The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 29, 1900, Page 1

XXII. looker and N We have rag yard, in all w pets. Will be our time this week. We have by far the largest stock ever shown in Butler. All of which was purchased last fall before the advance, and instead of | having to advance the price, in some instances we have been able to lower it. We sell a solid oak 3 piece bed room suit German bevel mirror 20x24 for only $12.98 ; a solid oak polish finest bracket leg 6 foot extension table at - $3.90 8 foot for - - . ‘a 10 foot for - - - - 12 foot for - - - - A good hard wood well made and_fin- ished bed at $1.98. A good cubbard safe at $3.75. A first-class full spring ed velour covered couch at $6.48. An in- grain carpet full yard wide a nice pat- tern at 20c per yard. We have six patterns of art carpet a fine as 46¢ per pa shades. portie RUCS. for rugs to ¢ | pet paper. cloths from o styles) of pic are making a ever heard of FURNITURE AND CARPETS, We can sell you a iace curtain as low jute, moquette, fiber and wire; have a large lot of carpet samples that we sell 8 I I carpet sweepers, carpet beaters and car- We invite your attention to our very large line of lineolums and have just received a new lot (spring BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, The Butler Weekly Times. MARCH,» 2OO< o. 1 wearer at 25c per yard carpets as low at 2le per e have 40 patterns in car- ir; we have a large line of “rs and Jace curtains. We have these in smyrna, lose out. We also carry floor oil ne to four yards wide. We ture mouldings which we price on lower than you Come in and let us tell you about it. trade. We invite you to investigate us. It will pay yo We want your PRODUCE and will trade you anything We want this week 1,000 pounds of BUTTER for whieh we will pay 16c in Butler Cash Department Store ur while to investigate it. gin the store for it. ue. YOOOSOOOOOOOOHOOOOSOOOOOOOOOOGOOHOL ine DISCLOSES CONSPIRACY. DUVALL & PERCIVAL, BUTLER, MISSOURI. | FARM LOANS. We have the cheapest money to loan 3 | ever offered in the county. Call on us. ciesstenoeananeaieesl 7? —— BATTERS IN HER HEAD. Two Negroes Hanged. | Boham, Texas, March 23.—At 2:40 | o'clock to-day Neverson and Frank White, both colored, paid the death penalty for murder. Morris was hanged for murder of i »and child. On the night of , 1899, Neverson Morris went to the home of his wife, who resided in Honey Grove, this county, and dragged her from her bed and with split her head open. Then turning to the bed where his 4-year- old child was sleeping, he dealt it < deadly blow in the head. arrested the following day. At his trial he was found guilty of murder in the first degree and the death pen- alty assessed. His ease was carried to the court of Crminal Appeals, and head, | the decision of the lower court was ~-.? | affirmed. Frank White was murder of B. Johnson, a colored jman. White accompanied Johnson home to spend the night. About daylight White arose, and, with a Farmer Garmont Uses a Neck Yoke to Crush His Wife's Skull. WANTED HIS LITTLE CHILD. Edgerton, Kan., March 23.—Frank 47 Garmont, a farmer living near Media, Kan., called at the home of his fath- er-in-law, James Waddel, living four miles north of here, about 5 o'clock } this afternoon and demanded of his wife, of whom he had been separated F about six months, possession of one of their children. }give up the child he seized a neck yoke and struck her on the mashing her skull and killing her in- Fstantly. Garmont then fled in a southwesterly direction and has not been seen sin The sheriff has been Notified and a coroner's inquest will Upon her refusal to hanged for the be held to-morrow. razor, inflicted mortal wounds on Frank Garmont, who murdered his | * son, after which he robbed him } Wife, is a prominent farmer and owns | of a smi i sum of mon and fled. several fine farms in Douglass avd | Johnson lived three days and made Osage counti He was afull statement to officer White about fifteen ago and during lhis crime. Morris made a farewell talk to an assemblag 000 people, begging them to take arning and obey the laws of the the past few years heand his wife had considerable trouble and have sepa- | tated twice on account, it is alleged, of his ungovernable temper. About | country. two years ago they went to California SSS tolive and while there, it is said, | Garmont had several mild attacks of | insanity, but nothing that was at} | rel that time considered dangerous. His | Star line steamer Switzer’ eSPiie did not like California and partly has arrived from Antwerp, brought Son this account and because of the | Heatly 200 Finns, who are said to be Way Garmont treated he and returned to Kans: id has since deen living with her father. Finns Coming by Hundreds. iladelphia, March 22.—The Red } of the ezar of Russia. The party will Garmont left California shortly | locate in Minnesota, lowa and Mon- alter his wife and has since that time | tna. 8 : . been living on his farm near Media.