Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-07-03
A MuRDERous BRUTE.
FIendish Crime Of n Bloodthlraty Husband
lie Assaults His wife. shoots Her Uncle
and Daughter and a Young Man Who At
temoted ca Arrest Him.


FIendish Crime Of n Bloodthiraty Husband
lie Assaults His wife. shoots Her Uncle
and Daughter and a Young Man Who At
tempted Co Arrest Him.
KANSAS Cry, MO, june 2U.-rhe
lovely little suburb Of Kansas City,
Kan, Riverview, was the scene last
night OF terrible tragedy which may
culminate in the death of three persons.
LIB, Myers, employed in brick yard
in this city and living at 1902 East Six
teenth street, has beautiful wife, from
whom he has been separated for the
past three weeks She has been board
Ing with her uncle, Benjamin Van Horn,
who resides at 72S Lyons avenue, Kan
sas City Kan, with his wife and daugh-
ter.
At seven o'clock in the eTening My
ers went to the police station and said:
II want TO recover woman. What can
you do for me9'
To which the reply was given: 1--WE
can not make a wife live with her hus-
band unless she wants TO"
Myers then left the police station and
proceeded to the Van Horn residence
and arrived there at 1880, going in at tho
east door. He said: 81 want to sea
Louisa" his wife
Mr.. Van Horn replied: "She is in tho
kitchen. Shake hands, Abe" but My
ers replied II guess | won't shake
hands with you this time"
Van Horn answered: "Well, you need
not il you don't want to-"
n /. q -.
menced talking TO his wife and ended
by saying: II am going to kill you" lie
then drew his revolver. Van Horn,
who was standing by, grabbed him by
the hand and said, Don't shoot Abe"
and Louisa, run"
"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 upstairs. He started up the
stairs and met Miss Carrie Van Horn
coming down stairs screaming He shot
at her, hitting her in the left breast,
and said stop screaming.
fence and ran up the alley to Central
avenue, down Central to Sixth street
and from there TO Reynolds avenue
Several persons in the meantime joined
in the chase. officer W. j. Butler and
Nelson Gensen were running side by
side. When at the corner Of Lyons
and Fifth street Myers threw his
fright arm over his left shoulder
and fred at the pursuers, the
ball hitting Nelson Gensen on the
right leg between the knee and hip
This did not stop the pursuers, who
chased the fleeing man to the electric
light plant, whore he threw his revolver
away and ran over tho Missouri Pacific
tracks. In attempting to jump over
ditch he fell. r. Gay who was in pur-
suit, jumped on to him and commenced
pounding him. A second later Gensen
and Butler we're both upon Myers, add
ing their blows BY this time seventy
five men had gathered at the scene,
and there we're loud threats of lynching.
One man brought a rope but the officer
held the crowd of and the murderous
wretch was safely landed IN Jail.
A reporter visited the Van Horn re Il
dence, which presented sickening
sight Van Horn was lying on the steps
of the house. bleeding to death from a
wound through the right lung. His
daughter lay in the front room on the
floor, suffering intense agony from a
bullet wound near the heart
Young Gensen received only flesh
wound, but the injuries OF Mr. Van
Horn, who is sixty-one years old, and
his daughter, aged seventeen tits feared
will prove fatal.
The cause OF the separation was
Myers abuse OF his wife while lntoxi
Gated. She is twenty-five years old and
the couple had been married several
years.