The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-08

all over town. Even after they are
concentrated in the leased building,
which will be in June, they will be in
secure. No monied consideration will
justify the taxpayers OF the county
in exposing these valuable records
to the danger OF being destroyed.
The funeral OF Mrs VIM. Freeman
took place Monday from the late res
idence of deceased, about mile north
of town. Interment was made in
Oak Hill cemetery. Death was due
to dropsv. She was quite an aged
lady and had been a resident OF the
county for many years. The funeral
was largely attended by old friends
and neighbors.
Among the list of foreign witnesses
attending the trial of Riley, the Am
sterdam bank robber. Monday were:
Ed. p. Boyle. and Z, D. Booker, OF
the detective force OF Kansas City,
F. H. Tillots0n, of the Pinkerton Ma
tional detective agency. Thomas
Prentiss, chief; Thomas Beatty, night
chief and JAS. Turner city detective
of Sedalia Chief Beattyis the officer
who captured Riley.
Deputy Sheriff d. ID. McCann spent
Monday in Kansas City as a witness
in the divorce case between j. K.
Cobb and wife. Mr.. McCann SAYS
Mrs. Cobb was granted a divorce
from her husband and as alimOny
was given by the court the brick bus
mess house on North Main street, oc-
cupisd by Mr.. Johnson as billiard
hall, 5000 in cash and the custody OF
her child, a little girl 10 or l years
Of age.
DR.. Robinson. member OF the pen
sion board, who resides in the west
part of the county, was in the city
Monday, attending court as Il wit
ness in the Amsterdam bank robbery
case. The Doctor is in favor OF build
ing new court house at the county
seat. The Doctor. who has large
practice in the west part OF the
county said he found no opposition
to the proposition among the large
property owners.
In "a primary election to nominate
county candidates it is free field, "a
fair race and big county. The long
est pole knocks the ''persimmon' and
the defeated candidates should take
their medicine manfully and grace
fully, and fall into line head and
shoulders for the success of the ticket
from top to bottom. Bates county
democrats are built that way and
after the primary is over you will
find the defeated candidate in the the
front rank for the success of the ticket
and party.
Jones, the government prisoner in
jail, for shooting Detective Jackson
at Holden. and also being held for
robbery of postoffices, became so de-
fiant that Sheriff Mudd, in order to
subdue him was forced to extreme
measures by taking him to a black
smith shop and having chain riv-
eted to his leg. He was then return
to jail and chained to his cell. Jones
| is a bad man and he terrorized the
prisoners in Jail and also the guards
Prof. J. f. Haper, assistant prin
cipal OF the Foster schools, compli
mented us pleasantly while in the
city Tuesday He said their schools
closed the last of the week. That tn,
work accomplished during the tern
was satisfactory. Prof Harper say'
there is some opposition to the cour1
house proposition but large major
ity are for it and he believes it vii
carry in the township.
We are reliably informed that Claut
Oldham. of the Rich Hill Tribune
was in the northwest part OF th'
county recently urging the peopl
not to vote for the court house prop
osition, saying that if this one wa
defeated that Butler would pay hal
the cost of "A new court house. THU
kind of a fight so thoroughly disgust
ed the people that a number who wer'
Opposed to the proposition on th'
start now say they will vote for it.
The entire community deeply sym
pathlze with Mr.. and Mrs. G. Pratt