The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-16
GENERAL NEWS
Double killing,

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Nov. 14.-This city
was thrown into an intense state of eX-
element this morning by the reported
discovery of two dead men on south
Sixth street.
The dead men were Joe Hughes and
Marker Davis, brOIhers-in-law, noted
gamblers, crooks and confidence men.
They, with q third party named Shanks,
had been gambling at Joe Cud-
more's saloon, in the extreme southern
part of the city, up to the hour of
O'Clock in the morning. Shanks having
lost somewhat heavily during the night,
lett Hughes and Davis in anything but
pleasant humOr or placid state of
mind. Shortly afterward Hughes and
Davis left for home, and CudmOre be-
gan to close up his house. He had just
finished closing the shutters and stepped
out of the door when he heard
FOUR SHOTS.
fired in rapid succession few blocks
up the street. Being accustomed to
Ehear such things every night in the
week, he paid but little attention to the
shots; he leisurely locked the door and
proceeded up the street toward his
| home. When in few yards of his
residence and directly opposite the
home of Hughes and Davis, he came
upon the PROSTATE body of a man whom
he suspected drunk. He gave him q
slight kick, and, receiving nothing but
gurgling sound, stopped TO examine
the mans features, when to his horror
he discovered the
BLOODY AND MANGLED
face of Davis. Rushing across the street
to arouse Davis family, he stumbled
upon the dead body of Hughes lying at
/ the gate. After rOusing the household
Cudmore sought the Union depot and
telephoned up town for officers. j. b.
Smith and John Phillips were soon on
| the ground. In the meantime the en-
tire neighborhood had been aroused
| and were gathered about the bodies,
which were shortly afterward conveyed
| to the residence of Mr.. Littleton and
layed out. The excitement was intense.
THE MURDERER.
The superstition is prevalent that
| Shanks, who lost so heavily, and who
left the saloon IN such an irritable state,
was the party who did the shooting,
though nothing positive is known. 4
great number of parties, who seem TO
know more than they care TO tell, have
been interviewed. A rumor has. been
set afloat that they met death at the
hands of a woman with whom they had
some trouble not long since, and where
one was slightly wounded; but this re-
port gains no credence among the
masses.
Coroner Heddens was summoned. A
jury was impaneled, and an investIga
| tion begun this afternoon. The jury
| heard the testimony of several witnesses
concerning the tragedy of this morning,
and without completing the inquiry, adj
journed until tomorrow. The only i'm
portant
FACTS DEVELOPED
were that Marker Davis, Joe Hughes
and several others were engaged nearly
all night in playing cards for money
at Cudmore's saloon. A man
namel Shanks lost $50 at the
game; in gaI.lbl.I's paIiai.ce
"squealed'' demanding his money
back on the ground that the others
had combined against him This diff
Guilty seemed TO be settled however, and
they all took q drink, after which
Shanks left the house. Soon afterward
Davis and Hughes took parting drink
and left. A few minutes later four pis-
tol shots were heard and upon investi-
CATION the bodies of Davis and Hughes
were found one on either side of the
street. They had no money upon their
persons and no arms. Shanks has not
been seen since the tragedy and the chief
of police has ordered his arrest if he can
be found. He is said to have served a
serm in the Joliet penitentiary for safe
blowing.