The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1892-03-09
SLEW HIS BROTHER.
hcltucky tIatrlcide Avenged.
st. Vernon the Scene of q
Bloody Family Tragedy

uu I'VE, LluIlIett cuOu dSS, tc"h maj
slal. was shot and killed by his
brother, Isaac SLo1grass. The trag-
. ' was the result # Emmett having
XII led his bloth.r Squire" SuoI
grass some two Wears ago. At that
time Isaac sent wori 10 Emmett
that he had killel his iavorite BROTH
er, and requested him not to speak
to him.
At Crab Orchard sone time last
year the two met. Emmett drew
his pistol and attempted to shoot
Isaac, but bystanders interfered
Emmett then apparently settled
down to lead a peaceable life and
was elected town marshal of Mt.
Vernon. Isaac had been to town e
number of times, but always avoided
Emmett, but the latter on a number
of occasions hunted him up and
quarreled with him, threatening to
kill hiln
Last week Isaac was in town. En-
NETT met him and began his usual
abuse of him. when Isaac told him
to 60 away and not bother him, say
ing: you've killed one of our
brothers; don't add another to the
list l don't want to be killed or kill
anyone" Yesterday Isaac had been
to Brodhead on business. Emmett
also went to Brodhead and they met
and a quarrel began, but bloodshed
WAS avoided by the interference of
citizens. Isaac got On his horse and
went to his home, about six miles
southwest of the place, where he
armed himself with double barrel
ed shot gun and started to 60 to the
residence Of William Case, a neigh
Dor.
Emmett left Brodhead with the
intention of going to the same place
C,se's house is off the main road and
the brothers met at the turning off
place. Isaac says that when they
met Emmett jerked out his pistol
and he raised his gun. Emmett fired
one shot, missing Isaac and striking
small dogwood tree almost in line
with his brother. The latter fired,
bringing Emmett and his horse to
the ground.
The wounded man rose and stag
gered toward a fence by the road
side, when Isaac fired another shot
which again brought Emmett to the
ground he rose once more to his
feet and made a dozen steps along
the fence, while Isaac was hastily
reloading his gun. A third shot laid
him low, but the now desperate
man fired another shot into the
PROSTATE body. Fifteen buckshot
passed through the head, eight OF
ten entered the left shoulder, and q
lumber in the body and legs. Two
bucLshot entered the horses head
and some struck the shoulders. The
animal died.
The fratricide went at once te
Squire Elder. the nearest magistrate
and told him he would report to The
court Monday morning and ther
went home.
Emmett Snodgrass in 1883 killed
James Bethurum. the quarrel lead
ing up to the killing began in 1876
when Andy Cummins, a brother-in
law of Bethurum. with three othel
men, charged with various crimes
from burglary to murder, were taker
by mob from tie Mt. Vernon iai
and hanged to one of the old gal
lows just west of town.
Snodgrass was finally acquitted
for the killing and left the state
going to Joliet. ILL.,, where he killed
a negro who failed to get off the
end of Snodgrasss wagon wher
commanded to do so.
After returning to this countr,
his brother Squire" built a house
on his own land and allowed En-
NETT to occupy and cultivate the
land free of charge. They frequent
ly quarreled. One day in 1890 EN-
NETT went over to where Squire
was living at his mothers. and wher