The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-11-08

of the Santa Fe shops at Topeka. He is
student of the State University at Law.
renee, and is young man of much cul !
ture and intelligence. In a protracted |
l Interview this morning the writer learned |
that the victim of Saturday nights trag-
ely was about so years of age. He had |
gone to Morris county to pay hIs taxes,
and with the intention of disposlng
OF his crop if he could so advantageous |
ly. The son thinks he could not have
had more than $50 on his person. He |
says his father carried Q
HEAVY SILVER WATCH,
of the Waltham make, and usually wore
silk guard with clasps. He says his |
father had not to his knowledge an
enemy in the world, and the
son is OF the opinion that he
was mistaken by the murderers for some
other man. The deceased was the par
ent Of three children-two sons who are
both attending school at the Lawrence
University, and q daugh who Is
living iG Philadelphia. The
Mr.. Rice spoken OF at another place ir
this account, was a very intimate
friend of the deceased. Young
Mr.. Mcmillan says his father had no
relatives of the same name In the west,
and that the A. T. Mcmillan, of Mon.
tana, who registered at the Fuller House
on Friday, was unknown 10 the family
| The deceased was
MEMBER OF THE MASONIC FRATERNITY,
and the order here kindly
gave the young man all
the assistance they could extend to him
in his deep afflicnon. The son identi. |
fed the remains of his father at the un-
deriakIng establishment Of Chas. Wolf
this morning, and was deeply moved at
the terrible spectacle re Was called npOn
to witness. He says that
neither he nor his mother
were advised of the dreadful occurrence
till last evening, though kilograms were
sent to both early on Sunday morning.
NEW GLUE.
The following special dispatch from
Council Grove was received by THR
News this morning at II O'Clock:
| COUNCIL GROVE, Nov ).
MCMILLAN got on a south bound train
here Saturday night at 6:30, an extra
freight leaving Council at that time He
was accompanied by heavy set man
about six feet tall, who wore rough
clothes and an old black slouch
hat. This man said he
wanted to go to Florence; was in the
cabOOse and heard him and Mcmillan
talking together; they seemed 70 be on
Il good terms with each other; the man
will weigh at least 175 pounds; claimed
70 be here looking ct the country; said
he did not like II, and had asked If he
could make connection at Empofia on
Sunday for Florence. A boy,
named Dunn, working at the
Council Grove depot happened 70 60
He says Mcmillan and the strange man
sat IN the same seat all the way down, |
and that both got of the train and
started up the track together. The man
had rough face with three or four days |
growth OF beard Of rough sandy color"
FURTHER FROM COUNCIL GROVE.
The following letter received by THE
NEWS today will explain itself:
| OOUNCIL GROVE, NOV D, 1855.
Eds. NEWS: l want TO give you some
more points on the Mcmillan murder.
find here that he did not go down to En-
poria on the noon passenger, Saturday,
He went down ON an extra freight that
LETT here about 2 80 p. m. Saturday, so
. he must have arrived at Emporia be-
tween and 10 O'Clock Saturday night
This dlspOses of the A. T. Mcmillan hY.
pothGsIs. As VIII. Mcmillan only got to
Emporia between 3 and 10 O'Clock Sat
! urday night, the murderers could not.
, probably, have known that he was q
Mcmillan at all, since they prepared
their sickle bar at the Santa Fe depot
near dusk Saturday night,
w. II. Mcmillan evidently got Cd the
Missouri Pacific train At the Junction,
waited there a while, and then concluded
70 walk up the track TO the Santa Fe
/ depot, perhaps thinking that the train
. would not stop ct the junction. His
= nurdersTs were probably lying for any
one they could get that seemed 20 have
, any money. Mcmillan was we'll dressed,
, and they probably dOwned him on the
, chance of his having money His friends
here say that ne had q watch and not
more than $5 or $40 in money on hIs
7 person. M.
d A. r. MCMILLAN.
n is the name of Montana man
who. registered at the Fuller
d House on Friday. He is said to he .
e cattle man, and the theory has been ad.
1 vanced by some that the murderers mis-
' took their victim for this party. There
D was no relationship between the two
r men, and the porter at the Fuller house
d says they did not resemble each other.
THE wFApoN
d with which Mcmillan was evidently
n murdered is at the Office OF Justice
i, Fletcher. 1t is, as has been stated, q
n portion of an old sickle bar, about two
r feet and half in length. The blood IL
On the end which attaches to the ma
chine, and which would liaYe afforded a
:. good handle To the user. This indicates
10 that the murderer wrapped the sec
'. tons at the other end with something a.
" he could not otherwise have avoided
"a cutting hia hand,
al THEORIES ABOUT THE MURDER.
q There are many theories regarding
nj the murder. all Of which OF course, are
10 based on conjecture. II Is generally
supposed, however, that Mcmillan WA
either mistaken for some other man. Of
ee was killed by parties who vert
Az lying IN wait for any one who might
!. come along. There il q diffeFeRee o
eel oPinion IS how he came to be watkins
"A along the track Is that tine d
=. night, It beang supposed by some tbs
q he was gOlng TO the Junction 20 catch {
II freight, and By others that he vas hunt
"A ing the house Of VIM. Mayes. Wit
"a whom he was acquaI0ted, and who 1--we
AZ IN the east pert Of town.
toI GOVERNOR CLICK
: has been notified of the crime by CouE
~ Attorney Feighan, and will doabsles
IN offer reward. I. At 6e hoped tbs
Il the Santa Sc railroad Company will s1el
"a the amount. and Il 10 probable that som
5e steps viii be taken in this direction b
ON the county commissioners and city couE
- ell. The son of the murdere
~ man says he is willing that 9
.oa the means which his father Irrt ahoUl
,ot be eEpendpd in bringing his PupiereI
~ to justice, but this should NOT be above.
- SUSPICIOUS AND RuASoRs.
toI A story was told hY 9 hoy yeseenda
- that ka S4E 6 man with q bloody faG
AN hidi1Gi1 BOX car near the Junctiol
sas The officers repaired 10 the place b
.SaI could hRd no traces Of such
person A suspicious chaEacser, vi
has been about ths toWn for some tim
has been missing since the murder. q
he was seen in Topeka yesterday. Ha
red shall Fleming and Undee SheFi& n
~. meE started east o. this trail today.
4 wOMANAs STORY,
led Marshal Fleming received q dI
est. pAich Mo1day from lhe mAFahalOF 0sai