The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 15, 1894, Page 3

ee me el yt HANGED. jer in the morning, and would there | And Yet Will Puryis is Alive.—The | wire Governor Stone the proceeding. | i. Noose Parts and He Fell Unhart. | Thence be will take Purvis back to! Feb. 8.—The| Mecidian, Miss., Columbia, Miss., most peculiar proceeding that ever took place at a hanging helped to muke State history yesterday. Hu | munity for once triumphed over law. | William Purvis was the alleged | of Buckley of Ma rion County, Miss, shot from am | bush last July as he was counng} home from testifying at Columbia} Courthouse against some whitecap peis of which Will Purvis was one} of thejleaders. Purvis had threaten | ed death to Buckley ebould be be} indicted. The brother of the dying | man, whith hin when shot, recoguiz ed Purvis, but did not recognize a Hle-iny companion. assassin The Grand jury still in session, indicted Purvis for murder before going home to sup per. Bloodhounds Parvis home. traced Purvis was to have hanged yester- day Sheriff Magee prepared the scaffold and the rope. Four of the Board of Supervisors’ best wembers and Methedist Minister. J.G S:bley were present. The trap fell and all listened. The dull, sickeniug thud was absent. The noose had broken and Purvis fell on Lis buck on the sott ground unburt but for a slight abrusion of the ueck. He lay still. Then a newspaper man asked him if be was burt. From under the black cap Purvis replied: “For God sake get me out of this!” Officers came up and Sheriff Magee madeready to conduct Purvis back to the seaffiold for a attempt. The four supervisors called the Sheriff into the Courthouse. They advised that in the face of Purvis having sc stoutly protested his in nocence, and his having made a par tial confession of what he had known of the Buckley murder,that all these facts be laid before the Governor, and that further proceedings be postponed. Sheriff Magee said that he would willingly accede, but his orders were imperative He recognized the au thority of the supervisors, but they had uot jurisdiction over a matter of this nature. Purvis admitted his belonging to the whitecapper organization, and the iron clad oaths each member was compelled to take and the severe punishment (bv death) if the orders of the organization were not obeyed He also gave the names of a large number of the active members, who have terrorized the county for some time past. second These parties will be ar- rested and brought to trial. It was on the importance that would be at tached to such a statement that the Supervisors argued that the sheriff would be excusable for disobeying the mandate of the supreme court that Purvis must hang. Prominent citizens and clergymen erowded round the sheriff and he sought him not to allow duty to interfere a seuse of blind his The party} again repaired to the gallows, and with or merciful promptings. in a most pathetic and soul stirring address Rev. Sibley laid the above case before the populace of the im | mense assemblage black and white; not one dissenting voice was raised There was lusty cheering for the miraculous interposition that had saved the life of the boy whom every one m that great gathering now be lieved to be guiltless. Dr. Sibley then informed the crowd that for the action of Sheriff MaGee had rendered himself liable to indictment and impeachment of offie-; he would therefore ask if the people would stand by him should action be taken against him! “We will: we will, to the last dol- lar; he has saved the life of an innc- cent boy,” were the answers shouted back to him. The guards and those on the plat form crowded around Purvis to em brace and congratulate him. The lad sat in stupetied amazement, as if trying to make out all that was go ing on. When he was finally made to realize what had been done he sobbed convulsively and said: | “Lasked a merciful God to spare, me, an innocent boy, and he did; may} He be praised.” His cousins, who had remained in the back ground, came forward and with him wept for joy. Sheriff MaGee said he would set lernor Stone fully aud properly thac} | bad been pursued. | train robbers who killed Conductor } | viously convicted accomplices, James | larized by unknown parties. out for Lumberton with the prison-| place him in jail! again, subject to the governor's or | > ders. He felt confident that when! Sta le 2 the matter was placed before Gov | io) he would approve of the course that | | + | Rather Steep. | Than take in any other form is many people think and Parks’ made tur Just those folks. It cures con stipation ana though