The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-06
WOOLPERT-S MURDERER.
John h. True taken to Louisville. HANS
Yet. Weelperf's Body FOund-True Tells
fine Tale-The Devils beings.

BeS. Weelperf's Body FOund-True Tell
the Tale-Thp Devils beings.
Last week We published an article aunounc
ing that Jonn Il. True. then confined in oul
county Jail, had been charged with the muir
der OF Rev. samuel WoOIpert. OF Wakefield
Since then facts have come TO light which
} leave little doubt that True is the man whC
committed the horrible crime. We then gave
the main circumstances duplicating him: thu
departure OF Rev. Woolpert with his team fol
Topeka; of young man answering True:
description seen riding with him; of the sale
of the horses by True alias Sea, &c. Last
Wednesday afternoon the sheriff of Pottawat
omie county arrived and True was turned owe,
TO his keeping. He was taken to Louisville
on Thursday and lodged in the Pottawatomie
county Jail. A crowd soon gathered around
] the jail, and for time there was a prospect
4 that 1t would be forced and True taken
| out and hung without trial. True then wrote
Ia statement, which for time quoted the
crowd. 1t is as follows:
Now upon the 3rd day Of November 1877. as told me
BY the msn speak of, alias Clark Allen, you will
find the body of said after you the second
% s on e % s0d ae Of
go on east until you pass the next house on the same
Of Or IN @ 70
going the road the rayine to the LEFT and some
where in that ravine you will find the body told to
me. But gentlemen, am not the murderer of that
poor OLD man Now, as you profess to be men OF
honor will expect protection of you from further
trouble received horses same day. j. b TRuE.
Several Of the crowd started for the place
described BY True above, and the body was
found. The following from the Wamego Tri-
tbune, describes the body as found
1t had been left on the ground with the travelling
clothes vultures, wolves, etc had eaten all the
nesh from the head completely and the eyes had been
over the country Wednesday night had burned the
grass from around the body, and the face and one
hand had been charred In fact the head but the
skull, with the mouth opeh the black and charred
tongue giving the corpse most sckening and horrid
appearance The body was brought TO town about
nine O'Clock this morning. and while write i'm
mense crowds are budding around, almost wild with
we fear this moot horrible crime will be stoned with,
out process OF law.
! AS True had been promised protection by
the persons to whom he gave his confession,
no more attempts were made to mob him,
although the people gathered in knots, discuss
ing the affair and many calling for vengeance.
On Friday a coroner's jury was empanelled,
and the testimony In the case was taken.
Saturday the jury returned the following YER
dict:
We the undersigned, jurors, empsnelled and sworn,
Wsmegos In the county OF Pottawstomie s,ate ~ ~
hansss by John Collins justice OF the peace for said
and true presentment make in What manner and BY
ysHSna stwssn NEGLECT S01y % found IN
In BIons or st. Marys township, Pottawatomie
TO his eath After having heard the evidence and e%
amned the body we do find that the deceased came TO
MS ueath Dy violence, anu that the body has upon
tile is1,d ani mounus, wnGh we oeieve 10
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On Sunday the peopIe being IN sucb an ex-
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cited state over the atrocious murder, True
,ros o,;a,l,, ,olo, r-o,, Tho ;o;, h,. ,ho shor;G
WAS quioliy laheh from Tie jail ny the oherin,
placed in q closed carriage, taken to the cars
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last week and the confession OF True as here
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given, was ehCiIcu' oihei tudh l"o ineu s"oIc
that they saw True in the wagon with WOOL
n
pert before the murder. IN thursday cor
raanondant of tho TopaLa Comnopvaal,b in
i''Po " ~ Common ''''" u"
teryieWed True In the Jail, when True made
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tue ioiio"inS sta.eWeh'-
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