The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-01

Thomas CunssmsHH Shot :" Death
~ Alfred u. Kaylor.

s,,,s,ns~ aud murders are getting sol
,.,u ..,nnnn IL Duhuis county. j. "
,.,..use shr nurslefer- are permitted 70
:. >.~.ss iser. 0r attempted murders ARE
~ tightly ,Mmishedy The question Y
i -er,.u- one fnr nur people 10 ponder
mon. CERTAINLY something Is necessary
I. H. done a. prevent such tight esss.
mate hrins pl<ced upon human life. ."
,ur County will relapse into barbsslsm.
! Anesh-r chapter III the history ~ hor-
| ,nle crimes with which The isir tame oi
| s,mbois couuty has been smirched ~ tue
hast two wears. was written ~ the p'o"u
l..f one az H. citizens at Birdse!e last
Tuesday evening
One Alfred n. Ksylor, who came
There fsnm the west some six months
90. and went 10 work AZ = section hand
l.n the rail, Dad. shot aud killed Thomas
ls,ummins. Young man. SON of Charles
It,umu,ins. aud hrnsher Of the Trustee OF
1.-The township. Kaylor. who had csr-
l,idcnte Of membership Of come Detective
As-ocia,inn in Iowa. arresse recently
lDr. Hulchison. Of Riceville. for counter
,ri,inv. and on examination the charge
lr,oved groundiess. Cummins. who WAS
4 constable. and well acquainted IN me
locality. having heen born and raised
There. NJ The time Of the arrest told Nay
llor he was "barking up the wrong
stump.v and when Hutchison was ole
charged launtrd him about his detective
liabilities. or rather his want Of them
This made Kaylor angry. Hutchinson
lf;led some sort Of IN affidavit agaaus
lKaylor In Crawfor county. but the lat
Ter seems 10 have defied arrest, and y \
~ said he thought Cummins wanted TO ~
rest him when he shot him. Cummin
' '.c went into 4 saloon where kayior ~
~ and caught him BY the shoulder. vine
~ xavier dropped . pistol from his CO!
~ sleeve 10 his hand aud fired il 1t the aid
Of Cummins' head, apparently to seal
.. !. him. but Cummins still grasping
shoulder Kaylor put the weapon clio
80 IA Cummins' breast and shot NJ
Z" through. killing him almost Instant
~ and then Jumping for the door, took
~. tie woods aud made his escape.
go posse Was organized and started in pu
=" suit- hut failed 10 fluid him. and he
likely gone west. :.
Kaylor Is a small man. about i've Z
ltes high. and weighing probably l5O or
hey mounds: Of very dark complexion. mix
~ be readily taken for . mulatto, Of qui
or movements, restless eye, and noticing
no most everything going on around .
e = without effort.
no Hn,chison's arrest was the seco
y waser-hsul made BY this Iowa "det
o. tive" Wesley Buckting, one-arn
lde- citizen OF PAioka township. was arres
Du- last May on suspicion OF being : cs''
alter nal from Iowa, and kept in jail here
nees over a week, and then turned loose
WIZ being the wrong man. Whatever
mol Cess he may gain as . man-siayer: n
oe- Tor don't seem 10 amount 70 mucn
'"0 detective
con- Cummins has been constable 10 Jef
rity son towusbip for several years. Was
par re.pecsed. was . farmer, and "
piers drinking little, o. he Was that ~
Re- carelessly brave. He was generally
pun counted good officer. and VAS one
re- the states principal witnesses y"
elect nrosecusion 81 Bradley for the mu
land or Young Nash Al Biri seye. few ~
into AGO. and which l. set for trial ~ ~
there ford County Circuit Court week
e TOT next. There IL = slight suspicion
out his being : witness IN that case
"H- have had something 10 do with us
mates tal murder. He leaves widow
per- ten children. His father. Mr. Ch'
, No. Cnmm;ns i oue ar The earliest set
lin that part Of the county. ana = -
:, thst circumstances. He Offers hve hun
good do.,.r. reward for the capture Of
Eouiu Tor. The murdered man Was q
ne'r Wednesday, and large crowi y
nd.ca- the funeral. aud . good deal Of e.
'ss'on' ment prevailed.
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