The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo

KILLED.

Frank J. Bowman, the Well Known Lawyer Killed by B. M. Chambers.

Frank J. Bowman, a well known lawyer, politician and agitator of St. Louis, former member of the Missouri Legislature and son of Mayor Bowman of East St. Louis, who was assassinated some years ago, was shot and killed yesterday by B. M. Chambers, a wealthy capitalist who was, some years ago the founder and proprietor of the St. Louis Times, at one time one of the leading dailies of the west.

The following story of the deed is from the Republic:

Frank J. Bowman, known to fame as an attorney and the central figure in many sensational affairs in St. Louis, Chicago and elsewhere, was shot and instantly killed by B. M. Chambers, equally well known, between 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Chambers mansion, about a mile and a half north of Ferguson, in St. Louis county. Chambers was arrested shortly after the killing and taken to Clayton, the county seat, by Sheriff Dorenbach and posse.

The different stories told in Ferguson, the town nearest the scene of the tragedy, were calculated to drive a Philadelphia lawyer crazy. J. W. Settle furnished a reporter with the first reliable account. He said. "Chambers is one of the most prominent men in the county. He was president of the Butchers' and Drovers' bank and the owner of the old St. Louis Times. He married a Miss Walsh, of St. Louis. The trouble which culminated in the killing to-day had its origin with the financial troubles of the bank and the paper. It seems that about 1:30 o'clock this afternoon Bowman, with Deputy Sheriff Garrett, of St. Louis county, went to the Chambers' homestead and were about to levy on everything in sight on an old judgment Chambers and Bowman met and stood in the yard conversing quietly at some distance from Garrett for a few minutes when Chambers left Bowman and went into the house. From what Garrett heard of the conversation he thought that Chambers went after old tax receipts or similar papers. Chambers returned almost immediately with a double-barrelled shot-gun and walked down the steps. He said to Garrett:

"Garrett, you go."

Garrett stayed not on the order of his going, but went at once. Then Chambers turned to Bowman and said:

"I give you three minutes to get out of here."

With the words he raised the gun and shot, the charge taking full effect in Bowman's head at a distance of 15 feet. The sheriff left the vehicle they used in going out to the house, and came to Ferguson on foot and told his story.

At the time of his death, and for some years previous, Mr. Bowman was a practicing lawyer of New York City.