Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-06-28
SHOCKING CRIME.
Two Persons Fatally Wounded by Fren-
zIed aud BIoOdthlrsty Husband.

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night of a terrible tragedy which may
eliminate in the death OF three persons.
LIB, Myers, employed in brick yard
in this city and living at 500 East Six
teenth street, has beautiful wife, from
whom he has been separated for tho
past three weeks. She has been board
ing with her uncle, Benjamin Van Horn,
who resides at 1aS Lyons avenue. Kan
sas City, Kan, with his wife and daugh-
| ter
At seven o'clock in the evening My
ers went to the police station and said:
Il want TO recover woman. What can
you do for me?"
To which the reply was given: 1--WE
can not make 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 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 My
ers replied: Il guess / won't shake
hands with you this time"
Van Horn answered: well, you need
not II you don't want to-"
Myers went into the kitchen and com
menced talking to his wife and ended
by saying: II am going to kill you He
then drew his revolver. Van Horn,
who was standing by, grabbed him by
the hand and said. Don't shoot, Abe"
and Louisa, rum"
well, d-n you. I'll shoot you" said
Myers, and he held the revolver to Van
Horns breast and fred. 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"
Then he started out the back way,
smoking revolver in hand, and met Van
Horn, who had got up, and said: ''D-n
you, I'll kill you"
"Abe, you have killed me-" he an
swered, and again fell to the floor.
Myers then jumped over the back
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. ]. Butler and
Nelson Chinese were running side by
side. When at the corner of Lyons
and Fifth street Myers threv his
right arm over his left shoulder
and fired at the pursuers. the
ball hitting Nelson Chinese 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, where he threw his revolver
away and ran over the Missouri Pacific
tracks. In attempting to jump over
ditch he fell. +. Gay, who was in pur-
suit, jumped on to him and commenced
pounding him. A second later Chinese
and Butler were both upon Myers, add
ing their blows. BY this time seventy
five men had gathered at the scene,
when yell went up.
Get rope!''
"Hang him to trestle!"
Kill him!"
A man in the crowd went for 4 rope.
In the meantime every one who could
was beating and pounding the fallen
man. Two minutes later rope was
secured, but by this time Mr.. Reynolds
had picked up the revolver and had
given it to Officer Butler, who was UNI
armed. With this revolver he held the
maddened crowd at bay. The crowd
was soon so subdued that Butler sue
ceeded in getting his prisoner on an l.
train and took him to the central police
station.
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
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
DR.. W. P. King, chief surgeon of the
Missouri Pacific, and DR.. c. j. Hutchin-
son soon after arrived at the house and
dressed the wounds. DR.. King vas
asked his opinion of the effect of the
wounds. He said:
'Mr. Van Horn was hit in the center
Of the breast, the ball passing around
the right side and came out near the
spinal column near the shoulder blade.
The wound is fatal. Carrie Van Horn
was hit near the base of the heart, the
ball ranging upward and lodging under
the left shoulder blade. Her case is
very critical"
Mr.. Van Horn was asked to make an
ante-mortem statement, which was as
follows: ~ was sitting at the east door
when Myers came up and ] offered to
| shaka hands with him hut he rafnsad.