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5 J DEATH LIST Two More Added to Roll of Winfield Tragedy, INJURED -NUMBERS 2 7 Thirty -Five Fell Victims to Gilbert Twigg's Gun, CITY IS IN MOURNING Business Is Suspended and J Citizens Seem Paralyzed. sidewalks had been washed and scrubbed thoroughly and the blood in the streets carried away or covered up. CITY IN MOURNING. Winflcld is in mourning. The terrible trasedy which ended the lives of ha'f a dozen of her business men and may cost the lives of others, and the wounding of more than a. score of her people stunned the people. It did more than that; it paralysed them, and -they will not re cover for several days. The country peo ple heard of tho deed, and many drove in to seo the scene and to hear the news of the injured. Business was practically suspended all day yesterday, and many of the business liuuses were draped in mourn'ngr. None cared to buy or sell. The business .men opened their houses as a mere formality, they did not expect customers, and the customers did not come. The people stood in groups about town and listeneJ to tales of the witnesses, and everyone discussed the tragedy. The atmosphere was like that of a funeral. Xone spoke above a low, tone and a smile was seldom seen in the crowd. As new-comers' arrived they went to the scene of the tragedy, looked at tho blood, examined the poles, boxes, windows and buildings for bullet marks, and then joined a group of friends and listened and talked about the deed. Throughout the day the people continued to come and go, stopping to learn the latest news of the injured and hear a little of the dis cussions as to1 the cause Gilbert Twigg had in shooting so wantonly inio a crowd, r-eny of whom " were his friends or ac quaintances. Five of the homes in tho city were draped in crepe early in the morning, and field. I as tho day wore on crepo began to appear OTIS CARTER, billposter, Winfield. i in windows of stores, and later crepe was ROY DAVIS, 15-year-old son of B. F. draped on the fronts of stores and busi- THE DEAD: ( GILBERT TWIGG, the murderer, JWinfield. STERLING RACE, carpenter, Win field. WILL BOWMAN, carpenter, Oxford. DAWSON BILLITER, barber, Win- Davis, wintield, died at 2 a. m. PORT SMiTH died at 3 o'clock from bullet in his brain. ELMER FARNSWORTH died at 8:40 last night. THE FATALLY INJURED: James Clarkson, shot in back and hip. J. B. Story, shot in bowels. Chas. Thomas, shot in spine and arms; six bullets were taken from his back. THE WOUNDED: Mrs. John Ballard, in neck. Rea Oliver, shoulder and hip. Clyde Reed, hip and through kid neys. Wm. Wilkins, knee. Chas. Baird, glancing vound on head. Arthur Hensley, right eye shot out. Wm. Couchman, right arm. Wm. Moore, thigh and shoulder. Arlie Bourgnette, hand. Claude Wagoner, right arm. Sam Compton, leg and hip. E. Ridgevay, back. E. E. Urie, wrist. I H. M. Williams, wrist fractured. Jack Simpson, breast. Mrs. J. P. Brook, arm. Florence Gregg, throat, hand and leg. Ben Armstrong, leg Al. Shoup, leg. Artie Cutler, foot. M. H. MHier, skull torn and wrist fractured. J. W. Paris, flesh wound on forehead. Ben Cochran, flesh vound. Jake Simpson, flesh ( wound,. , Claude Sargent; 'ar.kleidislocated gct-l ttng out of range of guns. Tho death list of the awful tragedy at -vrinfield Thursday evening grows larger. Yesterday three more names were added to it. Roy Davis, the fifteon-year-old son of B. F. Davis, one of the proprietors of the St. James hotel, died yesterday morn ing at 2 o'clock. lie was shot through f.ie neck, arm, shoulder and abdomen. The little follow lingered ilvo hours after the shooting occurred, and a great part of that time he was conscious. Just be fore he passed away the lad snid to his father: "I guess I ought to have stayed at home tonight, father." Tort Smith, the son of a farmer living throe miles south of Wintield. died at 3 olock yesterday afternoon. He had a buHot in his brain and the doctors were ness houses. It was a mark of sym pathy for the bereaved. SHOT AT MURDERER. Xed Otis, a youn&man, a clerk in the "Winfield National bank, says that he took a shot at Gilbert Twigg as he stood at the edge of the sidewalk near the mouth of the alley. It is possible that this shot killed the murderer. Instead of Twigs shooting . himself, as it is claimed by many. The Associated Press dispatches say that Twigg was shot by Officer Nich ols, a colored policeman, but yesterday Nichols denied that he fired a shot. Young Otis may have killed the murderer, but circumstances make this seem impos sible Twigg was standing at the mouth of the alley, on Ninth street, and HO feet west of Main. He was firing east. Mr. Otisi stated yesterday that he was stand ing near the bank entrance when tho shooting began. He ran into the bank and procured a revolver. He went out on Main street and ra nthrough a store build ing south of the bank and came out into the same alley that Twigg was in, but south of the murderer and across Ninth street. Sir. Otis shot once, and under or dinary circumstances if the bulet struck Twigg it should have hit him on the right side. The bullet-hole in the mur derer's temple is on the let sfde, and Twigg must have turned partially around in order to have received the bullet from Otis' gun. This may have been the case. Those who claim that Twigg was killed by other than his own hand point to the fact that Twigg was right-handed and that he would certainly be placed in a very awkward position to lire a snot into bis temple. . .There we.revno powdja- burns '6nh6aclrr'wMc7 that" either the bullet .came from a considerable dis tance or that the gun was held so closs to the head that the powder was forcd into the head, without leaving a burn. This is often the case in suicides. Thero was one empty shell In the revolver, a Smith & Wesson. 