The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 28, 1893, Page 8

THE TIME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF I? A MUBDER TRIAL. i i HAS C0 M E. | A Marder Case from Lawrence Coun- | Men’s Overcoats Youths’ Overcoats Boys Overcoats Children’s Overcoats T T the facts can be pleaned. A Cos ’ NO DEL j the Aruwine children were unable to \ —— But— — SOLID FACTS. JOE MEYER The Clothier. Duvall § Percival of this city are saving the farm ers of Bates county thou- | sands of dollars by giving them the benefit of their) lower rates of interest on farm loans. LYLE, Butler, Mo. Special attention to Surgery, Ear, Nose and Throat diseases. OFFICE: Southwest corner Square, over Boston Store. Residence: On | South Main st, *40-2m | Dr. A. E. | Foster, Mo.-—T. A Lampton pas- tor of C. P. church and Chas. Hamil- ton of M. E. Church South, held a meeting here for nineteen days which resulted in 26 profession. 1 Look out for the new and ele- | gant stock of wall papers and shades now on the way for D. W. Drum- mond’s uew store. 1.tf John Gains, a young manliving at Dexter, Mo., while unloading wood from # wagon the other day had his skull crushed by a large stick failing on him and died instantly. } Our esteemed young friend, Wal ter Pierce, editor of the Otterville Call, is spending the holidays in the city with his many friends. He re ports his father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. Pierce, enjoying splendid health and well pleased with their | new home. / Thin and impure blood is made rich and healtbful by taking Hood 8 | Sarsaparilla. It braces up the nerves | and gives renewed strength. Marshal R. M. Wright met with | quite a serious accident the other | day, and one which will keep him on crutches for several days. Ina little friendly scuftle with his fellow | comrade,Tom Cameron, on the beat, | he slipped aud badly sprained bis | knee. The limb has been piaced in | plaster paris and is very painful. The poor fellew who voted too \ often in Kansas City at the recent) election was given five years in the | penitentiary. The president and | cashier of the defunct savings bavk | of Kansas City who robbed the de- | positors of the institution of thous-! ands of dollars, are still enjoying ; the balmy breezes and smoking Ha- | vana Cigars. | The attorneys for Pendergast the | assassin of Mayor Harrison, of Chi- | cago,have made a proposition to ac- | cept any form of punishment for the | criminal but the rope. Life impris | onment in the penitentiary or the! insane asylum. Tie proposition | was made in open court and created | a big sensation. | i Asa means of raising revenue to meet the deficiency Mr. Watterson advocates the taxing of congressiou- al speeches. Nancy Hanks has been retired from the track and put on the breed- ing farm of her owner in New Jer- sey. She has made her owuer over $60,000 by trotting against time. A.H. Pilla, a plucky farmer of Chadeworth, Iowa, while in Sioux City was persuaded into a confidence|beld in the third ward of the city joint and when G. W. Mayer and George Blum attempted to rob him of his money, Pilla drew his pistol and killed both. He then left for Kansas City, and after transacting | 65. business of importance returned to | Chaney. Sioux City and gave himself up to the officers $3.75 buys a handsome pair of | Harriet Chenille curtains at D. W. Drum mord’s. 1tf Emmet Dunlap, «brakeman on the Mo. Pacific railroad shot Ben Lindley, a hack driver at Nevada,| Born a slave in Kentucky, she made The ball struek the|ber escape early in the 40s into the other day. negro in the center of the forehead and passed arou.d the skull. The coon was knocked down but soon recovered and was able to drive his hack to town. ‘The bullet was from a 38 calibre pistol and had it been a white man’s head would have pass ed through instead of around. An exchange says that every pa- | per in the state chould publish the fact that burnt corn for hog cholera, and adds: It was first discovered by burning a pile of is sure cue | corn belonging to a distilley in Peo- ria, Il. It was thrown to the hogs and eaten by them Before that time a number had been dying each day with cholera but the disease im mediately disappeared It is so sim- ple a remedy that it will be easily tried. St. Louis, Mo., Dee. 18 —The in vestigation into the attempt of train robber Hedgpeth to break jail here | has developed the fact that not only | did he have accon:plices inside and outside the jail, but that it was! intended that Samuel Welsor, who is to be hanged January 12, for mur- dering his mistress, and other pris- oners were to have alsotaken advan- tage of theopportunity. Jail guard James Rickby has been suspected and arrests are expected. