The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-12-07
CAUGHT IN CEDAR COUNTY.
The Supposed Murderers of Leopold
EdIinger. His Team and Clothing
in their Possession.

Fairplay, Mo, Dec. 3.-GeOrSe ana
Ed Smith were arrested Ill Cedar
county this morning for the murder
OF Leopold Edlinger OF Bates county,
whose body was found about three
weeks ago in Mill creek, near Fort
Scott. Kan, chained fast to a bOul-
der in the bottom of the stream. A
brOther-in-law of the murdered man
was in Stockton. county seat of Cedar
county, fifteen miles west OF this place
Yesterday and Unidentified a team OF
mules, wagon and cooking outfit and
clothing, which had been brought
there by the Smith boys, as Edlin-
gers property.
The Smith brothers are in jail at
Stockton, but refuse to talk concern
inc the affair. Fort Scott, Kansas,
officials are expected tomorrow.
The murder is supposed to have
been committed for the robbery OF
$500 which Edlinger had i'll b Is pos
session when he started from Bates
county for Oklahoma. The case was
worked up by Turk brothers and {.
Dixon of Bates county, and officers
OF this county.
There is a woman in the case, but
the prisoners refuse to divulge heI
name at present. She passed a $2O
gold piece with IA drop of blood on it
i'm a town near Fit Scott, Kan, few
DAYS ago, but left the Smith boys
shortly afterward. A full confession
is expected from them as soon as the
Kansas officers arrive.
Excitement is at fever heat anC
new developments areexpected short
lv that will unravel the mysterious
disappearance of Edlinger.
The above report has several mac
curacies, the most important o
which is the amount of money the
young man had in his possession al
the time he was murdered.
He was a hard working boy and 10y
frugality had saved eight hundred
dollars in cash. He bought a piece
of land from Mr. Walton in Okla
homa. and made the first payment o
$500. His team, an extra fine one, ,anC
outfit cost in the neighborhood o
$500. He left on deposit in the Mis-
souri, State Bank $1S. Therefore
he couldn't have had over $40 il
cash on his person.
The condition OF the corpse indicat
ed that he had been dead some time
before being placed in the water.
When he left Mr. Tyler's he had 6
well defined route mapped out He
was to go to his brother-in-law' s. IL
the neighborhood of Rockville. Thel
he was to 90 by way of Rich Hill
Sprague. Hume and on through Kan
sas on q road which would have takel
him many miles north OF Fort Scott
Mr.. TYLER warned him particularly
against taking up with any strangers
on the road and extracted promise
from him to that effect and also that
he would not be persuaded to leave
the route previously marked out. His
brother-in-law tried to pursade hin
to 90 by way of Nevada and Fort
Scout. Duu TO no avail Iie heSS Aio'
seen at Rich Hill, Sprague or Hume
or in fact after he entered the Marias
Des Cygnes bottom, near Papinville
1t is therefore not unreasonable &c
suppose that ne was murdered II
those bottoms and the corpse hauled
by a different route to where it was
found near Fort Scott.
Mr.. Tyler was very much attached
to the Young man and his tragic
death affected him greatly.
Mr.. TYLER will go to Cedar county
TO identity the property.
Paid Dear For His Leg.