The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 17, 1896, Page 8

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The music department of Butler Academy offers special inducements to those who desire a first-class mu- sical education. Send for catalogue and examine the excellent course in music. A teacher of unquestioned ability, up to date in methods of in- struction, is in charge and will guar- antee satisfaction. Give your son or daughter = definite course, and re- ceive a diploma of graduation, th will be valuable. 40tf. = of the child depends | WINCHESTER vs SHOT GUN and a Horse and Mule Killed. |The Constable of Pleasant Gap Township Warmly Keceiyed by a Mover and His Wife. The quiet and peaceable commu nity of Spruce township was thrown into the wildest excitement Tuesday about noon by a battle royal between a constable and posse on one side, !and a mover and his wife on the other. The constable and posse used shotguns and pistols and the mover and his wife Winchester rifles and revolvers. In all there were about twenty five shots fired, and when the smoke and dust cleared away it was discovered that the mover and his wife were both wounded. The woman was shot with No. 4 shot in the left side and limbs, four or five shots taking effect. Her husband was peppered about the head, face, hands and body with same size shot. Of the con- stable’s posse, Dr. Victor Compton was badly wounded in the back by a bullet from a Winchester. The ball struck him in the back at the crossing of the suspenders and at last reports was not located. The doctors, however, do not think it en tered the cavity and that the wound is not necessarily dangerous The other party in the constable’s posse was shot in the band. The constable’s horse and Dr. Compton's mule were badly shot in the fight and will die. Shortly after the fight runners were sent to the this city for Sheriff Colyer, and ow ing to the wild nature of reports afloat that three men had been killed and that the moving outfit were holding a large posse at bay, the wildest excitement prevailed. The sheriff, from reports,thinking he had a desperate case on his hands, or ganized a posse with all kinds of shooting irons. shot guns, Winches ters and revolvers, and proceeded to the scene of the battle. But before he arrived on the scene the moyers had surrendered and were in the custody of the township officers, who brought them to town and they were placed in jail The fight took place in the road at the Betz mill, about a mile north of Spruce, where the movers had stopped for dinner. The constable said the battle did not last long, but while going on was just about as fierce as the un pleasant affair which took place at Lone Jack. The cause of the trouble originat- ed at the farm ot G. W. Raines, near Pleasant Gap, Sunday afternoon The movers had camped by the road side and Mr Raines returning home caught them, so he says, pilfering corn and apples from his premises. He accosted the mover for depredat ing on his premises and hot words ensued. A warrant was then sworn out for their arrest and when the constable went to their camp Monday morn their guns. stated. reporter: CONSTABLE’S STATEMENT. covered movers camped orchard stealing apples and corn gerve morning. ters. was with me arrest. ‘Two Men Wounded in the Fracas | ing to serve the papers, they defied his authority and stood him oft with The constable of Pleasant Gap is not built out of bluffing material and securing his shotgun, followed the movers, overtaking them as above In regard to the unpleasant affair constable Chas. Settles made the fol- lowing statement of facts to a Times Sunday evening G. W. Rains dis | near his 5 = 1 | s He went before the justice and | f° getting a few apples, to cut tue) toid me if I would surrender Swore out a warrant for their arrest, which was placed in my hands to I went to the samp early Monday | Souneg UTE Mr. Raines and Bill Win- Iread the war- rant te the mover, told him I was the constable and placed him under | He got out of the wagon 7 - with a large revolver in his hand and | ria EG BE Bie started toward Raines. I tol i Pee eo ee i H regis ears 7 ees are BE warrant or say they had one, or|but the man wouldn't have it that in pursuit. Near Spruce I summon- led to my assistance Dr Victor and | Bill Cumpton, Dr. and Marion Cols |: ton and three or four other men. | We overtook the wagon one mile | ~ |north of Spruce taking dinner at the | R | Betz well. | <j I believed them to be desperate |*~ jcharacters and warned my deputies to be on the lookout. | We decided to divide and meet at |‘ the wagon from two directions. One |of my deputies, however, got to the | *~ | wegon ahead of us and ordered ther | |to throw up their hands. Instead | of obeying orders the man ard his |‘ wife got their guns and made him |* | take water, the mover striking him | with a stone as he