Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 January 1881 — Page 3

6 rEENCASTi,£

VOL. 8.

GREENCASTLE, IND.,

Staf

JAN. 22, 1881.

NO* 40.

SWOII

Tn

Th«‘ 71 inr!«-r of Jos«‘p:i K. «il-

forri.

W e briefly noted in a previous issue the fact that Mr. Joseph K. Gifford, formerly of this county, had been murdered at line, Kansas, on Christmas eve, by one Hannibal Burris. Since that time we have received a copy of a paper published at Erie, containing an account of the sad aft'«ir, from which we glean the

following particulars:

It becomes our unpleasant duty to

out of my sight; a number of boys came down the stairs at that time and I told them to go hack, it would only make it worse, and they wont back; I stood there at the foot of the stairs live min—

.4 C ostly Uown. IBortonCommonwaalth. j

A fow weeks ago a New Hampshire man, who had been a widower four or tive years, concluded he would take an

Most Horrible,

Si HiNOFiKi.n, Jix.. January 1(5.—Several montha ago a man named George l.awrince, was living with his family on the farm of 'I hnma* Simpson, nine miles

A Poor Fumily'si I.uck.

Philadelphia Record.

fin a truck patch at Sixteenth and Dickinson streets lives a family named Glen. They are in poor circumstances. The

utes I suppose, and I heard the report of husband works th e truck farm and sus- , ,,tlier helpmate, and, instead of making wegt of |h : g cily gmi w ,J rl{e( j gs g a pistol on the north side of the Gilbert urns a family of» wife and fourchildren. 1 ,nH sell ‘ ction fr ' ,n the n, * rri, K e>b ' e B' ^,8 hand was given a diseased pig by Mr. building, I stepped out round the corner Recently the wife was notified that her 'd his own neighborhood, he gave 0111 v,j m p SOn Artpr ) l$r p inR tl(0 an j ro# i snd saw that Gifford had his coat ofl; his father had died in Melbourne, Australia, 'bat he was going down to Boston to get sev ral wcok(1 j le killed it. Soon after coat was lying. I think, about ten feet leaving fl SOOtlOO to her. The story bun a wife. Ho left home for that pur- h(j an(1 hj8 wife an(1 chi , dron became from the corner of the building; Gifford : told by the Glen family is this: P 0 " 0 nnl "’ j , Frs ° r R' 0 neighbors. ver y s i c i, and Dr. Price, of this city, pro- . ... _„ r . , .j was out about tifeen feet northeast of Somewhere about thirty years ago who predicted all sorts of misfortunes ■ noil||Ce<J ,heir disease to be from the effchroniclc the shooting Of Joseph K. Giff- his coat, and Hannibal about ni- en ty : J“"iv8 Boyle, his wife and two children, ,hat " oul, l befall bun. Arriving in this ecU 0 f eaiin g ,b e diseased pork,

