The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-07-15
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C00do0eQ jTOm OocOoQ 1OE
ing me the credit and praise which shs
thought due me. She il worthy Of !:
different station in life. However
may her journey through life lead Il
heaven, her home and happiness gar
land her path t. the tomb.
la relation 10 lncie Zach. Emerson, Will state
that ! xm very thankful To- hmm Tor his Kindness
Ia Ia relation Ia a remark made to me ny
hitn. took il a joke only. viii say 10 hin
no ceasnre upon hiii,sslf TOR the remark
. i.-iieSe hmm To ise excellent. good man, al
deserves aud ought Ia I'LL different niche IN l,e
t%snp,.- sf humanity H~ - Ia" good man To MI
position grave, fearful. Responsible and sol
.-r.u a. that .f execuiIoner Ia exact life f.,r
philosophy we'll rli.l,n t~sci,'-s ~ that IL
conquer enemy ~ not the work "i swords,
.,i l,ssc.s. Of bssii~fs, or bows of steel.
IL n.t the eNss-tlon 81 life f"r lie, blood Tor
t,iai-is * ti,. ti,,ns Of nsn's person Ia iri-
au,li.ai ear, Ia iDc,r-erate them into strong holds,
vi make them surrender to superior bravery,
convert him INTO "A friend. Hoa-s@r, would say
tssi- Zach ~ enemy To the, hut the law, The
state snd the newspapers ARE, and make 1t ms duty
lwouid saw to nv aide counsel, Mr.. Logan.
tender 10 him the gratt,li. Of my heart for his
sta- defence IN my car with the hope oil no re-
praise Nv tongue fails to express the feelings of
in- heart. 1 think he did all he could under the
surrounding circumstance 10 save my HE, tut
could not. He can, with Plate. trutiifully SAY
that his hands free from my blood l can
Uuly say may hrs life be Of pleasantness, and
hi> aide efforts IN the future lie crowned with bet
Iwoud say 81 the fathers and mothers Of tins
vast multitude, educate your children. GIVE them
esiucstiOn-not only intellectually but morally
which III enlighten their understanding, cor
rect their temper. form the manners and habits al
YOUTH and fit them for usefulness IN their future
stations, and they will NOT be- 50 likely To- bring
YOUR GRAY hairs in SORROW To your graves, as do
Iny ppor old gray headed father. protest against
capital punishment. aud favor Of abolition of the
~xm.- not for my sake. hat for htnzniy's sake.
Let this Is,opie consider What immense stakes
S.pety i.as the lives Of some :netI. What great
Interests often wrapped mp IA Tia. lite ot a
sIn.sie individual, IL T. not The Interests "f one
stx, onr state empire; n ~ not of age
OF generation of hr:i, t,it the interests of world
aud al ages TO come that some times Proviie',-
fsiiy issns upon the iis- at a single individual
Let ans .its conSersAnt with THE history 81 the
worlds last three or four centuries, CONSIDER
what interest the world had in k-w individuals.
.a such men Christopher Coluulais. Martin
Luther, Sir Francis Racon, Sr Isaac New ton. Ben
fasnin Franklin, kot.-rt Fulton. and Geo. Washing
SupIs,-s- amy all .'f ts'-s., ird n the
heat of passion in an ungiSrds-i moment taken
tiss. . 0f their fellow have done ami
their hives lad have pad the fori'-it al II Dn-
This .iy las To-, wiist would have i-s-n ii,e present.
~tatis condition VI the World. can You form
prs,,tr estimate; any siif'strart from
-s-,s-iscs.. from art, from socIefy, the exact
amount vi our indebtedness, 10 any one al them,
nnssi, iesscfo them ALL THIS q. Why i protest
AGAINST capital punishment,
I would say To the Young men 81 the State Of
Missouri, ans, especially al Johnson county. take
Warning from me- AMI iay aside your r~s"iy-rs,
stop Your dram drinking, never frequent places
unis~..nn.. the dignity and honor of gentle
man make useful, intelligent AMI hon
oratae members of >ssclety. ! say once more.
die wtth i'll will toward none ] forgive all, and
holse a. meet you all in heaven. Farwei to my
old gray headed father, sisters, brothers and
friends. ! am sorry 10 bring $" mitch trouble
upon y",i bat a - una "I.ial~ nov. My prayer
that ,..u ali live right, prelafs, Ia Ia l~ttrr
world, where t~.i,ih.> do hot reign supreme ani
poverty - Iss' .iiS.srHe-
Prepared AT the request of the unfortunate Young
usu TO t.- t-a.i nl.on the s-sfioid, hs dying
wor.ts 6" the people
MI READ
Ry .,.rtsi reat,e~t uf the prisoner, the above
~taf-.n.-nt n"t read, OWING To Is extreme
i.LrIh
THE HISTORY.
The people of the vicinity had AS
se,0hIs4i an Saturday. September u.
1873. ut a grove near the Mason school
house. about six miles northeast at
Warrensburg. J"hnson County. Mo-.
for the purpose If having picnic.
During the forenoon Frank David
sou aud Hudie Carlt.n were in town,
when the former purchased ten car
tridges for his pistol and the latter
bought small seven shooter. Thus
equipped, the two returned u the pic. |
mic grounds. Sometime during the
AFTERNOON Davidson was sent on a |
scout to Warrrensburg for alcohol.
"a pony purse" having been made up
for that purpose. Having procured
the alcohol Davidson returned to the
picnic grounds. As he neared the
ground he heard several parties riding
along the road behind him going in
the same direction and he stepped into
the brush at the roadside and dropped
the jug. He'then mingled with the
crowd, found his boOn companions
and returned to where he had dropped
the jug and
ALL PARTIES TOOK A DRINK,
Davidson with the others. The jug
Mas left concealed in a hole near the
scene Of the picnic. where the owners
had recourse to it at their pleasure.
VIM. Haggerty. the unfortunate
murdered man, in conjunction with
others, was running a lemonade and
candy stand at the picnic grounds.
Davidson went to this stand, made
some purchases and made indecent
proposals to Mrs. VIM. Haggerty.
After he had left the stand Mrs.
Haggerty reported the insulting lam
guage of Davidson to her husband.
Haggerty merely asked where is Da-
vidson!" and walked to the dancing
stand, but soon returned aud ordered
. can Of oysters for himself and wife.
Shortly after this some one reported
that Mrs. Haggerty's horse was loose,
snd Haggerty started to catch the
horse. Before he got to the horse he
met Davidson
FACE no FACE.
and stepping to one side engaged in
an animated conversation, Haggerty
accused Davidson of insulting his wife
aud demanded q retraction. David.
son. according to his own statement,
demanded, "Do you mean it, Bill?"
drew his revolver. flourished it over
his bead and fred il in the air. VIM.
Queener took hold Of Davidson and
told Haggerty to 60 waay. This the
unfortunate man evidently intended
to do after telling Davidson to put
down his pistol and he would fight
him Q fair fight, but the
WHISKY CRAZED MURDERER
pushed Queener to one side. and to
use his own language, ''he turned his
right side to me and | shot" Hag.
gerty reeled and the murderer fired
the second and third shots. After
the shooting. and while the life of his
victim Was ebbing out . crimson tide
At the three cruel wounds, Davidson
with his trusty revolver in his hand,
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