Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-10-07

rnit C-nzi, last Wssb, Whirh lcrml
natal ia lha ronVirli0n 0i iaTl, "
n. S,0nt as tho murderer o. iAos
]. Kimlall, ihe larry iN.ns his terra
ia the peniienilarY al lwenly years
Taking inlo consideration that lh'
evidence evincei in lhis rsse Wa'
wholly eircumsianlial, h Is a mos
remarkable one al i's character
This suit came IA our court oh
change of yenno from Pike counlE
Time aud sIars forbid our giving
the lors chain II evidence, givet
bV tho many witnesses consequent
~ NO shall elurilalo Ihe matter IN
tho form 0f a short narrative, con
Ching ourselves In tho principle
points made manifest by the prose
cutting witnesses, and In as concise
a manner as possible, 10 make onl
remarks comprehensive,
ltappcars that Mr., Iho', } Kim
/ ha.l. the po0r unfortunate victim
resided In Menarl cpnni", In ihi'
state. for some time previous Ia hi'
murder. Owning considerable prop
srly Ia the State uf rcSaS, lao In lh'
/ Spring Of lsGs, repaired IL that
country TO dispose OF il Ia iho best
advantage possible, that ho might
/ DO better able 10 conduct aud i'm
prove his huTpy little home IN Iii
nois. Afcr he had been In Texas
short time, hc wrote his family
that ho had sold out his ciiecl'
there. and would start home 10y
land, with his wagon and team, To
gcthcr with the money realized IN
tbs sale, amounting To something
over eleven hundred dollars. About
this timo he became acdnaintci
with W. II. Stout, who said that lac
had served in The late war as Capt
of ca. T.. 10th Ills, Cavalry, was
then preparing TO return to hi'
home IA Illinois, and would hc
pleased TO accompany him III his
over. lard travels humcward which
proposition Kimhall ut once accept
cd. When leaving Dallas, Texas,
Stout WIS on horseback, in company
with n young man by tho name ol
John G. Boucher, (who hy the way
proved the principal witness in the
late trial.D They would journey
through the day in close proximity
with Kimball and his wagon. and
at evening would camp together,
Bonchcr stated that Stout was Il
rood ioyial kind OF fellow, and 'onc
his part in cruckinsJokcs, and max
inr up Of the evening joIIities 50
provcrbial with camp life. AT
Cassviilc. Missouri, Boucher with
drew his cor,panionship in the trio;
Stout disposed Of his horse, and
continued his journey with NImbaIi
in the wagon. On the fatal evening
of Jane llth, about sunset, kimbaII
and Stout crossed the Mississippi
river on the lcrry, at Louisiana,
Mo, and slowly wended their way
through the gloom Of night-tuil in
to the interior Of Pike county. This
was the last that YVES seen Of Thos.
J. KimbaII, until Il few days there
after, when footman found him in
Chuckleburr Slough, some two
miles from the ferry, dead. with Il
bullet hole piercing his temple, the
appearance of powder burn yet visi-
bic in the. accaying flesh, showing
c nclusivo!y that he bad met hts
death at the hand Of some vile
wretch, and that, in all probability,
while calmly sleeping by his camp
fire, dreaming of the loved ones at
home, which he would, in II few
more days, clasp to His bosom, and
again make happy with his pres
ence, tfat cheerful firesidc which he
had been absent from so long. But
alas Poor unfortunate; that his
fate was sealed, the sequel to this
narrative too plainly shows.
The whereabouts of his family
being found out, by means OF pa
pers upon his person, they were
Immediately dispatched for, came
on, and ut once recognized the
body. A strict search was at once
Instituted for the vileperpetrator of
the dircful deed. Signs of their
camping place was yet visible, and
the wagon tracks plainly to be seen,
proceeded in u northern course up
the river bottom. At many places
along up the country, Stout could
be heard of, and invariably, in eve.
nv instance, was endeavoring to sell
the horses and wagon. AT Hannl-
bal the wagon and horses were
found. Stout had sold them to
Mr.. J. E. Catlet, on the day after
the murder, had, rs he alleged, gone
up to Palmyra, and would be back
next day. But he did not turn up.
He managed to clude the vigilant
eye of the detective corps, nnt'I last
Fall. 1870, when he was fonnd in
Nevada. arrested and brought to
Pike county Jail, where he has been
confined up 10 the final trial in our
Court last week. the long chain
of evidence givenin by large mum
ber of witnesses ior the plaintiff,
was substantially, confined to one
continuous channel, and told plainly
and indellibly, the guilt of the ac5
cuscd. The sentencing OF VIM. IL.
Stout, to twenty years imprlson-
mcnt in the penitentiary, for the
murder of Thomas J Kimball, by
the Jury, is looked upon byall who
heard the trial, as proper verdict,
and a just retribution to the alleged
murderer.
Two rustics came into a village
.1.-..o,,l offica IN send n dIsDatch