The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 2, 1895, Page 8

“MORE BLOOD. | tather’ ‘8 ae Ezra lived in Kansas, |and some stock, and had come home Luther Park Shoots and Kills {on a visit, expecting to return to His Brother Ezra. |where he owned 400 ecres of | Wi | | li | 4 m ¥ Kansas about August Ist. | Luther, the brother thet did the | | shooting, has been an inmate of the The Father, Mother and Sister Witness | #Ylum at Nevada and escaped from | ‘Cash Grocery The Sad Affair. | that institution several years ago. | The Times is called upon again to | chronicle another murder in Bates county. This time the tragedy is made more terrible from the fact that the victim is the brother of the} muurderer, and the killing was done without the slightest provocation and the only excuse to be offered ina extenuation of the horrible affair, is| that it was the work ofa diseased | brain. The killing took place at the home| of Jefferson Park, father of the! boys, 8 miles northwest of Butler, | Sunday morning about 6 o'clock, | the eye witnesses to the sad affair being the father, mother and sister | of the victim and his murderer. It was a very trivial matter which | brought about the dispute between | the boys which finally led to the kill- ing. Ezra and his sister desired to pay a visit to relatives and friends, east | . of this city and went to the barn for | a pair of horses which he intended to drive. Luther followed him to the stable and objected to him using the horses. Ezra had harnessed one of the horses, and in the dispute Luther went to the house and re- turned with his musket loaded with emall shot, aed told Ezra that he was running things there and that if he attempted to take the horses he would have his body on the cool- ing board in half an hour, and re- moved the harness from the horses and turned them out to pasture. Ezra then went to the house and éomplained to his father, who told} him to take the horses belongin to | his sister Lydia and brother Wilber. He went back to the barn and cur- ried the horses, and with brush and comb in hand stepped to the pas- sageway leading to the corn crib to get the harness, and when in the act of reaching for them Luther, who was standing beside the crib, pre- sented the gun and tired, the charge taking effect in the right side of the breast between the fifth and sixth ribs, and passing through the lungs and heart. The wounded man walk- ed to the stable door about 8 or 10 steps where he was met by his sister. and saying to her,‘he has killed me,” fell and expired. The father made for Luther and took the gun from him, as he did so Luther made a threat to “do” him and reached for his pocket. Mr. Park reised the gun and told him he would brain him if he attempted to draw a pistol. Luther then left the premises and went the home of John Woody, a neigbor living a short distance away, and told him what had happened, and Mr. Woody took Lim in his bug- gy and brought him to town and turned him over to the sheriff and he was locked in jail. Luther claims Ezra was coming at him with a club and he shot inself- defense. But the evidence aud sur- roundings disproves this statement, as there was no club about the barn, and the only weapons carried by the deceased at the time of the shooting was the curry comb and brush,which were bespattered with blood show- ing that he had them in his hands when shot. This statement is veri- fied by both Dr. Renick and the father and sister, the latter being al- most an eye witness to the tragedy. Dr. Renick, coroner, was notified and on arriving at the scene and in-| vestigating the matter, decided an inquest was unnecessary, and he} therefore simply took the evidence of tie two witnesses, Jefferson Park and daughter Lydia, father and sister to the victim and murderer, | which is as follows: | I was pear the barn lot at the time | of the shooting. When I heard the shot I run into the stable. Ezra was | coming out, with curry comb and brush in bis hands. I took the gun from the hands of Luther, in the barn. Luther put his hand to his hip pocket saying he would “settie| me.” I drew the gun asa weapon, saying if he attempted anything I would mash his head. He immedia- tely left the barn and the premises. | Lyvia S. Park. “I was standing at the gate w ben | Ezra came out of the barn to me. Father called to him to come and take another horse. Ezra said “all right. I will have Luther arrested for bringing the gun from the house to the stable.” Ezra then turned and went again into the barn with curry comb and brush in his hands. | T heard no words between them and heard the gun tire almost immedi-| ately. Jrrrerson Park. I rushed to the barn and! Ezra met me in the barn. He} put his hand to his breast saying. i ‘he has killed me.’ Luther Park | was the only person about the barn | with 8 gun.” j Ezra Park, the deceased, was paca Nov. 6th, 1860. Luther, his brother, | is a few years his senior. Neither of the men were married, and Luther had rented and was farming his | yourself? It is highly recommended. | | his forty acre tract of land in the | The authorities wrote to his parents | |and warned them to keep watch on | him, but as Jong as he behaved they |, thought it just as well that he re-| main at home. He became violent at the jail Sunday, after being locked up and had the prisoners considerably worked up. MONEY TO LOAN. We have a large amount of mon to loan at low rates of interest. | Notes are payable at our office. Privilege given to pay at any time | and money is ready as soon as papers are signed. 22 4t. Devart & Percrvar. When so many people are taking | and deriving benefit from Hood's | Sarsaparilla, why don’t you try it John Atkison contemplates build-| | ing three nice cottage residences on | southeast part of town. This is a} handsome plot of ground and it is a wonder it has laid idle so long. | World's Columbian Exposition. | Was of value to the world by illus- trating the improvements in the mechanical arts and eminent physi- cians will tell you that the progress in medicinal agents, has been of equal importance, and as a strength ening laxative that Syrup of Figs is far in advance of all others. ‘Suits tor Deposits. Lawyer T. J. Smith, of Butles, has been in town this afternoon taking depositions inacase of Mrs. Wm. Lynch against the Rich Hill Bank. The case will be brought before the June term of circuit court and in- volves something over a thousand dollare, which Mrs Lynch claims was deposited in her name and afterwards drawn out by her hus- band. From Mr. Smith we under- stand the money was drawn out in Mrs. Lynch’s name also, but that she claims it was not done by her authority. What the developments will reveal, remains to be seen. Smith and Dooley are the bank's attorneys, while Graves & Clark represent Mrs. Lynch.—Rich Hill Review, 29. Interest Reduced. On Farm Loans of $2,000 and up- wards, the Missouri State Bank will funish money at seven per cent in- terest. Making no charge for Com- mission, drawing papers, making abstracts or CUE 24 tf. Lectures! Lectures! ! Col. John Sobieski, the great Polish orator will deliver five con- secutive lectures in Butler under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Ohio St. M. E. Church, be-} ginning Wednesday night, May 5. These lectures will be given at the} Ohio St. M. E. Church. They are ofa highly popular character on a variety of subjects, one of which is} “Ten Years in the U.S. Army.” He is already known to this community | as an entertaining and instructive speaker. Tickets will be on sale} later and at very reasonable rates. Full details will be given later. bespeak for this course of lectures a| hearty patronage. | Lavies Ar Sociery. | | | BAD COMPLEXIONS Dark, yellow, oily, mothy skin, pim- blackheads, roughness, redness, hin, and falling hair, and simple baby blemishes prevented and cured by the celebrated uticur SOAP ‘The most effective skin purifying and the OVEBWORKED, oF SLUGGISH PORE. Seid —— the world. cae Dave == Carex. Corr., sole proprietors, Boston. about the Blood, § Reaip, and Hair," ‘mated freee | trees, hog rings, |the best goods at such low prices, Have their large stere room full | from top to bottom, of almost ev- rything you can call for have just gotten in a stock of hard | ware and garden tools, such as axes, screws, nails, fence staples, button seythes, weed scythes, grind stones, | grind stone hangers, door latches, | | copper rivets, clevices, plow single | hog ringers, wire sereen cloth, well wheels, frying pans, steel skillets, cartridges ail sizes, loaded shells, fork handle | hoe handles, spade handles, axe han- | dies; pattent barrel churns, Western | washing machines, clothes wringers, boys iron wagons, curry combs, | horse