The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-27
FHR cAMRRoN MURDER
The Murderer CAUGHT Near La
throp. Ho.-He Confeooe0 the
Crime. and Boasts Of Having
Taken Revenge.

The murder 81 Charles Lasg BY Georg'
Cramer II Cameron has created considerabl,
sensation. and, when the murderer w.s cap
tured. il vas at one tiue frsr~si that hs
sOuld be lynched by the infuriaiesi Ps'Pu
lace Of Cameron. Both Of the parties wers
Germans, aud both serr known ~ pretty
hard citizens. II IA. the cowsrl.y mode
OF the attack that has caused the indigna.
/ tioa Of the citixens. The murdered man
vas 1t one time travelling sale.m an for .
Kansas City nursery.
From the Aichison Champs u 81 Sunday
We learn the following particulars oi
Crsmer's capture: Ii seems that after
his escape from Cameron he started an
foot towards Kansas City, following the
branch Of the II. Il ST. J. road. He reach.
Ell Tarney station, small place abOut halt
way between Cameron and Lsthrop Friday
night and slept on the depot platform.
probably intending to take the train for
kansas City in the morning. For some
reason he missed il and again started out
on foot. About nine o'cl"ck yesterday
morning he arrived at Laihrop and stopped
and got drink Of water. Again he start.
ed down the track. Ii Wss here that
constable saw him and suspected him to be
the murderer. He got two other men and
started after him. When Crsmer saw them
coming he started {, run snd 6n llv jump
over fence into an orchard. The consta-
bic then drawing hrs pistol ordered him 10
halt. Cramer paid M attention to the
command. The officer then fired three
shots At hin, one passing between his legs.
another brushing his head and third
passing through his coat tail. CraIler then
stopped and gave himself up. He at once
acknowledged that he vas the man they
wanted, and said that il he had not killed
Larg he would try the same thing over.
He said he had worked hard for his money,
and to have . man rob him Of il, was more
than he could bear, and that he took his
revenge.
A Kansas City Drummer Robbed.
The Humboldt, Kansas, Usics says that
F. N. Guion, salesman for J. 4. Cooper 4
Co., Of Kansas City. stopped over Sunday in
that city. He says that ON last Friday az
ternoon he received come money from .
as~rcbant in Eldorado, several persons
being present. lie then started for Eureka,
he sss two men approaching him On hOrse-
back. He being unsrmed vas alarmed By
their approach. He took his watch. q gold
one, out Of his pocket. n we'll ss $50 in
money. and dropped them into the hors~
bucket under the seat. The men ride up Z"
him md presented their revolvers demanded
his money. He handed them his packet
hook from which he had taken the $3.50.
They examined il aud finding only little
change sail. That's too thin, get out" He
got out when they searched his packets
finding seventy dollan which he him-elf
had forgotten and left il in the watch pocket
Df hi. pants. With this they were satisfied
and made him get into his buggy aud xo on
10 Eureka. M efiorts xere made IL cap
lure them ~ Mr.. Guion thought ne would
not be able To identity them. He says that
he thinks. however. that they we're delegates
In the Republican State Convention in
.irucied for Anthony, and we're solving the
problem how TO get money to get to the