32-caliber. The gun s of good quality, and will shoot hard enough to, force the powder into the head if held within two or three ijiches of the temple. Most of the- people of "Winfield believe that Twigg shot himself, after doing all the destruction posibe and real izing that he was being hunted by offi cers. Detcotives Cal Ferguson, Dick Krueger and Officer Nichols ran through a drug store half a block north of Ninth street and came out in the alley after Twfgg fired his last shot and was writhing about on a stouo coping in the alley. He fell so that his head was in a pile of old ! junk, close to the building. JIc lived sm prised that ho lingered so long. He ( thirty minutes after the shooting was was 22 years of age. Elmer Fnrnsworth died about half-past eight o'clock last night. He was shot through tho bowels. Ho rallied yesterday, morning, and for a time the physicians had some hopes of his recovery, but as the day waned the young man suffered a sinking spell and never rallied. Ho was a young business man of Winiield. The list of injured was augmented yes terdav and nearly doubled. Counting the doad. the total number who suffered from j.Qf bullets on buildings and tho holes over. The ofUcers had their guns drawn, but none of them shot at the murderer as they saw him lying In tho alley. FIRE SWEPT STREET. Twigg's lire swept almost all of Ninth street Tho first two shots he fired wore almost directly up the sidewalk and the others, at least ten and possibly a dozen shots were llrcd, were directed at different sections of the street, and the imprints the bullets of Gilbert Twigg is thirty-fi-e, eight dead, three fatally injured, twenty-four more or leas injured, and one young man dislocated his ankle either in getting out of the range of tho bullets or in assisting in caring for the injured, lie has a bad ankle, but does not know just how it happened, as ho was greatly excited. i it Is possible that tho exact number of persons who recelvod wounds will never bo known. It was found yesterday that a number of persons had received very slight wounds, such as small scratches, where bullets just touched them. There was quite a number of these, but ru mors came in of others during tho day and evening. GRUESOME SIGHT IN SUNLIGHT. A reporter for the Eagle took the cirly morning train for -Winfield yesterday, awl It was truly a gruesome sight that ap jieared when the sun rose over tbe city. The pavements ft the town are of stoae. and many holes have been worn in them by the constant use. The shoot 7ng occurred at the corner of Ninth and Main streets, what Is known as the "Iank corner," for three of the banks of the ctty are situated on the corners, and this is the business center of the city. Half a block along the north side of Ninth street, the west side of Main extending either direction from Ninth, the sidewalk was painted a dark crimson where the blood of the ded and woundod bad pmired out. The holes ia the sidewalks were rilled with a solkl clot of Wood, each no showing where the dead or more seriously wounded fell. Blood stains couki be traced on the sice walk for many blocks either way from the scene of the tragedy, showing whera the wounded were carried to hospitals or homes, or where those not seriously Injured walked to their homes. Great pools of blood had formed in the gutter along the south side of Ninth straot, ex tending thirty fet west of Main. It was a sickening sight that could be seen dur ing the early morning hours by the re porter and the citizens of Wintield. and this feature depicted the awful ness of the trsc-dy. The city authorities ordered the side walks washed, and this was done as quickly as possible, but not until hun dreds had seen the crimson sidewalks id pools of blood. By 9 o'clock the through windows show that every inch of the street wns covered during the firing, and It Is really miraculous that a hundred, instead of thirty or forty, were not killed or injured. Each of the shells were loaded with three and a quarter drachms of semi-smokeless powder and twelve No. 5 buckshot. At least 120 bul lets wore fired into the crowd. A pile of dry goods boxes stood on the sidewalk about forty feet oast of the alley. Tho marks of four bullets can bo soon on those. boxes. Ten feet further up tho street is a sign which has five bullet holes in it. This sign was on the edge of the sidewalk. Across Main street and about