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

Mr.. Barrus without any delay. That gem
tlemau says he has sesn deceased in posses
sion OF 4 watch, but one which had no
guard attached to it, He could not say
whether Or net 1t wss valuable Deubtlsss
Il vas wevth considerable. - IL was not
found on deceased this merning, having
been taken, probably, By the Eobbsr and
uurderer sav.s
Il wss surmssd that the dscsss(1 1fecsiv.
ID . nsnsy package yesterday By the
American Express CemPany. but inquiries
made By our reporter Of Ar. Starring, re-
csiving acd peying seent in thas odice, ~
vealed The facs that suoh had net 6oen the
case. no money Whatever having come to
hand for deceased. Mr.. Starring, who was
slso we'll acquainted with Mr.. Carpenter,
says the latter wsuld net have csms into
the ofiies without speaking to him. and
that hs did not re- him ut oil yesterday.
The deceased Was undoubtedly in the
possession Of money, - is demonstrated BY
has pantaloons pocket having been ripped
open.
WHO NuRpE1ED HIM?
when last seen alive by anybody who
knew him, Mr.. Carpsntsr wss in company
with tall, stout built man Of somewhat
shabby appearance. This was between 7
and 8 o'clock last night. A young man
namei Murphy, who vas acquainted With
The deceased, gives the inlormstion, but 10
unable to say in what direction they walk
cd, or to furnish any other particulars
About half past II o'clock. officers on duty
in the nsighborheod Of Wells stfess heard
two shots fired in the direction. Of the lake
but were dsbarrsd from proceeding thithsr
10 ascertain the cause Of the firing, - It
would have bssn an Infringement of rsguls-
tiono 10 leave their bsats. No weapon wae
feand near the elevator with which the
deed could hsve been committed. Whore
was the watchmsn st the time Of the sheot-
ing! II officers on Wells street could hear
the shots fred, surely BE-, IL net asleep,
could have done 80 too, and weuld have dis
covered the murder q the time Il was per-
pstrated, and possibly have secured tho ar
rest Of The assassin, Or even might have ob-
tanned such information By repairing at
snss - the spot, a. weuld tend u throw
seDe light On the mystesious matter, ulti-
mately leading to the capture Of the mur-
dsrer.
Mr.. Carpenter was very sociable and good
nAtursd, and il Is possible that these
qualities led to his untimsly end, hav-
ing caused him 10 accept the companonship
OF bic murderer, on representations made
by the latter, hundreds of which class Of
vampires are always lying in wait to prey
upon the unwary.
So far. the police have not the slightest
clue TO the mystery, s1espting IN the bare
Information given BY Nj. Murphy, bui de-
teetivss are actively engaged in the solution
Of the tragieal case.
DoS'r TRArN::IN 1aAr CoxPANY.-In &C.
sordancs with the desire expressed in the
following letter. We publish il entire. We
are confident that those to whom II refers
will hvve no difficulty in understanding
Just what it means. and in seeing that their
purposes are fully set forth. Mr.. winans
is resident Of Pleasant Valley, aud well
known there a. . sound, sterling democrat
who has no hesitation in expressing his
honest convictions, ~ will be seen By bis
letter:
Pleasant Valley, April 2Sth 1868.
EDS. DxMCcRAr.-Ny attention has lust
been called to report, in your paper Of the
25th inst, Of a Soldiers and Sailors Con-
vention, in which most unwarrantsd use
Of my name was made. in appointing me as
one OF the delegates 10 the Convention at
Des Moines on the 9Th Of May.
Now Sirs, will you say to the petty fugls-
men Of that Convention who are trying 70
soll out the soldiers to tho radical party,
hat whenever want to go % delegate to
my convention that 10 20 play second tid-
lie to a republican convention, l will let
'bsn know. and until they are 90 informed
will thank ,hsm..not to make use Of my name.
thinking they can use me for any such pur.
pose.
The miserable subtsrfuge, and ssrvile &C
ion OF few comnissariss and epauletted
'oldiers, in thus attempting to draw soldiers
nto this convention at Des Moines, which
but an auxiliary ofthe Republican party,
md gotten up at tho bidding Of Radical
ring masters is deserving OF the contempt
II ali honest men. Say to the little puppets
Who are dancing for the amusement OF the
'lack-snd tan iuglers, that am in better
business than sneaking around looking for
adical crumbs, and therefore, ask them to
elect in my place, some republican, ~ they
re by nature better fitted f. r the business. |
Yours most Respectfully,
JAMES WIsASs.