ord by Hannibal Burris at the dance at I feet northeast of him. maybe thirty feet; were living upon n farm in Laglitnagal -, r, ‘y. be made bis way to a well-known The limbs of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence i Gilbert’s Hall, last Friday night. We 1 asked them what this meant; Gifford ■sgb, Coun “Donegal, Ireland. Years ^^D'gpnce ( ffice and imparted the ob- werc lcrr jbly swollen. Those ol the shall not attempt to tell how it happened spoke then abuut like this: ‘ It’s all of hard labor and struggling with the Ij^ 1 of bis mission to the matron in st-; |aiter bum jn gtTergl p]jkceg Mortiflior who was at fault. Below we publish right: come on and let us take a drink.” 'mpoverished soil had failed to place the , tcnd * nce - After considerable question- ( . atjon gPt in sndm a tew days she die<l, the testimony in full before thccoroner's Hannibal came walking up to me, rather farmer in a comfortable condition, and " - * ’ ■ f^ bi rself vM the honisty of guffering the most intense agony . jury, and also at the preliminary trial , in between us; Hannibal said to Gifford: , *'na>'y. w ben Ins lease expired, lied..- 'be farmers intentions, she went into the Mr Uwience . g now | yinf , at tbo point It is the most unfortunate thing that has j‘Til beta hundred dollars that you have l**®' 0 ** 1 «o seek his fortune* elsewhere. r " on * "bere were a dozen or in. re young of ( , eath ,| 1S body , W() n pn y 0 a | most occurred in our little city for years, and a hole through your body;” Gifford said A borne was found for the children— women waiting for situations. She stated twjce jtg u>u> , Hjg gkin Is descrione that is regretted by every one. The he was ‘ able enough for' him;” I think | ‘be girl Mary, who was then but a babe. t0 ‘be® ‘bat n man was in the office who [ ed #g prcgenting a white appearar , CB aDd shooting occurred about 11 o’clock, and ' those were the words housed; Gifford , bein * P'^d with her grandparen ts—anyl: bad come to Boston to get him a wife, j gs h>rd ^ gtone || 0 j, unabie to Mr. Gittord was taken to the office of Dr. said 't was all right, come on. let’s take B°yl 0 * n d bis wife took passage for \ ic . " 1 ri ‘b<re any pros, nt who wtr. will 1Ilove without enduring excruciating agI.ight. where his wound was dressed by a drink; Hannibal said he wouldn’t, or ‘” r ' a '*^ U!, ‘ r *' ,v *- ln arriving at the col-. m K‘° ni * rr . v ,n honest New Hampshire ((n y | and wben touched on any part ot' i the Dr. after which he was taken to the words to that effect that a man who’ri ony he obtained unploymen', and by farmer without any courtship? Ho said tbe body 8crcamg rrom pai(J The childlowa House, where he remained till ho ; call him out to have n talk with him and c * re an ^ ® < ' us ‘ r y cnou Bb in a fow * u was willing to give her a good outfit ren bad oa t en bu t little of the meat, and ;<iied. He died about 5 o’clock, p. 111. then jump onto him, .ho would havo'y ear8 to buy a farm Pros- "f »eliding clot es at once. One }oung M0 f tJ . bave esca p pd jt s ,.(f ec t. l) rs . I Saturday evening, after suffering untold nothing to do with; Gifford turned up a , P u,,t y c0nlinucd t0 * ttenJ hi ®- artd evcn | P U ®P ,ook ’ n S K ,rl M1,, !lhe,d bke to see 1>rice of thif) city and Wamil( „r Kew agonies. On Sunday his remains wen* hottle and drank out of it; he then step- tually he became one of the most exten-^ ^ ,e P art >- A ter a lew minutea conver |> er || nt SO nj some portions of the meat Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted taken to the home of his brother-in-law. ped up toward Hannibal and held the sive farmers in tbe district. Ration +\l\ t t‘ jM.owtr s e cons* ntu to Philadelphia for analysis, and the exFeet and Ears, and all oiher Mr. Christy, living about eight miles bottle out to him and told him to take a Meanwhile, the baby daughter whom "‘ arr y ‘“J ‘ ttuo in I |, ertg rc p (irt j t , 0 be alive with trichinne.

Pains and Aches. | northwest of Erie, from where the fu-S drink; as he reached the bottle out Han- be had left behind was growing to years buy th. we . mg out it. * e aitnLr too

.s M » ncral took place the same day. Joseph nihal struck it with his left hand and hit of womanhood. From time to time the ' n, ° bis confidence ono of the sales-) Dentil ol Jndiro I'altorwoii. H.n,,d.v. a Iri.i . null. t...t th. r..mp.™u«tjr K. Gifford was horn in 1860, in I’utnam him upon the head or faco with his re- mails brought word* of good cheei from *bo entered joyfully into the Tkhki IIai te, Ind , January 17.—Tort.'iihT*incai h«vo ch^lp .nd ol "m | Oounty, Indiana, where he lived with his i volver in hia right hand, and knocked bir parents, but the welcome missives i " ,a, * er - After assisting them in their se- ro Haute is in mourning to day over the

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CERifftEOt

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RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Soro Throat, Spellings and Sprains, Burns and

Scalds, Genera! Bodily

Pains,

> laiinH.

Direction!* in Eleven LAngnagc*.