left. I was in a! - buggy with Dr. Compton and broth er and we hurried toward the camp Getting within a chort Cistance of the wagon the mover turned his pis- | ty tol on us and aimed at Dr. Cumpton |? I believed he intended to shoot. I} > raised my shot gun and let him have; % one barrel. He threw up his hands} and fell across the wagon tongue. Then he raised up with a Winchester and I gave him the contents of the/) other barrel of my gun. K He began shooting at us with his winchester and being out of amuni- |} tion we withdrew. As we started off the wover stenne in the middle of the road aud kept | RQ shooting at us. we When we had gotten about 300)%~ yards away one of the bullets struck |: Dr. Compton in the back. 2 I took the doctor to » house and}. sent for Dr. Boulware and Dr. Choate of Johnntown. Dr Boulware failed to come but Dr. Renick came} — out in his stead. x They searched for the bullet in| Ry Dr. Compton’s body but failed to | 7 find it. $ In the melee my horse was shot)? in the neck and bowels and died. |) Dr. Colson’s mule was sot in the || bowels and will probably die. Dr. Compton's horse was shot across the breast. To be fair in the matter the Times reporter called at the jail to inter- view the prisoners. Here is their statements. The name of the pris oner is Dick Weast. Weast’s STATEMENT. The reporter told Weast he had |< called to get a statement from him}.® in regard to the trouble he wasin. {¢. He peered through the grating |~ ’ and then said: D——n if I tell you.} A little further persuasion and pumping Weast finally unlocked his mouth. My name is Dick Weast. I was bern and raised in Clinton county, |’ Tilinois, am 28 years old. All my | lp, | 1am acoal miner and farmer by WE ARE NOW OUR FALL STOCK & WHICH ISMORE COMPLETE THAN EVER. READY WIT eee) Se WE ARE SHOWING More New people live in Clinton county. SNA RR ORAS! ress Goods More Boots and Shoes More Garpets and Upholstery Goods THAN EVER BEFORE. We invite a comparison of our STOCK and PRICES before buying. © SAME LEVY & COMPANT. Ht s occupation. I was married about 8 years ago to Lillie O'Bannon (the woman with me) in Jacksonport, Arkansas. I never had any trouble before in my my life, never had a fight or shot a man. I don’t smoke, chew,play cards or drink whiskey. When this trou ble came up at Pleasant Gap [ was just simply moving peacably through -|the country, which I had a right to do. We were moving to Trerton, Grundy County. I did not steal apples from Raines orchard, I went over right before his eyes and got a few rotten apples off the ground. That is what start- ed the trouble. _ Rains went off and got warrant | ome fellows down the road with for my arrest. : l their ouan. ' The reason I did not surrender} y asked what was the matter, they to constable when he read the war-|h44 shot the devil out of me and rant I wanted to compromise the why didm@ethes io@moalone aoe ews and got to|_1,teld them I had merely tried to hectee oe Ss a 5 se nce protect myself and did not intend to : 6 “1:17... | Surrender unless I was protected. I I told them if they wanted to kill me would not give up toa mob They get it toact. My woman then came { around the wagon and saw I was bleeding and she pulled her little 38 went through a hedge fence. She | did all the shooting. | After she stopped shooting I} stepped back in the road and there was nobody in sight either north or | south. We then hitched up and drove to, Johnstown and they came after me | again. I didn’t want to fight, I wanted to get out of the country. My woman she fainted and I went | ma yard to get some water. I saw | dogs loose. |turn over my guns they would pro Hcwaaghrnenp saga —— j tect me and see that the tight thing | Rolwaciscllowsanalt was done by me. his e a = : jand they brought me to town. is corn was white, 60 he said. { fee en We then went on to Spruce andj Aste eh es we got out and got dinner | Ail I know about this affair, is Just as we got done eating two|that the fuss started at Pleasant I had my back to; Gap over a peck of rotten apples my ‘skot guns, husband got out of an oreburd. They did not exhibit} We offered to pay for the apples; MES. jmen rode up. what they wanted | point in view. and} ThenI gave up about 50 yards, the mover following. I rode by his side and told him if he | “ee Some country fellows. I got raised the pistol I would kill him.