The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 22, 1895, Page 3

EMMETT DIVERS HANGED To a| BRIDGE. The Negro Murderer of Mrs. J. W. Cain Lynched Near Fulton, Mo. Fulton, Mo., Aug. Divers, the negro brute, who robbed | murdered and then assaulted the | 15.—Emmett | seg 100 farmers and a pee icons! from Fulton who witnessed th | mob’s work. The lynching bad been | ee THE MOB’ 8 The mob ch well at which RENDEZV( ly came from Cald-) place Sheriff Laws, jand Deputy Sheriff Dundon were young wife of J. W. Cain, near here, | three weeks ago, was about 12:30 ce o'clock this morning taken from the officers and hanged to a bridge, eight miles east of this city, and not far from the scene of deed. he the Caldwell bridge. Public indig- nation is very bitter, and excitement is at fever heat. The body placarded, “Legal Execution.” his terrible | was The streets of Fulton are crowded with |TObbery, and when he an excited avd angry populace, who Openly denounce the action of the officers, and the end is not yet DISAPPOINTED MOB. There was a mob of 400 men in and around Fulton all last night who expected to hang the negro when he reached town. They mad when they found they were headed off. A large party of the disappointed mob went out to bring the negro’s body to town threatening to hang it in the court house yard and defy any one to move it. Others are threatening to burn Divers’ body in the court house yard. Saloons have all been closed since Monday. The sounds that emanate from the infuriated crowds bodes ill to certain officers and ex-ofticials, who are openly ac- cused of having, after running the negro all over the country to escape mobs, and after returning him to within a few miles of town, permit- ted him to be executed by a mob. The officers deny this accusation, and assert that they left the train with their prisoner ten miles from Fulton to avoid the lynchers. STORY OF THE LYNCHING. Divers was indicted here at the circuit court on Monday, as told in the Chronicle, and thereupon depu- ty sheriffs J. E. Buckner and J. H. Bachansn started for St. Louis, to bring the murderer to this city for a speedy trial, conviction and exe- cution. ‘The officers, with Divers, left St. Louis, at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, and his departure from this point was promptly wired here. That was the signal for quiet action. Tn a yery few minutes a body of over 50 resolute men had perfected their plans for the lynching of Divers. The original intention was to have taken him to the little frame house in which he murdered Mrs. Cain, and after securely binding his arms and legs to have applied the torch and allowed him to have perished in the flames. The mob met the officers and Divers near this city, and al- though the deputy sheriffs pleaded with the determined crowd to per- mit the law to take its course, and also made effor.s to prevent the res- cue of the prisoner, the lynchers would not listen to the appeals. Deputy Sheriff Buchanan, Ed Buck- ner and J. J. Jackson, of New Flor- ence, the driver, were in a surrey with the negro, en route to Fulton when the party arrived near the bridge and were halted by the lynchers. Divers also begged to be spared, and shrieked for mercy, as ready and strong hands siezed him and dragged him from the officers. A rope was quickly tied around his neck and the mob then burried him off to the convenient bridge where the other end of the rope was fasten- ed to a protecting timber, and Divers was pushed offand the work of the lynchers was completed. Divers cries for mercy filled the air while the mob was preparing his impromptu gallows, and his frantic shouts died away only when his body dangled at the end of the rope beneath the bridge. The mob then went under the bridge to make sure their victim was dead. or 500 were very CHOK&D WITH PaPER. The mob tried to stop Divers’ frantic cries by filling bis mouth | with paper. but the negro continued to fill the air with cries for mercy. “You — brute, you didn’t heed Mre. Cain's appeals, and we will not save you. You will hang for your crime as a warning to others.” The Sheriff with the Coroner and a posse went to the scene of the lynching and later the body of the negro was brought to Fulton. Be sides the lynching party there were hanging occurred at} jof Mrs. | | } }out a damage suit against the city of ment, throwing out the occupants. | killed and a horse thief hanged t wo | ago. It was expected that would be burned at the; stake, as this was the plan agreed upon. Divers DiVERS CRIME. tied at the home J. W. Cain, four miles fr ou Fulton, about 8 o’clock in the morn- ing three weeks ago, and young bride alone. Emmett Divers found t His motive was take a ring from She fought fiercely. 