The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 25, 1897, Page 1

Missouri CAPITAL - gURPLUS FUND itory for all funds committed to Or. T. C. Boulware Geo L Smith John Deerwester oR Jenkins J. R. JENKINS, Cashier. i State Ban ves Deposits, Loans money, Issues Drafts and does a general Banking busi fesolicit the accounts of Farmers, Merchants and the public generally rants Depos! accommodation in the way of loans to our customers. f Booker Powell HH Piggott Cc BR Radford TJ Wright - Thanking the public for their confidence and liberal patronage during the past fifteen we solicit a continuance of the same promising honest and coneery ative man- ent, with strict attention always to the wants of our customers. $55,000.09 2,500.00 25: our charge. Weare prepared to ex Frank M Voris JM Christy RG West i Wm E Walton Wm. E. WALTON, President. eC Hume News. EH Petty spent Sunday with home- folks at Sprague. 5 | Hurley Lumber Co received twocar jads of lumber this week. | Mrand Mrs Hunter, of Kansas City, U visited the family of J L Shepherd week. Urs Sellers, of Butler,spent Sunday with old friends in this place. “John Lemaster did some paper- banging in Sprague last week. Ive Ackerman, of the US army at Pileavenworth, spent a few days of this week with his parents, west of town. Freight traffic on the P & G has so jgereased in the past few days that the company has leased 20 engines | fromthe Wabash Co to assist in tak- care of the increased business, \ a Petty, of Greeley, Kansas, was ‘daking hands with old friends here | The city council failed to meet | poday night. Better raise their “Mr Higgins, of Ft Scott, attended lw business here Monday. J Ross Martin, who has been in K } Cattending Medical School the past | iixmonths returned home Saturday it. “Mr Biggs, brother of our townsman IC Biggs, from Virginia, was visiting jonday. JA Brown, of Rich Hill, passed % h here on his way to Port Ar- uesday. Jim thinks of going into business in the deep water city. Buzz Senior, of Kansas City, spent Wednesday with his brothers of this The Cox butcher shop is no more. last Monday it quietly turned its face to the wall, buried its nose in the dust and breathed its last. We hope eon to see it inspired with new lite. Borx—Thursday the 18th inst, to Mrand Mrs Jesse Hutchinson, a fine -taby girl. Mother is doing well but “Jess” is ail out of sorts,—ask him Shaeffer, of Fulton, was upon ourstreets Friday. . Miss Rose O’Brien, of Stotesbury, Was visiting the Misses Bacon, Thurs- Messrs GE ‘Titsworth, J R Lyle, J Olive, Willard Trout, John Foster H C Vansant attended circuit tourt this week. aes supper given by the ladies of the Baptint Bue at Buckles Hall y night was well attended and red by all. nm Johnson, of Versailles, Ky, Wasshaking hands with old friends Saturday. ie Petty, of Sprague, was on our reets Monday evening. The M E Conference, which met week, returned Rev Jas Potter to Mscharge at this place. Thechurch people are to be congratulated this return here. No more interest- _ itgspeaker than he, will be found in Many pulpits in our large cities. Elder Phil Starke filled his appoint- Sent at the Christian church Sunday ‘Morning and evening. Inspired by the big prize fight this )Week, two of our sporting citizens, thirst for gore and fame, arrang- ‘la match and signed articles to fight last Saturday at 4pm, on the —————— } Kansas line west of town. With characteristic blowing they paraded the streets the heroes of the hour, followed and admired by all the boys and loafers in town. Unfortunately for their plans, one of our law-abiding citizens took steps to prevent the fight by notifying the Kansas officials and the would-be fistic heroes were compelled to finish the fight with their mouths. I, T. Mizer. Virginia Items. Kind friends if you wish the Virginia news another year, Do for Aaron what he does for you, tell him all the news you hear. The Times goes to friends in other states that set up till eleven, Hinson. The republicans put out their tick- et last Thursday: trustee, Geo Ruble; justices of the peace, Geo Jenkins and Wintield Steele; assessor, Andy