The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-01-23
BUTLER'S CASE.
The Man on Trial for the Killing 0f
DR.. l.. +. Wilson.
spread of it,

The hearing of evidence in the trial oi
Ferdinand Il. Butler for the killing OF DIR.
II. L. Wilson, ut Iligginsvillc, on the Odd
of June, 1891, was begun in the criminal
Thursday morning. The state is
represented by County Attorney Aull,
while Hicklin & WelbOrn, of this city,
and Nj. G. james, of lIigginsville, appear
for the defendant.
The story OF the killing is familiar to
the readers OF the INTELLIGENCER. But
Ter was in his ward cutting grass with n
small grass hook, tying up rose bushes
and such like, when DIR. wilson,, the local
surgeon for the Chicago and Alton rail
road, came along and stopped Mt Buffers
gate. One story is that Wilson had loan
I'd Mrs. Butler, who was an invalid, Il
surgical instrument of some kind, and he
asked Butler to get it for him. Butler
sent Il small boy who stood near him, and
this angcrcd the doctor, who commanded
Butler to go himself. This the latter re-
fused to do. A fight followed, and later
on it was found that some sharp instru-
menJ had been driven into the PHYSICIANS
skull, death following paralysis and loss
of consciousness Il few hours afterwards.
Butler was arrested by the officers at
Higginsvillc, and in Il conversation with
Constable George Evans, as detailed by
the latter on the witness stand Thursday,
he said, when asked how he made the
wound in Wilson's head, that he had
struck him with his fist, in which he held
Il short piece of wire, which had been used
in tying up some rose bushes. Mr.. Evans
had heard a rumor on the streets that the
surgeons who examined the wound in
the dead mans head had found a piece of
u knife blade embedded in the skull, and
told Butler of this. The latter said again
that he had used only the wire, but if he
had used anything else, it could not be
proven on him. The presentation of this
evidence created quite a commotion in the
court room, and Judge RyIand had to rap
on the desk for order.
This conversation was in the presence
of Constable Evans and Deputy Sheriff
Jackson both witnesses testifying thereto.
The trial is progressing before the fol-
lowing jury:
Robest =. Pointer, Robert Beall,
NJ. Il. McClelland, w. II. Patterson,
Henry r.. King, George Farrar,
Leander c.. Ewing, Willis Combs,
Clarence l.. kenney, Theo. z. Clark,
Charles e. Slade, james Strodtman.
The hearing of evidence had been
concluded at noon, the afternoon being
devoted to the giving of instructions and
the arguments OF the attorneys. Mr..
Hicklin, one OF the attorneys for the de-
PENDANT, hoped to have Il verdict some
time during the night.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Transfers of real estate furnished by c.
G.. Wallace. recorder.
d. w. b. Tevis to A. l.. UT, part
of lots 4, s and q, block 81, First
add to Lexington ..............S $50 90
Henry e.. Wallace to Lula Is. Pax
ton, the west half OF lot D, part
of the southwest quarter of sec
ton %, township 81, range 81. 1900 Ot
Martin Buns to John Hinrichs,
part OF northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section 4,
township 4S, anC "a Do. 10 OF
General Marcus ID. J.. Simpson, of the pay
department OF the United States army
and Martha'R., his wife, of Cook coun-
ty, Illinois, to jerome ID. Simpson, tho
following described land in Lafayette
county, and about the anne amount in
johnson county; consideration, 1925,
600, in hand paid.