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VOL. XIV.
BUTLER, MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27, 1892.
NO. lO
Missouri
State
CA.FXT.OX,
OF BUTLER, MO.
I
Receives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Money, Makes Collections and
does a General Banking Business.
DEPOSITORY FOR COUNTY rUNDS.
In the Real Estate Loan Department- Make loans
on Real Estate on long or short time at
lowest rates without delay.
anil baby and Ins mother were found
at the adJr.-ss given by the wound
el num. Wh.'ii asked where he was
they said that he left last Light with
hia brolhei-in-law, J. C. Francis to
go to Harrisonville to trads fur a
$110,000. f irai and were expected to rtturn
to-night. The women exhibited
niu :u iit-i vousncss, and were much
reserved in answering questions;
w i-ii told of the !- '-i robbery and
of thf wo'Liding - f .M-yeM m d kill
ing of in.-' io ipa i"u y nn.de no
co urn- nt.
MOB JUSTICE
Hepler, the lhi.il Murderer. Tak
en From Nevmla's J nil
The
and
Allen, Mrs Levina
Itoulware, T C. Physician
liurk, Monroe Farmer
Mallard, .1 N Farmer
Itrown, I.ulu
liartlctt, KdmuntJ Former
I'.ryncr. Marparet
f.heir, II II Farmer
t.'oleinan. Sum'l L
aruthcr. a A Farmer
Jhriatv.J M Physician
tllark, Itobert Farmer
Courtney, J M Stork Dealer
lieerwestcr. John Farmer
liavls.J l: Foreman TiMtsofflcePoweli, Hooker Farmer
Iiutcher, i; 11 rroi .ormai sen i ikoh, ii h ihwi Licr
l)eArmonl,H A, M C Hosier, J M Fanner
Kvana, John Farmer Kecder, Oscar
F.verinirliam, J 1'hyslcian Radford, ( has II Fanner
Frcemuin. t'arollne and Elia Reisner. J W Insurance
Fowler, Isaac snltens, J I. Hanker
STOCK HOLDERS J
Hayes, John C. Slahaek, Ed
ilardlnjrer, W N Fnrmer Smith, i L Liveryman
Hickman, G IS Furniture dealer Smith, John T Lawyer
llenth. I B Starke, L Ii Deputv circuit clerk
Jenkins, J R Cashier Turner, Mrs M K Capitalist
Kinney. Don Am't Cashier Tucker. W E Dentist
l.evy.Sam orv Coods&ClotliingTyler, W It rarmer
Morrison. (' li Farmer
Miller, Alf Farmer
McCrarken, A Farmer
McCracken, Robt Farmer
Owen, M V Farmer
Pharis, John Grocery
Pilaris, i; F urocery
VorlB. Frank M Farmer
VaiiKhan. J M Capitalist
Wyatt, II C Lumber dealer
Weils, Wiley Teacher
West, K G rarmer
Wolfe, i'attie
Walton, Wm E Cashier
Wright . T J Capitalist
Weiner, Max Itoots & Shoes
Walls, Win Farmer
Walton, (i W Farmer
Wails, J T Phvsician
Whipple. N I. Physician
Williams, R V Farmer
The 1.
Butler
pu.at. !
Is about 4,00 1, and we would say at
!e;-t one-halt are trout. led with some at
tention o' t he thr lat and lung-, a- those
complaints are, according to statistic-,
more numerous than otno. We would
advise all oui readers not to neglect the
opportunity to call on their drujiU arid
yet a bottle ot Kemp'. B.t'..im tor the
J throat and lungs. Ti ial size li ce. Large
huttles ;oc and $ I . sold bv au drugs'-
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ni:j)icF.!Ho rovK'ir v.
WM. E. WALTON
BOOKLR POWELL
president
vice-president
J. R. JENKINS
DON KINNEY
castuer
Asst. cashier
Wretch Carried to Lamar
Handed at Midnight.
Lamar, Mo., Jan 23. 1:40 a. in.
Hepler. the double murderer, was
brought to the city to night by a
mob, taken to the t-.au t house yard
mid hanged to a tree. A train from
Nevada was flagged and on it the
murderer was brought by the mob,
arriving here about 1 o'clock.
