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4,000 00
Total receipts $20,577 00
Cash paid for 15 bonds
15,000 00
Leaving cash on hand January 31, 1881 $ 5,577 00
Balance sheet showing the financial condition of the county January 31, 1881 :
Resources-
Cash on hand, county expenditures $ 13,957 59
county road fund 758 17
railroad interest fund 7,137 27
railroad sinking fund 5,577 00
Balance due on general tax books of 1880
7,822 42
Balance due on back tax book, estimated
16,000 00
Total resources $ 51,252 45
Liabilities-
Unpaid warrants of 1877
$ I 50
Unpaid warrants of 1880
283 90
Railroad debt .
1 10,000 00
Total
$110,285 40
STATE OF MISSOURI, Iss.
COUNTY OF CLINTON.
I, George R. Riley, Clerk of the County Court of Clinton County, Missouri, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct state- ment of the receipts and expenditures of said county, for the year ending January 31, 1881.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at office in Plattsburg, this 17th day of February, 1881. [SEAL.] GEORGE R. RILEY, Clerk.
Debt of the county for 1833 $ 167 373
Debt of the county for 1880 110,285 40
POLITICAL.
In the early years of Clinton County, her citizens did not trouble themselves much about political matters. They seemed to care more about the settlement of the country and the increase of worldly goods than office. One reason for this doubtless was, that the pay was noth- ing extraordinary. The trouble in those days was to get men to take office. Now, however, it is difficult to keep dishonest and incompetent men out of office. For several years after the organization of the
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county, persons were elected to office more on account of their qualifi- cations and popularity than for political reasons. In those days the office emphatically sought the man, and not the man the office. We find in the settlement of many Missouri counties, where the opposing candidates belonged to the same party, and sometimes when the county was entitled to two representative to the legislature, a division was made, and a Democrat and Whig were elected. When party lines were drawn Clinton County was always carried by the Whigs, until the break- ing out of the civil war, with one or two exceptions. These exceptions were in the case of Judge Thomas E. Turney and George Winn, both of whom were elected in 1856 by the Knownothing party, the former to the state legislature, and the latter as sheriff of the county. During the war, and until 1868, when the Drake Constitution was in force, the county was Republican. From 1868 and 1870, when the political fran- chises were again accorded to the people, the county became reliably Democratic, which is its condition politically at this time, 1881. At the first election ever held in the county, on the first Monday in August, 1833, the election being for a member of congress, there were thirty-four votes cast. The candidates were George Shanon, John Bull, George F. Strother and James H. Birch. The folowing are the names of the voters: Thompson Smith,
Thomas Livingston, Elijah Armstrong,
Richard R. Rees,
Jonathan Newby,
Benjamin Fry,
Stephen Jones,
Edmond Roberts,
John Livingston,
Washington Huffaker,
Bartholemew Thatcher, Solomon Groom,
William Miller,
Lewis Stetton, John Biggerstaff,
James Elliott,
Andrew M. Pogue, John P. Smith,
Archibald Elliott,
John Vassar,
Armstrong McClintock,
Lorenzo J. Froman,
John Moore, Abraham Enyart,
Joseph Guest,
James Conner,
James Hall,
James McCown,
John J. Ownes,
Silas McGuire
Clark McByer,
James Shaw,
Samuel G. Biggerstaff,
Pitman Hanks.
CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF CLINTON, · SCT.
An abstract of votes taken at an election held at the house of John Biggerstaff, in the Township of LaFayette, in said county, for a member of Congress of the United States, on the first Monday in August, 1833 :
For George Shanon, 22 ; for John Bull, 7 ; for George Strother, 4 ; and, for James H. Birch, 1.
We, the undersigned judges of said election, at the time and place aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing is a true and correct abstract of the votes taken at said election, and further, that the annexed is a true and correct poll book of said election.
Given under our hands this
- day of -. A. D., 1833. A. MCCLINTOCK, ABRAM ENYART, - JUDGES.
