The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-11-30
Murderous Encoucrer-Two KentGck
isns XIII Each Other.
From the Louisville Journal, Nov. l3

.a. rom the LOUISVILLE Joufnal NV 10 -
Il correspondent at Fort Craig, New
Mexico whose letter Wa written Oh the III
inst, send. us the par u ars OF a u.,-l
shocking affair that to X p ace between two
officers of the l25th Unitvd States cGloT.d
troops a regiment of which wa, recruited IN
Kentucky In the spring OF 1863 aud which
was sent out to the territory OF New N-xi-
co last summer, where 1t l. now Oh duty -
One of the parties, lsr Lieut.. john K. War
ner, had been for SOME time Suspicious thar
improper intimacy existed betwecu his wife
who had been with him ever ssnce he
joined the regiiuent-and another iif-; lieu
tenant ttfeI. EasethnrstI, lie iinaiiy ht-
came so confirmed IN his SUSPICIOUS tni di-
atl-hed. that he peremptoiiiy tnrned hls
wife away. and instituted proceedings Tor Il
divorce This was little over tao weeks
ago. at Fort Selden, New Mexico. HIS
.site, ihus lst. 10y herself, applied to the
generosity of the officers at the post for a
sum OF money sufficient. 10 cover tn *
pen-es OF journey back to hentucSy. -
She WAS IL native OF Lexington. Ky, where,
it we are not mistaken. she has Il parent or
parents Si.e has triGn'iS also in LoiiS-
vile, and intended to make that her pace
Of aburie. She Succeeded in raising the
necessary amount Of fuois and ..it Fort
Sciden about two weeks ago, en- route, 10y
coach, for the states. shaking oit the cn-t
OF her feet against Johnny, and breath,
ing parting regrets tJr the more tarOl@d
Fred f-.r... fw
No sooner had she left. however, thc:l
frequent letters began to pass between neT-
sell and Haseirurt, VI arner, stuns wei
JEALOUSY. WAS on the G:J rec, aud lue.ttag
Oct 25d, just before tire departure q tbs
northern mail, succeeded 70 get access a
the mail bag, in which .e.janud tl!ree let
.ers directed to Mrs. Jun. Warner =
These he opened and found to be very
glowing, love breathing mis>iye-, w:lfien
ny Lieut. Fred na>ehurst. Shertly atieF,
it being nearly dinner time, he warner
stationed himself at point near which the
officers usually ia ,~ed on their way TO the
mess-rmn,, armed with three or four we'll
! loaded pistols end bowie knife. II. va:
not long before Haselhurst came along,
when Warner confronted him with rero!vcl
| drawn and demanded w hat do you write
letters t. ny wife for 2 and thereupon i'm
mcdiately discharged his revolver, the
charge taking effect in f!ase!hurst : h"d5
inst below the Eowcr ribs. The wonnd va
! helplesslv fatal, bat HaSclhnr>t, not 4
once disabled. retrcatei. into the quarters .
the commanding oflicer OF the pos., wi'cl
W .rc / lar at hand pursued BY Var" r
who continued to fire III hun. though /
seems without effect Two ." three shot
were thus fired inside the room, when ds
eihurst sprang upon Warner aud succeeds
in wrestling away one of his reviewers. :
Thus armed, Haselhurst took deliberate
aim and shot Warner directly through th
heart as TIE latter was standing outside tl'
door preparing another pistol for firing
Warner staggered forward, ufcw HI
| bnwie-knife, stuck it two or three unse> II
the silc of the adobe hui ding, and lei
dead upon the spot. Hasehurst only s'ii'
vived him few hours and now ;hey slcel
side by side. far away from their-hones
each through the influences OF base passion
the Others destroyer Warner S7aa anon
twenty-cight years Old. At the time ot Ill
death he was acting assistant qnartrrna,te
ar Fort Seiden He was a native OF ken
ruckv His father was colonel OF On" /"
the Union Kentucky regiments during th'
war
Mrs. Warner has child about vea
and half old, which she TOOK w.-h her OF
! her Journey. What i,er feeln@s lnnSt h'
when She learns the iorlil result OF he
! nIi,cJutiuct may be imagined .: