The Van Buren press., 1900-11-10
Murdered Almost Within the City
Limits.

A few minutes after seven o'clock
Saturday evening great excitement was
created or Main street by the announce
ment that II man had been fatally shot
on top of Logtown hill. The shooting,
which later resulted in the death of the
wounded man, occurred near the resi-
dence of Robt. O'Bryan. Mr.. O Bryan
and son had their attention attracted by
a sound as If of fight close to the
premises. They started out to investi-
gate and saw two men struggling in the
road, one of them crying "help, he is
robbing me. - When within forty or
fifty feet of the struggling men one Of
them threw pistol down on Mr.
O Bryan and his son and commanded
them to step back which they naturally
did Robt. o Bryan ran to the house to
get his pistol and before he returned the
murderer had turned the weapon ON his
victim and sent a bullet crashing into
his brain. Mr.. Bryan fired three
shots at the murderer, who had started
to run away us soon as he had fired on
his victim, but failed to stop him.
Mr. Robt. o Bryan then came to town
and notified the officers of the occurrence.
They Immediately repaired to the scene
accompanied by DR.. Corney, who made
hurried examination and declared the
wound fatal.
The wounded man was then removed
to the hospital and everything done to
revive him, but he was paraly2ed show
ing the bullet had penetrated the brain
Papers in his pocket showed the man S
name to be Almon r. Carpenter and
his home, Kennedy. /. T. He had
evidently started for Cedarville. There
being letter In his pocket from young
lady to which he was engaged, judging
from the text of the letter, at that point
Carpenter died Sunday morning with
out having regained consciousness and
our officers were left with not clue to
the identity of the murderer except that
he had lost his hat in the struggle which
had apparently taken place between the
two men.
Mr.. Carpenter father was notified
personally by Sheriff Pitcock Sunday
and he arrived that evening and took the
remains home Monday morning He
could throw no light on the identity of
the murderer, his son having left home
alone. Before leaving here he offered
reward OF fifty dollars for the capture
Of the murderer. 1t is the supposition
of the officers that Carpenter fell in with
the man who killed him, either on the
train or while in town The two were
seen together just as they were leaving
town but not enough notice taken to
give any good description, They also
think that it was case Of attempted
robbery and that considerable of "A
took place between the men be-
fore the fatal shot was fired. A pistol
fully loaded was found Sunday morning
near the scene Of the shooting and as car
tridges found in Carpenters pocket
fitted it, it is supposed to have belonged
to him and been dropped in the struggle
AS before stated the officers have
hardly any clue rs to the identity of the
but they will make every
effort to locate him and bring him to
justice.
A coroners jury was empanelled Mon
day morning and arrived Mt the only
decision it was possible to arrive at with
the evidence before them, that:
1--WE, the jury impaneled to inquire
into the death Of Almon Y. Carpenter,
find that his death was due to gun.
shot wound inflicted by an unknown
person.