The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-29
DROPPED DEAD.
The Body of Judge RObOrds Found in
His Nursery.

had been found the night before III
his nursery. 1t appears that his II
pening peaches were being stolen and
he made arrangements to watch
them He was to stand guard the
fOrepart of the evening and be rellev-
ed about 10 O'Clock by his helper,
Mr.. Pels0r When the latter went TO
the nursery between nine and ten
O'Clock he could not find the Judge,
and after a search fell over his dead
body among the peach trees. Mn
Pelsor FASTENED to Mr. Adams, a near
neighbor, and Major Vance Adams
responded. Coroner Renick. DR.. ley,
Rev Jewell and some of the near
neighbOrs We're notified.
The position OF the body indicated
that Judge Robords had fallen for
ward on his face. the gun under him,
his hand holding to the stock. His
face was scratched by briers, but
| there were no other marks to indi-
cate that his death had been caused
by violence.
The body was taken to the resi-
dence OF l. \. Mains Owing to the
critical illness of Mrs. Robords it was
thought best to keep the facts from
her until The following day; that Of
fee being delegated to her pastor,
Rev. Jewell
Coroner Renick had Il jury sum
moned and held an inquest over the
body on Thursday morning, the YER
diet being that deceased came to his
death through natural causes.
The funeral was conducted from
the First Presbyterian church on
Friday, at o'clock p. IN. Judge
RObOrds was "a member of that church
for many years and his death left IA
vacant chair III the session. which
Jewell was assisted in the services by
Revs. Cobb and Jones. He took for
his text "The perfect man." a very
appropriate one in the estimation of
Judge Robords' neighbors and
friends.
{. |. Robords was born in Monroe
county, New York. February -,
1882. His father was a missionary
Baptist clergyman and for many
years was pastor OF the First Bap-
fist church of New York City He
received a thorough education at
the Madison university in Hamilton
and subsequently studied law two
years, when he was prevented from
completing his course by the death
of his father in Missouri, where he
had settled with his family in 1913.
Young RObOrds returned to Bates
county and settled up the estate. and
has been an hOnOred citizen of this
county since that time
He served as presiding Judge of our
county four years, with entire salts.
faction to his constituents He was
united in marriage in the early
eighties to Miss Thalia A. Bryner. of
Lucas county, Ohio, the fruits of
which marriage was Miss Maggie.
beautiful, amiable and accomplished
young lady. Miss Mary Hodkina,
daughter in love, care and tender
ness, the child of Mrs. Robords sis
ter, was adopted into the family
when an infant. She, too, is lovely
and accomplished young lady.
Nevada is to have a new ice plant
with a capacity of Is to 20 tons per
day. The plant is to be ready for
operation by the first of April. 1902.
W, F. Stephens, of Vinton, favored
us pleasantly while in the city Tues
day He had just delivered to Can
non & Weiner $1O5.35 worth of flax.
He owns ii farm of 80 acres. we'll
improved and unincumbered; in fact
Mr.. Stephens doesn't owe a dollar.
His flax was threshed by James
Jones, who, Mr.. Stephens says, owns
a splendid machine and does excel
lent work. He raised Ii tons oftim-
otny hay, has Il acres of corn that
will make 20 bushels to the acre and
30 acres that will not run over 2L
bushels, but will raise plenty offodder
for his stock. The TINES is ALWAYS
glad to note the prosperity of Bates
county citizens