The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1890-09-03

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Mr. Parker All right, just walk
around to the front and I'll let you in
So walks around and pretty soon
he opened the door and says. Amt
you little bit early, Wills' I says
Yes sir, I am but wanted some
shirts to wear to the fair What
are you doing with that corn knife
says he pointing to the knife. co.
says l, I've got little job of cut
ting to do before I go to the fair.
Then I asks him for some cigars and
he went around to get them and I |
followed him close, trying to get a
chance to hit him, but his face was
toward me all the time.
Next he went around the back end
of the store and behind the counter
on the other side where the shirts
and things were. He asked me what
kind I wanted ard pointed to some
checked ones and he turned around
to reach them. Then struck him
with the corn knife straight across
the top of the head. was higher
than him and reached over so my
knife went clear across the top of
his head. He reached up his hands
and said o. and when I hit him
again shirt hanging on a string
over the counter kind of turned my
knife and it struck him on the side
of the face cutting a hole from the
mouth to the ear. He says, o, Will
please don't and grabbed the knife.
I felt kind Of sorry for him then, for
I didn't mean to cut him so but now
I knew I must finish, so I jerked
the knife away and hit him aud he
fell. Then I ran to the front door
for . niger had passed just little
while before aud I locked it and went
behind the counter. Parker lay dy-
ing and eroaning on the floor and I
Just chopped away until he lay still
and didn't groan any more.
Then I went into his pocket. He
had only pants and shirt on and
when I pulled out the pocket some
keys fell out. There was no money.
I didn't look in the pocket but went
to the drawer. It was locked and l
pried it off with my knife, but there
was no money in that either. just
then I heard a noise outside and
waited a minute and picked up some
shirts from the counter and started
out the back way first blowing ou'
the light. I went to my horse, go'
on him and rode hum home. The
corn knife I threw in the weeds JUS
before I got home, and after break
fast I went to work"
SWUNG TO A TELEGRAPH POLE.
One man climbed the pole, carry
| ing an end of the rope and put i
over the single cross tree. The dang
:: ling end was pulled down by ascor
! of handstill it stretched to the doom
: ed mans neck.
: "Got anything moro to say!" on
! of the party asked Walters. who's
! legs had been tied while the othe
; preparations were being made
: 'Nope," the doomed man grun'
!. ed, not tremor in his voice.
. "Pull him up them" said th
: spokesman and with three or fou
jerkY motions the body was hoiste
= six feet from the ground and tn
other end of the rope tied to pot
. OF the barbed wire fence.
One or two Of the party wante'
8 to empty their shotguns into th
l wriggling body but the leader inte
+ ferred: ssNo we want no shooting,
I said he, '.let him strangle." An
y strangle he did. He was too tight
I ly bound to struggle violently an
Y could only double his body ina slo
! spasmodic way and kick his legs n
and down while the twisting an
Z wrlthing of the body gave a circlin,
. motion to it, and then it was lei
e swinging.
Q ~ sLAcK-pRAUcHT tea cures Constipasio
III A horse thief giving his name /.
% James McFall, was arrested at Clil