St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-31
A BLOODY RECORD.
A Batch Of Crime From st.
Joe, Mo-, Which is Ap-
palling.
Before the Coroner Gets
Through With One Case
He Has Another.
A Wealthy Cattle Owner Bar
barously Treated by
Robbers.
A Fiendish Outrage Commit
ted Upon the Person Of a
Young Lady.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. 3O.-Buchanan
county added another to her list of mur-
derS last night. The coroner was still
examining witnesses in the Bulling
wife murder case when the news was
brought to him by telegram that mur-
der had been committed at Wallace'S,
eighteen miles from this city. The
names and particulars were not learned
till to-day. William Ester, eighteen
years old, shot and instantly killed
William Blakely, also aged eighteen
years, at 7:30 last night. The murder
took place at the front of the
Christian church. Young Blakely was
keeping company with Ester's sister,
a siXteen-year-old girl, to which the
brother and father objected. A few
weeks ago old man Ester fogged the
girl because she refused to drop
Blakely, whereupon she left home,
living since with friend. Last night
she and Blakely were at church to-
gether. At the close of services old
man Ester went to his daughter and had
some words with her. Blakely then
offered to turn her over to her father,
and advised her to go home with him.
This she refused to do, and went out of
church with her lover. A few yards
beyond the door the two met
young Ester, the girls brother, who at
once drew revolver and began firing.
The fellow had been to church. and it is
supposed left before the services were
over in order to get his revolver. The
first shot struck Blakely on the lower
lip, knocking out two of his front teeth
and lodging in the back part of the
head. He then drew his revolver and
returned the fire without effect. The
father of the girl, who had been watch
ing the affray, at this juncture drew
revolver and began shooting at Blakely.
The latter turned from the son to
the old man and, firing,
wounded him in the shoulder. This
left Blakely at the mercy of young
Ester, who stepped up close and sent
bullet through his heart. Wallace is
greatly excited over the murder.
Blakely belonged to one of the best
families of this county and was above
reprOach in every way. No reason, eX-
cept personal grounds, could have been
urged against him keeping company
with the young lady. The Ester family
does not stand so well. The younger
Ester is hard case and has been in
several scrapes. Both father and son
would have been lynched last night
could they have been found.
THE BULLING MURDER.
Mrs. John Bulling, the mother of
Joseph Bulling, who murdered his wife
at the Herbert house yesterday after
noon. stated that the immediate cause
of the murder was fancy masquerade
ball which Flora, the wife, attended on
Saturday evening. Bulling was forced
to marry his wife about four years ago
and since that time has fallen desper-
ately in love with her. The woman is
remarkably pretty and has number of
admirers, among them young man in
town who represents one of the best
families. 1t is this young man of whom
Bulling was jealous, and for whom he
claimed his wife forsook him. He
is now trying to come the inSan-
ity dodge. Last night he was put
in Cell No. 8, the one occupied
by Peter HOOnck, the Bohemian, who
murdered his wife about eighteen
months ago. When the deputy sheriff
opened the cell door this morning Bull
ing was sitting up with several blankets
wrapped around him, pretending to be
sShivering with cold. He wanted to
know if he would lose his job. Later
on he was informed that his wife was
buried at O'Clock this afternoon, and
he requested that he be allowed to at
tend the funeral, which was refused
him. There is no little excitement and
talk of lynching.
SHOT HIMSELF.
Frank Gesthauser, son of wealthy
farmer living near the town of Platte
River, this county, shot himself through
the body while hunting Saturday and
died this morning from the effect of the
wound.