. | Bates county probate court. in Bates county Sworn to before me and subscribed in | state of Missouri, to be held at Batler on the my presence, this 6th day ot December j ae day ——, 18S. ss | t¥. State of Missouri, to be held at Batier, on A. D. 1886 W. ENNIS, Administrator. —— A W Gigason, } ——- z SEAL Notary Public. | Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given to all creditors and = = ;_ |liver does not act properly. Herbiae | Hall's Catarzh Cure ts taken internally | in the estate of Emily het be magenie and a men. will cure any aie! of the Liver, | and acts directiv on the blood and ee | ore eceaeed, that 1, J. W Eanis adminis ficient estate, in England, is now]|Stomach or Bowels. It has no equal as | cous surtaces of the system. Send for ee = a oon pe buying up good horses in order to,* Liver Medicine. Price 75cts. Free j testimonials free. county probate court in Bates county, state of pe x ‘trial bettles at H L Tucker’s drugstore | F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O | Missouri, to be held st Butler om the sth day take part-in English races. ‘ 22-1 year [Bar Soid by Droggists, 75c. of May, 1689. J. Seas leven lot ot colts. Prem 15 | the Sth day ot May, 1893 Tg PO ee: OO gis ZO LKS aay | Administrator. #\'* remedies that do not in- ' | with one’s business oF | | Cygne district tair in 1Sg1. | the Bates county probate court in Bates coun- | --COODLOE-- This fine young saddle stallion will make the season ‘of 1893 at my barn, 5 miles east of Butler. Goop og, Bay Stallion, bred by John T. Woodford, Mt. Sterling, Ky. Foated in 1888, sired by Blue Jeans, one of Ken- tuckv’s greatest saddle stallions. First dam Kitty Fogg, by Beaut, 2d dam Puss, the dam of more high-priced sad- dle horses than any mare living or dead: third dam the tamous Haggard mare. Blue Jeans, sired by Philips’ black horse, he by Gen. Tavlor; 1st dam by Gray Eagle jr.; he by Gray Eagle; 2d dam by Oden's Crockett,ne by Roanoke, 3d dam by Potomac, 4th dam by Sir Archie. Beauty was sired by the noted sire Magic, sire ot Post B 3 1-2; Clem- mie G. 2:15, Mystery 2 ENO 2:33 1-2 and many other fast ones. His first dam by Benton’s Diomede; zd dam by Crip- ple, ton of Medoc;3d dam by Tiger Whip he by Blackburn’s Whip, he by import- ed Whip. This stallion is not only a fashionable bred saddle horse but has one cross that inakes him connected with some ot the best and fastest trotters. Goodloe is registered as No. 587, in Vol 11, National Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association Register, Louisville, Ky. ‘Terms;—$r¢ for colt to stand aud suck Care taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. 18 3m G. D. ARNOLD, STALLIONS —AND— JACKS, ego eos PRIVATE SALE. Five Belgion Draft Stallions Imported March 28th, 1891, From 3 to 7 veais old. All have prov- ed to be sure toal 3 getters, and getan Low and Blocxy— just the kind the market demands. Gan show colts by each stallion. No stallion s been allowed more than one service a day since coming te this country. ist and 2nd premiums on dratt colts | and sweepstakes on dratt stal’ions at La All stock All recorded. Stock can be seen at C. B. Lewis’ livery sta- ble, Butler, Mo. | tully guaranteed. WESLEY WARNOCK, Agent. | FRANCIS & FLANIGAN, Owners of Belgian dratt stallions. Aj- so one harness stallion, brown, 4 years old in 1592, 16 1-2 hands high, has prov- ed very sure and extra breeders. One saddie stallion 15 1-2 hands high, 4 years old in 1892, goes all the saddle gaits. One jack 5 years old, 15 1-3 hands high, Has proved an extra gooJ an sure breed- er. For sale at prices to suit the times. WESLEY WARNOCK,