Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-01-01
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
Kansas City Adds q Second Woman
Murder to Her List.
Iowa Farmers Shoot Heartiess son-Aged
Doctor Killed In Bed-son Murders
Father-Sontenced 20 Ne
Electrocuted.

KANSAS CITY, NO., Dec. 80.-Armed
with Ratchet man, for whom the
police are now searching, last night
stood above the broken. bleeding form
of woman whom he was determined
to kill and merciless.y hacked away ut
her body until the cries for help which
arose to her lips sank into feeble means
and finally ceased all together. The
woman who was killed Is supposed to
have been Nellie johnson, q negro
domestic. She was beaten into in
sensibility Mt q few minutes after
eight o'clock; she died ut one
o'clock this morning, just after she
had been taken from the police
station to the city hospital. She never
recovered consciousness, and the MUIR
derer is the sole keeper of his secret.
Shortly after midnight officers brought
to the station Jim Dyer, an employee at
the Studs barn. He looked ut the
unconscious victim and recognized her
ut once us the wife Of Teamster John
son, who had been discharged by the
Studs company week ago. The po-
lice were convinced that johnson was
the guilty man and officers were sent
in all directions searching for him.
The theory is that johnson had de.
cided to murder his wife, tie q big
stone to her body, parcel body and
rock together in tarpaulin and hide
all trace OF his crime in the river, but
the woman's amazing hold on life
baffied him.
FARMERS SHOOT A HEARrLEss SON.
0TTUMwA, H., Dec. 30.-Abe Balm
and his two brothers are well-to-do
farmers living near West Point Not
far away lived their father, in abject
poverty. When the old man died, q
few days ago, II was claimed he had
starved to death, and the alleged cruel
treatment Of the sons was generally
denounced. After the father was dead
the sons refused to pay the expenses
of his burial, or even to see the body.
This SO enraged the neighboring farm
ers that last night mob of about 30
citizens marched to the home of the
Balm brothers, and called for Abe, the
oldest Abe stepped to the door, and,
seeing the crowd outside, retrcated
into the house before the mob could
lay hands on him. He called to his
brothers, and all three opened fire on
the visitors from the door of the house,
inside Of which were Abe's wife and
children. The mob returned the fire,
and after the smoke had cleared away
1t was found that Abe had been NOR
tally wounded. He died in q short
time. The brothers have sworn out
warrants against seven neighbors,
charging them with murder. Many Of
the farmers say they will not counte-
nance the arrest Of their neighbors.
AN AGED MAN SHOT IN BED.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Dec. 3O.--Near Chan.
dler, DIR. William Campbell, 20 years
old, was shot through the hip and body
as he was asleep in bed, the shots be-
ing fred through q window, which
was riddled with bullets. Campbell
was witness against two brothers
named Barllet and Art and Frank
in case in court, and the
officers are hunting for them with
warrants, charging them with the
shooting. Campbell will die.
MURDERED BY HIS BON.
ARDMoRE, !. T., Dec. 30.-Informa-
ton reached the marshal's Office yes
terday of killing Tuesday at Elk.
Alfred Franklin, colored, was shot to
death by his son, boy about II years
Of age. Deputy Covington left last
night for the scene of the trouble.
Franklin was probably the wealthiest
colored man in the Indian territory.
SENTENCED TO BE ELEcTRooUTED.
CINCINNATI, Dec. SO.-Frank Early,
who shot his mistress and
killed his wife last August, on Walnut
hill, this city, was yesterday sentenced
TO die in the electric chair April IA,
1898.