3 overcome and the brute tied Ler hands and then secured the rine. | The fiend io his frenzy after rovbi: the helpless woman, then drew knife from his pocket and ae her throat from ea: As tl wor her bl aulted at | to ear. lay weltering the wreteb criminally and then fled. Her to the house several hours later, was alimest paralyzed by the horrible sight of | his young wife lying dead upon the | floor of the iaalicn. The alarm was given and Emmett Divers, a tough looking young negro living in the neighborhood, was captured. He denied his guilt, bui a mob quickly organized to lynch him. The Sheriff spirited him away to Mexico and thence to New London, Hannibal and Bowling Green to protect him from armed mobs. Divers was final- ly taken to St. Louis’ City Jail for safe keeping. While there he con fessed his guilt. husband returning HIS PARENTS FLEE In the meantime his parents be- coming alarmed over threats of lynching, and fearing the enraged citizens might seek their lives, last week hurriedly removed to Illinois. They passed through St. Louis, but refused to see their monstrous son in jail there. GOV. STONE APPEALS. | Following Divers’ crime, Gaver'| nor Stone wrote appeals to Judge | Hockaday counseling prompt efforts to prevent the disgracing of Callo way County by a lynching. The! Judge indorsed the Governor's ap-; peal, and foratime they had the effect of quieting the mob’s plans. But when it became known that | Divers was to be brought into the county yesterday the feeling for re-| venge overpowered the farmers and | there was a general movement or- ganized for speedy vengeance. Mr Clinton Democrat | Kash W And lo, another damage suit. it would have been remarkable had a term of court gone by with- Clinton on some pretext or other. The city endeavors to the best of its ability to provide sidewalks and highways, and probably in no muni-' cipality in Missouri do these aver: | age up better than in Clinton. But that doesn’t keep off the dam-| age suite—not abit of it. If the) streets of Clinton were paved like} unto those of Jerusalem,there would still be damage suits filed against the city for personal injuries and an average jury would be expected not to let the city escape even if it tock | the paving material to pay off the| judgment The latest suit against the city is that of Mrs. D. Jane Kash,of Johns- town, Bates county, who came to Clinton one day last may and spent the day. As they started out of town on the way home, some child ren playing in the read at the via- duct over the Memphis railroad | tract fiightened the mules and the wagoa rolled down the embank- | | Lately Mre. Cosgrove has o | | tirely ae women. | Investment Company; =A O Welton.. ‘Fancy Groceres, 2 Staple Bete eas Ieniri| a ECSWARF Aw 2 40 i sd Aas VND GLASSWARE ‘: MRS. 8 ATCH'S Ss MISSION. 2s of Her Visit to the President at Buzzard’s ew York, Aug. went to B vc nee of all Ki to Leaveaw | Hatch has collected A ‘Sivan Fortification. Fortify the body against d ‘ by Tutt’s Liver Pills, } 1 lute cure for sick head ia, sour stom ipation, jaun iio ness and all®kindred troubles. “The Fiy-Wiheel of Life” Your Live the fly-wheel oflife. I's ¢ grateful for the a Dr. Tutt; GARS AND TOBACCO, es oa inONEt ane ass Fink’s Leather Tree Saddle the ba “DIRT DEFI iS GREATE A Woman Miner. Out in Jopliv, the center of the great lead and zine regions of Jas- ; per and Newton counties, Missouri, oe ve, one of 8 in mines woman with real estate although she the quietest and world, is a tiny and winning ways. anized a mining sed ex pany It name—the “Helen } has a woman's ar Mining and it is oflicered mines on by women and one of the jits extensive and valuable posses- | sions is called “The New Woman.” Men are allowed only in the hum- ble capacity of pick handlers. And furthermore, it is said to be coming | to the front as a bonanza; many Cin- |cinnati capitalists are investing in this rich country and are casting longing eyes upon the “Helen Mar,” but these angels in bloomers stand | jat the gate, and bar the way deter- minedly. While the idea of a com- pany solely composed of women is a | | novelty, the successful woman miner | is an established fact in that region; one woman receives $800 per week in royalty from her mines; she su- perintends all prospecting herself. I saw in print the other day a plaint from a prizefighter who said tion “above ground;” this looks as if they are beginning to encroach on |the underground occupations, also. Mrs. Kash sustained iajuries which | laid her up for two or three weeks. | The petition which was filed Satur- | day by Mrs. Kash’s counsel, H. F.: Poague, recites to the length of five! | pages the city’s duties as to keeping |¢ Gubie for some time. up the approaches to the yiaduct) and winds up by asking $3,500 dam- ages from the city. | What's thejUse ot Talking About coidsand coughs in the sum- mertime. Yor may haye a tickliug cough or a little cold or baby may have the croup and when it comes you ought toknow that Parks cough Syruy is tha best cure for it. Sold by H. L. Tucker | ginia, struck. Let the fittest suryive.