brushes, scrub brushes, shoe brushes, and a complete line of thr best tinware ever brought to Butler. | We now carry the best tinware we can buy, and when you buy a_ piece of us now, you can rest assured that | it will lust you. We will sell you| hardware and tinware at grocery prices, and warrant everything we! sell you to be as _ represented, and should anything you buy of us prove | different from what we advertise, or | differeat from what you are told by } anyone in our employ, return it at once and we will cheerfully netanae the money | Hardware is an extra line with us, | and what little we make on it we] consider we are just that much ahead. We ask anyone who is think-' ing of building to consult us for their hardware, nails, ete., before buying, we will save you at least one-third on the bill, we sold yes-| terday a complete outfit fora large dwelling house, and he said our prices were far below anything offer- ed him. We have on hand now, a larger stock of glass and queensware and groceries than we bave ever carried before. Our house is full, every- thing good, fresh and bright, and everything was bought for spot eash, and at manufacturer's price; | there is where we have the advan 1 tage of others, and why we can sell and our promise is out, that we will continue during the year to cut the} prices lower and lower at eve op portunity and we will do it if the people of Bates county do their part, and tbat is, continue to patron- ize us as you have so far this year. | We understand that some merchants | in Butler (who you would think! were too hign minded for such low-} down tricks) are still harping the short weight racket sbout us. If there is anyone who would think for one moment, that we would be foolish enough to let a package go out of our house, one ounce} short in weight, they don't know us. We want it scatter-| ed broad cast all over Bates county that Williams Bros. do an honest} business, that they employ only honest, accommodating clerks, that they treat all alike, rich and poor. A} poor man’s money is as good to us | We jas a rich one’s, and he will receive It is ackn the same accoommodaticn and go a] |treatment. We are trying to up such a large trade that we can | jrun business on the wholesale plan, | \turn goods over to our customers at! ja very small margin above what| they cost us, thereby savipg our customers thousands of dollars each | | year, and leave us a good profit. We don’t want you to understand that | we are working altogether for our| | customer: intere st, but what is our | customer's interest is ours, and the | |plan we sre working on is the only | | possible way to work to the interest | | of both dealer and consumer, and to} |help us out in this. we ask every | | customer to bring their neighbors | | with them. Ask them to try us once | jand if they are not eatistied with the | | goods they get and prices, we will | give them ‘the money back and goods | teo. A few words about produce: | While we are posted at all times | Ej |and know exactly what we can get | = butter, ete. and | 13 for eggs, chickens, | will, a at all times, give the farmers} every cent for their produce we can | get for it, we will meet any other} j price offered them, and will thank | our customers to inform us, at any | beara anyone sbould be giving more, | for we want to know. We under- stand that some parties in Butler, of ; late. have been making it a practice | of stoppne every. one they see. after the produce has all been i traded out. and asking them w it in and what they g them they would have given them moreif they had brought it to them. We will never ;stoop to anything got like this, un jless we were really giving more, land as we have told the People | over and over again that we would | pay them any price offered them. We trust they will bring us all their x ead | Prescription Druggist. | plyerg, pinchers, belt punches, grass | ; Dr. Haddock aud S. Rice, proprie jeral of the members left the caucus, | jmerely as an expression | down constitution, and permanently | totry a bottle of sold and} t — We are paying to-day 64c! ‘for hens and 10c for eggs. We are | still selling the Straight Patent flour lat 75c a sack, best salt $1.30 per |bbl., the western washing machines, , $3.50, boys’ iron express wagons, | |$140 and most everything in our \line we have reduced the price. Will ,give you a list of