The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-19

Particular were published yesterday o
the shooting By burglar Of M. Quo Am
aou, At No. 1910 South Tenth street. Thu
condition Of the wounded man vas decided
- critical, hut the wound was not considered
in itself fatal. At IL O'Clock last night Mr.
Am.on died. The burglsr's bullet had
pasaed through the breast and then through
some vital organ, and not around the cavi.
y - was At 6rat supposed. The surrounding
II this case are must mysteriou., and the po-
lice have been unable to secure The sliehte.t
clue that will lead to the raising Of the VEIL
The detectives were very busy yesterday,
and arrested 4 number bad characters to
hold over, although there is nothing to even
remotely connect them with the crime.
That any Of them had hand in the deed il
possibility only.
The residence of Mr. Amson n 0 comfort.
able two story brick, located on the east aide
of Tenth, between Winter and Autumn streets.
on the the north corner Of the alley that di.
vides the block. When information Of the
Of NJ. Amson Vas received At the
Second District Police Station. Capt. Her
cules made an immediate investigation. It
was At 6rst surmised that the case was ono
nj attempted suicide, but the discovery Of
The pants OF the wounded man lying in the
yard, the finding Of . bundle Of apparel and
other valuabIes in the dining room tied I'D
Tor carrying away IN table cloth, and then /
he finding Of railroad spike painted green
IN the alley below the ground floor window,
he shutters Of which had been pried open
md which bore marks that the spike fitted i
pointed unerringlv to the fact that burg
sry had been attempted.
Mr.. Amson slept in rear room, With
title son. His two d.ughtem, young
adies, slept in the front room. Surprise
'as general At the fact that they or the boy
id not wake up. and that can only be ex.
lained from the theory that chloroform
'as used. A nephew of the deceased va
BY . reporter last evening. He
lated that il was the firm belief Of all Who
I'D examined the case that the burglar or =.
arglans had begun operations after enter
g the house By chloroforming the inmates. ,
he soporifc failed to take effect upon Mr.
mson. He had beef in the habit of get
ng up At about 4:30 o'clock and smoking
s pipe. He probably did 40 on Friday
ornine. and descending to the lower Hoor
me in contact With the burglar or bur. :
an. Then the struggle, the shot and the
ght Of the villains.
Mr.. Amaon must have fallen 10 the hoor.
be wound did not bleed. and this fact will -
count for the absence Of the trail of blood -
II would otherwise have marked the =,
'unded mans painful progress to the =
per floor. Here, perhaps, he attempted :,
'ake his children. but failed. AZ they we're
n under the influence If the chloroform. -
zen he crawled back into his bed, and lay =
oaning in sgony until O'Clock, when one
his daughters awoke and heard the
1"ds of agony. DR.. Kolbenheyer during -.
. day cut out the bullet from the back, :.
n and to the left Of the spine. The pa D
Mt was suffering great pain, aid the :.
nal remedies for reducing the patient to . ~
natose condition were applied, and With =.
h effect during Friday and Saturday :.
Il the unfortunate man died With the de.
Ia Of the terrible and deadly struggle IN. on
d. r,
The police have . very slender clue to =,
TX upon in that railroad spike painted "a
en-. Criminals, however, have been .,
ught to justice from smaller Beginnings I'm
n that.-N. Louis paper. r.,