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Man Murdered in Platte City - - We learn from the St. Joseph Herald that Dr. Joseph F. Walker, a wealthy citizen of Platte County, Missouri, was killed Sunday near his residence in Platte City. The particulars are as follows:
A squad of men, about 8 in number, visited the residence of the Doctor, last Sunday, and searched the house for him. Being satisfied that he was absent, they divided into parties of two and set out in different directions. One party came up with him a short distance from the house. He was on horse-back, and had been to visit a patient.
The two men ordered him to ride into a pasture near the road, and compelled him to dismount. They then shot 6 or 7 bullets into his body, and started up the road.
Meeting a gentleman and lady in a carriage they informed them that they had killed the rebel Dr. Walker in the pasture near his house. The gentleman gave the alarm to a son of the Doctor, who reached him before life was extinct.
The Doctor informed his son who his murderers were, and died in a few minutes. Soldiers were immediately sent after the murderers, whose names are withheld for the present.
Dr. Walker was a Southern sympathizer, and was once banished to Chicago, but returned and gave bond. He was for many years a surgeon in the regular United States army. He was quite wealthy, owning over 800 acres of land in one body near Platte City.
(Researcher’s note: For more about Dr. Joseph Walker, see entries entitled 08/04/1855: Methodist Church North mobbed by Pro-Slavery Men, 08/31/1855: Mob Disrupts Methodist Church, 11/13/1861: Kidnapping - Commissioner’s Court Held in a Beer Saloon, 11/16/1861: Another Fugitive Slave Case, and 12/13/1861: Served 'Em Right.)Date(s) of Creation
9/5/1864
