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

corner Of Cottonwood street and Third sven
Y, spot where the bickle-bar was found, IA
| b, the residence of Stephen Henderson, fcol
OF Phillip Weis 8; j. residence OF g. L. Jack
dence OF ID. Z. Brewer: V. one of eight vac
arrow pointing north.
hour with the writer. He had come
down from Topeka to attend to his taxes
and some matters in regard to his farm.
He was in good spirits. said he was do
ing well IN Topeka, and that his family,
etc, were we'll. Mr.. Mcmillan was man
very highly respected. He was devout
member Of the M. E church, and while.
living in Morris county had consider
able weight in Its communion. He was
At one time postmaster at South Bend,
Morris county, q small country post.
Office.
Mr.. McMillan's family consist of two
sons and little girl. The elder son, as
before stated. Is 9 student at the Kansas
State University. The younger is q boy
of Is. The little girl Is, the writer
thinks, now being educated at an aunt's
in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Mcmillan was o man Of proposes
ing appearance; tall, well formed; with
Q large, we'll balanced head; open and
chivalrous countenance; q man that one
would be apt TO notice and mark as
above the average in education
and manners; that is. speaking of the
great middle class. He was a man of
pronounced views; q strong Republican,
and could. on occasion, make vigorous
and forcible OFF hand speech.
The writer knows no possible cause
for his murder. He had no enemies, so
far as known; was inoffensiVe, never
| quarrelseme. He was total abstinence
man; never tasted drop OF liquor in
his life
The writer thinks that Mr.. Mcmillan
came down from Council Grove on the
noon train Saturday, and was waiting
for the Santa Fe night train to go east to
his home in Topeka. That he was
either walking along the track to pass
away the time until the train was due,
or else that the parties who killed him
mlstOok hun for some other man they
were shadowing, and decoyed him
down the track and murdered him.
Mr.. Mcmillan did not probably, have
any large sum of money on his person,
He was not man who would naturally
be suspicious of strangers. as he made
acquaintances easily.
CLUE TO THE CRIME.
Sunday morning piece of sickle bar
with the sections attached was found
in the grass about go feet from where
the murdered man was found by L. I'll.
Chapman. 1t was stained with blood
and few hairs adhered to the sections
The instrument OF destruction is about
two feet and q half in length. The
piece from which 1t evidently was
freshly broken was also found
near the railroad track between Com
meEcial street and the gas works on the
south side Of the road bed. This piece
is little over foot long. There can
bsno question from the nature of the
wounds OF the murdered man that he
came to his death by the use of the ugly
weapon found in the weeds, near the
scene of the tragedy.
A FURTHER TRACE
of the murder is furnished by Patrick
burke, q section hand, who saw q man
on Saturday night between and 8
o'clock pick uD the sickle bar in ques-
ton near the stone yard at the corner of
Commercial street and the railroad,
break it in twain across the rail on the
track. and carry the larger piece with
HIM in the direction of the
Junction. He describes the man as be
ing of medium height, weighing prob
ably 1855 pounds, having q dark com.
plexion, smooth face. and wearing 6
: black siOuch hat and dark suit with
sack coat. He thinks be may be TWEEN
ty-five YesFs old. ]. H. Fowler, aRothel
FailFoed msn, IN passing along the tracb
Saturday night At about o O'Clock,
OVERHEARD 4 Conversation
between two men who were standing
near the gas works. One OF them said
as it all rIght?" and another Responded
I in the affirmative. Burke thinks hG
> would be able to identify the man WHOM
!, he saw break the sickle bar If he should
see aim.
q A STRANGE FEATURE OF THE TRAaEDl
a is that not an inIimatiOn OF it was known
/, by any one living in the neighborhoOd o
a its occurrence until Sunday morning
| aIfh0nnh than ara civ Hwalliuoa WI Ii
:. several hundred feet of the place wher
a the blood marks were found Michae
Crossin, who lives on Sylvan street a few
steps from the railroad, was NJ
q till nearly IL O'Clock. and neve
q heard sound of any disturbance, an
n VIM. l., Roberts, boiler maker, VIII
D works at the Santa Fe shops. passe
v along the track where the murdered ma
was found, at 10 O'Clock, with a Lantern
and reports that the road bed was cles
q and everything was quiet at that honl
20 The murdered man was seen
l., ON COMMERCIAL STREET
10 On Saturday night as late as half pa
T. o O'Clock. by John G. Nal, representa-
ID the New York life insurance company
who had met Mcmillan on Frida
in Council Grove and identified h
l. remains last evening. 1t is said thu
10 Mcmillan tried 70 get $50 gold pieC
lie changed at the ONCE of the register I
b. deeds on Saturday, and there was 4
y money on his person when found.
ID ". h. HARRY
81. ~oa- sI,a I
Il depot between and 8 O'Clock Saturdi
o. night. Harry was waiting Tor the e.
e. bound freight 20 60 70 Osai
az City, and McEillaa wants
l. to board the same tain fog Topek
". TIE tram passed through without SO
ID ping. and thsy did not get on board.
n is supposed. from all that can be Learns
~. Of the mater that McAillan's desire y
70 60 east - early - possible and th
hs Was on his way to the Junction
I'M cssch Q freight when he met his deaf
he ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
- Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Ryan
re his way from Reading to Empor
ris picked up tramp At Horton Hhc
Tor movements excited his suspicion. I
ato snsHeted pFettylAearly TO the descripti
ts. given by Burke of the man who bro
lrs the sickle-bar. and he was brought
Of thls city on the train. 4 leI
M crowd was assembled At the del
m and . great Ghrong followed Ryan .
ent his prisGssn.eF into the court house. p
'sn the tramp was searched spd shown
40 Burke. who said he was not the n
81 he saw With the sickle-bar: There =
lsi- intenae excitement. aad it might b
ne gone hard with the tramp had be b
oy, identiaed By Burke.