uot a cathartic inoves tne bowels cyery day dold by Hj L. Tucker. | | Dr Nollin Is A Fighter. Ky., Feb. 7—Aj desperate fight occurred at Mount} Barboursville, Produces East Side Pleasant, in Harlan County, Monday | might in which Will and Jobe ‘Ture ner were instantly killed by Dr. W1- lam Noilin, a prominent phy of that city. The fight began ina barber shop ou court house squar. Dr Nollin walked into the sho), ac? seeing John Turner in the shop, told him be would kill Lim Both men began firing. Turner fell dead. Nollin by this time had exhausted tue loads in his pistol when Will Turner, an uncle of Jobn, arrived Neither had pistols, but used their knives. They had ground, and when Turaer was killed they were in the middle of the street. Jobn Turner is a sou of Judge George B. Turner, a prominent at- torney It was John Turner and his brothers who led the Turner side of the famous Howard Turner feud | : 1 be ; = * and atiacked Nollin. struggled over considerable in Harlan county a few years since. Wili Howard, the leader of the other side, was hanged in Missouri the 19 of last month. The trouble is thought by many to be a renewal of the old feud. A High Liver. Usnally has a badtiver. He is billious eonstipated, has indigestion and dyspep- sia. It there is no organic trouble a few doses ot Parks’ Sure Cure will tone him up- Parks’ Sure Cure is the only liver and kidney cure we seil on a_ positive guarantee. Price $1.00, Sotd by H. L. Cucker. May 267 sy Buggy harness $7 A Good Bill. Senator Vest’s bill, to change the compensation of federal officers from fees to salaries. should pass. The incentive to make all the money pos- sible is a strong inducement to offic ers to prosecute people charged with the slightest offense, often of such a character as to be beneath the notice of a great and powerful government. The bulk of tried in the federal courts should be given to the jurisdiction of the state courts, Where the offenders could be tried by their peers aud neighbors instead of being carried a long dis- tance from their homes. Every stick of timber cut on government land costs the tax payers hundreds of! man and is weil dressed. dollars in salaries and fees of officers, ra Personated An Offieer. | Marshall, Mo, Feb. 7 —A. man | giving his name as P. S. Merrison | was xurrested at Malta Bend, this county, yesterday, who said he was a post flice inspector He was drunk and insulted the postmistress, Mrs Bailey, and was arrested by the city marshal and fined $32. In answer to a telegram the United States mar- shal telegraphed to hold bim, as no such man is inthe employ of the government. cases He is a fine looking Sued For Libet- o‘ten convicted on the slightest testi- Chillicothe, Mo., Feb 6.—The mony. The federal government | Mail and Star, two newspapers of should not degrade its judiciary into | GHUHEOtRS were to-day sued for eur $5,000 each by one Thomas Hoover {of Linn county, growing out of the ruins families and the accused are police courts, remote from homes for such trivial cases tried in 2 : the United States district courts.— | mention by the papers of Hoover's /uame in connection with the disap- | pearance of $500 from the trunk of {Chapman Lighener, a wealthy farm- er of Linn county, a month ago. The newspaper proprietors in question | Springtield Leader. Park’s Cough Syrup. Has b that w en so highly recommened to us | now a iends who ar | : es with acold togive st a trial val tight the case to & finish. Goes not give sat ction you | National & aca will be refunded erv bot = -f Pric Tucker, a positive $1.00. Sold nt HOE, Train Robbers Convicted. = : ee ee Newport, Ark., Feb: 7.—This |* of every State in the Union. is s s Sree s |has not occurred before, so far as is morning the jury in the case of Al-| bert Mansker, one of the Olyphaut | Feb. 7.—The War | department this year has reports on |the militia from the adjutant gener Washington, known, in the history of the govern- ment. The reports show 9,270 com- W. P. McNally of the St. Louis, Iron | missioned officers aud 102,912 enlist ‘ed 8men in the National guard, and Mountain and Southern road, re-|"\ ® ti d P jabout 9 000,000 men in the unorga turned a verdict of guilty of se ized militia = = 3 5 | niz in the first degree. He is the third) of the gang to receive such a verdict. | At 2:30 p. m. Judge Butler passed | Burglars At Clarence. Clarence, Mo, Feb. 7.