The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-15
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| l-t.a.e.
| 2--tr"ni 81 cabin.
| 3-En,rsnce.
| 5-wh-re the man WAS killed.
] 6-P.scs wi.-re Tee MRS found under the floor
!-Chiinney stack On the Ouis,i-. where the sson
s-'pu,hca.e where the murderer, shirt va
found.
Tie facts we're NJ once reported Ia ih'
! auihoriii~a in PiIoi Grove. and the Coro
n-r, DR.. Hurt. of Granville. i~l+grapI'-,i Ia
hut u" rrpy vss r~crived. Ao-rd;nxl,
,w" Justices If the le.ce. Ahck SPENCE
aud Samuel R.'s.. .rcrssi-.i to hold
An INQUEST.
/! as the iaw directs in such csses, in the ah
-ence 81 the Coroner. The inquest wa'
held Saturday night. and resulted IN a yer
dict thar the decreased .me lo his deaiI
by injurieS inflicted by some rerson un
known.
N.sher of the men had ever i,eem seeu
before the day previon.. anil no one c"ul,I
recognize the corl'ae. lyon hrs r~r-". III.
only clue found thst may ,r'ssibly lead to
his identity wss
ROUND GOLD BADGE
ar emblem, = little l.rger than silver
quarter h = dollar, aud sts,ut twice a.
,iick. Upon lis face was ra,.ed repre-
senta,ion al bunch of grapes, = gr~I<
leaf. and sspiral stem. There ws- no date
or inscription upon il Of any kind. il
was tested and pronounced pure gold. The
emblem -. found pinned underneath ihr
right larpel ii the dead mars vert. and
had evidently escaped the eve OF the muir
derer.
In the ve-, pocket Of the deceased wxs
also found.
BROKEN SILVER RING
with round gold se'i npon the top. The
-eit had been made Of . gold dollar, and
.he ring hid been worn for many years. ~
the face Of the reti had been worn quite
smooth, although the contour OF the head
"n the dollar could plainly be perceived.
The p.nts'oon packets hsd been rifi-d, Tor
they we're Ionnd turned inside out.
On his little finger there wss deep in
dentstion of where he had worn . ring for
many years. The ring must have been a
very wis!e one, xs the mark indicated. II
Sss evident the mHrderer had torn I'd this
ring after death, and must have been sOme
time about il, as il fitted tight.
THE MURDERED NAN
vac apparently about iwrniv or twenty.
light yesrs If age. and Eve feet six inches
high. lie would weigh alson one hundred
and forty p.nn.,s. Dark complexion dark
hair. cut -!,urt; rather he,vy black mo,.s.
tache. with small impesia! heard sbout one
seek old eyes suPp'-ed 70 br dark blue I;
full srit nf large irregular teeth: vaccina-
tion mark on left am AGAR On right fare.
finger below the knncki-; wide mark oi
ring on little finger Of right hand .mxli
pix mark. on face. neck and body. lie
had on new white knit s"olI-n un er-hi,i.
xhite shirt xiih LINEN h~om. dark gray
Cashmere pants. striped Cashmere vert, aud
whit~ coii..n -srk..
the MCRDERERs CLOTHES.
Alter com.,ni,iing the terrible deed the
murderer ch~ny~d hi- rIoii,s~. leaving Ike
lind him . striIs d soii"nsdr vast hanging
up hrhi,d the d.or If the cabin. In the
field wss found white -hiu Nth linen
h'aom, and q pair Of gray c'':tonsi- P,n,s,
me ,suring thirsy-,wo inch-r IN the waist.
and thirty five and ihr-e fourth inches in
the leg. They were covered a, hl"od-
A careful observ h III. premise could
very easily obtain CORRECT
THEORY OF THE MURDER.
After entering the Cabin The two built
fire, and procuring s,me .ir.w laid down
upon il on ,Le A.~r and slept. Al daylight
(ior the physicians say the man "a. killed
aboui that tIane) the tall man nw"ke 6r.i
md ven, out of the cabin, leaving hi. c'.m-
l.anion lying asleep ON his back on the A.rr.
Going to the chimney stack, the murderer
secured the large stone and re-entrred TIE
cabin. Then. passing the immen~- .gg~d
missile directly over his unconscious vic.
tim. he hurled it downward upon hi. fare
head. killing him instantly. Mt ssii.6esi
~iih this, he again raised il aud
struck him = a-coDd time with
il. After rubbing the murdered man, he
crowded the boav beneath th. q Mt aud
hid the stone in the Ere place. lie then
TOOK Tn FLIGHT,
going up the road in westerly direction
fnr 4 short distance. aud then taking 10 the
fields to avoid observation.
Abort -un rise he vac seen crossing the
farm of Mr.. Wiiliau. Gentry, not lar from
the scene Of The murder.
When the reporter arrived At PHO,
iirove. . team VAS procured and visit
made tn the scene VI the murder
The team Vas driven BY John NJ. Wilson, /.
farmer who resides in the vicinity. The
road was very rough and billy, and il k,ok
ed - ii the murderer had purp~rly de
coyed HE victim into the lonely ont of III.
say place where he VAS found for the *
prtas purroee ii numbering him. Upon a,
irving nj the cabin, we found il tiled viii
people. I'll assembled to gaze upon the
HORRIBLE AND UNUSUAL SIGHT.
The corp-e had been washed. and rre.ent
ed . lea gh.ssiy appearance than che,
found. The body ~. placed in the v.so,
an son'e .'raw. md the return trip made 4
Pila g ove. Here the body va ne.,l
drr~ed in . new sai'. placed in plain eol
6n. AID ,e"d<rls placed in it, last re..in
place by the good people of PHO, Grove.
| MURDERER.
From too ladies vl.o live 1t Tie hos,s
where the Dea siopjsd- for drink .
Il L.