prices soon Yours Truly, Williams Cash Grocery. HAVE YOUR ss! PRESCRIPTIONS GLARDY & Real Estate Do you want to sell your farm distribution in Iowa, Illinois and who has just associated himself w Towa and Illinois in the real estat FILLED Two doors north of post-office New Home Items. The worst thing about Jeans Pants is that they keep some wife, mother or sister constantly sewing rips and buttons. The best thing | -bout the Bucxsgin Brercues is the! > fact that the buttons stay on and aus don’t rip as long as the pants |; the last of the yunand Henr last. That's a good * while longer |" a than any other pants will wear. ) died from blood poison. Two Rich Hill business men got) Several of folks attend- | on their metal over a trivial matter | ed the co Saturday night. De, son of 90d horse to Saturday evening, and a gun play is made and the ball barely misses it’s mark. The difficulty was between Wonder what has Mr “Grandma” the pondent to the Uni jto Rich Hil!’ tors of harness stores, and was oc casioned by a misunderstanding of | the return of a small article borrow-| Mrs Lyle Robb, of Foster, was vis- ed by one of the gentlemen. The) iting in ourt st of last week. dispute tock place in the doorway | Mother Broo sister of our’L W Jones, is on the siek lis } of the Coleman gallon house. When | Majo nis at South McAllister, the men met Rice claimed the article |}, py" : = ante feces De ATER ‘ |borrowed had not been returned,| We need a good, thorough soaking } and Haddock said it had. Hot words | rain, one that will fill the wells. followed, and Haddock flew into a! Conard Bopp hasa new buggy; « rage and took R Dbethe th | girls look out for a buggy ride. | = “n° ice by the throat)” Ben Hall, of Butler, was in ne with one hand and threatened him | midst the other day in the interest | with a board which he held in the|of the German Insurance company. jotber. At this juncture Coleman Uncle Ben Coldwell has a nice bed . é j of sweet potato plants. and Shepherd, brothers inlaw of | Soine corn in this vieinity is large Rice, interfered and Haddock releas | enough to plow. ed his hold, and with his blood John H Cope has corn for sale, boiling went to the rear of bis shop Mr Seighman, of Virginia, wants | }to buy a good farm horse. and getting a pistol, fired at Shep | Mr Cover, of Butler, was out de- herd as he was taking his departure, | jive ring picture ps that he had ener barely missing him. The marshal ed. He is a dandy workman. | pulled tke beligerents and the matter} James Bell is feeding a fine lot ofl will be settled in the courts. The} @ttie and hogs for the June market. aa ee 5 = Eggs 10c, hens Ge, butter 12h¢ this handy and ready revolver is getting weeks « val oil has advanced to Wea | =— to bea troublesome companion in| gallon. Bates county. Uncle Ben Coldwell wants to trade for a good gentle horse that he can | let the wagon tongue down and that | won't get scared if he forgets to un- | hitch the traces. A Caucus Surprised. Jefferson City, Mo. April 29.—The House Democrats beld a eaucus to Grandma Cope is having a hen! night in the Senate chamber. The/fence put up around her garden. | meeting was supposed to be called |She seems as well as common, ex- | ee consider EWenuTRB GES geEiGa on “et for paralysis of her lower limbs. N. M. Nest Julian’s pass bill. Hardly had the | EY ASSRUBT ODE: members assembled than Pollock of | | zs Ee Dunklin introduced « resolution de-! claring for the free coinage of silver = Seren at ratio of 16 to 1. Except with a| The county S. S. officers are mak- few the resolution was a suprise,and | 28 arrangementa(as fast as possible) | after considerable heated debate sev | to enliet every roids ina 8. 8. “House to House Canvass,” the pur- Sunday Schoo! Association. claiming that they Lad understood | POS® of which is: the meeting had been called for an d entirely different purpose. It was) House of God to Sh aces cd ae rao and child. finally agreed by a vote of 32 to 1| ' : | 2, (four not voting.) to adopt the reso-|. “* To post ae all that the — lution, not as a caucus measure, but | 18 interested in their eternal welfare 3. To makea coer of the visits to each home as will tors and other curistian intelligently fellow up work by further cails and invitations. of opinion of the meeting. Au attempt was | made to pass a resolution to call a! silver convention about June 1 at