The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-15
MURDERED
BY HIS TRAVELLING CHUM
Who Crushed His Head While
Asleep.
Full Particulars Of the Pilot Grove
Tragedy.

brought by passenger ON the NJ. N X
that murder had bes n committed hear Pil,
Grove but the ininrm II ion Was too lineage
and ind. finite for publication. II was ~vi
dent, however, tia, a murder had bel
committed. and accordingly BazOo r.
porter took the train To
PILOT GROVE
twenty eight miles from Ssslalis, on the NJ
K. & r. Upon reaching that en,.rpr,-i"'
little town u va quite rsi.irnI. by the it'll
knots Of people assembled at the depot am
on the street corners, hat l,ing unu-ua
had hnpi~nesl. At an adjscrnt cArI'enir
shop the sound IL the saw and plane indi
Gated th~t the work Of preparing tn~ mar
row house for the unfortunate man VA
going ON. for Pilot Grove - 10" health,
] y place 10 keep such -omhre articles ri
cuffins on hand to brighten the living into ,h'
thought of dying.
/, The particulars Of one of the most
GELD BLOOpED NC- DERs
ever l,erpetrai~d in L nlr.i Missouri yer,
soon learned, and all the attendant circnm
stances and Developments revealed Grim.
diabolical in its inception nn.i barharous 10
execution. As usual in such Cases, raitry
greed MAS the motive, aud the victim and
the murderer were strangers, irzveiii &
through the country on foot.
THE PARTICULARS
gathered frnm d 0rrent sources and care.
fully Tut iog. Their are =. follows:
d" Friday afternoon two men walked
into Pilot Grove on foot. coming from the
direction of >edalia, an the rsiiroad track
One was small man, respectfully d'e~srd.
carrying a large and peculiarly marked
cane. The oii.er was a very tall man.
raihe- shabbily atiired. They vent into =
store and the small man s-ked for
A GLASS OF BEER.
They were told by the merchant that he
n.d nothing hut bottled beer, and that they
would have to buy bottle as he could mol
srll them . glass. The ,mailer man re-
piled that they only wanted two gisss.s,
and they left the store. From there the,
went to drug store snd
THE SMALL Mas
asked Mr.. Hairs for something, that he
now forsets. but did no, have. After ihi.
the two men departed, gr,ing from Pilot
al,a q S.srx,
eriy direction.
1t sill be noticed that 10 both ,nstancer
the small man attempted the purchases and
did al the talking.
The next that il heard oi them that even
ing, they went Ia farm hou-e, obont one
and quarter miles from Pilot Grove, and
asked for a drink a water. Here, too,
,hey inquired
THE ROAD 10 BonxvILLE
They were told that they has passed the rOnd
that brxnched If 10 Boonv,lls. AfIer they
reached the gate they ps,lrysd q lev mo
menir, xnd "ne Of ia. N pointing westwa,dIy
they continued on their original ootise in
stead OF going back 10 the Bunville 70 d.
About = mile and half from this paint
they vent into the o,chstd Of Mr.. Haley
and gathered -ome spP ~. Mr.. Haley
.aw them, hut ~ her husband "a xiaeni she
wa. afraid la go rear them To order the %,
away. After filling their pockets with a.
ples they continued their course Oh the
Bryant. bottoms read. until. 1T distance
"f about q quarter Of n mile from Mr..
K a!~y's orchard, they cane To
SMALL DESERTED CABIN
built of kg.. The Cabin is in u corn6eld,
sboui one hundred feet from the ruad. and
owned by C,rneiius Canine. II had g,s d
r,s.f, a fire. place. ETC., md f"imsd Sers
comfortable place Ia camp for tie night,
~hich they rtrolv.d To d". They put rum.
-,raw ON the Ao"r. tore cut the dry thinking
fr"m between The log, and built a 6,e in the
Fireplace.
The next morning Saturday
Mr.. NLRIDETH,
xho rents tie land upon Which the cabin
stands. sell his two suns 10 g1iher some
corn, from the field around the cabin, e.
iced his stock over Sunday. The young
men drove down there and enier the gate
in front Of the cabin bstween 10 mud II
O'Clock. Ont Of them, wishing 10 light hi.
pipe, entered the cai,in. AZ he came in he
,xw that somebody had tesn there tie night
befure. There was straw on the f,,or and
rmbers in the fireplace. Lacking further.
he saw . vest hanging up behind the door.
continuing h,s investigations he ob~erv.d
that the -iraw uE"n the q or WIS covered
~iih blond, and aiso that straw wxa sticking
up in the crevices between the planks al
the floor. The ends OF two pl.nks yer.
ioose. and upon raising these, he saw
CHASTITY AND BLOODY CORPSE!
The body, which WAS without hat. coat or
boo,s, VIVA lying upon its breast, with it,
f.ce turned upon its right side. The -pscs
be,ween the ground and the a,or ia .l.ou,
eight inches, and in order to get the bod.
into this. the murderer, had crowded il
wi,h some force, md cramped the knees.
Young Merideih MAS horror .iruck and
ran to the door md called 20 his brother.
Who cane in and lookc.i ut the i~rrihl.
eight. They at once Informed neirhbo.s
who we're At work near by, AND more care
fnl examination Wa made. The budy va.
ai,ll limp and warm, shich showed that
the murder must have been committed tI,s,
morning.
THE WOUNDS
that caused the mans death were upon hi.
forehead, which had evidently bsen crushed
With come heavy, jagged obi-ct
One deep gash reached straight
scroas the mans forehead, iu.
above the eyes; another deep g..h VAS far
4 thor nm m, the lofe aide If Tho fo.>L~.l