The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-02-20
CULBERTSON.

Miss Verna Vastine of Palisade spent
Saturday and Sunday at home.
Mrs. N. L. Wemple went down to
McCook, Wednesday, on business.
The dance in the court house, Satur-
day night, was considered a success.
j. S. Terrier is down to Orleans in the
interest of the American Beet Sugar Co.
Loren Enyeart, the popular editor of
the Hayes County Times, was in town,
Saturday.
Dick Betz came down from Stratton,
Saturday morning, to furnish music for
the dance.
Mesdames Lackey and Henderson of
McCook attended the dance here, Sat
urday night.
W. Fl. Chambers came down from
Fort Morgan, Monday, and is the guest
of E. T. Newton, this week.
DR.. A. Ii. Miller has purchased the
Taylor building, one door north of the
meat market, and will make it his office.
Henry Kleven and Miss Pearl King
drove down to McCook, Wednesday, to
attend the wedding of Henry's brother
Leroy.
Harry Lehman came down from Bev-
erly, last Tuesday, sick with lagrippe
and was unable to teach all week. He
resumed his school duties, this week.
Cecil Baldwin came up from McCook,
Saturday, where he has been clerking in
G. L. DeGroff's store during the holt
days. We are glad Cecil has come
home.
Miss Pearl King resigned her position
in our school, Friday. Miss King ex-
poets to leave for Missouri with her
parents, soon, which we regret very
much.
w. T. Hickman and family Of Norca-
ture, Kansas, have moved to this place.
Mr.. Hickman has purchased the east
barn and bus, and will hereafter wait
upon the public in the capacity of
liveryman.
A homicide was enacted in Logan
precinct, early Sunday morning, of most
distressing particulars. G. r. Mitchell,
who was one of the striking Burlington
engineers. a few years ago married Miss
Bertha Lincoln. Ed Lincoln, a brother,
a man about 80 years of age, made his
home with the Mltchell's. Lincoln, a
powerfully built man, is subject to
epileptic fits and is of a rather quarrel
some disposition. 1t seems there had
been some feeling existing between the
two men and Lincoln probably in his
deranged Imagination felt that he had a
grievance against his brother-in-law.
Early Sunday morning, while Mitchell
was in the stable caring for his horses
Mrs. Mitchell and her brother were in
the house. Lincoln started to go out
and as he stepped out the door he said,
''This has gone far enough" Mrs.
Mitchell, fearing trouble, managed to
get to the stable first and warned her
husband to be on the lookout. Mitchell
requested his wife to open the back door
so as to afford them an avenue of es-
cape. While she was doing this Lincoln
entered the stable with a bar of iron
about 4 feet in length, 2 inches wide
and y an inch thick with which he
Mitchell two blows on the head
before he had time to get from between
the horses. One of the blows, evidently
the first, inflicted a scalp wound,
and brought Mitchell to his knees,
when the second blow was struck crush
ing the skull and causing almost instant
death. Lincoln then returned to the
house, while his sister who had fled to
the house went back to the barn and
removed her husband from under the
horses where he h ad fallen. She
then went to the neighbors and in a
short time a number had gathered at
the stable, while Lincoln remained in
the house. A courier was sent to Gull
and the coroner DIR. A. FL.
and Constable j. III. Ross and a
party of two or three more went at
once to the scene of the tragedy.
In the meantime Lincoln had left
he house and gone to a neighbours.
A coroner's inquest was held and verdict
rendered in accordance with above facts.
Lincoln was captured and brought to
own apparently in a demented condi-
ion of mind. The board of insanity
passed on his case, Monday night, and
decided that he was insane. An appl-
cation was at once made for the admis-
sion of the patient to the insane asylum
1T Lincoln. The permit was received,
Tuesday, and Tuesday night the sheriff
5ook him to the asylum. The murdered
nan was buried, Tuesday afternoon, in
he Logan cemetery.