A. VOGELER A CO.,

linltintvrr, MtL, U. A.

parents. lie joined the 12filh Indiana him down; I led Hannibal down the

SOLD BY ALL DRUGGIST 8 AHD DEALKRB ) Volunteers, commanded by Col. C. C. street here a piece; some of the hoys

(Matson, at the age of sixteen. After ( were then with us, and l told them to go ( which he engaged in marble cutting, and ! on down the street, and I would go ; he was an adept at his profession, which hack and see if the man was hurt; I went ! ho continued to follow till he came to and found Gifford standing up; he seemKansas in December, 1877, and bought 1 eu to be suffering, and put his hand to the James P. Allen farm, six and a half I his head and set down and kind of icll miles northeast of Krie, where he has over. George Pendarvis and some per- , lived ever since. Mr. Gifford was a man j son I don’t know who helped me carry well-liked by all who knew him. for him over in front of Dr. Light's office

his honesty and promptness in all his dealings; but, unfortunately, ho was giv un to strong drink, which entirely changed the disposition of the inun when unI .ter its influence.

on the sidewelk, but wc couldn't get in. A man came up and said he was a broth-er-i:i-inw of Gifford and we took him in- | to Mr Dutton's store, where ho sat in the chair a little while, and then they help-

ccasod after 1.S70, the last one stating|'‘' c, ' on ‘he various necessary articles dea |h of Judge Y. Patterson, alter a that her mother, and a sister who was * ®' nor na ‘ ur c they went up to the j br j ct -.j> bp dp C p a .p d was in his horn in the colony, had died, and that dres a department to buy the wedding fifty-,.jghth year. He was Mayor r.f this

her father had given up farming, and was | ^ be variety shown the young investing heavily in gold mines near Bal > :i^, ff® 16 bewildered her, hut she tinal'y larat. In 1871 Miss Mary married Glen, s, ‘ h er heart on a dress that exactly and immediately aiterward the couple su '‘ ed ber. Lntortunately, the price

city from 185*. to If80; Circuit Judge fron iM'iO to 1864, and in the same position from 18ti7 to the time of hns death to-day. lie was one of the mo-t 1. nrnod

On Sunday morning Hannibal Burris! ed him to a wagon and put him in. 1 was arrested and taken before Esq. Shar- went hack and got my overshoes and rock and gave bond in the sum of $500: went home; whan I came out the wagon for his appearance at 11 o’clock Tuosday, j was gone, and I supposed they fi a d taken which was appointed fora preliininar him home; I next saw him at the lows irial. Tuesday morning, long before the! House in F.rie here, this morning; ho was time for trial arrived, the court-room | then in bed; I saw him twice to day, and was well filled with anxious spectators late this evening when he was dead, at and witnesses. At 11 o'clock the trial! the same place; I suppose a gun-shot began with J. W. Sharrock, snd Esq , wound caused hs death; the shot I heard

Hill, of Osage Mission, on the bench, was fired about 11 o’clock at night; it' crP ‘ li ble to the Glens, who could not reStiarrock having invited Hill toassist was fired in the direction of Gifford and alize the possibility of being raised from IT. F. Kager, County Attorney, appearing Burris; 1 heard but one shot fired at that 'heir present humble position to one of for the Htato, and Hutchings and Deni- time; there was another shot fired by :| fflu pnc 9 and luxury,

son in behalf of the defendant. The ex- some one on the street about five minaiiiination of the State’s witnesses lasted i utes afterwards; when the second shot ill day Tuesday; and until 5 o'clock on ; was fired I was with Gifford in front ol Wednesday. On Wednesday hon. L I)r. Light’s office. That second shot 1

think was fired by some boys as they crossed the street above us; 1 think it was about half past eleven that r.ighi when we left Gifford in the wagon; When 1 took Gifford down stairs the last time he

