The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-17
WHOLESALE EsAssnaTIoHs IN MISSOURI.

From the Kansas City (Mo.) Times, December 10. !
Mr. Turner, OF Clay or Clinton county. NO., pur
Texas. from Colonel J. q. Mccoy, prominent law
yer and citizen oil Dallas, and some other persons
Inc ca..ie Were ~ pe pa'u LOT ~ ba.ser sprngs
with the beeves 10 receive the money. Mccoy sent
his nephew, quite young man, TO receive his por-
tlon--about 81 $780, After considerable delay,
stoned by having TO send 10 Clay county for the
money young Mccoy. young man named Jones
and three others OF the same party started back on
their way to Texas on the zlst OF October, and
camped at Buckhart's prairie, In Jasper county, Mo.
While sitting around their camp IRE about daylight
next morning they were fired upon by five men, all
OF whom are known and who lived In that neignbor-
hood. Two OF the young men were killed and one NOR
tally wounded. Mccoy and one other escaped and
made their way TO farmhouse In the neighb0rhood.
Soon after their arrival at the farmhouse the 1ve
men who had shot their comrades, accompanied by
three Others, made their appearance. called them
out and demanded their money. Young Mccoy told
them he had left II In the house with the old man
who lived there. They then ordered him to 20 In
ana ge. IL. which he did, and gave II 10 them The
party then took young Mccoy and his companlon to
an old school house and put q guard over them and
the next night and all the next day.
After night Of the second day tue same men. but
increased TO ufisen OF twenty, started WITH the
now three In number. the wounded one having died.
Aficr getting on the way this party Of banditti
the companion of McC6y about rxty-nve dollars.
which he had received ~ wages for driving the cat
tIe Aner taking 1t they commenced firing on him, but
wounded Is not known, as he has not been heard
from since. They then commenced nring 0p young
Mccoy, and, AZ they supposed. despatched him and
left him for dead some time after they had left he
recovered consciousness, and, although terribly
wounded In half dozen places, had strength enough
len to call for help. His shouts were heard by many
IN the vicinity until late In tue night, when they
became fainter and fainter until they finally ceased
from exhaustion. Parties who had heard hts cries
for help were afraid to 20 near hini, fearing that
they might be fired upon by gang Of cutthroas. In
tine morning parties went to him and found him
house Of settler where he now lies. stin alive
but with little no hope OF recovery. When
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and zone one much iarstf amount regular rSS VA
division OF the spoils Tle Doctor however, or one
who claimed that title, obtained the lions share for
his services 10 RELIEVING me one tnat was wounded 90,
surviving companion out and attempted to murder
them were fifteen to eighteen In number, residents
Of that immediate neighborhood and all well known
Three OF the victims had already been despatched,
and their object, doubtless was to destroy ell EVIL
dence against themselves BY despatchlng the survv
ing witnesses to the bloody crime. Finding how
ever that one witness had escaped and the other
covered sufficiently to tell hs tale OF cruelty and
wrong, they have SINCE II 10 said very doubtfully
however,, left the money taken from younn Mccoy
with the Postmaster vt Baxters Springs. deposited
anonymously
have gwen the above details Of this cold blooded
robbery aud murder received from the lips of five
anefent men. who say they ut the tfine camped
Wltnln nearing oI me guns OF tuese muTuCrerS Dut
who. as travellers and strangers, knew at the time
nothing Of what was transpirng. and would not have
dared TO interfere N they had known It,
The St Louis Republican OF the 14th inst. re-
marks upon the ab0ve-"The motive inducing this
cowardy slaughter Ia not mentioned, but from what
IL stated and our knowledge OF other circumstances
we have 40 doubt the driving OF Texas cattle through
that region OF country had something to do with It,
IL IL well known that some Of the citizens OF that sec
tIon declared their Intention long ago TO put stop
to Texas cattle passing through southwest Missouri.
Two years ago, when the bill 10 regulate the
trance Of these cattle into this State before the
Legislature, member OF that body from one OF the
counties adjacent 70 Jasper declared that the people
OF his section intended 10 put stop TO the Texas
cattle business by law II they could, but II that
would not do they would kill the cattle, and II that
failed they would kill the men engaged In tina bust
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