The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-17
ANOTHER VICTIM.
Gilbert Brown Knocked Down and
Robbed.


Hardly has one victim of black as
sas~in been buried in our midst, than the
Bkzoo 10 called upon to chronicIe an NJ
sauit upon another, by the same class Of
infamous 6euds. This last outrage, unier.
another occun before We are through
writing it. happened last night.
GILBERT BROWN
u . respectable hard-wOrking man en-
ployei in the chops Of the n. K. 4 /.
Yesterday he and The other employees
were paid ID. and he went to the SALON Of
Larry Cation, in Es<t Sed.li., where he 60,
his check cashed for So.
From that place he came down town to
Phipps store, aud then went to the depot
Platform in the rear of the store of Bixby
& Houx, and perhaps displayed some
money u the gaze of
TWO NEGRos,
one of whom vas Charles Cornelius, whu
were hanging around watching him. He
In " them. or one of them, snd when he
started for home. . little after seven
o'clock. they on some pretenre accompani-
ed him down the Missouri Pacific track
He walked along with them without the
slightest suspicion of their murderous IN.
tent until they reached q point near the
scales, east of Hoberecht's mill.
Here, suddenly and without warning
one Of the black scoundrels.
STRUCK HIN In THE SIDE
With . club, telling him to the ground
They then robbed him of his money and
fed, leaving him helpless.
Shortly afterwards. F. Conner came along
and found Gilbert lying where the thieves
had left him. He procured help and As
sisted him to his home, which is in the
northeast portion Of the city, between En-
gineer street and the cemetery.
DR.. Neale was sent for, and went out Al
once, o. also Marshal Smith and BAzOt
reporter.
was . deplorable one, for though the Doc
Tor said the man was not seriously hurt
the family were in abject poverty and thei'
only dependence In the dead Of winter tax
en- away from them.
The house Vas . two-st0ry frame, and
Brown lived in the second story. He had
. wife and Eve or six children, Who al
wanted to talk At once. while he kept OF
crying and exclaiminG:
"IwAxr NY MONEY"
Brown formerly worked At the Garrison
House, and while there became acquaint
ed with Charles Cornelius, the negro WIT
struck HIM with the club, who also WORKED
there. While working around the yard
there Brown vac injured in the side, which
partially disabled him. Cornelius va,
aware of this fact, and probably for thai
reason selected it for the attack, becxuss
he knew il vas weak point.
The other man, Brown described n
being . tall. raw,boned negro With .
round hat, which description exactly Gil,
that of daskey named 'Modoc"
CORNELIUS ARREsrED.
Marshal Smith went TO Cornelius' houes
after leaving Browns. but he could n"
6nd him. About h.If-pnat rine O'clock
Cornelius was found On the corner Of Ken
lucky and Main rtreets When asked
what he w.s DUNG there, Cornelius replied
tn It he yas looking for him. (the M.r-h.il
~ his wife had said that he wanted him
When locked up only two n,ckels wer.
found upon the prisoners person. He w.'
asked about Modoc. but Of course declared
''fore God be hadn't a~en him.
BRowN's FAMILY
are il pi,iabIe plight ~ tho.e scoundrels
work has deprived them of all tine money
they h.d. SD probably disabled Brown
for some time. They shocld not he allowed
to suffer-hs assailsnls should Be made Il
suffer.
Nov the old man gess up in the morn