Nevada, Mo., Jan 22. Hepler, the
Barton county murderer who was
brought hete for safe
FAR
nn
MM
OF BATES COUNTY,
Cash Capital.
$50,000.00
i
j.
E.
K
N. THOMPSON
A. KO-dfcK
A BEMSETT....
1. KIPP
Ir. J. V KK1NGHAM
T. W. SILVERS
President
Vice-President
2t Vice-President
lOllU'l
Secretary
Attorney
taken from j t .l at
I h Daughter of a Mexican War tieti
eral in unlit in Sioux litv.
l!(li:i;i:i)lYTV(I.MI'.N.
The Kxpress I'ar on the Missouri l'm-i-(!
Held Up at Midnight.
Lamar, Mo., Jan. 23. Two very
bold mi u robbed the express cur of
tho Missouri Facific train which
Chter of the Gulf d-decttve servk-e
a-id deputy U. S. Marshal J. B.
Mapcs, who boarded t i - fwt mail,
which arrived in a few minutes, and
f-taitcd in pursuit. At Miami. Kan.,
thi passenger overtook the freight.
The officers here deserted tho for-
i mer and boarded the latter, which
i i i. f n yi
reaciies nei o ai a. ui. i
The men held up tho occupants J 11 V(r.v lV- The officers
of the car. keeinnif them covered ! ttKk possession of th car immedi
, m u
with rvdvert while tho train trav
eled the ten miles between Nheldon
and Lamar
Tho two men of whom only tho
most meager descriptions are attain
able boarded the train at Sheldon.
In the baggage and express car were
Kx press Mussenger Houck, Bag
gago Master Hall and Traveling Pas
senger Agent Charles Barrett.
All were covered with revolvers
and their pockets ransacked. From
Hall $7f was taken, from tho others
small sums of money and some jew
elry Houck was forced to give the com
bination of his safe and this also
was robbed. The auiouut taken
from the safe was small.
One of tho trainmen found them
boarding a passeuger south bound
train, and tho messenger sent tlie
following message to the sheriff and
city marshal at Fort Scott:
"Watch for two men, no baggage,
rough, appearance: one somewhat
taller than the other. They are
wanted for robbing Facific Express,
Missouri Pacific train, here this
morning. Coming toward your city
ou a freight."
MURDER AND RETRIBUTION.
Ft. Scott, Kan., Jan. 23. When
the Ft. Scott Chief of Police receiv
ed the telegram above quoted from
Lamar, Mo., which notified him to
watch for the two desperadoes, he
detailed officer McLemore, colored,
whose beat includes the Kansas City
Ft. Scott aud Memphis station, for
the work. At t:")5 a. m. a freight
train entered the yard and when it
reached the depot two men answer
iug the description of the robbers
alighted from the caboose and pur
chased tickets for Kansas City, after
which they walked north toward a
juuctiou station some dietauce away.
They were followed by McLemore,
who, it is supposed, was not sure of
their identity aud so delayed making
the arrest. After walking fifty yards
the officer called a halt and both
men stopped. He arrested them
and was iu the act of searching oue
when tho other tired upou him with
a 44 calibre revolver, killing him iu
Ktatitly. The murderers then ran.
closely followed by several officers,
attracted by the tiring. But all trace
was lost after a race for half a mile,
arid the policeman returned for re
cruits. The freight train had iu tho mean
time pullep out and the murderers
boarded it, hiding in a box car.
" This tact was reported to Captain
ately behind that in which the ban
dits were. The latter had seen
their pursuers enter the car and at
once ope ned fire upon them. The
officer returned the lire and hhots
were exchanged through the end of
the cars all the way, a distance of
five miles. A dispatch had been
sent to Pleasanton asking that a
posse meet the train.
When the train arrived the car
was surrounded and the inmates
called upon to surrender. Tliev an
swered with Hhots and the posse re
turned the lire. The two imprison
ed men fired from both sides of the
car at random, the fussilade lasting
nearly an hour. Finally a shot fiom
the Winchester of one of the pusse
struck oue of the robbers iu the
head aud killed him. Tho other
bandit then surrendered. He was
eriusly wounded iu the side. He
gave his name as Charles Myers of
Kansas City, Kas., but declined to
reveal that of his dead companion.
