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The Purcell Register
Saturday, August 4, 1888

From the parties who were in attendance at the picnic held at White 
Bead Hill, Wednesday of this week we learn some of the particulars of
the murder of a man named WEAVER on that day.  It appears that JOHN 
POWERS a citizen living near White Bead, had quarreled and had a fight
with the man WEAVER in which POWERS being half drunk was worsted.  
Shortly afterwards POWERS came to the grounds with a Winchester 
which report says he procured by breaking into a neighbor's house,
and stepping up to WEAVER deliberately shot him down killing him 
instantly.  He then turned and walked away stopping occasionally to
throw his gun on those who attempted to follow.  No officers were 
present that day, and knowing that POWERS was a desperate man and 
that he would have to be killed before being captured, the crowd 
after a consultation allowed him to get away.  It is reported that 
he procured a horse from someone he met on the road and so made his
escape.

POWERS and WEAVER his victim, are said to be cousins and the 
unfortunate affair is deeply regretted by the people of the White Bead
country. It is also reported here tat another killing occurred there the
same day over a dispute in a game of cards, but whether the report is 
true or not we could not find out, but think the rumor grew out of the
other difficulty.  At any rate the affair is bad enough and entirely 
unexpected since the people of that country hold themselves up as a 
highly moral class of people.  Had the affair happened here our people
would have never heard the last of it since the people of the lower 
country would have said 'it was just what might have been expected here.
From the people who were there we learn that there was no lack of 
drunkenness and of course as usual, the trouble there grew out of that fact.