The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-11-29
Circuit Court.

| County Jail is kept and the kindness
D with which he treats the prisoners.
In less than four hours after tn
adjournment OF the Grand Jur,
= Charles Mills, colored, lay dead from
4 pistol shot fired by Theodor
Cooper, alias Trixey Cooper. Cooper
I was captured and landed in jail or
the next day. a Special Grand Jury
was ordered by the Court, and h
was promptly indicted for murder il
the second degree. The particulars
of this killing have already been
published.
Minnie Smith was divorced from
Forester T. Smith on Wednesday on
the grounds of cruelty. From the
Ievidence this was a aggravated case
and Mrs. Smith richly deserved her
legal separation.
On the same day Oscar Brown
plead guilty OF burglary and was
sentenced to two years in the State
Reform School at Boonville.
John F. Mckee was divorced from
Irene V. Mckee on the grounds of
improper conduct.
On Thursday the case of l.. 5.
Paddock against the Mo. Pac. Ry.
| Co, was dismissed by agreement,
the matter being settled out of Court
This is a case that has been in the
Supreme Court for several years and
sent back for new trial,
Augusta Modem of Rich Hill was
divorced from Richard Modem on the
grounds OF desertiOn. The evidence
tended to show that Richard was
probably dead as he wrote his wife
he had started to her home i'll Bates
county from Illinois; she heard he was
sick on the rOad-he never came.
Mrs Modem preferred to take a de-
cree and be sure she is separated
from the drtcnIdut
The case r. H. Duke against W. H.
III. Duke ct al was argued and sub
mitted to the court This suit i'll
wolves the ownership of S1S56.S5
the proceeds of cattle claimed by
several parties. The plaintiffs are
commission men in Kansas City.
They paid the money into court and
required the parties to come in and
establish their claims, they not
knowing to whom to pay the pro-
ceeds. The claimants live near
Adrian.
Daisy d. Wachtel was divorced
from. George W. Wachtel and the
grounds of non-support. Her name
was restored to Daisy D. Garrison
The plaintiff lives at Rich Hill
The case Cass Co. & c. w. Sloan
Trustee, against the State Town
Mutual Insurance Company was
tried on change of venue from Cass
county and brought a large number
OF prominent citizens and distin-
guished attorneys from Harrison
vile. The plaintiffs were represented
by Judge Sloan, r. 7. Railey and
ID. {. Barnett and the defendant by
Fyke ( Fyke of Kansas City.
John ". Page was divorced from
Mary Page. The parties live in the
north part of the county.
George Hauser was naturalized on
Friday. He was formerly from Ger
many.
\. +. Needin against SandersOn 4
Wilson Hardware and Furniture
Company brought a large number of
witnesses from Rich Hill. The YER
dict was in favor of the plaintiff.
On Wednesday the Judgment of af-
frmance OF the sentence of Noah Me
Glnnis was received and recorded. |
The death warrant is being prepared
and will be furnished the sheriff this
week. 1t seems certain that the law
viii take its course and the execution
Will take place at the county Jail on
Dec. 20, between the hours OF > a. m.
and ) P, IN. in the afternoon as the
law requires The supreme court
sustains the circuit court in every
instance where error was alleged
The opinion was written by Judge
Gantt and was concurred III by every
member of the court. 1t covers 10
pages Of typewriter matter. and re-
views the evidence and authorities
cited in the case.
The case Fred Palmer against DR..
I W Bozarth. is now on trial.
About 90 witnesses from Lamar and