Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-20
MoIE
Tragedy.
r.r,v.F.-r M.n Inaiesea.

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We learn from the Kansas City
Times that on Thursday, the Nth
inst, the Grand Jury OF Cas- county,
indicted n of the citizens OF that1
county for being implicated In the
Gum City tragedy last April.
The following are the names of the
parties indicted, taken from the Kan
sas City Times:
Robert A. Brown, ST.; John w.
Shuey, F. Marion cummings. George
w. Stevens, Jacob +. Brookhart,
John W. Griffith, Dougall Mccall,
Peter F. Vanse, William e.: Web
stcr, Alonzo SouthwlcE, William r.
Barnes, Hiram NJ. Bledsoe, Gage 5.
Spring, John Boswell, James Madi-
son Webb, Chas. T. Coleman, a
S. Kennedy, Jackson Parrot, John
Z. How, Thos. Thomas, wilson Ad-
kins, Alpheus Wills, Daniel smith,,
Abraham Worline, James 4. SHUTS,
William a. Smith. Joseph A. Esley,
Jas. w. Burforu, Jeif. Burford, 10: N
Davenport, Ephraim Barnes, John
Elgin Smith. j. Is. Cook, Stewart
Webster, JamesF f. Sabins, Robert A.
Brown. Jr.
The indictments were found on
Thursday. and Mr.. Bryant immedi-
atclv set himself at work rrestimg.
lie sent a notice TO each OF the parties
that tbey we're needed OIL important
business at the courthouse i'll Narri-
sonville, at nine O'Clock on Saturday,
November 10Th. without fail. Early
OH the morning they began to come
in, and rs fast As they ann they were
informed of the nature of that bust
ness. and pa,olcd upon their honor
to appear for arraig"mcnt at half-pasi
one O'Clock.
AT one o'clock they began to enter
the courthouse in an orderly manner
few at atime. At half-past one Judge
: David MrGnughcy entered, and the
! court was called to order. The at
. torney entered, and all was silent
not Il whisper escaped q lip till MIR
|. Terrill, county attorney, began t.
I call the names of the accused, thirty
Z six of whom responded. OF the oihe
\ eight, Captain Cockrill was in Kan
I sasCity, but sent word that he woult
Il put in his appearance next week: 4
= Hinchmau, who is in Wichita. Kan
sas. tclegraphcd that he would leav
p his business and return at once; tire
were too sick to be out of the house
4 and tic remaining three n down i
Texas, but will be III Cass soon
After some consultation among tn
legal fraternity. His %lIonor,tlie Judge
permitted them TO put i'll their pie
. of not guilty, and accepted the TO
lowing bond as surety for their al
v pearancc on the fourth Monday j
February next:
j. BOND.
: We. the undersigned, and each
IL lis acknowledge ourselves, Nc, &c
in the sum of one hundred thOusan
j. dollars. aud as securities acknowledge
and hold ourselves bound to III
county in said sum conditioned tht
d said (Ecrc follows the namcs) sha
each be and appear at the term I
l. this court to be held on the fourt
Monday in February next, provided
thatifany onc or more of said pariit
IS fail to appear at said time in dischars
!. of this recognizance the State sh.
u only recover such proportion oftf
Il. amount of this recognizance the nun
81 Der who make defuult shall bear
4 the whole number and sum.
B. Signed,
20 F. Bybec, VIM. Mcbride,
~ a. Comingo, Wright Gill,
"a ii. j. Glenn, Elijah ii. Bed,
IL II. O.. Rogers, j. &. Bulford,
Robert adams, Jr., IL. &. Daniels,
d John S Norton.
representing in the aggregate a cap
~ tai of over five hundred thousai
dollars.
h, The attorneys employed for defcl
dants SO far in the case are:
n Comingo, Bo@gess, A. Sloan.-
d Mathcr, H. G. Daniel, of uarriso
ne vile, and Robert Adams, Jr.,
- Pleasant Hill
1t appears from reports that vel
little excitement attended the arrest
Is it is stated that Gov. Brown has Ii,
parties employed working the Gu
he up sinco last May. 1t will be remcI
is bcred that 4 reward Of $500 each W
al offered by the Governor for the a
rest of the parties.