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Awarded Highest Honors World’s Fair, D*PRICE’S < Bakins Powder. The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alums, Used in Millions of Homes—4o Vears the Standard. | ty Goes to Henry County. Clinton Democrat. Tue Arnwiue murder case from) | Lawrence county has been brought vere on change of venue and bas! been docketed for Friday, Javuary | 12th. The murder occurred on June 28, 1893, and was singularly iuteresting Wan shoots Lis son in law, George Keat in that an old man, Aruwine Accompanying the papers is & sworn testimony of Alice Keaton wife of the murdered aud daugbter of his slayer. from which | It seems | man get along with their stepmother and | on the eveniug of the shooting little Jesse Arnwine, a mere boy, had run away and taken his clothes over to his sister’s. The father went after him about dusk with a raw hide and the boy escaped out the back dver. George Keaton told his father in law to stay out of the house and the iat ter drew a revolver as the two stood face to face on the door step and commenced pulling the trigger, Keaton all the time trying to disarm him. The weapou, a self acting one, suapped four times and the fifth cartridge exploding the ball enter ing Keaton’s body making a fata] wound. Arnwiue was indicted for murder in the first degree aud has been in jail at Mt. Vernon since, bail being refused. The result of the special election Tuesday to elect an alderman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignua- tion of Mr. Burris, was a tie vote between S. W. 8. Childs and V. D. Snyder. The vote standing 65 to One vote was cast for Mr. A Remarkable History. Boston, Mass, Dec 25 —Mre. Hayden, widow of Lewis Hayden, died yesterday at her home, 66 Phillips street, of anu attack of pneumonia, at the age of 74. Mrs. Hayden had a remarkable history. Michigan, and lived for a short time in the city of Detroit. From that city she moved to Boston, and be came identified-with the anti slavery movemeut, and her house on Phil lips street became a rendezvous for fugitive slaves. John Brown held a meeting at her house with some of his associates, prior to his depart ure for Harper's Ferry, and perfect ed his plane there. Mrs. Hayden was a warm personal friend of Wil- liam Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phil- lips, Charles Sumner and, in fact, all the members of the Anti Slavery seciety held ber and her hasbund in the highest esteem. T. W. Legg, the buggy man, for buggy repairs and everything in the buggy line. 5 25 tf} Burglars in Fayette. Fayette, Mo, Dec jtempt was made by barglars to en | ter the Farmers’ nud Merchasts’ bauk | last night. Ten holes were bored in| jthe door facing the lock, but the} burglars were evidently frightened | off before they accomplished their | Attemps were also made} | purpose. | Boyd and F. E. Elledge, but with-| out avail. - Miss Mabel Jenkins, the charming daughter of J. R. Jenkins, gave quite | an elaborate entertainment to her} | young friends at thesuperb residence of her parents gn Ft. Scott street, Saturday evening. The supper con- sisted of four courses and embraced | almost everything in the line of good things. The evening was spent in a delightful way by the young people. | The Times office returns thanks to} Miss Mabel for a bountiful supply of cake made for the occasion with her own hands. Those present were: Misses Ida and Edith MeCants, ! Lelia Starke, Kate Colyer, Johnnie | | Shutt, Ida Lisle, Allie Hurley, Edith | Everingham, Marion Vaughan, Bess| | Parkinson, Mabel Bennett, g Arnold, Nancy Bailey, Myrtle Hart- Shannon, Maud Donovan, Toots and | Tim Hannah, Edna Davis, Effingham, Il; Lula Price, Kansas City, Ollie | Jenkins, Kansas City, Georgie Thom- ‘as, Edith Winchell, Beatrice Clifton, ,of Rich Hill. Messrs. Charlie Fisk, : | Ben Wade, Chas. Clardy, Johnnie | Punk, Walker Cannon, m Clardy. | Joe Reeder, Artie Morris, Sam & | vers, Walton Steele, Ed Childs, E | Boyd, Ray MeFarland, John Harper, | Clyde MeFarland, Chas. Frank, Ed DeArmond, Harper Murphy, Harry Harris;Spencer Harris, Flavy Tygard and Charlie Fortune. ‘and the verdict, of the