The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1886-11-17


St. Louis Union Depot under the |
initials of J NJ. Now If you want a
good little gun and billy GO and get
out the package checked to !. Nj.
III the Union Depot Oct. Is; there
are probably seventy FIVE or eighty
cents charges on it by this time, but
the gun alone is worth $Io. Also |
# YOU want good double barrel
shotgun. muzzle loader, 90 along
the bank of the Missouri river, on
the north side, about a mile below
St. Charles bridge, and about twenty
feet along the bank just east OF that
last dixie that runs out IN the river.
and YOU " i'll find IN little gully a
shotgun and musket. Be careful, /
lett them both loaded with buckshot
and caps on the tubes. They were
laying wrapped IN piece of oil
cloth and some weeds thrown owe.
them. Also down on the river, just
below the guns, 1 lief, my skiff and
lot of stuff, coffee pot, skillet and
particularly concealed just west of
the sk'ff YOU will find a box OF grub.
coffee, bacon, sugar, etc. 1 came
down the river in the skiff Tuesday
night, October 26-27, from point
opposite Labadle. 1t IS run of
thrty.five or thirty. six miles. They
should all be there, unless some one
found them before you get there
DEFENSE OF THE MESSENGER.
Now. one word as to F Fa,thingham.
' | think he is brave and sensible
man. He was taken completely
unawares. He was Just telling me
to lay some package over in the
! Arkansas run, when suddenly
S grabbed him by the back of the neck
: with one hand, and his Colts re-
: volver, No. s., which. by the way,
4 find to be darned good gun, with
t the other, threw his gun out of his
S reach and at the same time l threw
e him to the floor. He struggled as
y hard as he could to get up. Even
D while he must have felt that | was
Y stronger and heavier than HIM, and
i he didn't stop until he seen the
e muzzle of a Smith & Wessen No.
:. 80 gun looking him in the face. and
f he then did what told him to do,
n and think Professor John L. Sulli-
h van would have done the same.
g had HIM down in such position tha
;. | could have beat HIM into submls
It sion with the butt end of my CUR
S even had l not been disposed to shoe
e him. These facts l think will SHOW
% how the whole business was done
I. OF course have not gone into tn,
IF little details such as getting Farthing
er hams name from that honest Hiber
r. nian porter bv telling him that hat
a found pocketbook with letter il
Of it addressed to some man name'
s. Parks. All the little details nee,
as not be published. Enough I thlnl
is has been shown up in this to clea
is up any suspicion that might hav
,e fallen upon Farthingham.
- WARNING AGAINST MORE XOBBERIEs
!, Now one word tor Mr.. Damsel
!. Look out for Cuba Junction, an,
better be careful and not let the nigl,
~ express ever put off anything there
a two good men, one though l mean
. can do you up sure at that point
:. the car door is opened. l have ais
:. lot Of your correspondence that ,
,s no use to me, and there are sem
,;s valuable papers belonging to som
firm IN Ninonk, ILL.,, jenkins, Dun
Dunn & Co. consigned to Mrs. A
F. Benson, Springfield, Mo. VIII;
nv shall do with them. l feel unde
mt deep obligations TO you tor yo,
ID handsome remittance of Monda
ad night, Oer. IS, $4,000. that an,
.ss thing l could do with this lot
in papers, l would do most gladly.
20 is slightly inconvenient for me
ell leave them at your Broadway ar
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