The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-22
R-What was the farmers N ,me?

WI crossed Saturday morning At Boo
vile.
e Rep--whxt road did you come fro
Mexico 10 BOonyiiie?
W-TLe hou-e l stopped At vas not q
the direct road from Mexico. 1 don't kno
The direct road. did not pass ,hroug
any towns ber~eer Mexico and BoonvIii
THAT FATAL FRIDAY NIGHT.
Rep-What kind Of house was il " he,
you stopped that Friday night?
Wit Mas a frame house owned by
iarnier. L. was not a large house. Tier
were tire. ia The family -ihe man Was i,e
tween b and ~ years old, a woman - q
IS. and 4 boy about IA. There MAS a sm a
barn or sianie there; l didn't notice
much. took supper lodging aud break
last there. paid fifty cents ior Il aud ha
: Sl..o left.
HIS JOURNEY FROM MEXICO.
L was around the country near Mexic
Tor week aud a half before got AN
WORK and then worked nine days. l "a
no, IA Mexico, but within six or seven mile
oi At. ieii t:irre on Thursday, aud walk
cd al the way Ia B."nvIii-, except a nil
and nail that rode ia a wagon. | don
know how Ei.ny days i WAS on the road.
| Rep-Wi,er- did y"u stay nights,
| W-At farm houses and along side O
the road. didn't care much what road
took, A. WIS hunting work. Wedne>.ia,
n:"h: s!cp. "'lt :.n;i ma.ie fire.
THE EvENTFUL SATURDAY.
! Tie reader will bear ia mind tine muir
Was c"nmii.ed Saturday morning. a. al
Pilot Grove IL miles IRON Boonsiiiel
| Saturday informing l eat breakfast at thu
| farm mouse luur miles north of Bponvlii,
about daylight or a ii,l.e after, ami s,art~.
Tor Bponviii-. l crossed the river al Boon
Willie in wagon, v In a farmer, aIult 40
aour by sun, on Capt. Porier's Jerry. the,
| took the dirt Rad. got to squire Al
lens hnuse AT II 80 and eat dinner at T.
Here W--t described the Route lie took
from Boonviiie 10 Squire Aliens house
According 10 his story, be mus, have walk
Ell between thirty and thirty mI.er
| from 10 ll:30 O'Clock four hours aud a
halt. Squire Alien lives in black " a,.r
! township. eight or ten miles from where
the murder Was committed
Rep Were You at Pilot grove, Satur-
iay.
W-No, did not go 20 PHO, Grove.
R-p-Did Won have any bundle with
you.
NJ had a sack. | had pair al shoes,
coat and hat in 1t. took them 10 the coal
mine w.Ih the. got TO the mines before
SHUTDOWN. Ii IL about seven miles from
SPUR Aliens 10 the coal mine.
Rep-Cunid You find the house where
YOU STAYED Friday night.
W-1eS, m certain could find il.
Last Saturday night Sheriff Smith told
West that Ii lie con'd fini the house and
prove Ia him that he stayed there the Fri.
day night previous Ia the murder ne would
take him out there IN
buggy the mex, day, Sunday ard
a. soon As thi. point was proved he would
iurn him loose. Instead OF jumping at this
opportunity 10 clear and release himself,
Nest demurrrd, saving that he had changed
his clothes since Then, and that he was
afraid the farmer wonij not recognize him.
He also said iii-t he Was afraid he could
not find lac hon-e, etc.
HE HAD BEEN t. PILOT GROVE.
l have been in PHO, Grove. The first
tine ! Was there WAS about three wears aya.
| passed through there about SIX weeks ago
when j went {" Mexico. When | started /
lett ili-ginsvii!e with the intention of going
in Illinois. l went around hy way of Dres-
den and i!ug.iesyilie and through 10 the
left oi Gcorg-Iown. l crossed the Lamine
river al the Covered bridge, Walkers J
Dii not come back the Same way | went To
Mexico. 1 went through R0cheport on the
Columbia rnad. ! had dollar and sixty
ave cents. | crossed the river in the after
noon; stayed all night IL miie- from
Rccheport.
MARRIED AND SEPARATED.
I married Rachel +. Ferguson. She
lived ;ao and hail miles from Warsaw on
the Qaincy road-about hs.f a mile of
from the reai--on tine east side, 10 the left
WIS married two wears ago-Aprii -. 30,
1876. Ny aife is now living at Lamonie.
She has two broiher- there-Greenbury
Ferguson and Marion Ferguson. have NO
children. worked ON a farm and around
town. 1 left her before harvest and have not
seen her since. I am twenty five years old
next March. Nv wife don't know | AM
here ia Jail. am writing her letter to-
day.
ARRESTED ONCE BEFORE.
Re2-Were YOU ever arrested on any
charge before?
WI am a hard working man ard
always made my living by my work and
kept mvaelf straight. va. arrested one.
before, for fighting, AT Petersburg, Illinois.
Rep. Did you whip the man?
WI whipped hlm good. Two men
had been watching for me, and there Wa
two men watching them. never was &C
cu-ed Of any crime b-fore. have had
troubles and qnarrels, but nothing serious.
Rep-Do vou drink.
We, never drink.
Williams %, and have not heard him
swear since his arrest.
MEMBER OF CHURCH.
WI was member Of the Baptist
TIE! in the Sangamon river by Rev. W.
II. Goit-by. His address is box Al Peters
burg, Menard county, Ill.
was taken la Pilot Grove YESTERDAY, and
,hiee persons said was the man who was
with the murdered man A negro boy
-ai: he saw me Saturday morning. /
never saw the orchard where they said |
got apples.
Rer--rhey treat you we'll, do they not
W.-I--. | have been treated we'll and /
have no fault Ia find.
MIR. Williams said that West had given !
hem To trouble.
wEsr's LETTER To HIS WIFE.
The following ia an exact copy OF the /
letter West wrote 10 his wife:
Auciober Is. 1878
Bonvilie Mo
Mrs rachel West seat nv self to drop
rou afrw lines to let you know the present /
iact Where am now aud sorry to have II
10 say ina; am Here god knows NV heart |
4 nd Has promis To ANGER PRAYER and hope
10 see abe,er dav to com shall be where
,m a wanted better than Here but Z am
+;er off ded than Here. am not gilty of
me dead always thought To get nv living
better than 10 kill aney one Would like To
see Won il you could Come don't know
whether yog want 10 see me or not but
ove you Just a. did at first And never
Shall never Shall fade A WAY god Is nv
eide sndmy helper and prays to god that
mag be Saved from sin that all friends
nav meet in Heaven and may meet With