jury. IW. S. Mitchell. | duced his death. Agnes | | well, Emma and Katie Walton, Jessie | The Crabtree Shooting - Tie following taken from the} | Henry County Democrat gives the} evidence of witnesses as produced | at the inquest held by the corouer; i | THE INQUEST. | The true story of John Leach’s| death for the first time came out Sat-| urday when the only eve witnesses | of the shooting gave their testimony | i at the inquest | Coroner Gibbins summoned a jury composed of the following pentlemen C. M. Beem, D. FE. Grant, J J. A. Moyer, Sr., E. W.S Rhoades, | nders and The result of the post mortem was| first introduced showing that the gun | shot wound in Leach’s abdomen pro- Dr. Seevers also testified to the wounds and to Leach’s suffering and death froin peritonetis resulting therefrom HARNESS’ TESTIMONY Alex Harne one of Crabtree’s companions, testified that he went with him into Widman’s saloon and Mr. Stewart came in afterwards. While they were drinking Crabtree made some remark to the effect that he and “this fellow” meaning Ene barkeeper, ‘‘used to shock eorn to- gether down south of here,” Ihat he shocked the down-row and Leach the two up. Leach said, “T used to shock corn down there but OWS I don’t remember ever shocking corn with you.” Crabtree remark about corn shocking twice more and the last time Leach said to him, ‘You seem to be hunting trouble if thatis what you want you will getit.” Stewart Leach holding a pistol in both hands, but not pointing it at any one. Stewart said, ‘‘Put up that pistol--you have no use for it here,” whereupon Leach turned and put it in a drawer, say- ing: ‘“‘No, I have no use for it,” and had walked four or five feet toward the end of the bar, when Crabtree commenced shooting, following Leach up as he shot, the third shot being fired just as Leach was disappearing behind the ice chest. Crabtree then run out the front door and Harness stayed and helped Leach to get up ona chair, leaving him to get assist- ance. repeated this} then saw STEWART’S STORY. D. W. Stewart confirmed Mr. Har- ness’ testimony in every important detail. Both swore that Crabtree had been drinking but was not drunk and knew what he wasdoing. Stew- art heard the talk about the corn shucking and confirmed Harness’ re- lation of how Leach had put up his gun and turned away before the first shot. He said further: ‘‘Tsaw no ac- tion on the part of Leach in the sa- loon that night to cause any appre- hension of danger on the part of Crabtree.” LEACH’S LAST WORDs. In his ante mortem statement Leach said he asked the stranger who came in his place, ‘Are you hunting trouble?” “I reached got my pistol out of the drawer and told him to go out of the house which he still refused to do. 1 then laid my pistol back in the drawer and shut the drawer, and turned facing him around and when he began shooting.” Leach swore that after the first shot he tried to run into his bedroom, when struck by the other balls. The coroner's jury verdict reciting that Leach’s death was produced by pistol shots fired froma pistolin the hands of Walter Crabtree and that said Crabtree wil- fully and deliberately fired said pis- tol at and against John Leach with intent to murder. Steet Plant To Start Up. | Dec. 21.—The Colo-} rady Fuel 2nd Iron company wiil be brought ina Denver, Col, ready to start ther Bessemer steel works on the contract of the Un Pacific for 26.000 tons of steel iuils on March 1. The work on this ove! OO men, or about ones will emplo 1 2 | half the unemployed in the State. | | The amount called for in the aygree-| nent 1s $960,000, and with some} work they have for the Santa Fe, | the fuel company has now abeut| $1,200,000 worth of work on haud. | Tie cowpany has adopted the Pitts-| burg aud Milwaukee scale. Shot by a Texas Man. Macon. Mo , Dec. 20.—Art Wallace | once occupying a prominent place | in society in his younger days, was) . Eitri | shot last night by a man claiming to be from Texas, styling himself ‘a! Texas ranger,” but believed by some | to be av allaround tough At pres | ent Wailace is still alive, but it is aj} cbance in a thousand if be recovers | as the bal! entered the left side close! to the heart Wallac- is bigh!y re lat-d in Macon and surrounding country, but has let whisky get the} best of him. The shooter is now in| est of him e shooter is now a ee Bitbictior will atherseoa days Notice. 