The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02
MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.
A Former Bates County Citizen and
His Daughter Shot Down IN
Kansas City.

L. u " elS, ein p4oyeu III ii pilch
yard i'll this city and living at 1902
East 18th street, has beautiful wife
from whom he has been separated |
for the past three weeks. She has
been boarding with her uncle, Ben
jamin Van Horn, who resides at 723
Lyons avenue. Kansas City, Kan,
with his wife and daughter.
At I O'Clock last evening Myers
went to the police station and SAID:
II want to recover a woman. WHAT |
can you do for me'" To which the |
reply was given: I'VE cannot make
wife live with her husband: unless
she wants to-
Myers then left the police station
and proceeded to the Van Horn res
idence and arrived there at $50.
going In at the east door. He said:
Il want to see Louisa his wife
Mr.. Van Horn replied: "she is in
the kitchen. Shake hands, Abe"
but Myers replied: 81 guess I won't
shake hands with you this this
time
| Van Horn answered, "Well, you
need not if you don't want to-"
| Myers went into the kitchen and
commenced talking to his wife aud
ended by saying: "I'm going to kill
you" He then drew his revolver.
Van Horn, who was standing by,
grabbed him by the right arm and
said, "Don't shoot, Abe," and "Lou-
lisa, rum"
> "Well, d-n you, I'll shoot you,' -
said Myers, and he held the revolver
to Van Horns breast and fired. Van
Horn fell to the floor. Mrs. Myers
ran out of the house into the yard
Myers followed into the front ROOM
: thinking his wife had run up stairs.
He started up the stairs and me,
Miss Carrie Van Horn coming dowr
stairs screaming. He shot at her
hitting her in the left breast, ant
said: ''stop screaming"
Then he started out the back way
smoking revolver in hand, and me
Van Horn, who had got up, ant
said: "D-n you, I'll kill you
s. "Abe, you have killed me-" he ar
swered, and again fell to the floor.
= Myers then jumped over the bac
fence and ran up the alley to Ger
trail avenue, down Central to Sixt
L. street and from there to Reynold
avenue. Several persons in th
meantime joined in the chase. o
fcer w. j. Butler and Nelson Ghil
ese were running side by side. Whe
7. at the corner of Lyons and FIT
er street Myers threw his right ar
over his left shoulder and fred
the pursuers, the ball hitting NJ
- son Chinese on the right leg b
tween the knee and hip. This d
not stop the pursuers, who chas'
the fleeing man to the electric igl
plant, where he threw his revolv
alls away and ran over the Missouri P
=. cifc tracks. In attempting to jun
over ditch he fell. R. Gay, wi
. was in pursuit, jumped onto b
md and commenced pounding him.
h;I, t second later Chinese and But
were both upon Myers, adding tn
blows. By this time seventy.f
men had gathered at the scene, wh
a yell went up.
yer Get a rope!"
Ha- s.Hang him to trestle!'
'.Kill him!"
A man in the crowd went for
II rope. In the meantime everyt
\. who could was beating and poul
ing the fallen man. Two minu
later a rope was secured, but by
4 time Mr.. Reynolds had picked
the revolver and had given it to
fcer Butler, who was unarm
HA With this revolver he held the m
dened crowd at bay. The Gro
Z was soon SC subdued that Blu
succeeded in getting his prisoner
RI an T. train and took him to the {
u trail police station.
A Globe reporter intervie,