Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-10

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mentso on It, and that he was murdered, snd
and the house fred to conceal the murder. Al
Intelligsneer reporter ran down all the rumora
and found them to be the elects Of Imagination.
The truth of the whole story is. that Knipmeyel
was drunk; he went to bed at half past one
O'Clock; laid dowE with all his clothes on,
and In rolling over In bed kicked the burning
lamp on the table, which set the house on fire,
and he was sufocated before he could regain
consciousness. Ii il established that he drank
. glass Of whisky at half-psst ten O'Clock; also
tive glasses OF beer at half-past eleven. and g
glass of cognac brandy at half-past twelve.
He knew himself TO be drunk, and insisted OF
Koehneberger going with him.. which was done,
though knehhebsrger himself was drinking
considerably.
An inquest was held over the remains by
Esquire JOS. Garter. and the following evidence
was given:
DR.. c. Carter: had a conversation with the
deceased on the 25th of February, Sunday
night about half past seven O'Clock; | found
him quite drunk he was very gloomy and des-
poudent; he stated to me that he could not and
would not live andsr the cloud of trouble that
was resting over HIM; I invited him to acconl-
pany me to church; he thanked me and SAID he
could not 20; he gave ME his hand and bid me
goodnight" 1 have no recollection of meet
Ing him since.
Joseph Koehneberger, testified: SWIM. Knip-
meyer came to my place last night about half
past nine, and Henry schnakenberg came in
shortly alter; Sehnakenberg called for two
glasses OF beer, they drank IL and Knipmeyer
ordered two more. Knipmeyer and l were to-
gether until half-past eleven; 1 then extin suish.
ed the lights and closed the saloon and went
into my rear room; 1 told him to 90 home;
he said he would not uRless I would go with
him; We sat together in my room afterward
until half-past one; I then went home with him;
he lit his coal oil lamp standing on a email
table and told me to eene I'M I told him l
eould notihs begged me to stay with hun, that he
felt lonesome; 1 saw nothing unusual; he
showed me several letters from the asylum
where his wife Is; he said he wanted to go to
st. Louis before long; he took two glasses of
beer; he was sober; he has had somebody to
stay with him nearly every night; he left my
saloon about hslf-psst one; 1 did not hear him
say anything about committing suicide.
Upon this evidence the jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict:
"We. the jury, ind that the deceased came
to his death In . way and manner unknown.
q. W. Jackson, o. p. Irlon, B. T. Philiips,
Geo. A. Chamblln, n. d. Warren, Eli Oliver,
jurors.
Mr.. Henry Knipmeyer says hs knows his
brother did net have 500. and cont believe he
had $50. William went to. Henry = few days
since to borrow sAs to send to the St. Vincent
81 s fkfs VIE u b. f afserv.rd concluded not to send
1t. n he intended going to St. Louis In 4 few
days, and would take 1t with him.
Mr.. Keller. Of the Central hotel, thought Mr..
Knipmeyer might have been rescued IL the
crowd had known at first that he wa, In the
building.
A gold ring and 4 small pocket knife were
Iound In the ashes, which were raked over
thoroughly. but NO trace Of = pistol could be
found. When the body was recovered it WAS
Wsrsly = mass Of crisp flesh and bones. The
head. legs and arms were burned Of, the breast
bone burned through. and the bowels, which
vest button was found sticking to the breast. and
bip. At tbs time Of the accident Mr.. KuIp-
meyer was 80 years. 4 months and one day old. |
insurane -. co anl"aS1 t o. New e Se Yo IN the I nau hs,,d 5e
Ing was insured for 81. 900, and the f%urniturs
FOR $500. He leaves two small children. and a
sll-she being at present an. inmate Of an asyiuu11..
Ihsre was out little wind blowing while the
building was burning. and it came from the
north, south or east, q large amount of prouer-
ty would have besn destroyed. AS 1t was. the
" AA0 S1SW IL naueb toward an ODeN knac0 yer |
The intense heat blistered the paint on houses
across the street. ~
Tho remains were buried Wednesday from the
dtrM6n Methodist church, u large Gro Wd NJ
relatives and friends being present. He was
quite popular with all VINO knew him and
only recently began to drewn his troubles In
e1iAk. ne rests In peace.
Inc Milwaukee Sentinel, under the head
"a Musical Treat" say two
Pianoferts recttals at aempstsd's Tsmoie of
Ausis, by Miss Lydia D. harris, wsrs Ina.
musissi events, on account of the
signinsanse Of the programmes, and also no.
cause Oh lie really artistic quality OF the In.
efpf'tallohs. The programmes wsuld lax
ths resources OF almost any pianist. The
Llszt pieces, the Schunanu March, T.mpo
and Etudss sJnphoniquss and the Chooin
and PoIonaisss are pisc.s The ls.h.
alcsl difficulties of which we-e beyend IN,
reach OF all but q very fsy3 pIAnnis,s in this
country, twenty Yeas ago, and soma of
tnsn, rs Well as the Bach Chronst,c Fan.
tas'a and Fu.ue, require rare powers of In.
tsrprstation to do them justice, Thes. nav.
ers IL IL esidsnt inst Miss Harris possss.es In
'afss measure. She has memer.zsd them
a'' Is thoroughly familiar with their phrase.
elegy' delivers all her phrasss intell,psr,Ir
Understands the proper relative proport,on.
ths principal and subordinate id.as. -,
ABOVE oil plays with genuine tssl.ns u
Miss Harr:s sss,sis. .asx-
md Luay will civ. iioi
inc opera heu'e next Tssss,v n,vn,
Miss Lydia s. Harry, nsa
pianist, will give , ,i.,a 1871 u.S.eu
;. "sa's' "e]' Tuesday night. She will
s.'" W Prof. kueppsrs. vlslinist, and
W. Lucy, of Kansas City. Miss
1 viii render a very high order Of
-s":. such as grseea the programme. on
. Oh occasions in cities of the most cu,tivAt.
% musical taste. Prot. kueppers was a pupi.
At Cologne Conservatory for seven vosrs.
and graduated with the highest honors. He
Is . thorough, painstaking artist. who is
SAID TO scorn to make use or any OF the
s'sp-trap trisks toe much rssorted to by VIC.
"n's's. Asa player Of the Cantabiie style
oi' lrienos think he has no superior IN the
weird. Or Miss Harris the Darlington Haw.
Sess recently said "a large audience az.
'smblsd at Mozart b all last evening", on the
occasion OF the talented young pianist, Miss
Lydia ). Harris; and . better pleased one
never dispersed At the close Of a public en-.
tsrtainnent here. Miss Harris played the !!
long aad trying program ne entirely from !
memory, and with q skill ana judgment,and |
Intelligence that one does aot look for Ia one |
OF her years. The latter quality was sspe.
sialiy displayed In the extremely difficult.
'Chromatie Fantssis and Fugus' Of Bseh, !
IN works like the Chopin Nocturne. that re.
4nirs to be played with great dslicscy and !
'esiin2. she particularly excsls. Her touch !
ir sympathetic and refined" Our schools !
should attend this entertainment in a BODY, !
Aud as patrons and votsrlss OF music sur |
people ought to q. the opera house next
tuesday night. as the appear snce OF such
sf1i't' IS tae's Is an sposa in, eur musical
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