embarked for this country. They are ^ was$15 more l an the man was willing to Judges in this county, and w as ut.ivernow living on a trock farm, in a three- l ,a y • I he girl coaxed and pli a led with gz||y beloved not only at hoir.o But in all story brick house at Sixteenth and Dick- bitn, the saleswoman used all her argu- par tg 0 f the State. inson streets ments to make the sale, but the widower 1 For nine long years Mrs Glen had " a « infl-xtble. "Thirty dollars was an «T«*matrd. mourned her father as dead Often al- "" fired lot af money to p,y foi a gown.” ! Rochkstki:, Ini... January 13.—At two Ins far-distant home, but none of the m real earnest. Matters looked serious; . .. ... letters elicited any response. A few -overal other saleswomen took sidea with ,al1 " c ' n oc .a e, nr j ivc mi es months ago, however, a letter with the ‘be girl and pleaded lor the coveted H0 ‘“b nf Rochester. The family of ■ , . dress, but without success. Then the Jamos O. Buckley a farmer were aroused l , , , , . j B'rl g°‘ her spiiit up and told him that ^ f r0U) their slumbers by the kicking of a proved to be from an uncle, and contain-, bp was a II1Pan old fellow, and she would i ... . . ed the information that her father had not marry him if he’d give her the best 1 ^ 1 ' . 11 a c ' ur; '' ’ ^s 11 * died, leaving an estate of about jLibD.OOO, dress in the store, and inarched out. four children were in bed downstairs. 1 j-1 .4, a u 1 i .i Iwooftheir chilarcD, a boy aeorl eieht 1 ^ r.u n .V r I My, ° Wf l ’ OPP ‘ ,M ‘ ; and a girl ten years old were asleep up-

had ai«o died in 1874, and that therefore | [Detroit Froe PrcHf.l 1 c ^ she (Mrs. Glen) was the solo surviving' Thirty years ago Michigan people were * lrt ' ' a frank and truthful set. Strangers could j he MX P crsonfi 0, * ,he * round Hoor . i . , i ... . | fiad barely time when awakened to es-

come here and trade horses with his eyes ! . *

. . . , u r cape with their lives and few bedcloths

shut, and breach of promise eases were i r

, ., ,, . . . .. • , around them from iheir house, which

unknown, folks meant what they said. 1

and when they gave their word stuck tn I was 1 fi a,,u ‘' bouse

legatee to her lather’s wealth.

The information seemed almost in

Gold and Silver

WATCH ES,

FINE JEWELRY,

CLOCKS,

SILVERWARE.

Spectacles, Gold Pens,

Gold Headed

j Stillwell appeared to assist linger in the ) prosecution. After the examination of I (he State’s witnesses, the defense refused

I

to examine any more witnesses, and sub j mitted the case on the testimony given

j in by the State’s witnesses. After due j had a knife in his hand and I told him ) deliberation by the justices, they bound ; to put it up and he put it into his poeket.

SHIPLEI’S!

Burris over to appear at the April term of i the district court, fixing his bail at $1,1500, which he gave, and the case wiD

| now rest till then. THE TESTIMONY.

i John Berry being duly sworn, says: I reside in Neosho County, Kansas; am sheriff; I think I have seen deceased before last evening; I first saw him last

PdllPS Ftf* I‘-■vening at the ball, at Gilbert's Hall, in ‘ " E’ie, Neosho County, Kansas, about 10

o’clock p. m; I noticed close to the door a disturbance; 1 went up to see what it was; Mr. Gardner was talking to Gifford, the deceased; Gifford had a knife in his tiand; I told him ho must behave him-

1 didn’t see him havo any weapon when 1 wont out after 1 heard the shot fired; all that I have testified to occurred in Neosho County, Kansas; when I took Gifford down stairs the last time he winblei ding from a wound above his right eye.

Letters were sent

'o the lawyers, the good news was confirmed, and, within this week, Mrs. Glen has received a letter from solicitors in Australia, asking for a certificate of birth. 'I his must be obtained from Ire-

it.

and every thing remaining in if, includ-

Exactly thirty years ago this month „ ’ ,n K‘bo two sleeping children upstairs,

v* vr i o* * i. were burned to ashes, widower from New' i ork State appeared!

The same busi- i he frantic patents and brothers and

.sietersot the fated children were powerless in their endeavors to rescue them.

in Lansing on business,

ness carried him over to Do Witt, eight miles away. While en route he stopped

John Berry recalled, said' l heard heating of the house, and two men quar

Hannibal Burris say that he shot Gifford (deceased) as we brought him down the

street.

