The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-05-28

Particulars Of the Homicide In the
Jefferson City PeDitentiary-Tes-
ttmony Of the Witnesses.

4 Captain w. Bradbury testified AZ follows
at the inques. held Saturday, in Jefferson
city over the body Of the murdered convict
Joe Fore:
4 reside in Jefferson City. and am Deputy
: Warden Of the peniten;iary on Friday,
e May 10th, about o'clock p ~, went in
I the drug room in TIE hospital with the ma
tron to get medicine for a sick woman;
T heard an unusual noise IN the kitchen be-
, low l Immediately ran down stairs, ard on
reaching the kitchen, found 10. Fore and
VIM. Rogers together, with the blood flying
in every direction; Fore was in the act of
falling; placed my cane between the two
, men, pushing Rogers back when I pushed
Rogers back he said, ''lhe d-m rascal had
jumped on me :" 1 took Fore by the left
arm and led him into an adjoining room,
and told him to sit down, but he did not
obey me; l then tried to get hold of the
arteries from which he was bleeding freely,
but found it impossible; Fore then said,
";he d-m rascal has killed me-" which
were the last words he uttered, and sank to
the floor, lying on his back, aud died in
twenty minutes; went Immediately after
DR.. Winston, who was in the yard at the
time; the Dr. went Immediately to the
hospital; ! then went after Rogers, and
found in his possession a knife which
produce; (handing It to the jury pocket
knife with blade IL in. in length when
took the knife from Rogers he said that
was the knife he cut him with he made
good many remarks in justification of him.
self, which do not remember, but he said
Fore threatened to kill him; Rogers was
patient in the hospital at the time; Fore |
had been ordered, six months ago, to take |
his meals in the hospital, in order to keep
him away from other men at meal times, he :
having several difficulties with prisoners in |
the dining hall and other places; he WAS
not habitually cross and quarrelsome, but
so periodically; ever since he has been in
the prison have regarded him As dan
gerous mar, and kept a strict watch over
him to keep him from injuring himself or
some one else; have KEEP; him several times
in solitary confinement, on account Of his
periodical returns of bad temper; Rogers
had no business where he was in tho kitchen;
was out of his place there; Fore had no
weapon that saw; when l first saw them
they were scuffiing, Fore in falling condi-
ticn; saw no weapons Of any kind in the I
hands OF either at that time; both were
bloody; there we're present besides myself, :
jeff Estil, Ham. Nicholson and Henry 1
Stevens. all convicts, all standing behind
Rogers, not participating in the fight
Rogers had the knife in violation of the
rules of the prison; did not know he had &
il; found no weapons about Fore; made 4
iilligent search of the room and also
If the person of Fore, but found none;
here were in the kitchen, knives
IN the tables Fore was eating his supper;
found that Fore was bleeding very profuse- s
y from a severe cut in the left side of the {
neck, from which he bled to death in about
wenty minutes; heard no statement from
him except as i have stated he said some {
hing about his arm which did not under
tand Rogers has not been considered
luarrelsome character; he has been in prison =
.bout seven years; on Fore's person l '
ound small pocket-book containing 95
'ents in money, and other things of no i'm a
,Ortance. '
Jefferson Estil, sworn, said: I
am . convict in the penitentiary have
'een here seven years and six months; g
I'M cook for the hospital; was in the hos 7
,ital kitchen on Friday, May 18th, about 5
o'clock p. NJ; was cooking; Henry Stevens
md Joe Fore were in the kitchen at the I
lime; Stevens was dish-washer; Joe Fore II
'as eating his supper; had been getting Z
lis meals there for long while; always
tie by himself; l started out of the kitchen 4
o take plate of fried onions up stairs, and
net VIM. Rogers coming in; Fore told
rogers that he objected to his (Rogers')
oming in; Rogers asked, "Why?" and :.
'ore said, "You are working against me = ~
rogers asked him, "What have :,
one?" Fore replied, "You know n
|-n we'll what you have :,
one;" Fore then jumped up out of his n
hair with a case knife in his hand; this A,
anne knife he he'd in his hand when they n
'ere talking: at that time the men we're q,
bout four feet apart Fore then stepped "
oward Rogers don't know which struck
rst when l heard the scuflle I turned b.
rom my cooking, and both men were down, 60
,ogers cutting Fore; when Fore stepped s.
onward they clinched, and Rogers got Fore =,
own on the chair then caught Rogers Z
y the arm. after they got to cutting, and h,
ried to stop him; Rogers said. "He jumped a,
n me FIRST :" when grabbed Rogers, Fore A
ad dropped his knife; saw it on the floor; a,
bout that time Capt. Bradbury came in. 8
nd put his cane between them, push q,
ng Rogers back; Capt. B. asked II
.ogers what he was doing, and told r
i'm 'tostop; when I caught hold of b,
Iogers could do nothing with him, he @,
eemed to be crazy and kept cutting; 1 saw o.
he cut in the neck of Fore before / took \,
old of Rodgers saw the cut in the L.
eek before Rogers backed Fore down into
he chair; Fore asked me to take Rogers n
e Rogers went out of the door after Capt. N
Bradbury separated them; Fore fell in the II
all and bIed to death; Rogers did not ST
eem excited when came IN bat was WALKING l.,
through the kitchen in . quiet manner, 90
rhistling and appearing just ~ he always =,
i'd had no hand in his pocket; 1 did not =
&c him take his knife out nor did see the :,
;nife, but didn't know whether he had the :,
.nife in his hand when came into r
he room heard Fore on several pre. :