|"> {fom the table and went to the He stopped and went back to the | W#g00 2ed got my winchester anc wagon. I rode back after him and | walked back. told him to put up his gun. did Raines and Winters th | I have got the wrong man. home. poecuuen ene Then they started to drive off and The movers then got their break-|1Jaid my gun down the justice with me. ee orem Hitching : im one in the back with i | to go reg Looe earch eg I started off after the other feliow | Raines to go to the justice office and jand thought I would have a little | settle the matter. We went to Raines’| ™@ttee with him and he broke and | house, but he was not at home ‘ran into a corn field. Tie fellow in Then I told them they would have| the cart drove about three hundred | | to go to the justice office. |yards and met a buggy with two! | Hethen remarked I don’t know | Other men in it with shotzuus i jthat Iam going. I was sitting on/ I saw them coming and I stepped | my horse right behind the wagon. j back to the wagon and picked up my | | At this the woman who was in the Wincbester. Soon as I picked it up! | wagon cussed me and drew a win | ‘hep both leveled their guns. | j chester on me and told metotake| They never said a word about be- | jthe other end of the road. He also ing Officers. Idid not know who! jdrew his pistol and told me to get | they were. ! away, they would not be taken. | One had a dead simon me and I/ ‘ice — and they turned and/| raised my gun and he shot me. Fif-} ve off. After preparing myself I started He | 8¥ns and said I guess Iam mistaken | I spposed they | #y- | He accused my husband of steal- ing his corn and they got into 2 fuss nd my husband wanted to fight They dropped their | 2m Then he went away and came back with another man and said to us this man will tend to yon Some He turned} thing was said about the justice of fast and around in his cart and raised his|the peace and we told them to bring eee ee thoy -woekd ga toy I picked up Mr. rock and shot | bim there and they said no 2 | The constable never read the war rant. We did not draw our guns on the constable We went with the officer to Raines house after breakfast to fixup the matter and pay for the apples. Raines was pot at home !and we drove off. When we got to Spruce and stop | ped for dinner come men came on us from two directions north and | couth. When they got up to our camp they did not say a word, but just raised their guns and shot my hus- bend. I ran eround the wagon to him | j teen shot struck me in the left side.jand saw him bleeding and I gota jthe bottom of the I pulled my gun and could not | small pistol and began shooting at | sale by all responsible druggists. | and becom them. My husband did not shoot. I did puntadd ranithenn holeii=ieenccE | all the shooting on our side,and when and every workman should favor in’ match away. In the meantime I | the dust aud smoke cleared away | capital removal. there was not aman to be seen. They had all run off. In the fight I was shot in the left side and limbs, four or tive shot hit me. We were moving up in north Mis- souri somewhere, had no particular Did not know where we would stop There was another man with the wigon named Ledbetter. Mrr. Weast claimed be was a stranger to her and that she did, ' not know his name. Said ber husband had hired him jat Nevada, to work for them. To care for the team, ete. She fully exhonerated Ledbetter | from any participation in the shoot- ing. Mrs. Weast said she had no re- grets for the part she took in the af- fur and would do the same thing overagain under the same circum- stances. Revorter. You must have had a good dealof grit to face all that shooting. Yes sir, said Mrs. Weast. my peo- ple bad grit and I inherited some of it. WwW. wi amedium sized man and 1149 or 150. He isnot bad looking and hasa pleasant face, Mrs. Weast isa heavy set woman, with keen black eyes and hair. She is quick spoken, and when she express- ed herself about not being sorry for ! what she had done, her piercing black eyes flashed fire and you could plainly see she wasa chip from the old block in Rackensack. While this affair, which is to be re- gretted by all, started from a trivial matter, constable Settle did his duty in the premises as a brave officer,and | the community will sustain him and ; the men whom he deputized to assist him in making the arrest. When Weast was placed under arrest at | Pleasant Gap he should have submit- | He did wrong in defying the) The law! | must be upheld no matter how trivial | ted. authority of the officer. the offense and the officers must be : 5 : a | sustained in the discharge of their duty, no watter the results. The Ladies. The pleasant effect and perfect y with which ladies may use p of Figs, under all conditions, makes it their favorite remedy. To get the true and genuine article, | HIGH OR LOW GRAD! look for the name of the California Fig Syrup Company, printed near for very few dollars. Ism thankfal to sit package. For H have patronized me and hope you | To Workingmen. ; Every contractor, every builder’ Why? Because it means at least $2,600,000 worth off , Work for those who labor, in the} |construction of the new capitol | buildings, business blocks, hotels} | streets and other improvements s. | Sedalia. Capital removal will m0 | and cannot, cost the state one dollar | Sedalia foots the bill. 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