The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-22
VIEWERS.
The Reprieved st. LOUIS Murderer.
At Last Consents to be Inter
viewed.
From the -. Louis Dispatch.

u caller the satteg came FORWARD with .
quick step and welcomed his guest with a .
firm hearty, grip aud \ pleasant smile. .
Beside him was his gentlrmanly guard ?
n-puiy Jas. Reilly, Weiners had la .
his left hand well-colorci !
meer-chaum piI-. ani in his right book, /
which together with the fact that he had
ga his SI'cc,acles. wi- evidence enough tina,
he hal BEEN engaged in reading.
Il am s.Id to 80 you," said Wieners ia
4 voice which WAS at once noticeable u
more ci.ecry in tone than when be WA
visited fsw days before. After being
congratulated upon the Governor
in,Srpp>i,ian, he smiled pleasantly.
aud ie! hi visitor t. a seat near a
deck adjoining the the library, when he
said
''>it ,lcwn here, snd will talk with yOu
freely now. did not cOrsrn, to- receiving
newspaper men 1t Iir-i, becau-c ] have me-,
i.ecn jI-i,y treated Nv ~"uic ii thelI lea illc
past, aEi ] iilpHshi It hcsI. as also dill nav
advisers, H. deny them admission. EGi
after i.,, ,rt.thiuI rs!.or; in NUHisy's b.
ys,isA Il Sun!sy's interview with me.
I told Capt. Conway that wculd Lc at
isoue iU any .; yOn, cxceplin: only that
SIhsr; yuuns man III the Pct. who wru,e
+ ~, an Imaginary iEt, rview while >Iiim. in
;IIe Criminal Courtroom the OtLrr day,
sri h..'-;,,i al ii before il W.. pub
li-hcj.'
Why, Wiener,, how lid yol knou
that
We'll, We know what l. soin; IN, it We
AZ l'c:,y,l up
"Nor tel! mc, how : you. general
health -
I'm well enough no, to complain and
have 4 -oDi appetite. bu, nav >y-;em l.
rs; in iir,: rate order, OWN: 70 tie want
II op.n-siE exercise. You know yourself
that r'a nr; 80 strong asI I1rs- a. |
u-Ci "a ,'r'
How aYe Won irS .ttI -
Il have every reason To- be thankful ior
the kin.lies> shown me hy Captain CONWAY
aai ail '!,e Others. Reilly, there, i tip
top fellow, ami j'i,; another >Ici, = niau
a. Conway BI'h are Temperance men la
practice, AMI both ave strict in living up
TO raie.. but any reasonable request | make
i gr,i:;isd, arl oiicn:imcS i1y0rS arr
granite! ne uhich did ma: ask for because
leaned they might violate rules. AMI i,
- 50 with other prisoners who behave
iheni-e.yes.'
''Do You fird it irksome in here
Indeed il i ; especially To Ole who, Ike
me, has been used to plenty Of outdoor ex
crcise. En-; my time l. well file! in now,
have good many visitors
Who are they"
well. first there's Annie, nv dear good
sister. ] tell you she i. little angel IL
there's any such on earth, AMI II ii wasn't
i"r her wou!,in's care near - much about
the situation a5n in. dread To think q:
the effect nay death will have on her"
''S!,e i indeed a noble girl AMI, Wiener,
ii your lie i spared, you cannot he too
grateful To- her nor too proud of her for she
i one among ten Thousand
81 know that. and If could live my life
over, would devote il to her, for I tell yoI
I've learned terribly bitter experience IN
have been the bane oi my life, by leading
me into excuses OF all kinds. Liquor i
the worst OF all things, and i; has been my
rurse. Ii it wasn't for that wouldn't be
here in the shadow Fl the gallowS, nor
wculd LiiIle Mack Lawrence W in his
grave" THIS was said in tTemulous
voice, AMI with much inward feeling.
Now, Wieners, tell me how it was iha;
The fatal renconrEe took place. Non and
Lawrence always seemed To he good
: friends"
40 We were, and no one would have
stood up Tor li;ile Mack quicker than
would. ! would have Tough, Tor him quick
enough. an only that night helped him
to arFange beer keg in position AMI to Tx
up various things. There was perfectly
good feeling between u always up To- that
i;ac. and had no more intention "f taking
his life than have nov ri taking yOurs.
I, was owing to the fact that was under
the effects ii liquor that usel the pistol {"
Did yOu have no motive Tor killing
him.
None whatever, ane did not have one
~; oi thought ar intention 10 10 it, You
see the fight commenced Il, the stove, and
Mack took up 4 bug poker to hi, me with.
| wPnchcd j, away from him; he then
rushed behind The bar and seized soda
bottle, with which he threatened me. We
s,ocd there cursirg one another, giving
him n much rs he gave me in the way Of
calling hard names. both OF Us with our
blood W, and when he again threatened
ne with the bottle, |, being under the inilu.
'euce OF liquor and near sighted, did not
know what it was heShad. These are facts
xlAch could not prove on my trial, be-
cause my only witness, John Pierce, was
not to he iouni,"
"H1w WAS IL you had two pi-tO!s?'
! That's easily explained, but II told hard
againsi ME. You SEE, | had loaned nv own
pistol to friend lev DAYS previously,
and had borrowed another for myself. Ny
own was returned to me that night, AMI CON
se9nently had two about me. The one
fred was the borrowed pistol
well, now, tell me, honestly, what you
Il II. Il II
counter with the soda bottle in his hand"
"why, thought he would do rs he said
he would
"What was shat"
"Maek said something like this, all
bust your id head, you bastard