, 1870-01-13
MURDER IN MISSOURI
4 N1un Found Den Il In a 11nuse OF
au-EAlnc-flIs Companion RaAuis
thc nody tn Platte Ceunty-A ny -
A4rt0us Affair."

14rt0us Affair.
From The Sc. Joseph tuo} I-nion, jan. ..
The oull.res Of q NOS. .itabo1lcsl murder, al
leGtt1 to have been coufp'tted Of house Of H.
fan.e IN this city, one weeh ago. hase reached u.
NUa'trtF dt ub's NAV exlst ~ TO whether the
rrsaer WIS committed IL g. JosePh. certain 1t 's
EnAs tic man Was murdered. .
Il +ppesrs that or January ]. Joel Drase and
Jcnn Gtan Z cAme 10 this city from Albany, Gen
1cts.d+ tai. e aucuot uf mo, ey. Duuog ,he even
,tg, Aect tclnr TO CRADLES sta cment. they sepa-
rat i. all Gruble taR o more OF bis companion
wEtn be + md hls napR.ed Bnd leless body In q
Lulss II lflf4ue. He sfntes t4at three Of the II.
bsts tlcreht the corpse ioTn s;a'fss' raped IN
e,We to s~esr That he had nn1lesed the man
pEcglucd be htt a'hel 3 Word OF the a1air. lie
t1k tie hot}y TO srock ,srd. ia the oatstlris of
no1usrR E,a1ftd lor PlAtte County, Alter stop
p,tn Il scri tust, be at length reached tue house
low Patty lie. on Thursday be cane to Park
vlIe 10 pforute CONE. bat meanwhile t1e sns.
Iac'oi u the c1nzers were afou.ed and CRADLE
@As taktn tt to cCs'ot3y. .-..... ....
EeItTe jus. ice LAWS, IN Ptttcs Township, Platte
CGuity Giuh'e Ras ar1aigbet., and sr1davtta
Th ss s5
City, Inst 1,sbs ard he lguetiiatetT IL lssitu.ea
lhCTergn tbyt st Ha.,op. We son>atn copies Of o7c
o. the ~1tr ct es statements and tee stac0eat OF
Ssr. (. Mrsphg, bc!ra du,y sworr, states upon
h61n: "John tsrable csnc TO our house last Mpn-
1uftdss noIn,t E NC started cowa here. Drake
wss n the wagon ~Ih us-cead. John Cradle
~ar d1tstrg. the ttdy Was lt:ER In the eacK part
tf The wagon, With the head to tue tal gate I
~. pseeeLt Wten the corrte Was tascn from the
wtPar. ard no tlnod was isipptog fFo4iI"
John Cradle, heiug swesn- ata:es: II lett Al
With u el DTske- I urdef.tand lrom certain paf-
ties thst DraEe nnd, when he LETT Albany,
heck tor tbs, xh,ch was asstgz ed to me, and
drew the II tey st the First National Bank IN St.
1rseph, aIh rntf It over to Drake Immediately
stttrEtrcs. He gave ne ei20 to plve 10 hts wife.
10 tie hfteit oon he left the b0aEu-R house., and
esu 1ohi' Of GiIu loti Sou:sy, IN the afternoon,
wien fund hiGI In ho1se OF iil.fane IN tho
nc;tn part cs st Juseph, about occ hundred Yards
f1ot1 hlackkDose q hE1cEe, neatf. Wien left y.
JGsepa Placed tho body IN the WAGON, aud did
10. move II any En.e than necessary untn
reached 1bts f!ace. TIE bady sas Placed IN the
wagon Suncas evening atOu- o'clock. rolled up
IN rlantct bS tkrCc Tortu, Hho taIeateneH. III
case told which house found 1t az, to sNear the
murcer against ne. 0u that accouut did DOT
Il 8te tie nu1der known bEioEe leaving st. Jo-
Etpb.'
it.t,l be reen that the location Of the fata,
house 1s very 1ure6nite. 1t u elsewhere stated
that tie prisoner could rot tell # hethsf It Was tEo
rr three slorits high, OF trick CT fiaue. BE also
thi1 Is stefs Nerc aEort fwerty female lima ea
The nrroaaoil.ty OF his entire statement Is paten,
at DICE. --....-
Joel Drake VAS about IS years Old, about dre
feet ten inches high, rather slender, DARK com
p'eItou. uhltktr dark aad thtp, Ru'I had dark
eyes. He was dressed rather ehabh!]J in out1et
ut snit