—Exchange. Fifteen hundred miners along the Loup Creek railroad in West Vir- They claim they were |to be paid by the ton and are paid iby the mine car, which holds more than is claimed. Ther has been The men demand a weighman. Removal. We take pleasure in announcing th atter this date Parks Sure c r move all traces of rheum: troubles and liver complaint from the | user. It is the only medicino that is/ guaranteed to cure these diseases or no pay. Parkssure cure is sold by H. L- Tncker, ” salar, MeFarland Bros, the pioneer | harness men of Bates county, keep ey Double wagon harness from $10 to $29; single buggy harness, $7.50 to $25; second hand harness from $3 to $15. all stylesand prices, from the cheapest to best SADDLE” your old harness and trade in on new ones. McFarland Bros. Butler Missouri. ES THE KING.” “SAPOLIO TAN ROYALTY ITSELF. | Parish, La. , at the jail, no violent measures were | April. _ rendezvous. ‘and Will Moak, he was in that disreputable business | Se oe ee eee only because the ladies had crowded | }the men out of every other occupa- | ice for South Side Square Butler Mo. jturn to J.eavenworth, | await the disposition of the case. | Mo. They thing that horse owners need. i Saddles of STEEL FORK “COW BOY made in this country. Bring THEN Father and Son Hanged. Wash, Aug. 14.— Samuel Vinson and his son Charles | were lynched at an early morning for the Ellensburg, hour this | murder duri al Sunday of Mike saloonkeeper. The ringing of the bells was the signal | drunken row on Koplopp., a for the crowd to assemble and within three minutes a mob was} baitering down the doors of the | county jail. It took an hour and a} | half to overpower the guards and| force an entrance to the jail. The} victims were walked three blecks to atree The elder Vinson was soon strung up. Then some one said to Chas Vinson: goend see him.” The two men were hanged on the same limb, their faces six inches apart. Both bodies were allowed to hang after the mob dispersed. The sheriff was aware of the plan to lynch the Vinsons, and although he had extra deputies on undertaken against the mob. Chas. Vinson conspired with others to hold up a Northern Pacific train last He informed on his confed- erates, who were caught at their He had previously served a term at the state prison. Marion, Ill., Aug. 15.—Will Reed. boys residing five miles northeast visited the melon patch of a neigh- bor Fred Crenshaw, about nine o'clock last night. Without any warning teby received the contents of a shot gun, seventeen turkey shot | grandma bad made up a pallet on yields. | the floor, on account of the exces-| market in the northern counties,but |sive heat, and paid no further at- in the central and southern counties “Your pa is up there, | tention to her till about nine o'clock , much is going to waste because of | when she deemed it so very unusual | the glutted market. | covery of a plan to burn his building. | broughtthem to my notice. I feel agnitude of her work ae pe as if | hada new lease of life. tial persons whom induced to ask for exeautive J; Uamlewn, Platte Cannum Cor, Hatch told this Tutt’s Liver Pills Sa at the iz she h Mrs. Indiana's Silver Democrats. August “I stopped at the Parker Ho Indianapolis Ind., li. jin Buzzara’s Bay, nd T h } r re commit that was appeint- OT that I ate ; Use f % nes would like t for tall on ed at the recent conference of free Tae ; Silver Democrats has issued an ad d_ that of 1 the people at the village, he drove dress to the Democrats of beg: The ve ae address is signed by A. W. Clark, of over to see me at the hotel. He was G be W. L. Slinkard f , : Eg . \- Ao 5 ) there thre rters of an hour, and | 2TCeosPurE a linkard oy TeenideHia ncectorc: GET ee Blo ; Josiah Gwing, of New Oils him 5 ry. e Sale er . > . ae ara ee re : 2 and : R. Strouse, of little. Before he left I asked himj|7) sens an a : Roc tis understood that jif he could give me any hope, but vh| the address was written by Senator | Turpi e. It says the mouey question is now the undisputed issue and neoies 'will be the leading issue in the there} next campaign. The committee de- I clares that the issue is the question lof gold and plutocracy on the one {side and bimetallism and the people on the other. In conclusion the address says: “The battle of independent bimet- allism is on, and this great cause will |be won without united action. The power is in the hands of the people. We especially urged upon the friends of independent bimetallism the im- portance of selections of committees ithroughout the state ot Indiana for of Ointments for Catarrh | the purpose of furthering this move- ‘ment forthe common good of all | her people. he said that he must read throug jthe papers before he could answer | He talked advised jthat question. to me, very kindly, and and offered to go up stairs and get the papers I took with me, but he said that he would call for them on his \ way back from his drive. Instead) of his coming, however, Mrs. Per-| rine, Mrs. Cleveland's mother, call- ed in the evening for ihem, bring- ing the children, and I had the pleasure of shaking hands with Miss Ruth and Miss Esther, beautiful little girls.” who are Beware that contain Mercury. as Mercury will surely destroy the sense ot smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through | the mucous surtaces. Such