Further testimony was taken, but of like import with the above, the tenor of it; being that Gifford had no weapon in his:

land, and the whole charge of the matter) it a log farm-house to warm his cold ban been placed in the hands of lawyer fingers. He was warmly welcomed by John Austin I’urcell, who will take the 'he pioneer and his wife, both of whom necessary steps by which the family can ' were along in years, and after sonic gencome into possession of the enormous | era! talk the woman queried:

“Am I right in thinking you are a

widower?”

"Yes.”

“Did you come out here to find a wife?’ “Partly.” “Did anybody tell you of our Susie?”

"No."

“Well, we’ve got as bouncing a girl o‘ twenty-two as you ever set eyes on. She’s good-looking, healthy and good tempered, and 1 think she’ll like your looks.” “Where is she?” • Over in the woods there, chopping | down a coon-tree. Shall I blow the horn

fortune.

President Goodnow of the First National Bank of Woicester, Mass., desires to hoard at a hotel, hut his wife insists upon staying in their handsome residence. In order to make her move, the supply of city water and gas has been shut off, the furnace doors removed to prevent the

tered on the premises to see that she has no use of any article except those in the two apartments occupied by her..

[Peoria National Democrat.]

The most eminent physicians of the ' f or b p r v> i day recommend St. Jacobs Oil as a cure) ,.y n ]f you’ll

keep un eye on my

Nothin* hut Kiret-eln's (roods sold.

hand when Burris shot him: that Burris, f or rheumatism. It can be purchased ai n offered to bet $150 that he had shot a any drug house, and the price is insignif-1 l ‘ orse ‘ 1 ' or '

self if ht stayed in there, and to put his (hole through him, and that Burris struck ' cant . when . v< ‘ u lako ' n ‘° consideration “Well, there s nothing stuck-up or af-

1 the wonderful cures it will produce. freted about Suse. She II say yes or no

the tincit Regulator ever brousht to Indiana i knife, which he did; a few minutes after ) deceased in the head with his revolver.

hai' arrived and will heri-after be the standard lime ol Putnam

County,

'I

wards ho commenced raising a disturb-) when anco again in the hallway there; there ' was a stick of stovewood lying there; 1 I picked this up, intending to hit him with | it as he had the k nife in his hand Again,

asked to drink from his bottle.

[but Hannibal Bunis caught his hand, and Hannibal and I took him down stairs Land he said at the front door that he I would leave and go homo; I didn’t see ) anything more of him until about an hour afterward when I again saw him in the ball room creating a disturbance; I took hold of him and pushed him out of the ' door, down stairs, and told him he could not come in there or stay in there at all; | just at that time Hannibal Burris came I down stairs; wo both stood in the door a few minutes; and Gifford told Hannibal to come out as ho wanted to talk to him; 1 told Hannibal he had hotter not go, as we'd just keep him out and not let him

Tlu- Titnki'ls.

t’v'ox Stock Yards. Indianapolis. Jan. 1?.-

The North American Review for Feb- ! as 80,,n a * soon as sho ,ook, y° U ° VCr - If ruary is the literary phenomenon of 1110;)'°“ want her, don t be afraid to say so." month. First we havo an earnest and I The stranger heard the sound of her

They heard their piteous ciies when they awakened surrounded by flames, but had to stand and witness the burning mass fall down and crumble with tbe two precious bodies. They were four miles from any village and no help could reach them. Besides the cremated children all the wealing apparel of the family, $300 in money and a lot of grain in the barn were consumed in the tire. It originated from a defective chunney fine. .4 .71111»*i's I.ilo 4«ioiiud Out. Pkbu, Ink., Jan. 13.—A horrible accident occurred at Bunker Hill, this county Wednesday. The miller in John Duckwall’s mill was oiling the machinery, when his finger was caught between two cogwheels. He was dragged bodily forward, the bones of his arm being crushed and mangled as he was pulled into the machinery and his life crushed out. The miller was sixty years ot age and lived in

Wabash.

