The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-29

Dueee osvSoe ~steO M renaDos, oe some
easih. decided that hs couid not pesais
he ea.e to be disposea u On that p,s., and
psdesed pie II MT guilty u BE- catered.
Tue Sheriff wss then direcsed To suomoa
pssel Of 6fy jurors. tn - in .ssesdsacs
upos Tie court II ten o'clock On Tues1sy,
70 which time The eoust adjourned.
During The proceed,nxs in c0urs The
roo@ wss crowded With people. anxious to
10 ess sl,0ps 81 The mae capable Of
- hein0sss . csi~e.
Lease. hioarlf sesoee the iezss intesesied
wsn about the enuss room. His counse-
nance wore ssclid eIpsxsioa. Heevineed
no eoosioa Of sny kind, unlsas il vas IN
anxiety 10 have the trial psceser~ - ia.l ~
posaibIe, trom hss sppessA"cs and conduct
one might think he was arr~,gned Tor so@s
iairscsioo III the game lsw.
The c.nrt convened again on Tuesday.
TIE r flowing JrsoRA
sere sworn: q. W. Nsriia, J.s. Weather.,
J. w. Eullivsn, Rshs. Graves, Fins wils,o.
Amos Willispss. z T. Kennedy. Sinaaa
Di<hi, J. 4. Sterling. f =. Webb. 7. E.
Johnson and J. " Nye. The ind,ctmens
v.s read and h q. Owens 49, called u the
ssaUd. He tssii6rd that he wss Jussier
Vi the Peace o! ih,lsa s0waahs0 in C.ss
county. That IN Vr sbous Srps. Ind, Last,
I've held Coroa~r's inq"ess on the dead
body al man found ON the prairie one and
half miles souihW sat Of We~t Lane. In
Csss county. The boiy wss dresssi in
heavy COTTON overall pants. c.,stoo striped
shirs. and heavy hsnss. and he thought had
q Th~s~ $3.50 rxsHs
lying = to ]. tees from the hs~iy. heavy
cs.ssmesr, dark eolorpd aud plaid. ~ veil
~ the wi,ne.@Rm~ws'essd. and wss some
.osu. 4 benWn wool nat vss alan found
near By. partly worn. aud the crovr torn
INT. Were i..und in the psnss ps.cke' =
small. nickIs plated revolver, 81 20 in all
yer e0in, poches knife, eomb snd twu
lead pencils; and, also in the side picket al
the Goat . litter envelope aSisireaeeh Ia
Henderaoa B Clarke. Mulberry. No. Thi-
holy vss found on the prairie IN . lo~
spos If .rvsand, surrounded NJ some inI<
distance on nearly al sides b. hills. and
near gully in . sAvin~. sad was living on
pseee 81 Rropni .!ixhly slevssssi .bovs
that Immediately sWssvnninx il. The body
sss lying With head to The west, on iss
back, and the head sn.l limbs were ae
tsch~d. The whole body wss very much
decompo-.<i. AMI 0u-t have laid there
eight d.ys.
RODr. CLAR e, yA1HER - TRE DECEASED
i,v~s near Malbesy. Rates county. petsnd
ant 6rss cssse To hOuss ot vltnsss On 2eud
~ s3,t Of Aug. il w.s Tharai.y evening,
re,rr~sa,ine himaeli D. Smith, that h. and
hi> father we're lsFye stock feeders, living
near Lawrence, sad wanted 30 "us VI bunch
IL IS I nsd, said they h~d ITO head AMI
wanted Just enough IN make mp 10 Fin
ally c.,~tr.ci.d In .-l: 20 head at SO On yer
head. This wss Friday mosninx. lie vas
IN pay $30OO ~ssh. and bsisnce ut bank in
Lawrence IN delivery of cattle. Ny s0n had
= small ins~sv-s in the e.tile. Defendant
vent Out with us 10 wster the cattle, and
then starred in the dis~csioa IL l.scygn~.
laid he vas going there. Tie ne1t Mond.y
morning. Aug. 18th defendant came back,
selected h.. 20 out Of the 33 head We had,
paid 5000 "a she lot. and he and my
son, Hend~ns"n L. Clark. s,,'tsd wish
them. =. snppo-e.i. inr Lsvrnce. ]
~1p~csed my avn back ~ early ~ SasuF-
dsy, and when he didn't cOme Monday,
started tn .se what had beeome Of him.
The wilns-- then detailed his search. re-
sul':nG in coming upon the body after j.
had been found by other. Wiin~rs
recognized the body - that Of his en-,
Hen,ier.oo r. Clark, recognized the cloth
ing and articles taken from the body ~
h;s >~c;. h.vorr . 5o,,hs
4,
WHnsss recognizes the ofssciea Souno
in dec~a.e.i pock~ts ~ the property Of
N
n~:euJsct on SAtusdav night, probably
three weeks sg0, in the iii: At Harrison
r;ll. .r.l ~; , coovsr~>,;o. v;,h h;~ T.,
'""' ""' -" ~" ~
InIt enoverssis00 the defendant admitted
The killing OF Clark, and Described the
"e""s III o"s"x ""0 ."e eject % the P's'
loo shot an the decvasr0.
The iuPv retu.ne<3 q verdict Of murder in
\. ga d.~,.e vhs,.uunn J~.l.. (;,v, n
rossnced she pr,.noer tO he hung On fIi-
dAv Oct Ssh 1873 n f,llsIVe.
-
Tue Sentence
red and found vu,l,v az m. no,t lemons cr. me-
nova "a The I~s ira, az murd.r n ,h.. ga, A..
srrr az HAVING hiIe.1 M cold Mood one H.nd~rson
6~sed In ~ dong you have depr,vsS a S.,iov
'ei,s a life vhS.h I, ds.-r., % Iii and -h,.h
.unnoe b.. r.ssorr,i In s.Si,ion xo., 49,. ,rnSss
he r,Se NJ Lr ~h>nl "a the c, sxrsa of a 6nshe,
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= ea-sasrH 90 the nras Day sus one lo1les: the
sy soii.~ins,, and thss the body b. i-sivsrej to
~ sa'sress To o ,a,s.-ss.d. e.s. 10. the IL.