The coroner held au inquest on the
body of the dead robber and return
ed a verdict in accordance with the
facts.
Myers was taken back to Fort
Scott.
BOTH BOBBERS HIGHLY CONNECTED.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 23. This
evening the police of Kansas City,
Kas , received a telegram from Chaf.
Myers, dated Pleasanton, Kas., as
follows:
"Tell nay wife that it is us. Tell
her not to come. I am badly wound
ed. Charles Meysrs."
"UV moans that it is Charles
Meyers and James Francis, his
chum. The two men are profession
al gamblers and were supposed to
have plenty of money. Francis is
the man who was killed in the box
car at Pleasanton. He is a cousin
of Governor Fraucis, and greatly re
sembles that official. He is a neph
ew of Judge Cowan of St. Louis,
and is heir to a large landed estate
near Baltimore, Md., which has been
left in trust by his father. Fraucis
getting the proceeds. His wife and
baby were found at Nineteenth and
Troost streets and told the i.ews
The wife is about IS years old and
is verv prettv. Francis is 23 vears
old. Meyers and Francis married
sisters and worked together as gamblers.
Sioux City, la., Jan. 22. An oM
w man lives in a woodshed iu the
rear vi piotninent lawver's residence
n this city. She says she is the
ciatigi.ier oi uenerai l 'uwe-rson oi
Mexican war fame, and as tLe wife
of Colouel Graham followed a reiri-
ment to Mexico whure she and the
laughter of General Taylor carried
a flag over the a alls of Chapultenee
when it had falleu from the hands
of Major Van Dorn. She says her
father was vry rich when he died
an I charges Governor Pattison of
Pennsylvania with keeping her from
her inheritance. She came here
some vears ago lrom rsew Ui leans
where she had lived since the war
and brought with her about !!15,0UO
which she invested iu property.
i liis is all ione and she u; claies
sue was swuuiit-ii oat oi it uv oar-
ties here. Shw has lived iu a filthy
hovel for a long while and depended
on the c unity for a scant supply of
coal and food. The fact of her be
ing kept in such poverty causes in
dignation among the people, and
she will doubtless bo cared for in
the future. She came here with a
a large amount of jewelry and silver
plate and this has gone, but a num
ber of beautiful dresses she still
keeps.
t he Most Pleasing Way.
Of preventing the grippe, colds,
headaches, and fevers is to use the
liquid laxative remedy Syrgp of Figs,
whenever the system needs a gentle,
yet effective cleansing. To be ben
efited one must get the true remedy
manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co. only. For sale by all
druggists iu 50c. and 1 bottles. 7
"Some time ago," says a Missouri
man. "a powerful poor family came
to our town. There was a widow
and three daughters, two of them
about grown. They took up their
quarters iu an old, deserted house,
and it waru't long until we heard
that they hadn't anything to eat.
Well, a lot of us went out to the old
house, and sure enough, there they
were, mighty nigh starved to death.
Right there, sir. we raised $8, and
told the widow we'd see that she
didn't go hungry. The grateful
woman gave the money to her daugh
ter, and said: Lou, you aud the
children run light away down town
and get something with this monsy.'
Well, off the girls put, and we wait
ed to enjoy the pleasure of seeing
them satify their hunger. They
came back after a while, and now,
what do vou reckon thev had bought.
'I have no idea ' Well, sir, they
bought four finger rings and a quart
of molasses The miserable fools.
The poor mother must have been
indignant." You bet she was. 'And
what did she sav'' Whv, she said:
keeping, was
e.3l o'clock to !
night bo a mob of 20-) men lrom!
I
Barton county, who came up on the 1
evening tram and marched straight
to the jail and demanded the pris
oner. The sheriff of Barton county was
h're, and as soon as news of the
mob's arrival reached him he hasten
ed to the jail and a'teinpted to spir
it the prisoner away. He had hard
ly got the man out of the jail before
the mob had surrounded the build
ing. He then retreated into an out
house, but was soon found and his
man taken.