A Urvil'M Orod. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 17.—A shocking

He found In i just as tradegy was enacted at Lapeer, a village

too lbs. head.

Receipts, 3,f>C0 bead ; shipments, 1,MX)

patriotic article by General Grant, advo-! RJ . Rnd followed it.

Ho**—The market) .,

easy entitled "The I’ulpit and the Pew,” > like a man, and in two minutes he had Mrs. Barnard went to the residencoof written it the best spirit of the Christian decided to say: I (lev. E. Curtis, the Baptist pastor, attack-

Chicago January 19-The Dmvora’Journal P'" loao P hcr ’ winch ho endcavois to “Susie, Pm a widower from New York ( . d hjg wifo an old | ad a i )0lll si3i t y .tt vei j. nm l u .si, show the need that he believes to exist State; Pin thirty-nine years old, have, , , . . -r-J^ 0 II!rd Th^ marirwa. «.k and 1 for a revision of the prevalent ihoologr- one child, own a good farm, and 1 want »“’r down poured gasoline overher lOc lower, with the quality fair. Mixed pack- cal creeds. Under the quaint title of wife. Will you go hack home with me? ' j clothing, and set it on fire. 'I ho poor

imr. ft 05^4 90; light. *4 80@4 90: ehuiee fancy. i“ Aaron's Rod in Politics,” Judge A. W.: She leaned on the ax and looked at

at 12 20@3 Sfi; Stockers firm at 42 Hfifti-t ft), pens

well cleared.

Khcep—Receipts, '.00 head; shipment#. I,f90 head. The market was active and Arm at

*:t 65<95 85: extras. SG 00.

The Journal’s London special reports cattle

woman was so shockingly burned that

that she lived but a few hours.

Mr. Curtis until last year was a pastor at Greenville, this State for several years, and Mrs. Barnard came to Lapeer a few weeks ago, from Greenville,

15 «i. chiefly $5 25(85 40. | Tourgoo emphasizes the obligation, irn- him for half a minute, and then replied: Cattle—Receipts, 5,500 head; shipments. 1,- po-ed upon the Republican party by the ’’Can't say for certain. Just wait till IJ 000 head. Hood demand. 10c higher, and fully Chicago platform, of making provision ) get these coons off my mind.” 2«(*:i0c higher than last week, Exports, $. r > 50# for educating illiterate voters James; She sent the tree crashing to earth, 6 00; good to choice shipping, 84 90(85 ft!; com- Freeman Clerk makes a valuable contri- and with his help killed five coons, mon to ir.edium. $4 00(<*4 60; butchers'strong but ion to the discussion of the author which were stowed away in a hollow srs-stys '‘i”* *“ '-*• bd "« *• «»• - character of the United Stares Supreme “I'm your’n,” was the reply, “and by ‘inite a prominent lumberman, and Court are pointed out by Senator John the time you get hack from DeWi'.t I’M a woman about forty years old. She

I we’d iust keen n.m out anu noi .ei mm , ao* wouma.. uo»«u„ .pee... — r '^ sixth of Mr Charnay's have these pelts off and tacked up and has been busy rneanW attending the tone to Hannibal, and Hannibal said he | ronfld< , mids of Conialcalco, which must rank folks that he would bring a preacher no intimation of anj ill will to-

among the most stupendous inonnnients hack with him, and at dusk that evening ward her vivtim. It is believed by many ever erected by man. Finally, A alt the twain were married. Hardly an hour t h a t she is insane from religious exciteWhittnan writes of “ The Poetry of the had been wasted in courting and yet he , nent bu , olbcrs think ita caso of down .

future.’’ i he Review is sold by book-[ took home one of the best girls in the

would go out and talk to him; I told him [

then to watch out, as Gifford had his j Indianapolis, Jan. 18,-Whoal-The market

ia steady: No. 2 Red, new, $1 00. Corn —la

knife in his pocket; they went round to qI|i , )t at ^ oaU-Are quiet: a«w white. 33#

[the north side of the Gilbert building, jaic for January.

severs generally.

1 State of Michigan.

right wickedness. She is under arrest.