The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 11, 1900, Page 1

Che Butler Week! VOL. XXII. —— a END OF A VIOLENT MAN. tragic Fate of Charles G. Hamilton Revives Old Troubles. €, Times, 9th Etonof Buckner, near Cowet : as St pas given rise to many rumors in » east Jackson county as tothe motive, the main being to the effect that WE Hamilton killed not for @ poney, but rather in a spirit of ven- nee The mere fact that murdered and cast into the fire what jittle money Hamilton had was when peighbors that robbery was not at the bottom of the crime. It is known that when Hamilton left home in his wagon to go Ona prospecting tour through the Indian Territory to] F Texas he took with him about $100. He disposed of his farm near Buckner | and left considerable money behind. | Infact, a gentleman well posted as | “to his financial condition informed a | porter for the Times that previous | togetting into the trouble that is tited below he was probably worth inthe neighborhood of $20,000. The main trouble of the murdered map, although he is said to have al- | ways been quite handy with his gun, ; and never unarmed, began one night inSeptember, 1898, when he fired | intoa buggy containing John Mar- F tinand Mary Charleton, young peo- ple who reside near Buckner. The girl was seriohsly wounded and the om youngman slightly. Hamilton was arrested on the ¢ e of having as- saulted Miss Charleton with intent tokill. His exc for the shooting was that he thought the young peo- ple were stealing He served a nine months In the meantime Miss Charlton having wed him for $4,000 damages, for which amount she was afterward en judgment. He was afterward m arrested for an assault John Martin and was out on a bond of $5,000 at the time he was killed. Diseussing the case, a citizen who tesides in the vicinity of Buckner said yesterday: “‘At the time Ham- ilton shot those young people he did 80 without provocation. He fired | several shots, and only desisted when Martin implored him ,to cease, with etheplea that the woman has been Killed Hamilton assisted the wound- , ed boy to get the half dead girl into Hiehome of a neighbor, aud after tting into the house, finding no- ® ‘ody at home and the girl not dead, idertook to continue his bloody | . p Fork, and was only prevented from " doing so by the arrival of the farmer and his family into whose house the bloody tragedy had been _ aaa eaetns his buggy. sentence. a upon rried.”” 2 Found at Last “Anarticle which pleases 75 per cent “Ror of the people than willany oth- ‘kind of brand of the same product ‘is Yale Coffee. If it is mate right Attialwillconvince you that it is e richest, smoothest and most de- a os coffee you ever drank, sold by MeSpot Cash Store. _ a Emulsion pe Cod Liver Oil is the means |1 | ue, and enjoyment of life to ds: } Putden, it lifts the burden. L, When youlose flesh.it brings umpness of health. ln work is hard . heavy, it makes itis the thin edge of the 8@; the thick end is food. what isthe use ot food, “0 you hate it, and can’t di- it? pcott’s Emulsion of Cod Oil is thefood that maltes et your stomach. Ze not tried it, send for le. its agreeable taste will ou. BOWNE, Chemists, K " rk. $1.00; all drusaists. life The murder of Charles G. Hamil-| his | on his | | person was not molested is sufficient roofin the opinion of his former | | “Honest Labor Bears | There is nothing more | pleasing to look upon than a | hearty, ruddy face. gained by | honest toil. They are the | saving of the nation, these toilers of both sexes, strug- gling for daily bread. to keep up the daily ro store. If purity, or a run down fe | the one remedy is Hood's America’s Greatest Med Poor Blocd —“& poor that in A Hood’s Sarsa the right thing J. Taylor, Woodst tor im- for ood was so er I felt cold. warm. It is Hattie __Hood’s Pills ouly cathartic nd RICH, HE LIVED ON s1.75 A WEEK. | A Miser’s Trunk Contained $100, 000 in Money. Mount Vernon, N. Y., Oct. Howie, for 50 yearsa resident of New 6.—Jas. | Rochelle, died yesterday from old age and exhaustion. He left afortune of | $100,000 tied up in aa old hair trunk. Howie, who was a bachelor, lived on $1.75 a week, and was never known to spend a penny except for one pleasure. He paid $1 a week room rent and allowed himself 10¢ a day for eatables. His breakfast consisted of a cup of coffee, an egg and bread. A bread made up the noon hour meal. Before retiring the old man would eat more bread and an apple. Every summer however, he went to Scotland and visited his He | alwayscrossed the ocean in the steer- age. His fear was that he would die | in the poor house and actually died for want of proper nourishment. 3efore the end came Howie sent for Judge Van Zelm to look after his ef- feets. bowl of soup and ster. | Van Zelm found eight bags of gold eagles, each containing $200: sixty shares of New York, New Haven & | Hartford railroad stock, and seven bank books, showing deposits of | $17,000 in New York City. He had not drawn any interest in thirty a Lovely Face.’”’ | , shop or | comes on, | Ft. Scott and was surprised to hear ia |he had been murdered and that hi jfather v for theerime. (Wright County Men Accused Inile to a ne D BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1900. rhbor, where she finally | TO CLEAR THE ROTHING succeeded in making them under-| COMPLEXION LUKE stand the story of her son’s death | OF CUTICURA He was over led at Mound- BLEMISHES € SOAP ville, Saturday : rnoon by Deputy CFL PLS, Sheriff Slayback who arrested him 3 os j and lodged him in jail | This >was arr sed be- | lfore Gordon and} Ith .D. M. Gibson ty the charge of murd ust him. Jus-| ce r him to jail till oO Is, tl his prelimi | nary ition | 2 The prisover presents more the ap- |pearance of an imbecile than of al the Pore b 7 with it fe jcold blooded murderer. He laughed | | outrig when the dreadful charge of} ¢ thre j : AND CHEM murdering his own son was tol] nave a Clear (x a: | } : . i} jhim by the justice. He seems in no} it | way