Simpson; collector, Wm Sulens; con- stable, C C Park. T A Wright, D B Nestlerode and @ W Cybert are ali making a brilliant canvass in road district No. 3. andma Nestlerode is improving wily; pain over her eyes still 2s to bother her, Cowan still leads in the race ce of the peace, Simpson returned home : londay where he had isi his aunt, Mrs Jno Lyle. : Vailace’s team ran away with the plow Monday; one of the horses thisr badly washed and the harne as broken up some. Some our farmers sowed oats and planted potatoes. N M Nestlerode has his goods load- ea up ready to start to Illinois. AARON. SCOTT JACKSON AND ALON- ZO WALLING HANGED. Heartless Murderers of Pearl Bryan Dropped to Their Doom Together. ATROCIOUS CRIME EXPIATED. At the End They Declared Their Confessions To read what happens you and what other folks do in 1897. J.S. Pierce of Butler, agent for the Continental Insurance Co. took dinner with Geo Jenkins Tuesday of (last week. Alarge number of neighbors of Mrs Pleasant Hill gathered at her home last Thursday. After debating the subjects of the day in every par- ticular they went to work with their needles and the final outcome was 30 pounds of carpet rags. The follow- ing named persons were present: Grandma Hill, Mesdames Steele, Cor- lett, O’Rourke, Burke, Craig, McEI- roy, Osborne, Eggleson, Leonard, Griffith, Wells, Cowgill, Hardinger; Misses Belle and Josie Eggleson, Belle McElroy and Bertha Caswell. Miss Iva O’Rourke visited her aunt, Mrs Peter Lane, at Butler last week. Wm Gardner moved last Tuesday south of the Tripp school house. Dr Brooks of Amoret, was called to see O M Drysdale Thursday of last week, Life Insurance Agent Hart, of But- ler, was in our city Tuesday of last week, Our merchants received new goods from K C last week. James Walker passed through Vir- ginia Thursday with a drove of mules. Mr W is a good mule buyer and knows a good mule when he sees it. Miss Alice Crooks and Geo Yeoman visited the family of John Cope at New Home Wednesday and Thurs- day of last week. D C Wolfe dug a drean to his ceilar. Rev Blair of Butler, preached at Mount Carmel Sabbath morning and evening. The probibitionists have out their ticket; they are not expecting much ofa rush in their direction, they hope for better things in the future. John Campbell and wife, of Linn county, Kansas, stopped Sabbath night with Aaron. Mr Campbell com- menced his school in the Peter Crook district Monday of this week. As tothe township election there is some speculation that looks a little iike the democrats and republicans have drawn from the pops to make out their tickets; of course the mat- ter is in dispute, but the election will tell the story. It would be rather up hill business for the pops to furnish candidates and then elect all the of- ficers in the township. Wm Bernhardt and wife, of But- ler, visited Mrs Bs. mother, Mrs Amanda Durst, Sabbath. Miss Lena Jenkins is visiting rela- tives at Butler, this week. Morton Jenkins was at Amoret on business last Friday. Miner Pyle, who has been visiting his grand parents, Mr and Mrs Wash- ington, for a week returned to his home at Carterville, Mo., Saturday. og Gm €. VALL &{PERCIVAL, BUTLER,=MO: 4ARM UOANS:,: ‘tolosn on farms at reluced rates of Your notes are payable at our oflice find them here when :due We give to any tim read; jes pepers ate sigan. won? MT The M E conference returned Rev Galbreath to the Butler circuit; he preaches at Virginia next Sabbath at ee M Famuliner has built a new wood house. Tillie and Annie Woody have the whooping cough. Mrs Flora Ayers commenced the spring term of school in the Nestle- rode district Monday. Dora Neel is still on the sick list. S E Cobb, Robert Foster and Roe Burke had stock at the Virginia stock yards Saturday. Grandma Roback, who has been quite sick, is able to be up again. Peter Denning raised his new barn Friday. W D Journey commenced work for Pierce Hackett Monday. Mrs Wm Oldham says some one stole her bee stands one night last week. s Some of the dear people round Vir- ginia think the pops have headed off Aaron on the school commissioner, as he is a great friendto women voting