Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-06
BURNED ALIVE aSss S3,pa.
Pet q. Two Hson..ars To s;,.,,.
Insurance Conpan4.

Insurance COMPANY.
Kansas CRY, Missouri. Feb n
Our city and nei2hhorinsr %f,ta' -,
Kansas have been startled by :, 49,,
ton equa! III horror to III. i:ans!.r -
VeIopElontS. and proving y ,iatt!. Of 10
praVltJ almost Unc1amp!e,l in W. tom,
Annals: Last summer two vof.,r ma
named Winner and hicNutt. 81 ~
! place, obtained 3ri iussIr: No, ,,,;;,v INV.
sa,O11 upon tn" III. q 2I,.t.n;f ..,.-,,.,
| Inc hi'etropoiitan Insurance. C.,ona,,,,
| Ihe rt:hcy WIS i'll favor of :: :. .,.,..,,
! rom tIiy county. Missouri, with ,i,,.,,,
hicNhs' iia'i been r',haD:tirp ft.r 3s,,iI.
year III LeaNenworih and E..4,...
! 10y: III ORDER ia iyrAii.;,. TIE, ,,nIi,.,-
! picH ne 'na'fied jha women il, N,y,,.,-
"eF ia$', aud scun after sn!sI ~; lbs
! paint Shop and went TO Wi,-!.it. = ,.,,.
! "h'' i'"itri',hIng town III Western Kan
sas; much tieGucntcd 10y stock rtssers
/ ilI was accompanied ~ Winner
! ,'uSt t"i"fe Christmas. Winner. cs,;,.
u tSh Ia Kansas titv tDr tie .,T7r..oza
a. appears, ct iin:hnG a Young man Ia
oe lniTu'red, whose body was 10 be
] ph,1eti or rn thc insurance co!pt,a;y
rs Men 't*. lie visited h;r&. aTcTu:t
who HAD remained here. AMI .7;..I.,,.,,
! the plot to her. \ voulcr man mama,
| Sewers was induced to acrn,,,,,,,,..
Winner to Wichita on promise Of \ IL,
! OF work, and was
| HEyER SEEN ALIVE .f~rf,.
he arrived there with Winner y,
was taArn, according t. McNutt's con
tesslon, to the paint shop used by tia
nurderers, and there Gr,Iggod viii,
laudanum. Cords were bound ,:gI,.:r
around his body, his clothing s;t,r;,.r,i
with kerosene, aud the shop vas So ~,
fire. His remains were found amid
the hot embers OF the building. and
were at first supposed to be tllnse al
| NIcNutt
Winner reported that thes- had l,...-,
attacked i'll the night, ATcNrtt Killed.
and the shop robbed AMI burned. 1i,s
story excited suspicion fog :l,esa w,r..
no bruises on his person. univ s!i.!,;
scratches. Mrs. NcNutt at o.i..n claim
ed the $, 900 insurance, and the ius;,-
! rance agent proceeded 10 inyestig .ta
Winner and Mrs. McNutt were arrested
and the woman confessed r4y:la,,. n!
she knew about the fearful transaction
She said she had underworld 10 dis
suade McNutt from committing the
murder, and that Winner was the chief
man III the plot. A letter writer. H."
her on the day OF the tragedy vas IN
tercepted, i'll which she bes0Icl.4 her
husband IN God 5 name To fore g .ho
intended crime, and offered to work ali
her days IL poverty sooner thaa BE
sh0uld make money in s3;ca a Wy.
Mrs. McNntt refused. however. t.
turn States evidence and i appeared
as though Justice might be baked, and
the mystery remains Unreyeaicl.
Ex-Sheriif, William Smith, OF Le;.,-
wick county, got on
on MAcHUTTs TRACK.
! On Tuesday. the 10Th instant. intel
ligence was received that NFrE1tt was
in Missouri. Smith left Wichita on
the train t!lat night, stopped ut Iope-
ka and got a reGuisition from tie
Cow rnor, proceeded to Leayenworth,
and arrived in Plattsh1;rc last Thl.rs-
DAY night. He procured Il horse ana
guide, ana rode al night. hunting fer
the fugitive. lie inquired 1T each
county Post Office whether a man l,y
the nam- Of Leonard received his
mail there or not, fer Leonard was
supposed 10 he McNutt's asSunle.!
naiuc. At the Glen Garden Post OF
Zee, in May county. lie was told t,isf
Leonard got his mail there and worke.!
on a farm about q mile from there
Smith left his horse, and borrowed =
shot gun at the Post Office, for the
purpose, as he said, OF killing chick
ems. On arriving at the farm house.
which stood in c!eaEip2iFc cub hS9, :nE.
! aboId.. Smith passed around to Tie
east side of the farm, where stood p
large barn. He went to the barn,
/ keeping it between himself and McNutt,
and worked bis way cautiously 10 the
! corner Of c0rn-cr3J within twenty
I feet OF where McNutt was chop;,ing.
At the corner of the crip Smith step
ped out, raised his gun, which was
cooked, and told McEntt to throw
| down his axe and hold Up his hands.
| The murderer prompii" obeEcd, and
remarked whi'c being h.3itic:tt:'e3:
, Smith arrived ut Wichita with Ii;
prisoner on Monday night.
THE CONFESSION.
(; MnNutt at once unbosomcd the
fearful! story. lie said that tie
object of the murder was TO have
Sewers s body identified AS his own.
and the 5000 life insurance policy
/ paid II MlF. McNntt. SEWERS vas
! induced 10 go 20 The paint shop. are
! drugScd with lauddniim 80 that be b.
came unconscious. NhnHc aud Iic-
Mutt ted the CORDS around his body.
/ fearing that the iialmcH might awaken
| the victim, and ne would escape fhe
! death TO which tilcv had doomed ;.iu.
They then fired the building. and NJ
Mt n: haS,ehed away To- Missouri, wAi,'
/ inner declared that II" aGd lbs paTi-
ner had been attaeked n Their $hop by
robhefs, aud MGHuit h-;ti ne.-h k',iej
ana r'1fied IN Inc runs. McN u't iiad
hl7ae arrangements WIN Hhl,t: 10
nave I%'tefS SEM 10 INN n.'Gcf ,'i''
Eaihe o. t'S'ta,'th' ana ihlS '"It 1ei;>i 10
BIS partner, WINNER, WHO, hI saF.,.
, was one OF the party engaged ~ the
roDberT OF the treasurer boz a me
Kansas CITY tar year ago last tail.
THREATS or IyScuGNG.