The mob was w ell organized and
seemed disponed to do their work
with as little trouble as possible.
They secured their mau and were
out of town before a hundred of Ne
va la's citizens were aware of their
action and the officers were entirely
unprepared to make any effort at re
sistance. Not a shot was fired
during the time.
OlT DOWN THE RAILROAD.
As soou as their man was secured
the mob marched up Main street,
across the square aud down Cherry
street to the depot. As they march
ed ou the moans aud cries of the
wretched victim could be heard
above the noise
On arriving at the depot the mob
took the railroad track toward Bar
ton county. It was supposed that
they intended to take the prisoner
to the railroad trestle, a quarter of a
mile south of town, as a convenient
place to hang him. But. they march
ed over it without a halt aud kept
on their course. As soon ' as the
alarm was given Captain Mitchell
called out company II. of the nation
al guards of Missouri, aud they set
out in pursuit.
With the militia was sheriff White
and a posse. The pursuing forces
overtook the main body of the mob
at Nassau junction, two miles south
of the city.
Hepler was not there, hewever
Men m the mob declared that he
had been put on a wagon under
guard of a strong body of well arm
ed men and was being sent across
the line into Barton couuty. Ther
at daylight, they said, he should be
hanged near the see ne of his crime.
The militia and the sheriff's posse
gave up the pursuit.
THE WRETCH'S KATE CERTAIN.
That portion of the mob which
was met at Nassau juution llagged
the train between Nevada and La
mar and boarded it.
The mob acted very quietly both
in getting the prisoner and on the
train, but left little doubt that they
intended to make an end of the
wretched Hepler before morning.
A report was current that the mau
would be burned at the stake.
Sheriff Garrett of Barton county
to day had a talk with Hepler in jail,
and th! prisoner confessed to hav
ing murdered the woman and child,
but says he did not know what he
did it for.
The crime of Hepler was a pecu
liarly brutal oue. Last Monday af
ternoon he went to Mrs. Goodley's
house about 4 o'clock in the after
noon end crushed her head with a
DIHECTOWS.
jje ClarkVV i. Farmer and stock raider.
R J Hurley of K. J. Hurley Lumber tin. pan v.
J. K. KoRier. Vice-President nd Farmer.
M S. Kierse.. . Farmer and Stock raiser
E. A. Bennett, of Bennett, Wheeler A Company and -'lid ic:
P. E. Emery. Real Estate Invefinr.
M. G Wilcov Farmer and stockraiser.
V.. M. Gaily, Farmer and stuck Raiser.
T. W. l.eer, -Butler Carriage Works."
t N Tlionipeon. Pr fi tetit, ftirmer and Etockra!e
John Steele, F armer and stockraiser.
J. 1 McKee, Fanner and stockrfciser.
K. l. Kipp, Cashier.
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New Discovery by ftGGident
HAIR OR THE UK, FACE, AIMS OB ANT PART Of TNE PERSON
To Keinoye Missouri of Liabili
ties.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 21. The
fire which burned the University
buildings at Columbia, Mo., destroy
ed a lot of arms and equipments ob-!
tained from the United States gov !
eminent. The State was obligated I "
or double the value of the property.
Senator Cockrell lo day introduced
a bill to relieve the state entirely
from the bond. By virtue of his
position on the military committee, i
he was able to make a favorable re
port on the bill on the bill ahd it
passed. To-morrow the bill will reach '
the house and Mr. Heard will put !
it through there. !
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Meyer.' father is a very wralthy thtse here blamed molasses." Ex. j with a poker and left for dead. Two
stockiuau near Versailles Mo., an"l j i of tLe JWren who were away from
x uoUl,u emeu ij-c a.ig ui iii c a - uujue uia-ji." tut uiscovery ana gave
ieitif s Hood's Sarsapariila. It con-1 the alarm. The hitle trirl. who wai
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joint in Kansas City, Kan. His wife
quers scrofula, salt rheum and all j hurt, recovered consciousness and
other blood diseases. ! said Hepler had committed the deed.
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