SILAS MCGUIRE, { A. J. JACKSON, 1 Clerks.
JAMES HALL.
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The above abstract reads "La Fayette Township." La Fayette Township, however, at that date, embraced the entire county, as Mr. Rees certifies to the same return of votes, as follows :
STATE OF MISSOURI, - COUNTY OF CLINTON, S SCT.
An abstract of the votes taken at the several precincts in the county aforesaid, on the Ist Monday in August, 1833, at an election for a Representative in the United States Congress.
Mr. Rees gives the number of votes thirty-four. Taking this num- ber as a basis, the population of the county, at that time, could not have exceeded two hundred souls.
The following is the abstract of the vote in 1834 :
STATE OF MISSOURI, 1 COUNTY OF CLINTON. SCT.
An abstract of votes taken at the several precincts, in said county, at the general election, held on the first Monday in August, 1834, to elect in conjunction with the County of Clay, one Senator, and also to elect one Representative for the County of Clinton, aforesaid, three Justices of the County Court, one Sheriff, one Coroner, and township officers :
For State Senator : Ware S. May, 1; John C. Owens, 42; Richard Linville, 2; L. F. V. Thompson, 136.
For Representative : John P. Smith, 108; John Holman, 74.
For Sheriff : Silas McGuire, 46; Thompson Smith, 141.
For Justices of the County Court: John Biggerstaff, 134; Wash- ington Huffaker, 108; Lewis Shelton, 58; Stephen Jones, 113; Daniel McKissic, 88.
For amendment to Constitution, 73; against, 7.
STATE OF MISSOURI, } COUNTY OF CLINTON ( SCT.
I, Richard R. Rees, clerk of the county of Clinton aforesaid, do certify that the above and foregoing is a true and perfect abstract of the votes taken at the several precincts in said county for the officers afore- said on the first Monday in August, A. D., 1834.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal, (no seal of the court having yet been prepared) at office this 5th day of August, A. D. 1834.
RICHARD R. REES, Clerk.
SEAL. -
The vote of the county had increased from thirty-four to one hun- dred and eighty-one from August, 1833, to August, 1834, which indicated a population of about one thousand in the county. During the space of one year about eight hundred men, women and children had settled in
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Clinton County from other portions of the state and country. Many of the early settlers were from the adjoining county of Clay, a few of whom were already living here when Clinton County (which was formerly a portion of Clay) was organized.
The political sentiment of Clay County was strongly Whig. That was for many years, prior to the settlement of Clinton County, the home of General A. W. Doniphan, and other prominent leaders of the Whig party, hence the early political bias of Clinton County. The old politi- cal leaders of Clinton County were General David R. Atchison, Judge James H. Birch, Colonels Winslow Turner, James R. Coffman and Mason Sumner, Democrats; and Thomas E. Birch, and Colonel John T Hughes, Whigs. These were all men of ability, some of whom attained state and national reputation.
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OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS
For Clinton County, by Townships, at the General Election, Nov. 2, 18So.
TOWNSHIPS.
SUMMARY
OFFICES.
CANDIDATES, ETC.
Atchison .
Clinton .
Concord
Hardin
Jackson .
La Fayette
Lathrop .
Platte . .
Shoal . .
Totals . .
Majorities
President
Hancock & English,(D)
J96 78
142
443
176
150
241
236
206
271
2061
824
and Vice
Garfield & Arthur, ( R).
31
173
83
67
72
259
77
397
1237
President.
Weaver & Chambers, G (Crittenden (D)
196
141
446
176
151
242
235
207
272
2066
833
Governor. .
Dyer (R)
78
3
171
83
66
72
259
86
396
1233
Brown (G)
5
4
38
6
IO
8
45
18
76
190
Congress-
Craig (D)
185
138
431
171
150
234
228
199
258
1994
543
man, 9th
Ford (G)
91
37
214
90
77
SI
302
103
456
1451
District .
