Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-24
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Has Killed Five People.

E. Bates Soper, the Cass county Inur-
derer, recently captured in the state OF
Oregon, is evidently a bad man. Says
dispatch from Jacksonville
Another murder is now laid at the door Of E.
Bates Soper, who is in the CaSs county jail
Soper has confessed that he drowned the two
year-old boy, his son by his second wife, because
he did not want to be bothered with the child
This makes five murders which are now charged
to him. He admits that he murdered his wife
and their two children in Archie six years ago
He does not admit that he shot his father to
death in their Clay county home. but the cir
cumstances surrounding the case point to Soper
rs the murderer. He was then IS years old. and
had quarreled frequently and violently with his
father.
HOW HE KILLED THE BOY.
I'm going to be hanged, reckon, and 1
might as well tell what did with the baby out
in Oregon. was going away from Portland and
didn't want him to live so tossed him into
the Willamette. He was drowned. After
awhile I'm going to write it all out in a letter
to my wife, and tell her the whole story"
Soper seems to feel little or no remorse for,
any of his crimes, his chief regret being that he
had told his Oregon wife his real name, which
led to his capture. While coming to Kansas
City, however Lowe, who captured Soper, says
that Soper in his sleep seemed to be haunted
by the sight of his last victim struggling in the
| water. Lowe declares that he would wake with
| swim; poor little fellow"
HOW he WAS CAUGHT.
Soper says that when he left his home in
| Portland, Ore, on the 10th of last April, he
took his two-year-old boy, telling his wife that
| he was going to visit q friend. He did not re-
| turn, and his wife began making inquiries, in
| forming the police that her husbands real
| name was Soper. Shortly afterward Prose-
| cutting Attorney Lowe saw the item in a Port
| land paper, and after investigating concluded
| that the Oregon Soper was the man he wanted.
| 1t now develops that Sam Lowe may not get
| the 500 for which he journeyed to Oregon, At
| the time of the murder Of Soper's wife and two
| children a reward of 500 was offered, and it was
| mainly to earn this that Lowe made the jour
| ney, but it is claimed that this offer had
| been withdrawn, and Lowe NAV get nothing.
Readjustment of Post Omces.
The annual readjustment of salaries
of presidential post offices was made at
Washington the other day. It shows
the following changes in Missouri:
Carrollton advanced from third to second
| class.
INCREASES Carrollton, 81 300 to 5000; Gala
tin ST. 500 to 81 800; Jefferson City, g, 400 to S.
900; King City, 81 900 ST. 100; Liberty, 300 to
S17OO; Rockport, 1900 to S1,4OO; Sarcoxie, 81.
900 to ST. 100; Dexter, ST. 100 to $780, Frederick
| town, 1900 to $1,000; Huntsville $1,000 to
| $500; Jackson, 1900 to $1,000; Jopli n
$500 to s24O0; Kahoka, s1,400 to $500;
Kirksvile, 81, 100 to s., 200; Laplata, $1,000 to
$780, New Madrid, 81, 900 to sl,1O0; Princeton
81, 800 to 81, 800; Rolla Sl,4O0 to $500; Salem
81, 900 to 81 100; Trenton, $1,000 to $1,000; Yves
ton 81 900 to 81, 100; Eastport, 81, 100 to 1890
| DECREAsEs-Appleton City, S1,40O to 81 500
Aurora, $500 to 81 400; ClarkSville, 1880 tt
81, 400; Glasgow, s., 400 to $1,000; Hannibal, g.,
600 to s., 500; Hermann 81 200 to SLIGO; indie
pendence, s. 300 to s., 200 Lamar, 81 800 to 81
zoo; Macon, $1,000 to $500; Nevada, s., 800 tc
g., 200; Odessa, S1.4O0 to $500; Osceola 1,20
to 81 100; Pleasant Hill, $500 $1,000; Swee
Springs, 81 300 to $1,000; Troy. $1,000 to 81, 100
Warrensburg, s., 100 to s., 200; Webb City. 81,
200 to 81 900: Webster Groves 1900 to 81 200