The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-11-20

Wright armed themselve, and Hes, Who
vas behind the counter watching m
opportunity, fired. and
Slot RAKDe ~ TIRE In.
Wright, Who va. outside the counter,
kept his pistol lev~lled At the head Of Nor.
risOn, and Told him IL he moved he was .
dead man. This kept Mosrison still. ~
the fight waxed warm, Wright took shot
nj lsznde, bat il II not certain xl,ciher
the hall took effect. iless took another .hot
at Rsnde, the hall entering body and
BRINGING HIN DOWN.
Officer Heferuan strues Rasde srvesa
blows and he Was sOOn k0rs de- ousshaf.
While he lay in = pool Of blood upon the
floor, he look.l mp at Officer IIciiermsm
and said a. half minute mere would
have
COOKED YorG Gou~n"
Physicians were then sent Tor and IDr.
Hill, who arrived Grsi, enleavoresl ,o
sisnnch the wound I'll officer White. xho
was rapidly bleeding To death. Ap aml
bulance was procured, AMI the w"uaslc,l
Officer sent to his hUn,c.
TIE WOUNDED DE>PERADD
Vas taken Ia the .li>pen>sry anil lLen L.
the city hospital, where he Is nov in dying
condition.
OFFICER HEfrERHAN'> STATEMENT
is In substance rs follows: I met Officer
White cn the corn-r al Fourth street sn,l
Washington avenue ah,ut 4! o'ci.ck this
morning. lie asked me Ia -, with him Z"
Wright's pawnshoi', saving that there wes-
two men in there whom Wright wsni.d ar-
rested. lie also. said they: were s,l.ralr
character, Ter whom, the detectives had
been l"okiny for len DAYS. We walked
sround Ia the place, ani ~ We entered,
Wright Nodded with his hc.d, iniin, slins
to u, whom sc should tab. in charge.
Oificcr White placed his hand On the Shout.
der III one IL the men, saying, Il want &.
>ec you, nay friend, while l Wa aIs,,,i T.,
.lo the same thing with the either fellow.
White had no ~,r.ncr uttered the wori-
than his prisoner whipls,i tut 4 navy
revolvc' ani c"ck-d II. gr bi.si t..c
weal.n with i.oii, hand, hut in -,.iie ii all
l could do the man pulled the Trigger.
White staggered aud ..i.. lac Wa .I,ul il,
tie Lex. I held "n To the pistol ,n.l the
man managed L. c-ck il again. lie VI, :,
powerful one | tell Ven. Placing NV
thumb om the hammer I'll ii,c pistol, I held
io il Ike grim dcai;i, hut fi.lIm: iha,
White M. l,~in: strength raP:.iiv an.I tia,
matters were ia a desperate c,,,ni,ii.n, |
yellc,i 10 Wright, Who all this tim,i had Ill,
ether man covered with d I-v, liver, '-.>i.oul
this fellow, Wright: lee w,i. Hill White =
Wright turned t"xa',i> ANY man and iirc.l
NJ that Instant my nisn cried, I'm shot
here, fPointin: To- hi hr,.,-tt hut i,i,,,s,ii-
aieiy tackled mc again. White. by ih,.
time, had fallen Ia the h.sir, weakened by
the lo>- al blood, AMI Ms cIll;ns To me IL
prevent Eiy antagonist from again firm,
The scuillc continued until m,n.
aged To get mv pistol "'It when
iir,-i, striking i!.c mIn IN the lrs IL. kept
curing ami swearing that ir cvu!.l get away
with hall dozen Id Officers; lac ala
intimaied that hc would give il tou-, now
that We hal hiu dead to rights, though, We
were the hr-t that had ever had
him that way. lie i.oke,i at White living
the iioor, AMI said lee h";.e,l lac h::,l kil-.!
the -. Meantime Wright wa- guard
ing the other fellow. ani A. turned NV face
that way ior >scJEsi, io >.-c That there wa-
no danger from that quarter, INV man
slipped another navy from hi I<cket, goi
the mnzzIe OF il Ia my side, aud, in anpthsr
second, would have fired, hut I knocked the
weapon from his hand, at The same time
striking him oyer the head with the one IN
my hand lie looked ut me fiercely ami
said: "Ie<, You Cd d. ID
ycu, was going To put hole through you. y
( At this junciure Officers Lyman, Burke.
Price, Sergeant Daily aud several Others
came in and we took the men down. On
searching the wounded mar We found pair
Of brass knuckleS, = large open knife, =
bunch Of about twenty keys and some other
articles. The other man had nothing 20
amount TO anything. lie wss locked ND,
while his wounded COMPANION w,s taken in
ambulance to tie Dis@nssry.
At THE D;sPENSA.Y
The prisoner gave his name a. Frank
here from the E1-t, arrived last night.
When asked where he lived he rvqucsted
his listeners 10 go "a -. He said he was
they could put the ripe around his neck.
and that was satisfaction enough for him
OFFICER WHITE DYING.
AZ l.; O'Clock this afternoon dice White
was sinking very rapidly. Ills physicians
had prescribed siimnlanls aud beef tea, but
he could retain nothing on his stomach. The
family seht Tor Father Gleason, of the 81.
johns Catholic Church, wi,o responded,
anil he'd a brief interview with White. IL
Is more than probable that when these
lines are read the officer will b. dead
ST THE DI>rENsAKY.
The officers, aided W others, brought the
wounded prisoner into the Di.Irnsary and
laid him upon the hoor. lie was bleeding
profu-ely frcua the .ound on the knee, and
the doctor at 0 ace bexan to dress il.
And he lay there on the noor and gsspiny
painfully, he said TO the Doctor, IL believe
they have finished me. am <ho; in the
i'earf, ! think. do Won think the wound
m0ftal.'
The doctor had bandsged the knee and
procce,!e,l Ia examine the wound in the
breast. \ good siZsl hole about an inch
outside Of the left nipple which ble.i but
slightly, was dressed. The doctors experi.
enced eye at once saw from the position Of
the wound that il was serious,
PROBABLY FATAL,
and when he learned that on the way from
The station lac had cou2hesi mp blood, his
first impressions were confirmed AMI he
said, you are very seriously hurt" SWELL,
| can die as Plucky rs the next one" was
the dogged reply.
One Of the officers said 10 the other in =
half whisper, white will die"
Rande heard the remark and half raised
on his elbow as he said: will he? I am
glad killed the s-n b-h, and I would
like to kill half dozen more"
The doctor turned 10 make out the ne.
ce>sary blank for the admission Of the man
to the hospital, aud asked:
"Whst Is your nsme?'
Il go 10y the name oil Frank Rand
'ls That your real nsmc?"
Whats that to you, d-n you, That's |
the name for you Ia pat down.
"iour age IS what"
"About twenty-five"
"You look olsler.''