and holding office. The annual meeting of the town- forward and shock Maurer warily As he did so hs burst ship board was held in McFadden’s hali Saturday afternoon. The fol- lowing named persons were appoint- ed judges of the election: C H Mor- rison, C Corlett, W W Park and J M False and Protested Innocence. Newport, Ky., March 20 —Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling were hanged to day at 11:11 a. m. for the murder of Pearl Bryan, January 31, 1896. Although the two men were hung simultaneously from a double trap, that fell by the pressing of one lever, there were no special inci- dents on the gallows. Both men were cool and nervy to the last. They died protesting their innocence and declaring that their confessions were false and made for effect on the Governor. They died with their secrets locked in their breasts so that it may never be known what was done with the head of Pearl Bryan, or where she lodged the two nights previous to her murder, or what part each took in the decapita tion, or whether others are implicat- ed. When it was announced that Gov- ernor Bradley had erdered the exe- cution of both mea to proceed, there were continued shouts of approval. The scaflold was in the court yard, where it could be seen by the many thousands of persons who occupied the eurrounding buildings, and there was a great demonstration when the black flag was hoisted as a signal that the execution was over. These signais were also hoisted in Coving ton and Cincinnati, where there was as much excitement as here over the false reports about Walling being respited for four days. Soon after the execution the crowds dispersed, and the bodies of the men were taken away by their friends, but the large number of lvisitors remained in the city and were found in groups. expressing their satisfaction over the result. Quite a large party of friends of the Bryan family was present from Greencastle, Ind, and they were very much exercised over the suspense of the forenoon. The condemned men spent a rest- less night and were out at 5:30 a. m. An early breakfast served, and the doomed men then indulged in cigars. Both told friends there was nothing true in their last confessions to Gov- ernor Bradley, and that they played them as the last resort. The direc tors of the cemetery at Greencastle, Ind, have refused to let Jackson's body be buried there. Greencastle ia the home of the Bryans. Shortly before the march to the gallows was commenced Deputy Maurer entered the jail with a letter to Walling from his sweetheart, Miss Roberts. In it she sent her love and told him to die game. Walling, after | reading the note, shook hands with | Maurer, and then Jackson stepped by the hand. into tears. Sateteesess ane& TOP HOOD ODOOOOOOIOOS EHH SOLOS eee aeed vIECRE cent in the last four months them at the eame old prices we sold at last year. you 25c to 50c on a pair. We have a large line of first class goods. lines we will! close out at actual cost. ssc Jackaon had made a complete, con- | startled by finding the headless body fession. Goyernor Bradley was then | of 8 young woman in an obscure telegraphed to in the interest of | part of Mr. Locke's farm. It was Walliag. This effort to save Walling | the discovery of the tragic mystery, | delayed the execution, which was to | far more chilling to the lad than the have occurred at 8 o'clock. | winter morning’s air. A corset, a After the death warrant was rea’ found in the vicinity of the headless corpse. The country was etartled and shocked by the details of the cence. Then the march to the gal- lows was made. The prisoners both stood on the | trap with heads bowed in prayer. | finding of the body. Bloodhounds | the son of a Greencastle preacher,- were brought to track down the; whom it was shown saw the murder- Rev. Lee finished the prayer Jackson | dead girl’s murderers, if possible. | ed girl off at the Greencastle depot Walling’e eyes were closed. When, and Walling said their farewells. | They followed the trail to Covington Walling then whispered in a tense| Waterworks Reservoir and refused voice, “Go! Go! Go!” |to go further. The reservoir was They dropped together. Both | promptly drained, but the head of died in great agony. Their necks the girl was not found. were not broken. Jackson was dead} Five days the body lay in the in six minutes. Walling died first.