NEWS: Charles E. MEYERS, 1888, formerly of Blair County, PA

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Charles E. Meyers, Formerly of Altoona, Confesses the Murder of James 
Weir.

  Charles Ellsworth Meyers, charged with the murder of James Weir at 
Independence, Missouri, has, according to information received by his 
father, Capt. Thomas C. Meyers, in Altoona, Friday, made a confession 
of his crime.  In his confession he says that he and John Bogard were 
looking for work and went from Kansas City to Independence to find it.  
In the railroad station there the man Weir was sleeping.  Bogard said 
he had lots of swag, and suggested that he be held up and relieved of 
it.  Bogard then got an iron coupling pin and handed it to Meyers, who 
says he refused to use it on Weir.  Board then taunted him by calling 
him a coward.  He proved that he was not by striking Weir on the head.  
Weir moved a little and Meyers struck him again twice.  He fell to the 
floor dead.  Bogard took the money from Weir's pocket and handed it to 
Meyers, who returned $22.50 of it to Bogard.  In conclusion Meyers says 
"I was hard up and cold and did not mean to kill the man when I struck 
him.  I don't care what becomes of me.  I will plead guilty in court to 
the charge of killing him."

The Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, January 27, 1888