Bland (D) .
223
147
565
203
163
253
244
257
430
2485
Representa
Harwood (R) .
87
31
183
87
69
89 9
253 48
16
83
208
Cir't Judge
Allgaier (D)
169
59
203
70
71
239
114
160
355
1440
17
Sheriff .
Bedford (D).
95
105
378
130
129
66
273
124
123
1423
Collins (G)
Payne (D). .
177
136
403
150
148
236
229
203
278
1960
Collector .
Shepherd (R) .
100
31
214
104
72
79
265
83
394
1342
Ferguson (G) .
2
4
34
6
7
7
45
12
55
173
Funkhouser (D)
199
144
485
176
150
240
235
202
277
2108
934
Treasurer
Porter (R) .
74
28
130
78
68
73
258
72
393
1174 186
Prosecuting
§ Lowe (D) . .
196
146
456
177
149
233 S2
234
202
252 2045
621
Attorney.
Althouse (R)
83
30
194
87
77
150
201
240
202
277
2007!
698
Surveyor . .
Thomas (R).
85
31
174
92
67
108
268
78
406
1309
Rigg (D)
170
132
385
168
150
207
236
149
254
1851
429
Assessor
O'Connor (R)
100
39
232
91
67
85
263
123
422
1422
Rose (G) .
5
4
5
10
22
43
21
23 172
Saunders (D)
195
141
449
176
150
239
233
207
273.
2063
816
Coroner . .
Rogers (R) .
78
31
180
83
67
72
265
75
3961
1247
Burk (G) .
4
4
34
6
IO
7
40
9
51
275
2644
807
Pub. Adm'r
Holland (R).
189 81
31
ISI
79
67
73
259
75| 391
1237
Liebrandt (G)
3
4
36
5
16
4
40
12
58
175
County
( Frederick (D)
117
331
718
Judge 2d
Smith (R).
162
330
So8
90
District. .
Helwig (G)
52
82
County Judge Ist District.
Shaver (D) . Bowman (R)
74
31
76
76
70
294
621
For Tp. Organization.
24
21
45
7
43
60
305
49
403
1158
Against
=
232
132
493
218
150
173
160
163
157
187
720
For Restraining Swine.
43
47
151
33
70
107
265
122
378
1216
Against
217
115| 407|
206
133
166
208!
130
215 1797
581
For Constable Concord Township- Baggs, 194 ; Peed, 178; Livingston, 124 ; Halferty, 95; Glenn, I. Baggs' majority over Peed, 16.
NOTE,-The majorities indicated by this table are the excess of the Democratic vote over the Republican, except in the case of Smith and Allgaier.
Vote of the county in 1833, 34. Vote of the county in 1880, 3,486.
635
tive. . .
Packard (G)
3
4
36
6
3
147
259
250
257
460
2465
Dunn (D) . .
225
143
519
205
43
9
7
106
9
220
448
State Sen'r.
( Jones (D) .
186
141
423
171
140
208
230
197
225
1921
82
405
1286
618
§ Everly (D) .
188
142
450
136
444
183
150
233
238
239
1113
492
189
137
181
151
216
303
94
474
1424
165
Riley (D) .
1961
270
316
24
6
Walker (G)
6
5
43
157
29
188
.
CHAPTER XXV.
CRIMES, INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.
WILLARD MURDER - TRIAL OF WILLIAM LANGSTON - CONFESSION OF AUGUSTUS OTIS JENNINGS-KILLING OF HOWARD GLENN-MURDER OF MISS MOLLIE STEEL-EXE- CUTION OF ALBERT HUGHES-ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF KENNEDY-A TERRIBLE CRIME-A BLOODY AFFRAY-DARING ROBBERY.
All organized counties and communities, it matters not what may be their geographical location or what may be their general moral and religious status, have a criminal record. Some of these records are com- paratively free from crime, while others are replete with deeds of violence and bloodshed.
