The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-30
MURDER
f.. F.. PARK CIR, A MERCHANT
OF MAYV JEW, FOULLY
MUIR 1ERED.
His Murderer ArreA ted at Mr.. H.
Shire's Farm.


Yesterday morning ut 10 o'cl oak Sheriff
Mitchell received II telegram fro, n MAYHEM
stating that f.. +. Parker had been murdered
and the store robbed, and ursi Dg him %
hurry 10 the scene, Deputy sheriff Hale
and Constable SILT , ruwder Wcrd4 soon IN
their way, followed closely by "A r. ,porter of
this paper.
Before reaching Mayview posses were met
with several times thoroughly srar ching tor
the supposed murderer, aud upon renching
the usually quiet little burg we repaired iotl.e
grocery store aud residence Of the murdered
man and there the most horrible sight ever
witnessed by us met our gaZ.. Rehind the
counter IN the sIo e,well up to the front,
lay the body of the murdered man swim
ming in his own life blood. Upon lifting
the sheet which had been thrown over
The body TO protect IL from the flies we were
sickencd by the scene before us. There the
poor victim lay, his head u mass of cuts and
almost severed from his Eody. He was left
In the position in which be was found mill
the arrival of Coroner Mcdonald, which was
very shortly after we reached the scene. The
body was then taken out from behind the
counter, laid upon the floor and an examina-
INV" W. WV ''''tc hAh ny a. hhtl
DR.. J. Perrie Their report upon the wounds
is as follows: One scalp wound, received on
the left side of the median line begiu-
ming ut the margin OF the hair and
extending back about three inches;
skull cut into to the depth of One-tweInh of
an inch. Wound on face, found on left side,
beginning just above the angle OF The jaw and
extending forward, ~severing the jaw bone and
cutting into the cavity of the mouth. termi-
mating at Just about the angie OF the mouth In
The upper lip. Wounds in the neck, the
upper one beginning ut the side of the neck ,
cutting through the Integument MUSCLES,
severIng both caroled arteries and the jugu-
lar VEN and detaching the second curyical
verte5ra from the third, the third curvical
bein" cut il to three distinct fragments. a
fourth stroke began behind the neck opposite
the last c%urvical vertebra and severed II
from The first dOrSal.
In other words the poor mans throat was
so cut that his head barely hung on to his
shoulders. Il cash three Inches long was cut In
the top OF his head and another NOurd in
flicted. extending from the corner OF his
mouth almost 10 his ear and cutting the law
F., bone in two.
II short time before day. The back door Of
| the rOorl In which Mr.. Parker slept WAS
c open and goods which he had evidently been
aroused from his bed TO show some one were
= lying upon the counter in the store. Hence
, The conclusion il arrived at that ZONE one,
bent upon robbery, aroused him aid while
he WIS showing goods had struck him most
likely with a cOrn-knife. TO make sure OF the
death OF his victim he had followed him up
= and literally hacked him to pieces. Robbery
Is The only thing upon which the
murderer Is supposed TO have been
bent. One Of the murdered mans peck.
cts was turned inside out but In another 81 60
n in silver was found. In his vest which hung
=, upon II chair in the bed room was found 840.
) and IL Il shot bag in the store 1927 90 was
found. The cash drawer had been broken
open and its contents -ifcd. II Is supposed
the murderer and rObber had been brighten
ed from the place before he finished his pill
lerinRs. Pretty good clues as to who the
: murderer IL have been found and IL IL quite
probable that before our paper reaches our
) readers he will be behind the bars. The
:, murderer IL a negro.
e. Mr.. Parker was about 81 years Of age and
has been a resident Of this county about %
years. His wife and daughter. the only rela.
o tiyes he had in this part Of the country. are
dead. His mother lives In sharon, Penn.
# aud has been notified Of the crime.
Later: VIM. Waters to whom suspicion
pointed as being the murderer was arrested
n at the residence OF M. Shire u short way
Il from MayvIew by Constable Thomas Chm
Il Yesterday afternoon and confessed TO having
o killed MIR. Parker with a corn-knlfe. He wa,
K Immediately taken charge Of by y mob ant
hung. Waters home was In this city.