The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-05
j. d. ROSS SHOT DOWN.
Mrs. Joab MuIvane's Brother Muir
dered Near Rossville.
RICHARD DEBARROS THE MURDERER.

The TEen Quarrel Over an Attempt OF
Mr. Ross so Compel tho Removal OF
DebarrOs from the MuIvane Ranch.
J. D. Ross, the agent in charge of the
Mulvane ranch three miles from Ross
vile, was shot and killed yesterday by
Richard Debarros, one of the employees.
MIR. Ross is brother of Mrs. Joab Null
vane. AS the agent of John r. and Joab
Mulvane he had entire charge of the
ranch constituting something over 1000
acres.
Debarros had been working at the
ranch several months. 1t is said that he
was under contract to work for year,
and the tase of a house and tract of
land for garden patch were provisions
in the contract. Mr.. Ross and Debarros
had disagreed almost from the first. The
nature or cause of the disagreement is
not stated, but it is intimated that De-
barros had committed thefts, for which
Ross desired to discharge him and make
him keep off the ranch.
Mr.. Ross in company with another en-
ploye went to Debarros' house yesterday
morning about 1880. It is said they
went for the purpose of eviction. De-
barros refused to go and the men quar-
relied. Finally Debarros fired two shots,
the other striking him on the scalp.
The latter wound was not serious, but
the wound in the stomach proved fatal.
DR.. ]. c. McClintock of Topeka was
sent for and he with several Rossville
physicians worked with Mr.. Ross all night
and exerted every effort to save his life.
Their efforts were hopeless, however,
and Mr.. Ross died at $3.50 this morning.
News of the death was telegraphed to
m
once for Rossville.
After the shooting Debarro5 is said to
have walked to Rossville where he gave
himself up to q constable.
Undersheriff Tom Wilkerson and Chief
of Police John 81. Wilkerson went to
Rossville yesterday, but had not returned
at noon today. They will bring Debarros
to Topeka and place him in the county
jail. He will be tried for murder.
Mr.. Ross was man OF about middle
age and was the head of a charming
family, consisting of wife, three daugh-
ters and a son. He was a prominent
Mason.
John r. Mulvane, in speaking OF Mr..
Ross. said today: "He was one of the
mildest and most peaceable men l ever
knew. He is the last person in the world
one would expect to be murdered.
don't know this man Debarros, but he is
evidently villainons scoundrel"
The efforts of Mr.. Ross to get Debarros
off the ranch extend back several weeks.
Debarros refused to leave the place I'M
less Ross would pay him for the vege-
tables he would lose by moving. Ross
brought suit before Rossvills justice
of the peace to evict him. Debarros en-
gagged Gum & McNary to defend his
case, and it was decided in Debarros
favor. Mr.. Ross then brought another
suit to accomplish the same result by a
different process. This case would have
| been tried tomorrow.
| Coroner Bailey went to Rossville this
afternoon for the purpose of holding ar
! inquest
Da Gama's Body Probably burned
NEW YORK, July 5.-Woad come.
from the Herald's correspondent il
Montevideo, Uragua, that the body al
legged to be that of Admiral Saldana d.
Cana is that of some other officer. 1t i!
believed that da Gama's body was burn
ed, to prevent an exposure of the bar
barous treatment it received.