| Newport Morgue unidentified Two THE MURDER OF PEARL BRYAN. | post-mortem examinations were On the night of January 31, 1896,| held. Cocaine was found in the Alonzo Walling and Scott Jackeon| stomach. In the womb was five placed Pearl Bryan in e carriage, | monthe old fetus. drawn by a gray horse and drove} The No. 3 shoe left on the victim's out of Cincinnati across the Ohio in- to Kentucky. When they reacked a lonely epot on the road, bet ween | Alexandria and Newport, they delib- | erately murdered the girl, who was | quick with child, and afterwards! severed the head from the body. Greencastle, where the shoe was The body they left upon the ground. | identified as having been sold to What they did with the head they | Pearl Bryan. The family was notified refused to tell, even when the dead | and went to Newport, where the girl's siater pleaded with them on| body was fully identified bended knees. of Greencastle, Ind , and the discoy- Indiara” @ more inbuman and atrocious crime Walling to day forfeited their lives. | A bag going genes lakes to te wok of the ghastly butchery. Gradually near Fort Thomas, Ky., on Saturday {| young students that fastened the At 9:15 it was announced that|morning, February 1, 1896, was| guilt upon them go strongly that the rapper and a few other things, in-| at 11:32, both declared their inno-| cluding a No. 3 lady’s shoe, were! foot finally led to the identification | of the body as that of Pearl Bryan ery of the murderers. It was etamp- | ed “Lewis & Hayes, Greencastle, | Sheriff Plummer visited | | { | i] | | } | i \ Ono February 6 the country read / The annals of crime do not record | the story of the arrest of Alonzo. | Walling and Scott Jackson, stu- than this one, for which Jackson and | dents at a Cincinnati dental college, | | charged with being the perpetrators - NO ADVANCE IN SHOES AT Adair’ SOSSOSSODECOOSISNS OOSEIOESOTIS- HIEODOEOOESS: You hear the same story everywhere you go that shoes have advanced in price from 10 to 20 per Now we have our shelving loaded down with nice new stylish foot wear, bought long before there was one cent of advance in them WE CAN and WE WILL eell We have the newest things out Mens Fine Shoes, Tans, Oxbloods and Chocolates in the Razor and Coin Toes and the Prices are all right. We will save Ladies Tans, Oxbloods and Chocolates a= All the Newest Toes and Latest Styles C. D. and E. widths, We can suit you. We can Save you Money on Ladies Shoes. Childrens and Misses Shoes We call your special attention to our JITSTRICT 76 SCHOOL SHOE it is the best shoe made for wear es well as style. ‘ : a Look through and see if we have your size in them. sure to give us a look before you buy, it will cost you nothing to see, lt May Save You a Dollar Lane & Adair. SEE OUR PLOW SHOES 806 F0GE 0ESSSS62 6608 ; home and went to Cincinnati to hide ber sheme was laid by Jackson and ss allthe details leaked out, linking a. on the little farm of Mr. Jne. Locke, chain of evidence around the two! Sits alaeaaaRlacatetaenucirssi “t Ss We can fit you We bave a few Be as best efforts of their counsel at the trials could not break it. Their ef- forts to shift the crime upon each other were perhaps the strongest links in the chain that finally drag- ged them upon the scaftold. The blame for the condition Pear) Bryan was in when she left her Walling at the door of Will Wood, He appears, however, to have been the tool of Jackson. Wood was just entering his twentieth year at that time. < The men were tried separately and verdicts of murder in the first de- gree were returned in each case. Their recent alleged confessions were their only hopes of life, and they failed of their purpose because they were utterly inconsistent and contradictory. __Absolutely Pure. cedfor ite great leaves! Celebrat ar a h end healtfulaces. food axaine ast alam and all formset etal HOTAL BAKING POWDER CO. 5. ¥.