articles should neyer be used except on perscrip- tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten told to the good you can possibly deriye trom them Hall’s Catarrh Cure. manufactured by r, J. Cheney & Co, Toledo O., contains > mercury, and is taken internally, The Minos crop report says: During the past week vegetation and crups have net been retarded | because of drought, except in a few districts in the northern part of the State: Corn is now making a solid growth, being a full setting of ears ng directly upon the blood and mu- oY " ; cous surfaces ot the system, which = filling rapidly. A SOF In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure | much above the average is now prac- be sure youget the genuine. It is taken |4., S al A ; internally and 1s made in Toledo. Ohio, jtically assured. A few chinch bugs joy F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials | are reported in the central and tree. | : ; : warSold by Druggists, price 75¢. per southern counties, but they ore do | bottle. ling slight damage. Threshing is Found Dead this Morning nearly completed, and most of the Mrs. J. R. Hagan, wife of ex-| wheat marketed is graded as No. 2 | Mayor Hagan, deceased, was found+or 3. Much plowing is being done | dead on the floor of her home this} jand as large an acreage of wheat as Mrs. Hagan hus had a, usual will be sown this this fall. | grand daughter, the child of her sor, | | Pastures are g NY good, but in | John Hagan, stopping ber for some cases the stock have to be fed some time past. This morning the ifrom the ensilage fiélds. The second young lady awoke at the usual hour | growth of clover is now nearly ready and saw her grandmother reclining ‘to cut and in some cases it is much on the floor, apparently asleep. The, ‘heavier than the first growth. Late girl that her potatoes and gardens promise good There is but little fruit to morning. wit] naturally inferred that the old lady should still be! Badly Decayed. sleeping that she went to arouse! Wellington, Kas., Aug. 14.—This her, and, failing, at once ran to her | community was horrified by the father’s house and gave the alarm. | chance of discovery at home, two Investigation showed that Mrs. land one half miles north of the town Hagan had been dead several hours. lok the decayed corpse of Mrs. Ben- This revelation caused quite a shock | jamin Hayneeworth. She was over to the family and friends, of course, | 80 years old lived alone. and coroner was at once notified.) hen found the position of her The supposition is that the deceas-| body indicated that she had crawled ed died of heart failure. Mrs. Hagan from her bed to an old chest close was a most estimable lady. 65 years | beside it for the purpose of taking of age, and a member of the Catho-! | some medicine bottles and a cup lic church —R. H. Review, 14th. | with some kind of liquid in it. The All Ready to Barn Down, | body was in a kneeling attitue. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 14 —William | The usual burial rites were neces- Gildhaus, a veteran clothing dealer |*erily dispensed with and the body of Covington, Ky., was forced to as. ¥88 carted to the cemetery after sign today by the sensational dis-| jnight and hurriedly buried. The (old lady had been childish and be- The police discovered elaborate /°83¢ of some trouble with ber son arrangements of buckets of coal oil | ‘who lives in the neighborhood, she |would not allow bim to visit her. | ate disagreed with me. hitting Moak and forty three strik- | and strips of cloth, connecting with | ing Reed. Both boys were badly | piles of clothing. All his policies of hurt. The physicians say that Reed |insurauce were canceled, and he| will probably die. \assigned to D. A. Glenn. He says There are a great many of the un- jhis goods were worth $20,009, and fortunate ones in the world, greater | he had $11,500 insurance. He offers in number than those who are bless. | $500 reward for the arrest and con- ed with good digestion. To some! | vietion of the incendiary. people the greatest misfortune is) Se not to be able to eat everything set before them. “I suffered for years | Coated, 5 with dyspepsia, and everything I! guti and i 1 was in-! general ly | duced to try Simmons Liver Regu-| ing. Yo lator and was cured. I now eat| S072 eee ee everything.”—M. Bright, Madison| \ou fecl vetser i ir eyes 1 Mean); morn- ey are not | t you take If it does not make Sold by 1. L Tucker you feel better it costs you nothing—J/fora eure. The reme: stant relief. The son, not having seen his mother about for several days and becoming alarmed, sent bis hired man over to investigate. Mrs. Haynesworth had undoubt- edly been dead over a week. Important Facte. 1 Ii you have dulla torehead and al trils are frequently st lowed bya disagree discharge; it soreness in the nose and bleeding from the nostrils is otten experienced; 1f you are sensitive to cold in panied with head su re you haye catarrh; mediately) refort to El eavy pain across eves; if the nos- ed up and tel- ’s Cream Balm y Will giye in-