Clinton County is no exception to this universal rule, yet from the date of its organization to the present time the number of crimes com- mitted in proportion to population, as shown by the records of the courts, is far less than that of any other county in Northwest Missouri. There are, however, some facts of a criminal character which belong to the history of the county, and are of such importance that they may be narrated in this work.
WILLARD MURDER.
The first trial for murder ever had in Clinton County, was the State vs. William Langston, for his complicity in the murder of Edward H. Willard, near St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1852. The case was brought to Clinton County on a change of venue. The old citizens who were pres- ent at the trial, tell us that it was the most interesting criminal trial that ever occurred in the county. Langston was very ably defended by Gen- eral A. W. Doniphan, and others, but was sent to the penitentiary for twenty years. He was afterwards pardoned by Governor Robert M. Stewart for acts of kindness done by him for the governor, several years preceding his election as chief magistrate of the state.
In order that our readers may understand the facts in the case, as they occurred at the time of Willard's death, we shall here publish the confession of Augustus Otis Jennings, one of Langston's confederates in the commission of the crime, and who was hung near St. Joseph in Sep- tember, 1853. The following is Jennings' confession :
I have thought that the ends of justice, the claims of humanity, and the honor of my family require this, a frank confession on my part, of the part I and others acted in the unfortunate murder of Willard. My conscience prompted me to such a course, and although a man in my
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condition-condemned to die for a high crime, may not enjoy the public confidence, so far as his word is concerned, I am persuaded, corroborated as my confession is by the testimony of others, the power of simple truth will place me right before the bar of public opinion.
In the fear of God, with the certain prospect of death before me in a few days, I make this confession and exposure.
I became acquainted with Willard, if my memory serves me right, in the spring of 1852, some four or five months before his death.
With Langston, Jones and Anderson, who stand charged with the same offense with myself, I became acquainted at different periods. With Langston about twelve months, with Jones and Anderson only a few days before Willard's death.
Willard professed to be a carpenter by trade, but was doing business in St. Joseph as an auctioneer. He was also settling up the businesss of a Mr. Miller, deceased, at least so I understood from him, and as such employed me to make and set a paling around the grave of the deceased Miller. For that labor I charged Willard twenty dollars. In addition to this I had another account charged on my books against him, of two dollars and a half-making in all twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. This debt was incurred in June, 1852.
I believed him to be an honorable man, and had no doubt that he would pay me for this labor. He promised to pay me as soon as the work should be finished. I had to pay the money out of my own pocket for the materials. I was poor, and had a family to maintain entirely by my own labor, and consequently needed the pay. I called on him at a suitable time and told him my wants, and he promised to pay me soon. I called again, and again, and he always told me the same thing. I soon began to have doubts about his paying me at all. I thought he had means, and was able, but did not intend to pay what he justly owed me. This somewhat soured my feelings, and led me into, or to take that part I did in the affair that unfortunately ended in his death. For here, per- mit me to anticipate the sequel by remarking that in all that painful affair, my only and constant motive was to use some coercive measures to ter- rify Willard, and make him pay me what he owed me-not even to lynch, much less to kill, but merely to frighten, was my whole object when I began the affair. Nor did I, up to the very moment of his death, intend doing anything else than frighten him into the payment of his debts. I believed him to be able, but unwilling to pay. Subsequent developments have, however, satisfied me that the poor fellow had not means to pay his debts.
The very first intimation that I had, from any source whatever, that Willard was to be lynched till he would pay his debts, was in the office of Craig & Jones, on the morning of his death. The first explicit declaration of an intent to whip Willard was as we went out to the woods, where he was whipped to death. If Langston, Anderson and Jones, either, or all of them, intended anything more than to terrify him, or perhaps whip him, they would have told we of it.
With the cowhide and rope which I purchased, circumstantially as related by the witness on my trial, I intended to frighten Willard, and if used at all, only in lynching him.
