The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-22
BARS AND BOLTS.
A Visit TO the Psttis County jail
a Talk With the Boys in Dursnce
Vile.
What They Have to Say and How
They Say Il.


Our county Jail Is nov pretty vel! occu-
pied, there being me- lea than eighteen in
M ,..-. of all .ix-s. ages, c"lors and condi
ii"n.. The majority are ia i"r gram:
larcrnv. Of course they are Nil innocen,
and how they happened to be inc,scers,cd
II a n'y-irry.
! A BAz,c pencil driver paid the inmate.
, d. f,-hion .li- call yesterday anil found them
sll in a very ta!ks;iv. uI,ot. Tie REPORTER
frs, Inquired for
/ JOHN NORTON.
. aud y mi..,ile sy-,i aad rather iniel.i:en,
man stepped forward and the fo,Ioxinr
chat tock place after the formal greeting
| R-Por,rr Morton, hos long have
Won Lcen in here,
Mor."n--Wa- put ID LES, February.
! H-What for?
Nj VA. charged ~;ih bury!ariziny
i;.cwn'; hc". -l"lr
, l. W !.s,~ "a. WI come from here?
M-C'ame from the E.,ck iiilI>; by my.
--.s; g.a d:-.u-t-,i vita pi.c-r digging,
,In-r.rt;uS. *. ~! Concluded 10 s,ri.s
nrr-k. am. -,.:i drunk uli ! came here :;
when 90: i,,r- f,!i,x ns:,,.ti T",n i.nby.
H.s- u ,"'g..;n-,y an.! cock eyed fellow,
nspls-i Matter. Lad a ;r.p fr me got me
druns =n.i well, herr I All, : p,st Nut,er at
q a.. .;,r'n,4 H,aSs; he ~Is snr, II a gym,
tier soi a,q1.in'e,i with E.h. the hex,
N.,rd,s siter~ ..,i- they SEEMED to know
each other pretty sell, though l ,h"nshi
Ii.-y we've -ifin:er- they Kept treating int,
l:.'i in..:s several PROPOSITIONS; ore Mas To-
-,ii H"ux att: -BIrrcss -,I: 81 the rns-que-
..ir b,.! .nl r,.n them th.v told me tina,
iirrx l.s.i i"e gold ~.,c!, I vas wadnd.d
~ E-i.,up: IA ,.r ~ al, I'LL Oh ", Together
: with the i',i,r. m,dr vi. a,r.uscina-. and
S.,,,r '".k m. T.. the LEROY fin..-~; the
next sight AS when The b"rsl,ry took
Place ant ] Wiz .rI~~tei. Eat that h.s al
r..a!v i-s..n ,.ibii-i-,t. I xs- druns that
L;i ~ sn,~ wh., l vas Il ing.
K-WLy ,!,..t von i,sve = trial?
Nj .in w-rt Trial, ha, INV lsxyers
,.S.i.r.--i :" a-sus . written staten, 10, ii Mr.
i;.usr. ~ho So a;s-rr' in Nrw York, and
w-ai,d hin, T.. l., here; dan't know their
,..ib:- -x.'-;!y, !.st h"gs - have 4 trial
ss-,n. Iv ..,i,a i no, :s,si -n-ed ex-r-
-i-r
Z: WI,,.re 49, vour i,:, live,
IA! NV i..k- liz. ~ Kentucky aud
V.-.-u,a; t,.e. haze lived ;u Texas; you
-.~ R.l;,y hai az lila ri trimming for mar
~...,I, and "a. s'..,~ ;hv ,~,-.plc VIVA, soo.,
.i-,.r':rs H. ~a., ~ e.,,.'n.nc-d an the.
.:o..":. i ..r! .aiurr,; an.. pleasant, aid
give ~. .,ii. :-r- na 'r.a"!e. Eci,r. irs--
sag L.. ha':si..i the rr,ari.-r alp o. ,.,,~r
"1 which 49, written:
''r!s,s- STAT. tina, I am v.ry much
,h:igei ~ nv i-ssi advisers. Ns-.r- War
.i,n All Srs his, Tor the able m inner in
shic' they d-i.. Eel IN. nj Tie nre iinirarv
trial. s"i i,--i un:S-ii placed uaier i,-,-
i"s ..',:.'.-'''- .: shc c-n,,e:asniy an.: dis
jni-se>., !. n,:id,,-ss II the railroad employees
J"HN MogroN.
ill.,. repar;-r then interviewed
wN. DAVIDSON,
whc ~;., ". rssr-,nber..l - the u,an wh,
Killed Wa. H.:.-rty y, picnic near
W1r.-o.h'.r:. ~ Ian. since IT, il "a
yours ui.n about twenty i've, and though
ne may I've a pretty hard case, he does mt
present that appe ,rsncs.
! X pm ter-Well. D,viisu,. how came
you IL get :n,o sIch \ scrape ~ that?
Daviison-Ol. il was drunken row.
They hal = picnic sni h,pprn-d To be
down q, B.evins s.d went To il.
R-Ycu went TO iown 6r., after wh;.ksy,
did'n, you?
D-Ye-, the bows made mp a pony purse
and va. the one sent after it. I got hall
. gallon af alcohol. Alan "a, = pint OF
whi.kev, which dr,nk n,ys-ii. I, was
hard crosi 1t the picnic They were right
on the cut and -bont, AMI mn vino
woulln't shoot in that crowd sin't ~ man
at sl!.
Rid they hive pistols:
D-ismilinx)-Oh. IL course M one had
a pistol. But when !, come to shooting at
me, there Ma lot, Ut EN-.
Rid they hi, yon?
D-No, diin', get shot, but they
bruised me mp good deal, knocking ms
abon,. uisssrty. the man killed, was
c,erkiny a, a candy s,ani. AMI the sow
commenced bv him accusing me Of saying
something To his sife which never said.
I worked f,r old III en- B;@v'ns once. Hax
gerty q, .rrie,i his daughter. NV don't
want tn say any m,r-. You've got tho
much there nov.
R-pmt ne afr.id. Ill gise You IL
.qusre deal.
Dwell. don't mind You putting in !
the iratb. but there aint M use in telling a |
10, OF li-.. That DsA,pcrof Teller followed
me in here the nigh, they broaght m-
down, aud he put lot Of things that !
said Ahou, Hssxsr,y'. vile hut l Didn't
say . word III the kind AMI can prove ],
ny all by, here ~ha heard ms-t" That 80,
he didn't" cane ir,m several ie!;ow pris-
oner.l got after tia, fellow about it tie
next time he came, snd he laid il on the
BAzoO man.
R-I1l settle with him for that. But
tell ~ where your home is.
d. lived in Douglass County, Kansas.
Nv father lives there nov. Mother il
deal. I've been 70 Johnson count, III AMI
On for I've years past.
R-IIave you got any friend-! Won't
your issher help you?
D-Fs,hsr is too poor to help me much.
I've 81, . lawyer, Mr.. Logan. Have got
sitne-~-- aud friend. amongst the neigh