| | hey claim that the czar, instead Mrs. Garmont was about 45 y of appointing Finns to gevern the old and was the mother of five chil- @ren, all of whom are 1 . ‘'The}Who have dealt harshly with all, § youngest of these, a bo, ‘the one especially the poor. Rather than} iz se, vy submit, it is said, thereis to general exodus to the United States, and certain districts, where the land owned by the royal family. are be- depopulated. ossacks were stationed on the frontier to prevent the Finns’ de- parture, but they crossed the border Murderer spared him. The whole | &t unguarded points and reachec Sountr, shocked and Garmont will ; Belgium, whence they sailed for this bably be captured soon. country. the father was attempting to gain Possession of when he killed her. Mr. Waddel, her father, when he Saw what Garmont was doing, went tohim and remonstrated with him. He drew up the neck yoke and was peoing to brain Mr. Waddel with it, | tt the old man begged hard and the = We are also sole agents in Butler for Rutchers asbests fire proof paint for barns, houses, fences, etc. ) It is worth yo ; > ) , > } : ) ) , Morris | Morris was | d, which } she left him | the first of many thousands fleeing | | from the cruelty of the government | eountry, has appointed Rusisians, | be a} |Mountain Feudists Were | Brought to Frankfort to } Start a Riot and Kill Democratic Legis- lators. Negroes Noted as Marksmen Selected to Assassinate Goebel on the Street. Frankfort, K) March 24.—With | death staring him in the face and be- | tween swiftly recurring hemorrhages |of the lungs, Wharton Golden, the | star witness for the prosecution in the trial of Caleb Powe! 2nd others for complicity in the ass ration of | William Goebel, told to-day in court a thrilling story of an alleged repub- | lican conspiracy in which even Gov. | Taylor was accused of being a partic- | ipant. | _ All his life an ultra-republican, Gol- | den testified that his brother republi- cans had conspired to kill not only Goebel, but enough democratic mem- | bers of the legislature to give the | republicans a majority in the assem- | bly. | Golden knows that he is on the | brink of the grave and -this, it is de- \< lared by the demoeracts, had much 'to do with his desire to testify to | what was practically a confession. GOLDEN BEGINS HIS &TARTLING CON- FESSION. Golden, on taking the stand, said “I have known Caleb Powers about teen years; W. S. Taylor about three vears, I also knew Captain Jno. Powers. Our relations were friendly. During last January and February Il saw Powersevery day and the | others very often. I left Frankfort jon Jan. 18, and went to Harlan }county, then to Laurel | maining there two or eoming then to Frankfort. three days, Thad a | to Harlan county |to Harlan and tell the postmaster, nesses in the contest case. He mountain feudists. My understand-| to the state house. ing was that he wanted men who would go into the legislative hall and kill out men to make it in our favor. I did not see Mr. Hurst in Harlan, but did see H. H. Howard. I told him the kind of witnesses we wanted was men with good Colt’s 45-caliber. It was on Sunday afew days before | Goebel was killed, when this message fort a week before thekilling. Powers was ou the tre He hadtwo men— | Peace and Lockhard. He told me to take care of them. Howard went back to Harlan county and brought 30 more men to Frankf Caleb fort. -owers brought seventy or eighty county, re-} Mr. Hurst, to send down the wit-|to Louisville. I delivered | I returned to Frank- from Knox county. Laurel county contributed some They were selected by James Sparks, the county attor- ney, who came with them. Caleb Powers first told me about bringing the mountain boys. He said: ‘We want a regular army.” Judge Bingham sent some from Bell county. Powers sent meto see Bing- ham and told me to tell him the same as Hurst. He gave me $160 to pay mny expenses. | Altogether there were from twelve to fifteen hundred men. They were} kept at the state house and fed by| Charles Finley, who was secretary of | state under Governor Bradley. We sent most of them back because we were not able to keep them. By we I mean myself, Powers, Charles | Finley, Wm. Culton and W. Ta lor. Taylor, Powersand Finley were | the ones who decided to send the men | back. Finley said we must keep ten or twelve from each county. Taylor} assented, saying the board would be guaranteed in that case. John Powers had charge of the arms. They were checked in the ag- riculture office. y | Altogether, about 175 men remain- | ed. The purpose was to see that we got justice. We didn’t have any talk about what these men were here for. We knew. They were to go tothe legislative hall and clean out these fellows to meke a majority for our side.” “Clean out Col. Campbell. “The democrats,”’ replied the wit- ness. He testified that John Powers and an unknown man had a talk concern- ing the closing of Secretary Powers’ office during the latter’s absence. “‘I had my back to them, said Golden “but when I turned I saw John Pow- ers give the key to the man. John Powerssaid to me: ‘Goebel is going to be killed this morning.’ I said, ‘This miust not be done” He said, ‘Don't get excited; I gave that man the wrong key.’ I said, ‘We must go see Caleb’.” “Do you know a man named Dick Coombs?” asked Attorney Campbell. “TI do; he is colored, and lives in Beattyville. He came down with the Lee contingent.” “Did you have any talk with Caleb or John Powers about Dick CoSmbs?” “No; but they had two negroes there to kill Goebel. John Powers told meso. They were Hockersmith and Dick Coombs. I saw Dick Coombs at the drug store near the depot every morning for a week or so pre- vious to the shooting. Coombs, talk- ing toa man named Wallace, in my presence,;said: ‘—— him: I know him as far as Lean see him and I ean kill him as far as I can see him.” He was talking of Goebel. This conversation was in the adjutant- general’s office. He also said: ‘1 know his every movement and I can hit him with this as far as 1 can see him.’ He carried a Colts that shoots) a Winchester artridge. Coombs wasin the assistant adju- tant-general’s office on the morning of the shooting with Hockersmith and Jim Wallace. I saw the man who got the key from John Powers that morning. The fellow is a little man. “On Tuesday dic and John Powers?” Campbell. “Yes, I did. what fellows?” asked you meet Caleb asked Attorney I saw them in Caleb’s office. -I got a letter from Blakeman that mornir asking me to come to Louisville. Caleb said he was going with me, but said he might want me to go to the mountains. He was talking to Walter Da) nd Gov. Tay- lor. R, H. Howard of Harlancounty came up and he talked to Taylor. He insisted on Taylor calling out the/ | militia. | | Taylor said: ‘My God, you people} | must do something first, adding ‘1) jean get the militia quick enough You fellows must act first.” | | Bythat I understand we fellows | must raise a riot in the senate cham- | iber. Goebel wasthere. As I told you | | this morning. we vuld out | jenough of the legislature there to/ | make it our way.” | “What do you mean by that’ | | “Oh, kill them.” | ‘After Taylor was through talking I urged Powers to take the train with me, as it was due. At La Grange 1} clean conference with Powers before going | learnedthat Senator Goebel had been He told be to go | Shot. We continued on to Louisville. | I do not know why Mr. Powers went | Both John and Caleb | Powers were along. We left for Frank- | - =i structed me to bring regular | fort that afternoon and went directly I did not see Mr. | | Powers again that day.” POWERS HELD WITHOUT BAIL. | Frankfort, Ky —March 27.—Caleb | Powers, the republican secretary of | state, was held without bail to-day |tothe grand jury onthe charge of complicity in the murder of William Goebel. The court room was cleared of all people excepting attorneys, | newspaper correspondents and offi- cers of the court. Ex-Gov. Brown for the defence, announced that no testimony would be introduced for the defense and that they would waive furtherexamination. Thepar don issued to Powers by Governor | | Brown 1900. We Have Money To Loan Upon accepted security and real estate mortgages. ; Borrowers should investigate the unusual advantages offered. Low rates of interest and most favorable terms and conditions. Come in and talk over you prop- osition with us. Famers sank Taylor as tendered by ex Gov 1 barto the prose i and he asked that the defendant be dismissed Maud S. is New York, March famous trotting At 20. 17.—Maud S. the- shew mare, recently Dead Judge Moore said ; property of Robert Bonner, died ; “It is not my belief that. Powers | to-day on Schultz’s stock farm nea fired the shot which killed Governor) , : % Goebel. but from. the ST etnieesy rem Port Chester. She was 26 years oki my opinion that he was connected Her record of 2:08 3-4 was long om with the conspiracy to kill him. I/ broken. shall, therefore, order that he be held over without bail tothe Franklin county grand jury that the case may be further investigated.” , One who has talked this afternoon 4 has made a complete confession. What the con- fession admits is not stated H. E. Youtsey, republican, Auditor Sweeney's private secretary, was ar- rested to-day as the man with the black mustache, whom Goiden men- tioned in his testimony as the man to whom John Powers gave the key Maud 8. once belonged to William H. Vanderbilt. 1t was said that Mer Vanderbilt sold her because he wae | tired of hearing people say when be drove her. “There goes Maud &”™ The real reason, however, he was am noyed by people urging him to race the trotter, and he believed Mr. Bom ner was the only man who could © her and keep the public satistied, ewem ifthe mare no longer appeared im, public events. with Culton iys he to the office of Caleb Powers. Yout- Matrimonial Tangle. sey isa half brother of L. J. Craw-| Milwaukee, Wis., March 17.—Tiee ford, a republican, of Newport. The | strange story of a father winning hile. warrant charges him with being an} gon’s wife from him es | and marrying ore the fact of murder! her, after divorce, is related in am of William Goebel | affidavit filed in the Superior Coar& Not only has the father won bis sou’ | wife but it appears that the son | threatened with prosecution in am | attempt toenforee the payment of alimony ordered when the decree of persons the Kansas City, Pittsburg | divorce was granted. & Gulf railroad, with its track, brid- | _In New York City, on July 4,1896, ges, depot, rolling stock, terminals Eleanore Hasslock became the wilt: z ae of Doctor W. E.A. Wyman. At Mil- and all other properties, was sold | waukee, on May 6, 1899, a divorer for 12‘, million | was granted by default. Ten daym ganization committee. The sale was| later Mrs. Wyman, nee Haseboalik. conducted on the platform of the | again beeame Mrs. Wyman by mame passenger depot by E. H. Stiles, | rying G. R. A. 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