to realize the enormity of the] crime charged or of the seriousness | } of his own situation | | Later:—John Medlin tur: ed up at} under art NINE INDICTED. | of Smooth Swindle. County Attorney Who Convicted Jack swindle. Owing to the prominence | of the parties, the indictments have caused a sensation. Attorney Ball, Wright county. is one of the indicted Prosecuting of parties. Ball is the man who so suc-} cessfully prosecuted the train rob- bers and Jack Kennedy, Bill} Ryan and others to the penitentiary. | At the very time he was prosecuting these train robbers, it is alleged was in a robbing deal himself of sent he no mean importance. Those who have been arrested are H. H. Ball. J. M. Butcher, George H.! Delaney and two Raney brothers, all prominent Wright county citizens. | Other prominent ones have been in- dicted but not yet arrested. | The scheme of the alleged swindlers was acunning one. Their plan was to pick up a man with no property, can't stand on t silver man. | which Senator Gallig TRUSTS AFTER CHANDLER. |New Hampshire Senator De- clares that He is Marked for Defeat. LEGISLATION IS “PENDING, Railroad Corporations Are Not Pleased at the Veteran's Attitute. Kennedy One. Concord, N. H., Oct. 5. rail-| Springfield, Mo., Oet = 5.—The fed-| road trust declares that William E. | eral grand jury at this place has re-| Chandler shall be returned to| turned indictments against nine] the senate, and » senator admits | Wright county men, who are alleged | the chances are six to one against to have been engaged in an organized | him “On the pretext that Tam a silv man.’ Senator Chandler says. ‘the railroad trust pr ple of New Ham} e that to be relied upon to help maintain aj} «claims to the peo- Lam not | sound curr »wed bimetallist yuld [amana lieve silver become, under st proper restrictions and by interna- is a} s plank; he | The republican state committee, of | ar is chairman, | years. Rochelle, New York City, and also found. estate and nieces in Chicago. old man made another will, leaving his entire fortune to his sister, Mrs. Mary Scott. a poor widow, living at More Battle, Kelso, Scotland. Van Zelm immediately cabled to Mrs. Seott. den. There were to two wills. drawn in 18933 bequeathed the entire Howie’s threee nephews 1898 the Deeds for property in New Pelham, City Island and mortgages were | The In A Thousand Tongues nie E. Sprin Dr. Kin BT or many year: Shesay of Ne Could not express the rapture of An- | Philadelphi ow King’s New Discovery is guaranteed | men women and|to cure all troubles of the throat chest or lungs. Price 50 cents anc Th See : $1.00. Gu teed eh appctite | ¢ $e [SE OO. -G nteed. : » appetite tai S, IC Tl tree at H. L. Tucker, druggist. It. When food is a RT OSS end Charged With Killing His Son. Nevada, Mo., Oct. 6.—Joshua Med-| in St. Joseph all his life lin, an old and well-to-do resident of | vears of age. An inquest was held and | Coal Township, year-old son John. They quarreled, it is said. over a} castor bean patch, and, it is charged, | the old man killed his son and then | flower queen of the Nevada street placed the body in a buggy and | fair closed last night. Miss May Coch- hauled it to a creek, where he sank it in the water. this county, first Judge Discovery deed him a quarter section of rocks and hills, and one of the crowd would of the man, placing his assets as high as $10,000. In this way they sue- ceeded in getting large bills of goods from wholesale houses in Kansas City and St. Louis. After the goods and the profits were divided. amount of $50,000. the mails for fraudulent purposes Wife’sDream Comes True. St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 7.—The wife | of Alexander Davis told her husband When Mrs. Davis awoke feel like sounding i praises |tinctly remembered the dream, but throughout the Universe Dr. | |started to prepare the morning meal. She called to her husband to get up, nd when he started to occurred. The dead man had lived He was 39 and the jury returned a verdict to charged with the murder of his 19-| the effect that the deceased had died | from heart trouble. ' May Cochrane the Winner. Nevada, Mo. 7.—The balloting for |rane being chosen queen. She is the | daughter of Chief Train Dispatcher W. J. Cochrane of the Missouri Pa- When the officers went to arrest | cific at this point, and was the can- him he had left the country. The al-|didate of the Modern Woodmen of leged murder occurred Wednesday, but was not diseovered until to-day when the dead boy’s mother, who is' 952 votes. No other candidates were @ paralytic, managed to crawl a! offered. a America. She received 1.161 votes. Miss Byrd Fisher. the candidate of »|the Nevada Commercial Club, receiv- do so, told} Trial bottlesjhim the dream. He listened intently | |and no sooner had the wife finished | | the narrative than the death of Davis | make a statememt as to the wealth} were received the *‘merchant”’ failed | It is|state by the ¢ said their scheme was worked to the| with alarm. ‘Give these men arbitra- The indictment charges the use of | crat or republican. can receive recog- | 9 when >| this morning that she had dreamed | eured her of a hacking cough that | during the night that he had died. } f shad made life a bur-| Davis was sitting on the bed at the | ys: “Afterallother rem- edies and doctors failed it soon re-| moved the pain in my chest and 1} ean now sleep soundly, something I | dead. can scarcely remember doing before | time, and when the wife had finished | telling the dream he fell to the floor | she dis-| ~ { j | | | | | = | a terrible cross. under the direction of the combine. | has invaded nearly every city and | tional agr nent. a standard part | of our cu “y I oppose the free and unlimited coinage of silver | Into the republican state platform | jz r midnight. was slyly interpolat- | z ique plank. providing arbi-| trarily against any attempt to re-| establish silver asastandard money. 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