workers to the good Jefferson City. An adjournment : a ot was had before uction could ve} * To enlighten the Christian taken community and enlist co operation of all Christians to supply the crying need of the times—the extension of the blessings of the Gospel of Jesus | Christ to all mankind. Our own townsasip (Mt. Pleasant) perfected all plans and the canvass: | Another caucus was called for | Wednesday night at which time the State officers will be asked to attend. | wiedzed tonight by prom that everything jinent Democrats oints toa silver convention some fs x“ ee ee Ju : 12 Bete oan Vera icwill, ao the work Wedn = ee May Ist. Many other township . D |are taking hold of the work with Weak, Irritable, Tired | vigor and we trast that all will do} : es }so. Township cfficere, when you “I Was No Good on Earth. | read this . Won't you inaugu- frate this mower in running excursion trains from these states to Catterlin’s, weat side square | agent in Bates Co no trouble to show property. ie" Any Man's Condition | what porportion of men aged 40, 50 i }or 60 years who have accumulated BRUNER, and Loans. . if so list it at once with us. We are now preparing a large amount of advertising matter for Nebraska ith us has e business. Mr. ry Have been engaged Southwest Mo.. J.U. 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We have established twenty branch houses in order that it may get goods c! g & 3 3B s e & ° ke < a a ° @ ~ 3g < 3 a > 2 < =x - & E ) oy 8 st e bk < a = J a 2 ° . 8 ° r | < 2 3 3 5 ry 5 a 2 Z v 8 q = 3 3 Z g = 3 3 3 2 3 3 a 3 i 3 o Bj and can be furnished by any dealer this side of the Rocky Mount. & s = 3 s z ze & a s 3 a g & s @ < Aermotor agent for them. REAL ESTA'PE. Tam now located in ms new office over Join Ifyou want to :- BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE : you should ree me at once, as my facilities orhandling resi estate is beter than any Good rig always ready— Resp’y. A. 8. HOO EREO TS OR END OF 20 YEARS. sufficient propeity to leave their families comfortable should they Tees ent atouce in your- leave them suddenly There Pag sige — —— jtowrship. It pays. Butler has tried it ae uilds up the broken | three times to her entire satisfaction | but few. ‘and the city schools have been in- creased in average attendence during this pericd nearly 100 percent At Creeping sensation in my legs, least one half of this increase is due Slight palpitation of my heart, \ to this canvas. Distracting confusion of the mind, | Write to W. D. Serious loss or lapse of memory. | ee fall Weighted down with care ana OTS'£Red tor tan worry. I completely lost appetite And felt my vitality wearing out, Iwas weak, irritable and tired, My weight was reduced to 160 lbs., | In fact I was no good, on earth. rought me Dr. Miles’ book, “New and Start- Facts," and I finally decidde cures every kind of nervous disease. “About one year ago Iwas afilicted with nervousness, sleeplessness, Yates or the un- information. Tuos. J. Sxrtx, Pres. Bates S. S. Association. | The townships thus far having ar- ‘ranged to make the canvass are: Mt. | Pleasant, Mound, Shawnee, Spruce, | Deepwater, Deer Creek, East Boone and Walnut. Awarded | Highest Honors—World’s Fair. Dr Mrizzs’ Re- orative Nervine. Before I had taken one bottle I could sleep as well a 10-yr.-old boy. My | appetite returned greatly increased. When I had taken the sixth bottle . My weight increased to 176 bs., The seasctionin my legswas gone; | My nerves stcadied completely; My memory was fuily restored. My brain seemed clearer than erer. E feit ae goodas any manon earth. Dr. Miles’ Resterative Nervine is great Caer Z assure sous mua! Au ere it at 1,6 bottles for 3 it will be sent, eilieatti8 receipt of price tne Dr. Medical Co., Elxhart, Ind | Dr. Miles’ Nervine i Restores Health y other adulter. ant. | NDARD. “| find themselves with small side when starting out in life and hoped to become indepedent, but in 20 years the great majority of them means. You, like the majority of them, hope to become independent in 26 years and while you may beeome eo, the oljds are against you. When we kuow this to be a fact is it vot ap parent, is it not wisdom, to remove InsurancePolicy — SOUTHWESTERN WETEAL LIFE will protect your interests while you run this gauntlet strife for 2) years W. 0. RIDDELL, General Agent, Butler poe pes y- ere. are They looked on the bright 2