St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-17
THE CLOUD LIFTING.
The Victim of the Stock Yards Tragedy
Identified as Buchanan Moore OF
Indiana.
His Identity is Fixed by Martin, the Man
Suspected of Being His
Murderer.
The Prisoner still Keeps His Nerve
and Denies All knowledge OF
the killing.
Identified by Mariiu.

Identified DY marlu.
II seems now as though the identity OF
the man killed at the stock yards Friday
night. whose name was supposed to be Dan
Smith. has been established, and what
seems peculiar and extremely puzZling
is that the identification was made by
J. u. Martin. the man accused OF being the
murderer. The detectives yesterday morn
ing received from Altica, Ind, reply 10
message sent there Monday night, asking II
man by the name Of Dan Smith was known
III that neighborhOod and if he was miss
ing. The answer stated that no man by
the name of Smith was known, but
Buchanan Moore. from Oxford, Nd, who
worked for Joseph Okerd and went west,
was missing. This gave the detectives q
cine. Detective O'Connor asked Martin If
he knew man by the name OF Buck
Moore. YES" was Martins prompt re-
ply. O'Connor then told Martin
that il was Moore who had been
killed. whereupon Martin insinuated
that he thought he was mistaken
but ayerred if it was Moore he could Identity
him. The patrol wagon was called out and
O'Conn0r and Martin went to the CITY
hospital When the room was reached IN
which the corpse lay stretched beside three
others and the door swung open,
Martin hesitated, but the detective
put his hand on his shoulder
and pressed him towards the corpse. The
covering was removed from the face or the
dead man, and Martin Immediately identl-
fed him as Buck Moore. He was brought
back 10 the police station. and in the pres
ence OF Chief Clark, Capt. BreSette and
Detective O'COnnor he made the
FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
gc-
than a year; first met him at John Cam
mack's a little below Salem; Buck Moore
went TO Valley City with me about q year
ago; | owned the horses we had with us;
saw him him in Burlington last Monday,
March S; tn nk he told me he was going
TO Dakota; next saw him in Mini
ncaDOl.s Thursday evening about
half past g, on the street; had little talk
with him; asked him where he was stopping;
he said in another hotel; asked him IL there
was any room; said il was crowded and had 20
sleep with some one else; thought he would go
out tina. night; had policy on bis life for
$4,000 which expired the 9th Of February;
notified the agent to cancel it; would pay no
longer; Bike & Guilich are tho agents; he
tMCOre) was in burlington almost all winter,
and i saw him and talked to him many times;
have known Moore for over a year and ahalf:
when ! went down to the depot at Merriam
Park, Moore was sitting up on aseat jumping
up and down, saying, "Take me TO theT rams
Ter, take me to the Transfer" was right up
AT him: examined the cut in the side of his
head; the doctor who was there said the cut
in his throat would be all right; they put him
in Il seat i'm the car; did not recognize tho
man as Moore, though / was near him and
around him for probable ten or fifteen min
utes."
Late in the afternoon Martin was seen in
his cell, where he was stretched on bench,
evidently INDUCING in little quiet think
ing. He came 10 the door quickly when
called and talked very readily. He said
the papers seemed to be giving him the
worst of it and claimed that it did look bad
for him, but he thought he would get out
out OF it all right. When questioned
regarding the trouble he had had
with the man Elwell of DeKalb, ILL.,, he
heSltated and finally said he didn't know as
his private business affairs had anything to
do with the murder case, and refused to
sRy anything about it. He said he had
written TO e. p. Stubs of Fairfield, Ia, tC
handle his case, but didn't know as he
he would take it. Stubs Is an attorney
whom Martin claims had done bust
ness for him in the past. He spoke
Of Moore as Woodworking man who never
had any large amount of money in his pos
session and had been stopping at the Palmer
house, Burlington, for some time. He said
Moore
HAD A CLAIM
near LarimOre, Oak, and that he had the
papers which are in Burlington. VIVA
seems strange is that Martin didn't recOg
niZe Moore at the station at Merriam Parl
on the night of the murder, when he claimed
that he examined the cuts on his head
1t may be possible, however, that Moore
face and clothes were so covered with blooC
and dirt that he would fail TO recognize
him. Martin still retains his nerve AM
hasn't weakened for minute since hi
arrest. If ne is the guilty man he is play
ing his cards cleyerly. The officials tele
graphed Yesterday afternoon TO Attica
Ind, saying that the man had been identi
fed, and to the chief of police at Burling
ton, ordering him to secure all of Moore
personal effects and get the insurance pol
icy referred TO.
A man called at the Office of the chief O
police Monday afternoon, who said h,
knew Martin and asked permission to SCI
him, but was Informed that Martin hat
been taken to Minneapolis for the purpos
of having him identified as the party wht
purchased the overalls at the Golden Eagle
that he had better call the next day. Thi
man said nothing, about knowing Moore
or Smith as he was then called. Late yes
terday afternoon this man again called a
the chiefs Office ana said he also knew Bucl
Moore; that he had worked with him TO
two months for John COmmack. who run
q stock farm about three miles from Salem
Ia. John Commack is Buck Moore's uncle
This man has not seen the murdered man
but says he will go out to the hospita
to-day for that purpose. This man saw
Martin frequently at this farm and say
Martin and Moore seemed to be on YER
friendly terms. He gives Moore a goo
character; said he was good, steady, hard
working fellow. Martin he says had tn
reputation of being rather tricky or to us
his own words well, you know, a goo
smart horse trader"
OUTSIDE POINTERS.
The following telegram was received las
night from the chief of police at Burling
ton, Ia:
Buchanan Moore and J. d. Martin left tn
Palmer house in this city March 9. 1885,
Moore has valise there with SO. 50 due o
it.
In answer to the telegram sent to Or
ford, Ind, the following dispatch was II
ceived:
Oxford, Ind.-John Clark. chief of police
What disposition was made OF Buchana
Moore's body? What was the motive OF til
deed? What effects were found? AnswC
Immediately. Z. Z. MOORE.
e. r. Moore is probably the wife {
father of the murdered man. Martin say
that he thinks Moore was married, but
not sure, as he never saw his wife, bI
thinks they were not living together
The following special telegram was II
cetved by the GLOBE, which only seems I
deepen the mystery that yet surrounds III
case TO q certain extent:
BURLINGTON, Ia, March ia ma
named Daniel Smith was at the Prospe,
house here three weeks while Martin boarde
there. After a short absence he returne