The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-12-13
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We take the following from the Llwrcnce
| Journal:
Ii was only last Wednesday that we pub
lishet a letter from Prof. Wetherby, Of Baker
| University, stating that Rev. 5. Wo.pTt, OF
| Clay county. who had left his home with =
| team to visit "A farm he had near Topeka for
| a load of apples, was missing. and IL WAS
! fe irej he had been murdered. Tue fear thus
expressed has turned out 10 be well founded
Not long after the disappearance Of Mr.. " OIL
pert, young man drove his team into Wa-
me,o and soid II. He gave his maine II.
;. True, Of Minneapolis, and said that lac aid
has father had START d 10 Top. ka after apples,
and that they had received a telegram at
RoSSville thai his mother wLs dying; ih1I
the father took the train for home and di-
rected him TO return and sell the team or
or borrow MONEY on it, and he wOIid return
and redeem it, His story was rDtAeT
piIiful, anu as ne claimed TO be OF "a
church family, E-y. N. Bartlett
OF wamego, was looked up. Mr.. Haring, OF
WlIn,- 20, nnalIy bought the team, paiy ing
500 Tor IL S-5 cash, and so Il, pO-iICd Ia iIir
bank; certificates IeI with III. DaTJett, 10 ID
given over when cietr Iitle 10 tiie team could
be gotten.
suspicion soon fastened an this young fell
low ,wilo mad gone west, anu ne w.s 1O.IOw, Il,
arrested, aud lodged la jail IN Louisville, Pot
tOwatOlille couujy. Isi>t wIek com pan! OF
citizens visited The jail, and bringing some
pressure 10 bear ON The young man, He iin.Iiy
confessed Iliat tlie Odd man had been IliuTucr
ed, and told where his body could DE found.
The body was foutd he iIau said. Ii had
been terribly disIgurei Dy Nu.Iurt=s, wolves,
eic., and was t.t6en TO Top ka and buried y
correspondent Of the Commonwealth having
interN !ed True III jaIi, he gave the following
statement, notwithstanding which IL II BE-
ileyed thai he himself l. the murderer, .iS 4Ii~
story abOu meeting Alien, etc, does hot seem
to be very prOb-iDle:
IN JAIL, LOUISVILLE, KAs.,
Nov. 80, 1874. !
In Justice Ia myself give. the following
To toe pubiIsned IN Inc Iopcka Common
wealth. Last night ! gave III oImat.UH 10
tine best Oh my knowledge a. 10 " mere 1 be-
Iieved the old g,ntI"man was that Was muir
dered near WainegO. The way 4 siscsrlaIHed
the Information OF where The body ~
ing il as follows On the nrst of Now nl.f
| boarded the tram at Bavaria with the IN
teutIou OF going To II rt ScoIi, ana wniie on
the train 1 became acquainted win Il yUuII-
man by the name OF Ga. Allen. In CONVEX
s.ltlon with Allen i told him was going -
Fort Scott 10 get some money IiouI ms
broiher-in-law, a.. =. White. He Iold mo iI1
Was going to Manhattan 10 get iii the 4 gFi-
cultural school. In our con ersiItlon lac pro-
posed to procure "A span OF hoIscs and was
To sell them and divide the money between
u.s. The way we were To do ii was that Alien
was 10 get of at MaIilftial, and WIS To get
oil al Rossviile and walk back I'LL met ann,
and il he got a team | WAS 10 dispose of the TAI.
1 walked from I.u>syllI,', and did hot meet
him till got about two miles west OF ~. Ma
rvs. l met hlIn with - ICaIn-hIs first wOrtiS
To me were: Nv ell, True, have gol them,
but not in the way | intended to; / had To- dc
some dirty work. tie Iod me about killing
the odd man, but he uil not know ms name. |
lie tod nie wLvic hc had placed hltu, say ing |
ne was safe nom observation, also telling my |
landmarks SO thati would kHow where he |
WIS, and nofIcet particularly 1 passed |
the place he descrIb,d. tic dII NOS tel Ia, |
how far from the road Ia. living, neither |
"a revolver, and thought lac must nave shot |
him. There WAS a S;ichel containing ciUtiIug
in the wagon the clothing " ~ 10 take with |
me. and was To keep IN my possessions unIlI |
had disposed OF the team, aud then We w'Ir |
10 meet on the train; the c.oihing waS 10 de |
given to Allen. Alien went back 20 II. Ma |
rvs and took Tine evening train |
going west. ! met Allen on the tram |
ne showed me Two wat mes, one g,44a |
the other silver, and asked me what ! " .uId |
give for the clothes ami watches. / IUld H:m
had only thirty dollars, and We rrTaHgeI |
that should give him Sls.JO, ~ ne cp,Iid 90 |
To his brothers AT or mean EliiIiw"o1, ana |
was To Remain there Til after Christmas. 1 ]
was TO dispose of tine clothing ami watches 1
and W. were 10 divide, but ! VS. To deauct |
my Sl7.E0 / lett the SILVER watch with nay |
wife for safe Keeping | irft t'le gold watch |
with Whitehead II co., al SaiIna, 10 bc r. par
ed, as il h.ri stopped running. After | was /
arrested al Salina, 1 told Mr.. CUnuingH.. IA, |
attorney, TO get the watch pari pay Ion |
defending me at the preliminary eXhmi!Ia- |
ton i left the clothing AT my filher-in- |
laws, but wore the uSerIIis. did not make /
a full confession last night as ! WAS terribly |
excited on account Of The great noise in the |
crowd al ound the jail, ana the gentlemen did /
not give time 10 fully writ, and they |
and mad only few minutes To wrlteou my |