65 full Blood Bronze turkeys for| sale,young hens weighing 14 to 18 ?t according to age, goblers 22 t Ths. | Call on Mrs. Marion Woods miles! | north of Altona. Post-offiee, Altona, Missouri. 5 6-t * | | Bates County National Bank | | Due from State Banke and bank- adding | § REPORT OF THE | No. 1843. Condition of the AT BURLER, IN THE STATE OF MIS | SOURI, AT THE CLOSE OF BUS i INESS, TUESDAY DEC. ' 19. 1893. | RESOURCES. Loans and discounts Overdrafte, secured and unsecared .S Bonds to secure circulation tocks, securities, eve Banking-house, farnitare, and 185 45 0) 00 | 5 OO | fixtures 14,000 00 Other real estate and morigages owned Due from N nal Banas (not re- serve A ers Due trom approved reserve agerts Checks and other cash items Notes of other National Banks Fractional paper currency, nick- els and cente 17 99 Lawect Moxky Resnve 1x Basa, vin Specie 17 383 70] Kedemption fund with U.S treasurer (5 per cent of cireu- lation: Tora L LIABILITIk&s. Capital stock paid in Surplus fund Undivided profits leas expenses aud taxes paid National bank notes outstanding Due tostate banks and bankers Individual deposits subject to checs Time certificates of deposit Notes and bills rediscounted anty of Bates \ °* EF. J. Clark, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. | J. ©, CLARK, Cashier | Subecribed and sworn to before me {star} 26th day December. 1595 | Correct atte-t So F WARNOCK H Notary Public. J.P. TYGARD | A. L. McBRIDES Directors ELLIOT PYLE § t | He | | j will soon be When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorin. When she was a Cnild, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria When she had Children, sbe gave them Castoria Having purchased the stock of groceries and queeusware owned by my son Charles, I take pleasure in saying to my old friends and former customers that I can be fouud at the old stand again. on the south side of the square I have replenished the stock and now have one of the best assorted stock of groceries in the city. I will not be undersold and exteud a special invitation to the citizens of Butler and Bates county to call and see me_ I will treat you right and give you value received for your money. Joun Panis. atch Set. Warrensburg, Mo. Dec. 21.—A death watch has been set by Sheriff Collins over Charles Banke, the col- ored murderer, who is to be banged | here a week fromto morrow, and the | contract has been let for the build | ing of the scaffold ou which he is to} be executed j Notwithstanding these ominous | Preparations, however, the prisoner does not seem much concerned about his approaching death. He still be- Death ‘Park gave a | Virginia had a family lieves Governor Stove will pardon him, and his colored friends are cir-| culating a petition asking the Gev- | It is not supposed, | will in-| ernor to do so however, that the Governor terfere The Modern Mother Has found that her little ones are/ improved more by the pleasant laxa | tive, Syrup of Figs, when in need of | the laxative effect of a gentle remedy | than any other, and that it is more | eptable to them. Children enjoy | it und it benefits them. The true! remedy, Syrup of Figs, is manufac. | tured by the California Fig Syrup! Co only. Honor the Dear Old Mother. Time bas scattered the snowy! to enter the residences of N.C. jcontract will last four tmoutla, and /fakes on her brow, plowed deep fur rows ou ber cheek—ut 1s she not beautifui now?- The lips that have kissed many a hot tear from the childish cheek are the sweetest lips, in the world | The eye is dim vet it grows with | the radiance of holy love which can | never fade. } Ah yes. she is a dew old mother. , Her sands of time are nearly all out but feeble as she is they will go. further and stoop down lower than | any other on earth. | You can not walk into midnight where she can not see you; you cao not enter a prison whose bars shall, keep her out; you can vever mount 4 seaffold to high for her te mount to: kiss aud biess you i In evidence of her deathless love, | when the world shall despise and forsake you—when it leaves you by the wayside to die unnoticed the in her feeble arms and carry you home and tell you of all your virtues | until you almost forget that your *, | goul is disfigured by vices. Love her tenderly and cheer her | declining years with holy devotion. —Bugle Call. | Virginia Items. Last Wednesday night Mrs. G. W. al party for her nephew, Cary Park of Benton, Ohio. Upwards of thirty of the young folks were present. Last Saturday night there wasa Christmas tree at