The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-22
FATE'S WEB.
Slowly Weaving ito Wool Around
John West.
Reject Developments in His Case.

Slowly but surely, link BY link, il being
forged the evidence IL the terrible crime
that will form ,he chain oi circumstznti.l
evidence which gill carry John !. We, Ia
the ssIlows. Every action 81 the prisoner
shows him guilty, every story that he tell
Ut his movement. IL ,i.s week eniing Ocio-
b~r 9Th isa liz. and his preliminary exsmin-
s,ion ,ii.cl,,sed enough To insure him
terrible hut we'll deserved punishment.
Yesterday morning n Bsz,o REPORTER had
tie pleasure OF meeting
NM. JaNIS JOHNSON,
the efficient attorney of Cooper county, and
irosn hun LEARNED several important incl
dents connected with the PHO; Grov~ mar-
der. L ION the day 81 examination at
PHO, Grove. an imnI.nse crowd assembled
in the to~I, snt frequent threats ~,
lynclinx were m ,de. u al the murdered
man bee" y resident o: that place, or a
ci:iz-n Il C.nr.. esua.y, the ind;gn,n,
,s-er.h. &c ~""it have hung West in -..i,.
al all precautions.
IVES, MAS positively identified by tie
lady wi.o CAV. him ard the nan who a..
.i,-rws'd numbered, drink ui wafer on
Friday Sigh. NJ l.-r house. SeSersi sIji-
I'm. I'-r';6-, him - t!sc man who w.
9th is.- ","r.!.'-.i Stranger ~ Pilot 1fuSe
Use evening Vr-vr.'I- Z" the nsur,!,f- !
mo-; ,mp.s:sI; Witness ia. produced, =
numbered m,E io..,Ler TIVE miles .'u'h 81
PHO Glove, c.mnin. from the direction q:
S.da:is an.! soins ,o~arl PHO, t;rov,:. IA
F,idsv.
WHO WAS THE MURDERED MAN?
:. lar all .if,ris ,o d;sc,vcs ih. Identity
ii la. mur,isre.: ri,. have fsil.d. .'..n,s-
thought that he wa- e detective, sna ;Lat
ne w,s travelling xiih and sIpD''ing West
f.r Some c.:me TINT tia. latter hal c,m
m,ii;ra; that West had discovered The &c,
su,; yil MIN "a. 81 the wsy. hi. theory
vs. founded .pun the g;.ld emblem ~h.r.
/. o. ;o;Iui y.ai...l md rn-sih tire lapel If
u.
ao~.ver, that the murdered man vas =
;hIri, - the b.os.n silver sing :o,,..i ia
; i,i- pocket has n--n ii-ni;hrd by n,,n a.
',ivsns i~-" >tc.;.n i,"m him.
PICTURE.
Al..obs the sff.c;s cIaii,,-,! 1y VET ~.
a 'in ,yl~ LECTURE ,h' h.d originally TT
r.ss'ntest ':rse sr.st--two bisn sn! a
wliasn. Wet sn.t the w",nln ar. i-;,rr-
| -~nt..i sitting side b.: sid. Their g.
u "a an standing be:Ini them, Lu, h,s hr ri
i,sd b,-.n cnt oif snI n1th o.. n1x fr,.,.,,i-
10 L.. -~-n III the h.u.- hu. hi. hand. watch
re-i upo he shoulders al We.,
MEMORANDUM BOX
wa- fsu;.i in tie pri-onrI'- valiSe ut .,rs
saicn - .up,.s-,s! - have been ou,-- ,i...
property q; t'uS. Woods, wiih ~!o,i We;
static! from l.,m.r,e las: sumner. T:,,.
, 0,pnk - . c..inno. ADVERTISING hisrt, -ur,,
~ s-e issued i,y agricultural ,..l medic
nm 'o advertise :h-;T nus;ns-S. Eat, a
irru,te page l. ui1nk. l.. inaHy ;,.,.-.-
i.rprg,, III. tS.. tie rsu. 81 tu- Es.u..>
u -crib''.s'i. AMI !n os,e place l. written
'.Joiia West - 81 II id -; /. b. -
Ia u Is ,lso a i..O-e Kept dia:y, or r.,nc.
line names O: tie ,,aH. along the Lex;nrir,
Hr .nch. where To..i. IT Mes, has w-s.-.:.
B,s: Wu.'!s Is laid ga tsv. returned Z" J.,
! n,'''.;e, rs.n .-i'sat = lie could no, ~ ':,.
mu deIesl man.
THE MOTIVE FDK rEg Nc MIR
Wa no d"u!.t r"bi-rv. The numbered mar
IL il -up:so-..i bs,l line gold watch, p!sin
hunting e..>,'. consider ,biv worn. q Mas "a
.enti-u,sn's watch. No 3. 3 MAKE hs Toii-.
Livrsnsj. Th;. .s;ch xas iouGl 1T. ~.
:hs prison-r. lie .ars his father gave il Il,
aim eight years ago, hut mis- xii.. .-,-
West never had watch, and iau.i ,--i ~
the i.lea al his possessing one.
IVES, la. told doz-n different s,crie. a.
to his movement. AMI whrrrsb us> on Fri
dsv and Saturday, Ost. i,b and 5th. and
every one 81 them hive proved To have been
false.
One thing j. cer.sin, IL West j. guilty. A.
every circmmstance Nos shows I've i. Mr..
Johnson will spare nc pains OF etfor, io
convict him aud vindicste tie iaw.