Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-09-04
The Criminal Chapter.

The Criminal Chapter.
| sUICIDED WITHOUT APPARENT CAUSE.
DFs MONIES, Aug. 81. H FL. Wins
chester, travelling man representing
| the Minnesota Furniture company of
Minneapolis, committed suicide at
Sheldon, Iowa, Saturday evening
with no apparent cause.
A DECISION THAT ARSENIC KILLED
WALKUP.
EMPoRIA, Kas., Aug. 31-The fol
lowing is certificate of the analysis
received by Coroner Frost, in regard
to the Kansas City medical college
analysis of the remains of Mr.. j. r
Walkup:
State of Missouri, County of Jackson-ss.
William Jones, being duly sworn on oath states,
that he is now. and has been for one year past a
professor of chemistry in the Kansas City medi-
cal college, and that for three years past he has
made specially of examining organic substane-
| es fer the detection of poison.
That on or about August 25, 1885, this affiant
received from one S. D. Harrison, Al. r., OF EN-
poria, Kas, specimens of human remains repre-
| sented to be those of one Walkup, of En-
poria, deceased, consisting of the stomach, one
kidney, portion of the intestines, the contents
Soo the T6at this and aanP Ror'iHa Has made
careful analysis of tbs contents
of the said stomach and porf ion cf&tie liver Tor
| the detection of arsenic and mercury, and has
discovered therein arsenic in apprehensi ible
quantity, but no trace of mercury; and the arse
mic was discovered in both portions of the liver
and the contents OF the stomach.
(Signed) WIN. JONES.
day of August 1885. W. A. ALDERsoN,
Notary Public
Jackson Co., Mo.
The coroner's jury met at o'clock
this forenoon, and called on Mrs.
Wallace, mother of Mrs. Walkup, TO
give her testimony.
SHOT AND KILLED IN HIS OFFICE
New YORK, Aug. 31.-Ahout two
O'Clock this afternoon Tom Davis,
other wise known as VIM. Warren,
was shot and killed III room which
he called his office, at 113 Reade ST.,
by a man VINO gives his name as Jas.
T. Holland, and says he is Texan,
and that he came here from Abiline,
Kansas.
Davis is we'll known sporting man
and has occupied this room for several
years, conducting an alleged broker
age business in mining and other
stocks. The room is only about six
feet by ten, is lighted By 3 single win
dow, and is filthy in the extreme.
''The." Davis, a brother of the mur>
dered man, was present at the time of
the shooting, and tumbled down two
flights of stairs in his haste 20 get
away.
As Holland was walking rapidly
away from the scene ''The" DAVIS
pointed him out to a policeman, who
arrested him. Holland was retieent
about the matter merely asserting
that
THE KILLING WAS JUSTIFIABLE.
1t is supposed that the shooting
grew out of some transactisn in
stocks. When searched at the station
heavy revolver, 81, 500 in money
and two gold watches were found on
him.
In the right hand of the dead man
was IS bill and scattered about the
floor were bonds of the face value of
$500. In his desk was a large quanti-
ty of apparent securities, among them
$50, 500 in bonds OF the city of Mat
toon, H., signed by Ihos. B Love
supervisor, and w. O. Ellis, clerk.
The desk also contained blank shares
of the Santa Reta Silver Mining Co.,
of Nevada asd of the Pioneer and IR'
skip Mill Mining company.
Davis was shot twice, once through
the breast near the heart and once In
the neck. Little or nothing is known
of Holland. 1t is said he has used
several names and that ne came from
Colorado. He is about 5 feet, IL in
ches in height, with light complex
ion and is well built. He has straight
light brown hair and light mustache
and claims to be an assignee.
TWO MEN WANTED IN SEVERAL PLACES
AT ONCE.
TOLEDO. Aug. 31.-Detectives have
reached here with the men Wilson
and Elmwood, arrested in New York,
with articles stolen from Baumgar-
ten, of this city, the burglars.
one of whom shot and badly wounded
a police efficer at that time. The off
GERS had some difficulty in getting the
| prisoners on board the cars at Jers~--
City as they appealed to the crowd at
the depot TO rescue them from being
kidnapped They are believed to be
implicated in the recent burglaries
at ST. Paul, and officers will be here to
identify them.