The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-28

story OF the awful deeds ne u el'ebNu
to have committed Is 90 varied ana
startling that new events crop out
Tally. The case Is therefore worthy Of
more extended comment
The life OF this great criminal N
unique In the history Of modern crime
So amazing have been his onenaes tha'
/ Il Is impossible 20 recount them WIN
out involving a doubt OF his SANITY
Yet there can be no question Of 'ne
fact that Butler Is a simple example
Of tina, cruelty and brutality tha' no"
and then manlfests itself among mod
ern civilized peoples The absolute ao-
sence Of conscience or sympathy when
be displays IL unparalleled among CIVIL
lied people during recent times Inc
story Of bis crimes Is horriiylng. no
sane man. with the exception OF II. II.
Holmes. Is known TO have manifested
such q lack a feeling or 10 have car
/ ried on his murderous business Win
such positive brutality. Butler Is
savage 10 the midst OF civilization.
Comparatively little Is known OF his
former life. He Is a mining prospeetor
and a seaman. he Ia known 70 have
been In San Francisco four years ago.
Thence he went to Africa TO search for
gold. and from Africa he migrated TO
Australia. lie is an Englishman OF
stature something above middle height.
with heavy eyes. bronEed complexion.
and perhaps 40 years OF age. The APP
pearance OF his face Is repulsiye. but he
has suavity OF manner that enables
him 10 win the confidence OF men. and
that was OF material assistance TO him
In Turing men to their doom. After
landing In sydney Butler looked about
for something 10 DO He gave out that
he was a prospector. and people could
easily see that be had something OF the
mariner about him. lie aha nothing TO
attract attention. and he lived as he
pleased. Now and then be left town
and was gone for a few days. returning
as II from a prospecting trip In the
, mountains Early last April he ma
tured the design by which he eneom-
passed the death OF many men. The
number Of his victims Is not known
. Il may be fifteen. Il may be forty
But the police have positive iniorma'
ton that i've dead men are TO be placed
: to his account His plan was hideoai
. In lis simplicity. lie advertised In l
Sunday paper for a partner TO exploit
a valuable mining claim. The vietlu
was invited 10 proceed with Butler q
the property. which. he said. was locat
10 ed In the Blue mountains. forty mile
from sydney. When In the wilderness
a Butler set the victim 10 work digging
q and wnen the excavation was OF slz
n sufficient the murderer shot his maj
y. In the head. despoilod the body an
a buried Il In the grave prepared for q
y self with iiE own hands. II was durlnl
e last October that Butler made one o
B. his trips into the mountains from sgd
d noy. On his return he assumed IN
n name Of Frank p. Harwood. who hal
l. disappeared o short time before and o
/. whose whereabouts no one seemed q
Is know. Harwool was last seen IN IN
NNAANANN "a hNhA'AH NNh use AAeANNNAA
n ance had not attracted special atten
a. ton. The man had no friends. and a
a his absence did not concern anyone Is
/, peclally no inquiries were made 70
I him. Soon ate Buffers reappearanc
r. IN sydney the advertisement for
!. mining partner again appeared an
, Arthur o. Preston. young English
a man In attendance az the university @
\, sydney. responded. Butler explaine
!. to Preston that he had discovered
l. good prospect In the mountains and N
!, two set out for the Emu plains on N
u train. Arriving al the station near N
!, foothills the two men made their wa
= into the mountains. A few days after
!, ward Butler returned TO sydney an
~ told his acqualntances that he had spl
with Preston because the student wa
J. too soft" Within a few days after hi
return from the trip with Preston Bu