The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-05-06

i'll Was discovered in this. 10 | was
liable to BE- discovered in the old mat
tiers. IL ] didn't do it. The neighbors,
all thought she wac going to leave
the country. and wouldn't know but
she had gone ~ she expected. We
were up all night Thursday. October
3lsi, making preparations IN 90. Mrs.
HARRISON making clothes for the
children and getting them ready. l
was to take them to Hastings. where
they were going To take the train.
We were up nearly all night. and
until 3 or 4 o'clock Sunday morning.
| had decided u dig q
PLACE FOR THEIR REMAINS
as close 4" "a straw stack as | could get.
and watched tor chance tn prepair il.
] expected then To Use the straw from
that side aud scatter IL over the SPOT.
| had watch, hat j, was not running,
40 We hal no time piece. but i, was
between 3 gnd ! O'Clock when l went
out to feed the mules. Then l took
the shovel, n c"n,in,n railroad shovel,
and commenced di,yin. tho h"le. ]
am pretty handy with shovel. and
in half an hour had hole about 2
by q AMI three or four feet deep. 1t
was in place that hal been ploughed
for three crops. ] had agreed when
Mrs. HARRISON Went Z, h,!, to call
her ut half-pa.t , OFT had every
thing ready tn get warm breakfast
in five minutes. the grain wac loaded
and was rea,iy tn start for Hastings.
| went into the house ionnd them
all sleeping sounsily; got the axe,
and
WENT AT TIE JOB
The statement that / dashed the
babys brains out On the floor. break.
ing one leg. is not true. killed them
all rs they we're sleeping. Mrs.
HARRISON and the two oldest girls
were in the bed together and the baby
in the crib. killed Mrs. HARRISON
FIRST, then the second child. then the
oldest one. and the baby last. There
didn't one wake aud there was not
sound made. only got bloud on one
blanket and on the pillow shanns.
This bedding I took out with the
h&iies and threw into the hole. l
carried Mrs Iiarelson's body out first,
then the two girls at one trip and
TOOK THE EARY LAST,
II the babv's le. was broken by me
it was when threw il into the hole.
| picked il up. carried il out and threw
it in as would a log. I hanle,i in
the dirt without being particular to
put the under dirt at the bottom,
where it had come from. I presume
that lesl to the discovery Of the bodies
when the neighbors were searching.
/ examined the house carefully,
found / had left no spot Of blood any.
where and that the AZ was clean. If
any hair Was foap,i "n a fiat iron il
was not human hair. I then straight
ened things W. ard
COOKED AND ATE BREAKFAST
and started FIR Hastings with nv
grain. Nothing would ever come to
To- light i'll ha.in', hal that trouble
with that Swede. Anderson.
"What kind of house was this of
1T Was sod house abou: % or "a
by some 10 feet, with one rom.
There vas place for partition
which I intended To put in. Mrs.
Harelson we to paw expenses ~ FIX
ing it up. | would have been well
If any truuble had c"me.
had two breech loading guns. and
three six shooters, IS loads in all.
"What was you worth at this |
lime
IL had about 81. 200 when 1 went |
Town to live with her. ! DESTROYED .
.ood deal Of this when l burned the
'apers at Nj. Pleasant, but ! still
rave
sssss ~ s<as0 ~ sshss
1 Thought | was dead beat wnen l |
,ot down to $50. have had a. much /
IS 81. 500. l played cards a good deal
md didn't back down f"r any Of them.
made q good deal in this way out Of
he cowboys and gr--enh 'rns. [ g.l,r-
lily had good roll Of bills, carried
hem in nv pocket. took them all out
When l wanted tn nav far ANYTHING,
md felt able to care for them ?"
"How did you kill Anderson
81 never thought Of killing old
nderson until il Wa done. I never
'oisoned OF tried 10 poison him. That
, not NV
STYLE OFTAKlNG LIFE.
heard he was telling the nelghbors
0 and ] did not feel pleasant about
!. When I met Anderson on the 9th
{ December he was ugly. and COM
nenced calling me offensive names
nd accused me Of trying tn kill him.
slapped his fscc. ard he started To
ct a big knife which laid on the
,ble back Of him. l didn't propose to
i've hin,''a chance to use it, 90 | seized
hammer which stood on the window
III and Drained him."
COL. MOsBY.
During q portion Of the confession
Richards while on the cars before
kearney;a tall, fine looking I
ian, with iron gray hair and whiskers q
ad stood in the aisle at the reporters 8
de. listing with keen interest to
richards words. Twill you allow me
, ask him . word or two ?" Certain 4
~ ibid you have no remorse after !
illing that woman and those chill
rem ?" mo, sir. They we're nothing
'ore to me than 20 many jack rab- d
it's "Y0u seem to put no more
alue on your own life than you have e
D that Of others. Do YOU feel that o