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MURDER Two Men Killed near Fairbury, Neb. The Marysville Locomotive gives the following account of the murder of Mr. Walters and Mr. Paschall, near Fairbury: From Col. Harbine, Vice-President of the St. Joseph and Denver railroad, who called on us on his return from Fairbury, Neb, we have received the particulars of a horrible murder of two men eight miles east of Fairbury, on the afternoon of the 4th. The murdered men's names are Walters and Paschall, as ascertained from papers found on their bodies. One was from White Rock and the other from Rose Creek, Neb., and they were on their way to the river for supplies. At ten o'clock in the forenoon they passed through Fairbury, and at this point a young man riding a horse was observed to hitch his animal behind the wagon and get in the wagon to ride with them. This young man has not been seen or heard of since the murdered men were found, and it is supposed he is the murderer. It seems that the two men had encamped for the night, for their horses were unharnessed and hitched to the wagon, and the deceased were in the act of getting grass for them when they were shot. Each man had two bullet holes entering the back of the head; and one was found lying face downward, his arms still encircling the bundle of grass that he was in the act of conveying to the horses, while the other was found with his hands closed with death's grip on the handles of the scythe. Their remains were taken back to Fairbury, and an inquest held on them. The town was in a terrible state of excitement when Col. Harbine left, but nothing definite of the dastardly villain or villains who perpetrated the horrible crime had been ascertained. [The Leavenworth Bulletin, July 16, 1871]
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The body of an unknown young man who had evidently been murdered, was found in the Little Blue River, eight miles from Fairbury, a few days since. The body was neatly dressed, and from appearances was a person of intelligence and refinement. Death was caused by a deep cut in the back of the head, evidently made with a hatchet or some other sharp instrument. [The Sioux City Daily Journal, Oct 17, 1874]
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Murder and Suicide James Greenwell shot and killed Miss Hilda Simonsson Wednesday evening at the home of Cecil Bosley at Helvey and then killed himself. Some time ago, the two were engaged to be married, but the young lady broke the engagement. Wednesday was the day agreed upon for the wedding, before the engagement was broken. Miss Simonsson was helping Mrs. Bosley and was getting supper, no one being in the house at the time. Greenwell evidently came into the room where she was and shot her before she could turn around, the bullet entering the back of her head and killing her instantly. He then turned the revolver upon himself and put a bullet thru his temple and dropt dead beside her. Mr. Bosley and his wife were near the house which adjoins the implement shed where Mr. Bosley does business. They heard the shot and rushed into the house, only to find the two dead bodies on the floor, everything indicating that both died without a struggle. Sheriff Chirnside, Coronor Perry and F.A. Houston from Fairbury went to the scene of the tragedy and held an inquest and found the facts as given here. Miss Simonsson was about 20 years old, daughter of John Simonsson, who lives a mile and a half north of Helvey. She was a very highly respected young lady, with numerous friends who are shocked at her unfortunate death. Greenwell has no relatives here. He came to Fairbury about two or three years ago and worked in Jud Clark's barber shop for awhile. Then he moved to Helvey where he conducted a barber shop and a little store in connection. He was between 25 and 30 years of age. It is thot he has an aunt in the east some where. He had a little money and some property. The young lady's folks say the engagement was terminated because she discovered that he was not the kind of a man she thot he was. Greenwell had made threats that he would do someone harm because of his trouble with the girl and had annoyed her for some time. [The Fairbury Journal, Friday, September 18, 1908]
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Chirnside Got Him Sunday morning Sheriff Chirnside was notified that J.L. Wymore of Diller was wanted at Morrowville, Kansas, for forging his sister-in-law's name to a mortgage to the amount of $325 on Saturday. Sunday afternoon Sheriff Chirnside picked up his man in the court house lawn, and took him across the Kansas line where he was met by the sheriff of Washington county, who took the prisoner to Washington. [The Fairbury Journal, Friday, August 20, 1909]
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May Be Mysterious Girl Chaser Dewey Stilwell, a resident of Wymore was sentenced at Beatrice to a term of from two to fifteen years in the penitentiary last week, the charge against him being an assault upon Mrs. Rosecrans living west of Odell. It is believed by some here that Stilwell is the mysterious girl-chaser of which considerable appeared in the county papers a year ago, two instances happening near Diller and one near Endicott where girls were frightened by his mysterious visits. Stilwell worked on a farm in this county about that time. [The Fairbury Journal, Thursday, September 19,1918]
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