—This mor- sentence upon Mansker and his pre-/niug three store houses were barg- They L. Wyrick and Thomas Brady. It | broke into the jewelry store of E. L. was that each be hanged by the neck /Cooper, aud besides taking away juntil dead, the execution to take! everything, blew opeu the iron vault place April 6 in the county jail here. ‘and took all the valuable jewelry The three desperadoes took their| from it. They entered the drygoods sentences coolly. and clothing house of Jacob Bros., ie jand secured some valuable goods Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, i . The Best Salve inthe world for Cuts | from it They also entered the drug Bruises,Sores, Ulcers,SaltRheum Fever! store of Wright & Davis and carried | 8 Sores, Tetter,Chapped Hands, Chiblains} Ee - Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi- | 8®Y several hundred cigars. The tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It | officers are scouring the country for is guaranteed to give pertect satisfaction the thieves, but so far, they have | or money refunded. Price25 cts per box For sale by H, L. Tucker, druggist. pact been able to capture them. BOSS For the money. ‘me. Itake pleasure in informing mv | tor me. O. Welton Fancy Groceres, Feed and Provisions of all Kinds. cs MUEENSWARF AND GLASSWARE CICARS AND TOBACCO, Always pays the highet market price for County Square. Butler, Mo- SADDLE, —WILL— Give Satisfaction IN EVERY RESPECT.; Better than any other Saddle | their Made on a No danger of Tree breaking. Also affull linefof STEEL FORK “COW BOY” SADDLES All styles and prices.“ Double Wagon harness from $10 to $29. to $25. Second hand harness from $3.00 to $15. Full line of Turf Goods for fast horses. Come and see us, McFarland Bros, BUTLER,WO. Mississippi Legislature. Jackson, Miss., Feb. 7.—The two houses met in joint session to-day and elected A. J. McLaurin United States Senator to succeed Hon. E. C. Walthall. He got all the votes ex- cept eighteen of the Populists, which were cast for Frank Durnkitt. McLaurin will leave for Washington next Monday. In an interview with an afternoon paper to day he said he opposed the appointment of Repub- licans to office, aud would do nothe ing to impair the efficieucy of the organized Democracy of New York. The intimation is very broad that he will vote against the confirmation of Peckham. Relative to the pension law, he said he favored repealing all private ones, and that a law should be enacted pensioning all disabled soldiers and their widows where their financial co-dition is such that a pension would be necessary to support them. ; Smallpox. Fi hters. Springfield, Ill, Feb. 8.—The Iili- nois State Board of Health was to- day notifird of the existence of small pox at Fort Madison, Keosogua, Marion, Council Bluff and New Hampton, Ia; South Bend, Ina., aud Juneau, Wis. The Iowa State Board of Health has passed au order compelling all citizens to be vaccin- ated and the Wisconsin Board a like order for all school children. In Chicago from January 1, 1594, to date 342 cases have been reported seventy eight being since last Tues day, showing au increase of the pest in the Windy City. Dr. Seott, Secretary of the Illinois Board, says the State at large is now comparatively free from small pox, but he apprehends a general epidemic next summer. Ballard’s Snow Liniment. 4 irs. Hamilton, Cambridge, Il! Ihad rheumatism se bad I co raise my handto my fa B w Liniment has co y cured neighbors and triends what Chas. & Lyman, Kewanee. Snow Linimeut cured h Jit has done clerk tor Lay » advises us tis Why not try it? ly do you good. It cures all inflamation, wounds, sores, cuts,sprains, etc. Sold ty H. L. Tucker. Contederate Soldier's Widows. Georgia Pays to Them Annually Pen- 250,000. Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 2—The State capital was to day overrun by women from all parts of the State who were collecting the pensions allowed them as widows of Confederate soldiers who had died in battle The State lis paying out for this purpose $250, OO. Georgia has 4073 sions Amounting to Confederate A Georgia Heroine. Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 7 —Miss Mary Stanser saved the life of her father, » farmer, in Walker county, recently. The latter was shot at in front of bis house in the dark by a moonshiner Dropping to the ground, he escaped the bul- lets until Miss Stanser rushed out jand threw herself upon her father’s form. he had tesufied against. The assailant could not shoot again without killng ber and finally departed | widows within her borders, to each | of whom she pays a pension of $6u a year for the services rendered by | their husbands while fighting unde | \ the and names upon this honor roll of the | State are those of the widow of Gen iT. R. R. Cobb and the mother ot | Henry Grady, whose father gave uy | the battle-tields of the Fulton County has 175 ot | these widows, sixty of whom drew stars bars. 1s life on South | their money yesterday and twenty} more were paid today. Carroll | County comes next in the list with | 104, and Gwyette comes third with 1108. The | Camden where there are | Ouly three Confederate widows The smallest uumber is in County, poorer class of women were repre |sented among those who called fo: They widows of the country boys for the most part, who, although they bad little education, kuew how to tight, money to day. wee [Solid Sole Leather Treg): tests mete as te te ords show. These poor women have very httle money at best, and after toiling and pinching and slaving for a year it is indeed a red letter day to them when they get $60 in cash The better class of the Confederate widows, as a general thing, call later for their money, and ouly those who are actually in need call on the first day. Out of the 4073 widows, 420 of them drew their money yesterday, amounting to $15,000, aud 600 drew | their money to day, amounting to nearly $36,080. The records show that the widows are dying off at the rate of seventy- five every year. As they grow older the death rate will increase, and it is safe to say that witbir forty five years there will not be a widow of a Confederate soldier in Georgia. They are rapidly passing away, as are the and it will be but a short time at best before the men who took part in the greatest struggle the world ever saw will be but a memory on history's page. veterans themselves, Why Hart's Wite Betrayea Him. Wasb., Feb 7.—When Banker Hart, alias Kahn, looted th. State Bank of Buckley and fled, his wife surprised her friends by fur- nishing information which resulted in his arrest at Baltimore. Mrs. Ha t surprised her friends again by goir g to Baltimore to try and secure his release. Her actions are explained by the statements of the detectives who worked on the case. They ray she would not furnish any informa Tacoma, he had eloped with a pretty woman. | Then she flew into a rage and told |the story that landed Hart in the Baltimore Jai! Wheu jthat the Baltimore lied she went to his aid. she found detectives bad | A Noble Federal. Vernon county, writes to Vice-Presi- | dent Doris of the Confederate Hcme | Board and incloses ¥5 for that in ti- Mr. Shoulders is one of the tution. | Federal Soldiers who has room in | his heart for a great deal of syt | thy for the belpless veterans of the | Lost Cause. He proposes to make } amount. Mr Shoulders saw active sei vice lat Perryville, Stone River, Chick: | mauga and other hard fought fields. He wasa member of company K, |38th Indiana Infantry. He entered the service in 1861 and remained a | soldier until 1864. jthe marks of He still carries rebel balls —Sedalia | Bazoo |A Sound Liyer Makes a Well Man Are you Billious, conszipated or trou- led with Jaundice, Sick Headai aste mouth i | tongue, dyspepsia, | skin, p i is ever, &s. If vou ve any of these symptoms, your liver is out ot order and your blood is siewiy | being poisoned because your liver does act properly. Herbine will cure ali ; or bowels I alas alivermedicine. Price trial bottles at H. Li tere. 48 ty Among the |) tion against Hart unti! they t ld her} W. W. Shoulders, of Moundville, | jan annual contribution ofa simular! Guaranteed Cure. 2 t advertis We authorize it New Disc to st consi this i | e this offerit we did not know ew Discovery could be ver disappoints, trial s Tuekers’ 2 soc. and $1.00, j re t Drug | Store. One of the supreme court judges in South Carohna once suggested the following plan for preventing }druokenness. Allow person {to sell as much liquor as be wishes every without tax or lieense, but require bose who drink to apply for a@ license, and to give notice of such «pplication by publishing it for one month in the official newspaper of the county, and then, if there be no objection, to enter into a bond for good behavior before the authority o drink is granted.—Ex. From Lafayette’s Grave Paris, Feb. 8 —The society of the Daughters of the American Republic of San Francisco recently asked. the French government through the French Consul at San Francisco, for a few ounces of earth from the grave f General Lafayette in which to plant a tree of liberty. The government has acceeded to the re- quest and the Mimister of the Iuter- ‘or, M_ Reynal, to-day had a box fill- ed wita earth from the grave in Hichus cemetery. The box was sealed with the arms of the city of P ris and will be forwarded to Sum Francisco Makes Child Birth Easy. s . 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