Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-09
A STRANGE CLUE.
The Body of the Lexington F1oater
found to be that of Emil Pabst.

From the Kansas City Times, July ~
One by one the mysteries which the ole
Missouri has been giving up so freely of lat,
have been solved. One of the last and mos
bloody, and desperate, apparently, was tina
OF the mysterious t1oster found at Lexing.
ton, with a knife wound in his neck, show.
Ing on medical examination that he had un.
doubleday been murdered. Yesterday the
remaius Of this unknown victim were found
city, whose strange disappearance caused
such a sensation at the time. Pabst was \
German, and about six weeks or two months
ago mysteriously disappeared and nothing
more was heard Of him. He was well.to DO,
and Of the firm Of Anderlick l. Pabst OF the
Old Delmonico saloon. He had been on q
debauch for several days before his disap-
pearance. and suspicion of foul play were
entertained.
The way In which the Identification WAS
made was In every way singular. The nrst
notification his friends had here of the Lex
ington f1oster was the letter written by
Coroner Russell. Of Lafayette county, to
chief Speers and published in the Times of
Thursday, June 80.
Nothing further was thought Of this Until
a German who had seen the body when 1t
was taken from the river ut Lexington came
to this city, and remarked to Mr.. Otto
Bachman, "Why you tave got OH the same
kind OF a shirt stud us. the fellow l saw
pulled out OF the river ut Lexington had.''
The stud alluded to was y round shirt stud
OF Mexican gold, set will q small ruby. Mr..
Bachman had had three of them made In
Santa Fe. and remembered having given one
Of them to m Pabst. MIR. Bachman travels
for the firm of Bachman Bros. The German
alluded to Is also a travelling man, and had
been In Lexington at the time the remains
of the unknown floater were found. Armed
with this information the anxious friends
OF Mr.. Pabst turned to the columns OF the
Times and read the letter above alluded to,
which some of them remembered to have
seen. The account Of the effects OF the de-
ceased, as detailed by the coroner, agreed In
every particular.
On the 4th Sheriff Hale went down to
Lexington and was commissioned by the
friends OF the deceased here to bring up the
effects o: the mysterious loater. He drought
them up yesterday, and they were identified
as those of the missing Pabst. They are the
as described in the coroner's letter. A
watch chain which the deceased wore at the
time OF his death was gone, and 1t could be
seen ~ here it had been torn from the watch.
A number of the friends OF the deceased
called at the sherif's Office to look at the eff
fects during the day. Tn key fitted the
saloon door exactly. There Is no clue to the
murderers, but the theory Of an organized
band of thugs In West Kansas or up the
is greatly strengthened by the dis
Of the mysterious crime.
1t Is hardly necessary to say to the readers
Of the %Intelligencer that we have offered n o
sort of advice to MIR. Standish's bonds.
We know of NJ occasion for
any such thing. Nor have we In any sense
Apologized for Mr.. Standish's dereltction of
duty. On the contrary we said. "F0r the
officer in default no excuse can be offered.''
u mans previous record for integrity is
not to plead for him as a man probably some
sort Of logic may be found why 1t should he
used as a club with which to beat out his
brains.
The Historical Company now engaged In
preparing the history of this county desire
The name and record OF service Of every
citizen OF the county who was a soldier ON
either side during the civil war. Captains
Or other members OF companies having In
musterrolls of different organl-
are requested to report the fact. 1t
Is also requested that where there are none
in existence that the surviving members OF
the companies prepare rolls as perfectly as
can. Let every old soldier see that his
company goes on record In the Forthcoming
In proper shape.