Before we started out to the woods Langston told me that Willard said that he had forty-five dollars hid out there in the neighborhood of
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the graveyard ; that he had buried it there while I was setting the paling around Miller's grave. I asked Willard in Langston's presence if he had, and he answered, " I said it.'
I understood from Anderson, on the day of Willard's death, that Willard owed him fifteen dollars, borrowed money. Of Langston I understood that he went Willard's security for license to auctioneer, per- haps forty-five dollars. From Jones I never understood that Willard was in his debt at all.
With this preface, I will go back and detail the transactions of that day, that ended in Willard's death.
Of the sale of Willard's property, and the confusion and scramble among his creditors, that took place the day before Willard's death, it is not necessary for me to say much, as that is all well known to the public, and, in fact, I know but very little about it. I was there but a few moments. The sale was entirely over when I went to the railroad depot. Purchasers were then carrying away the property when I came up.
Of the many threats against Willard, said to have been made on that occasion, I heard none. I heard Dr. Harding using scurrilous language and contemptuous epithets to Willard, and I saw the doctor wring Wil- lard's nose. I told the doctor to let him alone ; that he owed me more money than he did him, that it was best to let him alone, &c., about as detailed by the witnesses on my trial. If Copeland made any threats against Willard that day, I did not hear them ; nor did I ever hear him make any. Willard seemed to be drunk, and made no reply to Harding, nor to anybody, that I heard.
That night I expected that some division would be made of the result of Willard's sale, and, being unwell myself, I went to see my partner in business, Mr. Beal, to get him to go and attend to geting our proportion of Willard's property, or the money that it brought at the sale. Beal was himself unable to go ; he was that evening supstruck dangerously ill, and he could not go. Then I returned home, and, after spending a few minutes, went to the depot to learn what had been done, or what was likely to be done. Here I learned that Willard had gone to his residence and reported himself sick, and had sent for a physician, and that the doctor (Howard) had reported him to be drunk, or that Willard's wife had put her head out of the window and stated to per- sons outside that he was drunk, and when drunk he was a fool, and to wait till morning, and all things should be right. With this information, satisfied that matters would be satisfactorily arranged in the morning, I returned back home. I should suppose it to have been between ten and eleven at night when I returned home. I did not leave my residence till after breakfast next morning.
I did not see, hear from, or correspond with Langston, Anderson, Jones, one nor all, nor with any body else that night, in reference to Willard.
I was not apprized of any design or intent to coerce Williard into a payment of his debts. I had not then thought of such a thing myself. I was acting only with a view to secure my own rights. I was not very well. I remained at home through the night, and till after breakfast the next morning.
The next morning, early after breakfast, I saw Langston, Anderson and Willard, all three together, going in the direction of McNew's cab-
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inet shop. After they entered McNew's shop I went across the street to the shop and met them coming out of the shop. McNew was not in at the time. As they came out they saw McNew coming up, and they wanted to see McNew. Willard and McNew went into the wareroom for a private conversation. They remained ten or fifteen minutes in the private room before they came out. During this private conversation, Langston and Anderson walked across the square, I do not now recol- lect where. I remained in the front of the shop till they came out.
Of the purport of that private conversation, or what Willard wished to see McNew for, I then had no idea.
At the time they came out I was walking back and fro before the shop door. I was a stranger to McNew-never had spoken to him, and was waiting to speak to Willard on my own business. Up to this hour there was no concert among us ; at least none that I knew of in refer- ence to taking Willard to the woods.
Some eighteen paces from McNew's shop, as they came out I met them, and asked them " where they were going." One of them, (I do not know which) said "they were going up street." I paused about the shop door awhile to see where they were going, thinking they were going to get something to drink. After they passed all the drinking houses without stopping, I then started after them. They walked slow, appeared to be engaged in conversation, and I overtook them about the time they entered Craig & Jones' law office.
