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

RANDro 1Hv1I.A9Iou0.
His sworn Statement Before the
lmmediately after tho cloae Of the
inquest Coroner Auler visited Rand
in his hospital cell and took his sworn
statement "a 10 the events attending
the affair in Wright's pawnshop.
THE STATEMENT.
Frank Rand, on bis worthless oath,
said: I have No home; I am IN
American on Friday. November Is,
at about $50 .. m, l entered pawn
shop Of Ed. Wright. on Vine street.
and there inquired about . valise / had
left there. bat not on pawn. anil he
said he would look over his hooks and
sea whether he sent it by express "A
I had ordered. and 10 looking over bis
book / noticed that his hand trsmbled.
and 70 suspected that he had sent his
clerk for the police, but knowing that
l had bought the books Of John Lima
han. l thought probably there would
not be any danger in my remaining
until he found the right receipt in his
book. and when his clerk returned
We then started to 60 to the Amer
can Express Company's Office to see
what had become Of the valise; as !
came near the door two policemen
stepped in very suddenly, and I
thought perhaps they were not going
to trouble me, 20 I took no precautions
and when the 6rst policeman entered
the second entered closely behind him
and clinched me BY the hands and
arms; then supposed they were
going to arrest me for some burglary
Of which they had Geographic infor-
nation, so l began to struggle to free
myself. and the officer called to the
other officer to help him. The officer
who was with him went Ia james
Morrison to arrest him, but on the call
of the officer who grabbed me FIRST
the other officer returned and took me
by the arm, and We three struggled
all over the floor, until finally / got
my hand on one Of my revolvers, and
drew it out (the one before me !
identify a. one Of nv revolvers), and
I cooked my revolver with nv right
thumb. with a backward motion. and
caught the barrel with my left hand,
and tried to point it to the officer on
the left Of me; I could not state
whather it was
WHITE OR HEFFERNAN,
and just as pulled the trigger, as !
thought, the officer on my right hand
side jerked me 90 violently that my
pistol was thrown with the muzzle in
q diagonal position, pointing down.
ward, and the ball passed through my
leg, about four or five inches above
my knee-caP, leaving a space Of two
or three inches between the entrance
and exit of the ball. 1t burnt my leg
severely. and burnt the pante outside
very much, showing that the pistol
must have been very close to have
burnt the pants and flesh in the man.
ner that it did. I then cooked my
pistol the second time, hut it failed n
Ere, catching, "a l think. in some Of
my clothes on the point of the ham.
mer l then cooked it q third time.
and thought l fired it again. but l
have been told that only one cartridge
was empty in my pistol. aud that Hef:
fernan states that he held his thumb
under the hammer and prevented its
firing, and there being several shots
fired at almost the same time, I could
not say for certain that I fred more
than one shot, and that Was the one that
wounded my leg; then We were still
struggling, asI WAS swung around with
nv left side IN the showcase. when
some one fired at my side acrnss the
showcase. which shot struck me q lit
tie back and above the heart, and it
felt like sledge-hammer striking me
in the side when | dropped. though
before I dropped l might have ad-
vanced step or two; a few moments
before / fell one of the officers
wrencl,ed my revolver out Of my
hands, and struck me over the head
once or twice, but the blows did not
affect me . great deal, and about that
time ! dropped from the shot above
my heart ; L did not know that any
one else wae shot until I heard . man
groan a little when ] turned over ss
veil as I could and saw several men
collected together In the front end Of
the Office; Inquired If any one
MAS HURT BESIDES MYSELF,
and was told that one Of the police
was killed, and then some one passed
with water to the wounded officer;
when they carried him two-glasfuls,
I said, "Will you please give me q
little water. tooT In falling I said,
"Oh, ! am shot through the heart.
lay me down till I die" and then !
fell in a sitting posture. tie officer
boiling me on the left wrist, and l re-
quested him two or three times to lay
me on my lack. aud 1t last he jumped |
me down and put his foot on nv |
shoulder; ! think be did not hurt me |
with his foot. but held my wrist 20 |
tightly that my hand Vas perfectly !
void offeeling my arm ached dread.
fully; he refused tn let my
arm down, hut kept it
in that position and refused me water |
had not asked him; bat !
the other man, who was carrying the
Wafer Oavo me anne affeP he had /