The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-05-02

On the evening of the third day, an
hour before shutdown, we camped in
a little log cabin near u river Don
egan laid over next to the south
WALL think it was the south wall
About 1870 father looked at Done
gan's watch, which he (fatherl then
had on. 1t was 1920, midnight.
Two hours before that father struck
me on the leg with with the AK and
woke me up. | looked over and Don
egan was lying there with his head
bust open. He was bleeding. said my
God, what have you done. papa? He
said, by G., | want the money Then
/ tainted. And when | woke father
had the body in the wagon, Done
gan's watch on, etc. He had some
coffee made. drank cup and sat
there and could not say a word. He
said, don get eXcited-it will be all
right. Then he hitched up and put
the things i'll the wagon. Then We
sat there until good daylight. We
started away | said where are YOU
going? He said, south. | said. what
are you going TO do with him? He
said, | am going To throw him into |
the first hole or creek | come to. !
said, what did you hit him with? He !
said. with an AK. We drove four or |
five miles before Il word was said. | |
said, we Just as we'll go TO Butler and |
give up You have got Us into it |
He said, don't be afraid Iii get out |
all right. Ii we are caught YOU will |
never suffer for it. | guess about 3 |
miles from the cabin we got along toy /
a creek. We drove of the road lit
tie piece and there is a steep bank.
Then he took out the end gate and
took him by the feet and drug him
right out and drug him by the feet to
the creek bank and took him by the
shoulders and gave him shove right
down the hill
THEY HAD No TROUBLE.
He hit the water, went down and
come up again. mean DOnegan
went down-and father came back
up to the wagon and put the end
gate in and got in and drove off.
lid not see the body sink. This was
10 d. N. when We put the body in the
,reek. DOnegan and father had no
5rouble, no quarrel, no dispute. no
words or difficulty OF any kind. Don
gan could not have treated us nicer {
lie divided up everything ne had
ven got sugar for Us. He did not [
Use sugar, but got some for us. After
he body was disposed OF We drove i
Lbout 300 yards around the same j
reek and father threw the AK in the
reek. 1t was a brand new ak, mark
q on the handle S1.23. We bought q
in Kansas City. We bought mon O
ey wrench. That was in the wagon 7
t the time We went into camp. and T.
/ was in the wagon when | saw it
ext after Donegan was killed. |
ever remember of it being taken out
t camp. | did not help father put /
ne body in the wagon. | said to =
i'm: How did you get him in the .
agon?' He said: i took a bale of
ay and put it up to the end of the
agOn, and iii that way | got him
l.. Father had nothing to drink
Le was sober and acted az he always b
adj +
Young Gartrell was sick of small !
OK at the time of the murder. and -
ter hiding the body in the creek the III
air returned to Kansas City. d.
A few days after their arrival DR.
artrell met Mr.. Woodward on the -.
rect. He was elegantly dressed,
Id addressing Woodward, said III
Let me pay you back that money p'
)w.''
This, said Mr.. Woodward yes 70
rday, referred to dollar he :,
ought he had borrowed from me -
e day before he left Kansas City. ne
e came to me and asked for a dol So
r, saying he wished TO send a tele- r.
am | refused to let him have it, !,
lowing he wanted it for whisky. A
" after his return he came again ile
me and wanted me to write anOth- ST
telegram for him. did so. This
legram was to a man named Baker "
Nyhart, Mo and read as nearly -
| can remember, as follows: -
Sell team for $3.50. or send it to III
ansas City" Ii was not signed
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