The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-11-27

|itched ny naa n . minuts noes.'
"You would have been . good one
With the James OF Younger" said
stewart.
"Well. if ] hsa been left alone !
would have gos there"
Charley Mc6owan Stepped up to
the bedside and said. do YOU remeu'-
Der me 2"
"No," was the gru6 response.
"Well. you ought N, f,r y"u stood
within three feet Of me when you
shot me through the lungs. and don't
you forget that I know you"
Sheriff Hitchcock returned tn the
charge and asked about the box At
Bloomington.
That's my box. Of c'urse." Vas
the reply.
"Wasn't it for burglary AMI larceny
that you Was sent up - Jolict:'
"Yes; lsuppose you will lind out
anyhow. Don't you forget that I am
. burglar. and = guod . one - ever
wasted himself 90 farm houses when
he4might have bsen doing good for
himself in the big cities.
Questions touching his real name,
his birthplace, family. etc.. were an
swered with chats my business.
Once be said that he Was DESTROYS
that his parents should never know
what had become Of him.
When reminded that to ascertain
these facts nothing was necessary but
. trip to Joliet, where the prison
record would give particulars ss 90 his
name. age and the location aud the
nature ii the crimes fur which he Wa
committed, with other history as u
his past career, he replied, ''Well. you
can 20 10 Joliet and find out all that.
aud then you will know Id little.
Mr.. Hitchcock and party soon LET,
Rand. mot desiring tn impress upon
him tm strongly the danger he would
be in when he vas taken hack to ILL
nois, their fear being that If Rand
fully realized his position he would tear
open his wounds and force his death.
A Gicde-Lemoerut reporter, who con-
versed with Rand during the day j. oi
the opinion that with all his boosted
courage. he is not game enough To kill
himself.
lie talked freely to the reporter,
but there Is little Of interest in his
talk. He il an
INsCFFERABiE EGVTIsr.
He vaunts his education, his marks.
manship. bis strength. his bravery.
his disregard for the su6erings Of
Others. his hatred Of police, his delight
in blouxlshesl. his belief that the grave
is but a rest, for he glorifies in an as
sumed belief that there is no after
state. until the listener grows weary.
When the subject Of Illinois j.
preached and his Probsble fate If sen,
there. he says: "Oh, I suppose they
will want to hang me. the cowar,lly
ours! II I had my two navies, and
room tn fight, there are not enough
people in the State To do the job.
HeiIernau-who overcame him in the
struggle-he calls . coward, and ~ for
Hess, the man Who shot him, his lam
guage failed him. and . gorgeous sue
cession Of profane and obscene epithets
alone served to relieve his feelings.
The reporter told him what q mis-
take had been made in arresting him,
and explained how it was intended
that the job should be done in the ex-
press Office.
why there !" queried he.
81 guess because there b mere room
there"
"MOre room Is What / wanted"
There would have been four po-
licemen. instead Of two"
"Fourl I don't care If there had
been q dozen. Ny guns were good for
fourteen men,"
"Yes. but If you had come . few
days before the detectives would have
had you. Being in citizens clothes.
they would have got right on to you,
and the chances are that that man
who was just in here would
have about broken your neck before
you had known what was up. That
IS the man who took Boyle"
rs be friend Of youn!"
Yes"
"Well, you ought to Be glad that I
didn't come . few days sooner"
THAT express receipt vas q small
hing On which 70 catch YOU"
D-n The expyee receipt. ! had
10 take chances. and ] will take moro
ret. A man int dead until his breath
3 gone"
The prisoner has taken . violent
|ancy for Ed. Flynn, the policeman
him. THAT'S game young
'ellow. that" sad he; pity he 10 .
policeman"
The reporter started into question
ng Rand - 70
Hla ANTRCEDENTS.
.'Save your breath. young fellow"
amt going 10 talk nov. II ] should
% to croak, ! viii give you . whack At
he Story"
"Do you know that some people
~ that If you 60 to make . cnn5es
ion. yoq win, just out Of clear blsG,
lain everything from the Thonaassa
lynaniss s1Psq'ica to the Nathan
and perhaps by claim to
'einG Old Bender and the abductor Of
ChaTlie Rosei
Rand laughed for . moment and
aid "Doo't you fret. When / talk,
will have enough TO say about NY
slf without going outside. )"
The reporter fingered awhile longer
ut the coming Of new visitoss precipi.
.ted The possibility Of having 81 Tie