the Woody school house. It was a good one, having made the best show of any that we ever saw in Bates county. The house was crowded and the little folks felt happy. Three Christmas entertainments were held at Virginia. At the M. E. church they had a bell, loaded with presents for old and young. Eastern tree, Miss Rachel Parks prepared the tree at her father’s house for the entertain _, ment of her niecesand nephews. Re- port says it was grand. The Christian church had a green 2\tree to represent Life and gave an | entertainment, Columbia), in which 45 persons took part, each state hay- ing something to say about Christ- mas. The exercises lasted 45 minutes and Santa Claus’ family, consisting }of ten members, had a good timeand the old gent looked splendid. The | tree was weil loaded with nice but in- expensive presents and the house was fullall the time. Bro. Park received one of the finest presents in Missouri. Two weddings in high life about =i three miles west of here. A. J. well. Mrs. Amanda Durst is dangerously sick with the grip, but Dr. Mitehell Park and son are digging a jreports her condition a little better on Saturday. Dr. Mitchell has several tons of good timothy hay for sale on his farm near Vinton. Our man Jasper makes a first class bow-man, but being compelled to sit apart from his Uhler, white actin a judge at the Nestlerode literary, | - | Somewhat annoyed him. Foster and Lockridge have two car loads of coal on hand at Elm Branch near W. H. Simpsons. Our Doctor says that Ed Daniels able to man another threshing machine, boy No. 4 arrived on ae 21st and all parties are doing well. The many friends of D. B. Nestle- rode will be surprised to learn how he was affected. One evening last week, when told that it wasa girl, he turned red then pale and looked sad. He opened his mouth, gritted his teeth, stamped his foot and shook his body, until one would have thought that there was one hundred volts of electricity playing on every muscle and joint. His ather anxious- ly inquired what was the matter when Davy replied ‘‘pap, I ought to say Amen but I can’t. Mr. Grant Garner received a $50 old watch, a Christmas gift from is mother. Mr. R. A. Garrett went to Cass coun- ty to see his mother buried. Sad Christmas for Bob. At the Christmas doings T must say no one could ask better order. \. M. NESTLERODE. See the beautitul fur, Moquette and Swyrna rugs at D W. Drum mond's. The prices are surprisingly \low. 1-tf Abilene, Kau.. Dec. 21.—In Octo- ber Mrs. Frauk Roadson deliberate- ly drove a two inch nail into tae top of her head, pounding it down with astoneeven with the scalp. She became partly paralyzed, but lived until yesterday. The nail was dis covered two days ago and removed but too late to save her life. A Farmous Rope The straps and ropes with which Dick Robinson hanged were used in four previous executions and will do service at the bauging of Banks at Warrensburg next Friday. The rope has done good work in was every one of the executions mention ed It was made especiatly for the purpose and its strauds are of hemp and silk.—Sedalia Bazoo BabyRaw asBeefsteak Baby v three me tors at thetme. Whole steak. Hair gone. Expected hem Six months before we RAs. No faith ‘p he was ontitely “ured ad plenty of pair. TT Winfield, Micp tr them but in tw Not a spot on him Mrs. FRANK Baby Bad with Eczema boy, four months ola, has vase of eczema Head was a solid sore. Face and body @ ¢| badly affected. ‘Itching <errible Zé) Three doctors did not help ban ate Hands tied sixteen weeks. Mit- tens on his hands to prevent nis scratching. Crriccna Rewepies cured bin, and we recommend them to others. G.B.& J. HARRIS, Webster, Ind. Baby itched Terribly Baby three months »ld broke out with white pimples on red surface. Itching terrible, seabs jand face. Used every for five months. Grew Purchased Curtce ma DIES, used them, and in three weeks there was uot a sore or pimple, not even a scar Megs. OSCAR JAM S$, Woodston, Kan. Baby Suffering Agony Baby had eczema, worst forw Raftied the best doctors bere tes Was in agony eight months. Be- ee gan with CoTicuka Remeptes. In r= two months the awful Jisease had ceased its vengeance. No trace could be seen, my darling boy wa J. A. NICOLES, Banker Milind. CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS And its cures are the most re- markable performed by any bloo:! and skin remedy of moderna times. 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