The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21

after eight last night we looked for Reeves
in accordance with the letter received a
Smithton. Ny brother John shot the de
) ceased. do not know whose pistol it Wal
found on the fence. ] shot once at the de
ceased after he fell. do not know whether
hit him or not.
/ GEORGE ID. Iusr.
THE FATAL SIior.
Jno. f. Yost. aoorn-i am eighteen year
old. I armed myself about ten minutes
past eight o'clock last night. had nv
blanke, with me. had not been secreied
long, when heard somebody coming.
saw a person pass me- I did M; know who
IL WAS, but supposed IL was the person
who wrote the note. He got up on the
fence and something made noise, and he
got back. Then he came again on top oi
the fence, and | shot.
Slot TWICE
lefOre he shot He shot three times in all
l ran up there and saw him living where he
now lies. The pistol found ON the fenc. is
the property Of the deceased. i have seen
| il ia the possession of the deceased. SAW
no second man. don't think ! SAW any
body else but the deceased. The hat found
3
I have seen him wear the hat. lie had i,
on about one week ago that saw. | never
saw Ben Davis wear such hat.
JOHN r. Yo~r.
IDENTIFIES REE'ES HAT.
Philip II. Eos, suro,R-I an fifteen wears
old. | was stationed with revolver about
the middle of the yard, last night. shot
once after the deceased fell. WAS abont
eight or ten fee, from him when shot.
TWAS REEVES HAT
that was found. The pistol found was Ben
Davis | orce owned il and traded il for
a watch and gave him 81 - TO boot am
positive that II is the same pistol.
PHILIr II. Yosr.
WHAT NEr.nBoE SAYS.
Beaajak Gentry, sso.n-I ain twenty
years old About twenty minutes past
eight O'Clock, last night, 1 heard shooting
in the direction OF this place. We could
hear them say "come here" We went.
When we got there We asked what was the
matter. MIR. Yost told us that there had
been some threats made, and they were
living waiting tor Reeyes-that they had
shot somebody and said they did not think
il was Reeves. picked the hat up. do
not know whose hat il is The hat WAS
lying on the ground about thirty feet from
the CORPSE live about one mile east OF
south OF here.
BENAJAH GENTRY.
REEVES GOING TO START A GRAVE YARD.
dn,eiia Jane lnS, swo,n.-I am twenty
years old. | think that Mr.. Reeves was
mad because won not come home with
him from Stony Point. lie said he would
leave us all corpses-and
LEAVE NE A CORPSE
before Monday morning, and he was going
TO leave the country, but he expected 10
leave several corpses behind him. ! never |
had thing against Ben. Davis. know
the hand writing in the note. Ii is Reeves J
hand writing. He probably intended TO |
convey the idea that Sam. Combs wrote the |
letter. SO as 10 make me aud Sam. Combs 1
mad. AMELIA Yo>r.
BEN. DAVIS BROTHER.
H. C. Darts sro,n-l am brother of the |
deceased. We do not live NJ the same house.
The pistol found on the fence is my brothers
pistol. do not know the hat. We were
together yesterday. do not know what /
he was here for last night.
III. q. DAVIS
VERDICT.
The jury after mature delibcration
rendered the following verdict:
"That the deceased came Ia his death by
firearms in the hands of Jno. +. Yost,
George u. Yost and Philip Iost-"
DIAGRAM OF THE PLACE WHERE THE KILL
ING WAS DONE.