Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-01
.Eh. Carpenter MurAer.

have obtained some further particulars re-
laling to the murder of cur fellow citizen,
George F. Carpenter. in Chicago.
As advised BY Telegraph last evening. the
body Of the deceased arrived here BY sx-
press his.morning, 10 charge Of g. q. Da-
vie, Esq, Mr.. Carpenters brOthor in-law,
and L. K. Osborn, Captain Of the Guard Of
Apollo Csmmaadssy Ne, /. Of Chicago.
1t vas met ~ the depot here by the Sir
Knights and other members OF the Masonic
fraternity, and taken to Mr.. Boiss's for pre-
psration. whore large number sf cur citi-
zens called to ses Il.
Spscial praise 10 due to Sir knight, Jas.
Clark. member Of Bslvidsrs Con mandery
No. 9 in Chicago, ILL.,, who 10 member Of
the pelics fsros. for the knightly interest
and courtesy he extended to cur deceased
Sir knight, Geo. r. Carpenter. From the
svidsncss on his person he recognized him
as being Mason, and, more especially .
knight Templar, and . member Of 81.
Simon Of Cyrens Csmmandery No. Q Dav-
snport, Iowa. He tsok immediate charge
81 the body and cared for it in the best pos
sibls msnner. Apollo Commandsry, Of
Chicago, upon being notified Of the facts,
tsok special charge Of his remains, and put
them in charge Of Sir Knight,L. X. Osborn.
Captain Of the Guard, whs accompanied Il
to Davenport. No doubt the prompt &C.
ten Of Commander Gurnsy, Of Apollo
Commandery, will be appropriately consid-
cred BY the Eminent Commander and Sir
Knights OF st. Simon u Cyrsns Com
mandsry. sssee
From Mr.. Davis We learn that the deceased
was known to have taken package OF his
private papers from tho safe Of the Express
Company previous TO bis leaving this city,
and that these are now missing. 1t is sup.
posed that he has given them to some Of
his friends for safs-kseping. Ifsuch is the
case, whoever has them will confer favor
by informing J. @. Csnklin at the Citizens
National Bank.
The funeral will take place on Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'slsck, from the residence
| Of j. O. Conklin, and in accordance with
the known wishes of the deceased, the body
will be buried with Masonic honors. The
ceremonies Of the Knight Tsmplsrs will be
used. The ether Masonic bodies assisting
aud take part in the precsssein. Evsrts
Csmmandsry Of Rock Island, DsMolay
Oommandery Of Muscatins, and Palestine
Commandery Of Iowa City, have been in
formed Of the event, and will probably have
. delegation present. The various Mason
ic bodies Of this city will assemble at the
call Of their proper officers, At the times
and places designated in the calls, to make
arrangements for the funeral. Its expect
ed that every member will be present.
The following from the Chicago Journal
eflast evening will be Of considerable in
tsrest 10 his many friends and acquaint-
ances In this city
About o'clock this morning . watch
man employed At the elevator known as the
Illinois Central Elevator. was about enter
ing the building at door on the east side,
whom he was surprised at seeing man,
with blood on his face, sitting in . leaning
posture on the step, his head resting against
the door post. There was also q pool OF
blood on the ground near tho mans feet.
The watchman, thinking ct fIst glance,
that the man was drunk and asleep, and
had fallen down and hurt himself, ap-
preached for the purpose Of waking him.
He placsd his hand on him and shook him
gently he then discovered that il was
corpse which he was touching, and recoilsd
with horror. Without whiting 70 enter
the elevator, tho wstchman darted toward
the Central Polics Station, and related to
tbs authorities his experience. Action
was taken At once, and Sergeant Macaulay,
accompanied by officers McCabe and Prince,
having procured an express wagon, start ed
to the elevator for the purpose Of procuring
tho remains Of the deceased man. On
reaching the spot indicated by the watch
man, the story which had been told BY the |
latter was found TO be too true, and exam
ination revealed the fact that tho dead |
man had been shct. and, from surrounding
circumstances, evidently by robbsr.
As soon ss possible the remains were
lifted into the express wagon and conveyed |
to the Armory, whore they were laid out /!
in one Of the corridors. Those who ex-
aminsd it concluded At once that foul |
murder had been perpeirated. The right |
pocket Of the pants had been cut open,
apparently in order to get possession of |
a wallet, and a CHASTITY bullet wound |
appears in the right temple Of the deceased.
The officers atated that number of papsrs |
were found on the ground nnear the ole |
vator and not far from the deceased, which |
on examination, showed they were his |
property and had been overhauied by the |
assassin. Az 10 usual, the officers examin- |
ed the pockets OF The deceased. In them |
were found = number of small articles,
such as knils, psneil case, tooshpick, ETC..
tcgsther with two letters, one written by |
Mr.. s. Stevenson, tobacco aud cigar mana |
facturer on Dearborn street, and whieh was |
an Introductory note to Mr.. A. n. Bennett.
commission merchant on LsSalle street.
The other Was also letter Of introduction |
from the same gentleman to Mr. French, ct
the Briggs House. From these letters Il
was ascsrtained that the deceased was
George F. Carpenter, ex-lccaf agent Of the
Asfchapts' Union Expsess Company q
Davsuport. Iowa, 10 whieh city be alss re-
sided With his wife. {A
On his person were found the Masonic
smtlsn's q The Blue Lodge, il the shape
Of sleeve buttons, % also the smblsms Of
the higher bodies of Masonry te ths thirsy.
second degree. These smblsms consisted
Of sleeve buttons, bssastrpis, rings, sas.s
fnD BODY IpRNf1rrsp. L
Early this morning Mr.. Davis, Of this
city, called at the Armoty and inquired If
he might inspect the body Of the deceased
He Was shown into the corridor and ct once
recognized in the blood stained features Of
the mur dered maa thoss u hia bsuthee-in.
law and stated that, - had been suppossd, Il
bis name was 40 given above. Mr.. Davie
was appalled, at the horrid discovery, and !
Was deeply Affected % hs gaxsd on the r.
mains Of his relative. Mr.. Davie ssid that
the deceased cane to this city seos three
weeks ago from, DaSsapsst, lowe, whsgs
he has formerly acted in the capacity
already noted. Owing TO- the eeaeelids-
tion Of the respsctivs express eeapapies,
the otsos Of local agent in Daveopcre was
abolished, and Mr.. Csrpentes Lost his sit-
uation. Leaving his wife in that city, be
came to Chicago to Ssek another appoint.
ment, and took rs quarters a the
Briggs House. About two weeks since,