twenty feet-east of the street on the north side of ninth stands two signs. One Is on a pole eight feet Idgh. About seven feet from the ground is a bul!et hole. A few feet oast of this Is another sign with three bullet holes ia it. The first shot? were fired almost directly down the side walk and struck objects, seventy yards away and on the same side f the street The First National bank stands on the south side of Ninth street and the oast side of Main street. In the west window of tho bank sewn gullet holes werc counted and one struck the woodwork of tho oashler's ofiloe. One of the bullets passed through the triple plate glass but Its force was so far spent that it did not penetrate a screen inside the win dow. The nest door south of the bank is va cant aad six bullet marks were found in the south window nn on tho south wall. The bullets struck tlie stone, leaving blue marks and were pieKed up on the ground battered and flattened. Ia Hudson's jewelry store the second door south of the bank one went through tho door panel. The bullet hole farth est south was seventy-rlve feet south, of the south side of Ninth street and as bullet holes appear In' many objects be tween the jeweiry store and the north side of Ninth street It shows tha.t the murderer did Mi best to kill the greatest numbar of people aa he shot in all di rections. BOWMAN WAS FIRST TO FALL. Will Bowea. a carpenter of Oxford was standing on the edge of the sidewalk about ten feet west of Main street and on the north side of Ninth. He was the first to fall from tbe murderer's gullets. The first shot struck hlnj. Ho staggered, 1 took a step east and fell. , James Clarkson was sitting In a buggy just west of Bowman and he immediately jumped out to assist the wounded man. He just struck the ground when tho second shot was fired and his back was filled with lead. Elmer, Farnsworth, Sterling Race, J. B. Storey and Jas. Gallaway walked down the steps leading to the Odd Fellows hall. Farnsworth and Race were y the lead and both men received a charge of buckshot in the bowels. Race died within a few minutes, Farnsworth lived nearly twenty-four hours. Storey wa3 also fatally injured by the same charao while Jas. GalJaway escaped without a scratch. It is bcKeved that the same charge that, killed Bowman, injured Clarkson and struck the three men com ing down the steps. The second volley was directed more into the rtreet and Rca Oliver, trap drummer of the band and Claud Wag oner also a member of the band fell. At the first two shots the crowd who could not see where the shooting was coming from surged forward but at the second volley the people saw the two band boys fall to the floor and immediate ly the people rushed to places of safety The crowd was so excited that it was impossible to learn who fe'.l as the other volleys were fired. Every one was seek ing some place out of range of the bul lets. Many lay down, some were tram pled on by the surging mass of humanity but the injuries from tho stampede were slight. BOUGHT GUN AUGUST 1. Twig bought the gun and shells which did the terrible work of Winfield and Miller hardware and china dealers. He was in tho store twice that day and finally purchased a doub'o barrel shot gun for fifteen dollars. He then called for two boxes of No. 5 buckshot and Mr. Winfield asked Twiss where he was going to use so much heavy ammunition. Twigg replied "I haven't decided yet." The powder was a seml-smokcless of not extra quality and was packed into the shell. Chief Burt was shown one of the shells last night and after an ex amination stated that many of the peo ple could owe their lives to the fact that the powder was packed Jnto the shells j as It lost some of Its power because of this. Cal Ferguson, a well known detective, was In his rooms on East Ninth street when the first shots rang out. Ho looked out and as the volleys continued to come he took his shot gun and started to find the man who was doing the shooting. Mr. Ferguson seated to the Eagle that the first thought that came to him was that there was an attempt to rob the bank and the shooting was done to scare the people. He rushed into Main street and then through the drug store Into the alley where Twigg was getting In his deadly work. HAD AN HALLUCINATION. That Twigg was insane or was suffer ing under a haluclnation that the people of Winfield were down on him and that he was being followed Is borne out by his letter published in yesterday's Eagle, and tho fact that he told a number of persons In Winfield that ho was being fol lowed. He laid all his troubles to his love affairs, of which he had a number, but the one that troubled him most was the ono eight or nine years ago when he was jilted by a Miss Jesse Hamilton. seemed under the impression that the friends of this young lady were follow ing him about and he told Frank Balllen, a fellow employe of tho Baden mills, that the friends of this girl followed him from place to place, and even to the Phil ippines. Twigg was raised about fifteen miles north of Winfield and spent the greater part of his life in that section. He learn ed the