Their business in Craig & Jones' office, I did not know, nor have I since been informed. Nothing that occurred during the subsequent part of the day threw any light on that part of their conduct. McNew, he understood, went with him from his shop to the law office.
During the time that Willard was conversing in the back room with Craig or Jones, McNew, Langston, Anderson and myself were sitting in the office, and there was no remark, as I recollect, made by any of us in reference to Willard at all. Langston made some remark about the "jewelry," " if they were ready," or something to that import. Ander- son then by the movement of his hands towards his pantaloons pocket, which he partly opened, exposing partly to view what I then supposed to be a pair of handcuffs. I afterwards learned that they were handcuffs. This was the first intimation I had of any intent to even frighten Willard. I remarked to Anderson that he had better not show that. He then pushed it back into his pocket. I knew that McNew was an officer-as such it flashed into my mind, immediaty, that they intended to take Willard into the bushes and frighten him till he would agree to pay his debts, and I thought it was foolish to expose these handcuffs before McNew, was my reason for cautioning Anderson not to show them.
I here formed in my own mind, what I have since found was a very imperfect idea of what was intended to be done with Willard. Had I been aware of the results I never should have gone into it. Believing it was only to take him out and frighten him, and at the furtherest only to lynch him, I connived at it. Here my guilt began. Up to this hour I was an innocent man. In conniving at this I lost my innocence. I have ruined myself. I have ruined my family. I shall lose my life. Would to God I had left the room, left the company, and gone to my business.
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About the time that Anderson exposed his handcuffs, Langston called me across the room to him, and privately slipped a dime into my hand, making no remark whatever. I had an idea that he meant some- thing by the act, but was not certain what ; but thought it meant to go and treat myself. I went out a square or two, meditating on the mean- ing of the act of Langston. It had something peculiar and undefinable about it. I returned without treating myself. They appeared to be waiting for my return, and Langston asked if I had the instrument. I asked what instrument ? He whispered to me and said, "a cowhide and a rope, too." He said he had no more change or he would give it to me. I told him I had change enough to buy a rope-pretty nearly as detailed by the witness. I then went and bought the rope and cow- hide. Whilst gone after the rope and cowhide, or on my return with them, I came up the alley to the Copeland House, and went into the side door into the billiard room, passed through the bar room, out at the door, and there I saw Finney, the deputy constable ; asked him if he had seen Copeland within an hour or so. He said he had not. I told him Copeland wished to see him down on Main Street. This I told him, to get him off in another part of town, that he might not see what was going on. Copeland was township constable.
On my return to Craig's office they were ready waiting, and they came out, and Langston asked, "if I was ready ?" I answered I was. They then stepped out into the middle of the street together, and had a short conversation, while I lingered on the sidewalk. Here Willard seemed reluctant to go, and said something about going back to the Mayor's office. Langston told him that "he had been there once ; that the Mayor would do nothing for him."
McNew was not there when I returned, and I saw him no more till after Willard's death. It was during this conversation, in the middle of the street, before the law office, Langston, seeing that I hesitated about going any further, called me to them, and remarked that Willard had forty-five dollars hid out by the graveyard. Whereupon I asked Wil- lard if he had. He answered, "I said it." Langston told Jones, or remarked in general, that we ought to have some whisky to carry along, and asked Jones " if he could go and get some." Jones answered, " he could," and started off down street in the direction of the Copeland House. We then started off up street in the direction of the graveyard, Willard walking between Langston and Anderson, while I lingered some ten or fifteen paces behind. I did not notice any threatening or menac- ing actions or language upon the part of Langston or Anderson towards Willard till after we passed the last house on the road towards the graveyard or the woods, where Willard was whipped. During this time, as we walked out to the woods, as I lingered behind, I run over in my mind the object of our visit out there, with what might follow, and had some misgivings in mind about going any further, but thought that Wil- lard needed some chastisement ; perhaps he might have the money hid out there ; that I had commenced, and that I would at least go out and see the sequel.
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