The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-03-13
BURNED IN THE BUILDING.
The Horrible Death of VIM.
Knipmeyer at Higginsviile
Yesterday.
81 eWnt to'Be d Intoxicati AL
Only His Charred Rmains
Wr z ound.
Special 10 the BazOO.

Special 10 the BazOo.
H6GINsvTLLE, Mar.h ..
\ lire broke out between 3 ami 1 o'clock
hi, morning, in the iwo-story frame house
owned by VIM. knipme, er. in the central
portion of the town, and inside of an hour
the building was Il smouidtrirg mass Of
ruins al d the charred remains OF tie pro-
prietor were buried in the debris.
About II o'clock last night Mr.. Knip-
meyer was taken 10 his sleeping arartm. Rt
in an intox icaied condition bv a saloon
keeper of the town. He occupied one OF
the back rooms, up stairs, and when the
door was reached the saloon Keeper lit q
match and inserted the KEY, after which
he babe knipmeyer goodnight, and that
was the
LAST TIME HE WAS SEEN ALIVE
The general supposition is tina; the ine-
briated man lighted lamp then laid
down and dropped OF at once 10 sleep, but
being restless. knocked the lamp uvsr-,et-
ting lire to The building As soon a. the
flames we're discovered the alarm was
sounded throughout The town an.i a large
crowd congregaled, Int a. We have no fire
brigade. ncr even bucket brigade, the
people were powerless 20 DO. ANYTHING.
During the eariy stage Of the fire mo one
seemed IL have Thought Of Knil nlcv al. and
II was not I'LL Ihe building was IN, r.. ihan
half consumed shat the saloon keeper
ma lie known the fact that the owner III the
building had retired at midnight
IMAM INTOXICATED CONDITION.
Had a bucket brigade been organized
when the alarm WA first sounded, the
L.. L.. b.. a,
fully an hour from The time IT the diScov-
ery oi the fire un,il the houSc was entirely
consumed.
was instituted for the remains al knip-
meyer, and they were found in the rains,
bat burned beyond recognition. The legs. |
arms and head were burned Ia s,bes, and
Only
THE CHASTITY TRUNK
remained, and it Was not removed from |
the debris until late in the forenoon.
The building was occupied by II Victor. |
late oi keytesviile, Charlton county, who |
came here recently for the purj".s- of IN |
gageing in ;he dry goods husiress. His /!
goods had all arrived, but many III them |
had net been removed from tn. boxes, and |
when the fire alarm was sOur6,d The work |
OF saving them was entered np'M zeaious,y |
by many willing hands, consequent. ly
NEARLY ALL WERE sAyEr.
Mr.. Knip reyer was veil known through |
out this section al the stale, ana wu> N one /
line engaged in the general merchandise !
business hire. He failed, hnwcv' r, and |
there WAS considerable talk 81 the time.
being laid at his DOR. Mr.. !
Grove Young purchased the stick al goods,
aDd j. sill carrS ing ou the Cuisines
knipmeyer was a MARI, Il maI,, hat his
wife has bten
An INNATE OF The ASYLUM
NJ Fulton or several months. ard IL, chill I
lren sre ~ ing their home with his hru-
her The dec a>ei had many wer1n iTi-nd.
here. bat If late he hes been drink ing
heavily. and hi> sad death can he a',.b-
uied io u"thing else than whisky.
KAHoNA Mo Feb g i>Su.
purchased 1--WE bottles OF y"mr Hos, Est
ers ri Bishop X Ca. last fall, irr NV dsueh-
or. and am well pleased with Ihe l.itt -.
They did her more coed than all Ih. n. Ill
line >he had taken for SIX wears.
WM. T. MCCLURE.
The above Is from a very reliable farmer.
whose daughter was i'm poor hc,i h Ter
even or eight years. and cOnld not ia 40
-eief until she use.i Hop Bit,ers. She i
low i'm as gooa health a. any person Va lie
We have large sale, and they
Ire making remarkable cures.
W III. BISHOP X co. =