miller's trade near Winfield. Dur ing the past eight or, ten years ho has traveled about extensively. He served in the army in Cuba and tho Philippines. Chaunce Wells, a well known young man of Winfield. was Twigg's bosom friend and probably knew him better than any other man in the town. When Twigg left Winfield last, some two or three years ago, ho was the same jovial, com panionable fellow. After serving In the Philippines he worked in Great Falls, luont., and September a year ago wrote to Chawce Wells. This letter was a very good one and shows nothing to indicate that he was insane. It is as good a social letter as any on would be likely to find. He returned to Winfield on Decoration Day and Mr. Wells said that he was not CUTTING PLATE GLASS A good many people watched the glass cutter cut the plate glass for our new front last night. There's quite a risk in cutting plate glass and everybody knew it. But the cutter knew his busi ness. Same way with Clothing. If the tailor knows his business you don't run any riskin wear ing the clothes he makes. H. & H. Clothing is made of the best materials and by the best tailors tailors who know their business. That's why it's the best Clothing made. HERMAN & MESS SELL THE BEST CHARLES Y0UNGH51M, Proprietor, 114 North Main Street. Wichita. Kansas. NO DULL SEASON HERE Our Cut Price Sale on Suits and Trousers makes lively selling, LOW PRICES ARE DOING IT. Come in and see for yourself. New Fall Goods Arriving Our advance showing of New Fall Hats and Fancy Shirts await your choosing. Big Cut Prices on Suits for only a few more days, Big Cut in Price on AH Oxfords Sole Agents for Walk0ver Shoes f Nothing More Wq run a Drug: Store, and noth ing more. Ask your physician if he can recommend us to fill your Prescriptions. THE W. J. FRAZIER DRUG CO. Prescription Specialists, Telephone 161. 117 E. Douglas Ave. We call for Prescriptions and de liver Medicine. HOUSEHOLD BRUSHES Tooth Nail Hair Cloth Hat Shoe Baby The most reUahlo. quality to be found in all the world. Every ono guaranteed and returnable if not satisfac tory. American and foreign makes. Notice Until our New Room is finished we will occupy Sample Room 6 Carey Hotel J. Giosser Co. THE IDEAL PHARMACY Quick Delivery. 134 Nortn Main. Phone 2S0. In order that everyone may become familiar with the merits of tho PURE DISTILLED AERATED W ATE It, we wil serve it FREE on Sat- t urday. ice cold, to all our! patrons. m HIGGINSON'S UP-TO-DATE PHARMACY Sm -4 North Main Street tho same man. lie had the air of a hunt- ' ed man and was continually telling his . troubles to his friends, who tired of this 1 and often passed him by. Many of Twigg's personal friends believe that the young man became addicted to the use of cocaine or morphine while in the army, and he thus became a crazed man. Ho has been seen recently walking down the strcfts of "Wi-fifM, paying attention to no one. not even speaking to friends and seemtd d p in Uvufiht. Elmer Famsw..rths father and mother were on their way to California and tele- Contmucd on Eighth Page. Ne mil w York Cloak 147 North Main Street NEW STORE WITH NEW GOOD OLD STOCK Co. NO i Evervth Ladies' Readv-to-Wear Garments, Ladies $ j 0 . j 1 auor-iviaae OKirts, waists ana vvrappeis. j We will show five hundred different styles of the very latest new fall fabrics, the best and most fashionable that are 5 produced for suits to order. We will guarantee to fit any and j every form and our motto will be to please. We invite the ladies of Wichita and vicinity to visit our store and feast your eyes on the new things for fall wear. We will show you a grand display of the ultra fashionable apparel for Ladies Autumn Wear and will carry the most complete stock of Ladies' and Misses Ready-to-Wear Apparel ever shown in Wichita. Ladies Tailor Suits to order a speci alty. Again we invite you to attend Our Opening Today August 15th MUSIC diicSiSS39m??999?9? S. BELLER, Prop. 75 I LAST CHANCE To secure you. a Medium or Light Wigkt Suit at less, than cost of production On Saturday, August 15, and continuing till all are sold, oger --icn o uaa suits, air sizts, out omy one or a jmhu, m unfinished and smooth worsteds, allwool cheviots, fancy mixtures, fine series anr? rnssimeres. elef2ntlv tailored throughout, vtith. vary best o linings and trimmings. Aiiese suits represent me newest auu best o this season's goods, being one suit of a kind left from our lines' ot hand-tailored cloth ing that sold for $10k $12.0 $15 and $1S Your choice -while they last only, SEE DISPLAY IN EAST WINDOJ NEW STYLES IN FALL HATS Are now oa display, V.re invite you to call. Try them on, and get our prices. An elegant lino oi them displayed in west window Tlieultotr Tour dollar' vcectk or woa7 bk. 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Our Suits are creating great interest of late. Hkva you become, acquainted with them? Exceptionally Good Values For the Prices Today Holmes & Jones A3IEBICA" CLOTHIEIIS Where Things Are Found As AdvertlsL 211 East Douglas Avenue-, Wichita, Kansas "EAST. WEST, HOME Ift BEST - IF KEPT CLEAN WITH SAPOL 4 w i 4 1 w 'A T