The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-09-09

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Friday lsss the curiosity q va
ssossed y The asPsassnoa P'se-
aen On opr stsssn, each ped
vith AeubIs-basssle1 ahos Cd 30
Of revolver. Isserogation P4sties
discaosel tie fsse that . man Sam
usl Ham, living % the edge Of coon
y, EIGHT nilss south Of Rosc@ - been
nus6eseS late Wsdssa1sy aftsanpo4 The
p.sticular. of the sGair - 49, fol-
lows.
On the day Imentioped shove Han bad
IN enea6sa oserkj dUelliae u 13kik
n.ahun $3.50 49,, nd. haA -
Quit cork for that day ~hes thrss s'ran-
eess rode up 10 The fenos. IL s'rangen
ssa,ed that they vsrs looking for mules
which bad disappeared near Deepvs'er.
Henry county, and gaze. q description Of
he animal. HsH to!d den that be had
aeen nothing Of the animals. One Of the
pasties ibes 90 81 bia hsrae to light bin
pipe 1t the furnace under the evaporation,
shese . Csc ~ PET tasaisG. Directly IL
Ter ssoeher one Of them ssid that be would
Light his pipe, toe" and disnountsd. lsav-
ing his hose il charge Of The third man.
Thsir actions bsceoisg singular, Han ~
marked to hia vile thss soasthing vas
wrong, and taking hH pocket-book out,
esvs it % her, unnoticed, il u supposed, By
the stranger. The men then asked PET
mission % say ell Night, bat Hen sssrsd
thse hsv not Vsspassd 70 hep any one,
and referred thsa to house . short die
tancs svsy. By this time il sppears that
Ham bad approschsd his house. Sudden
u une If them drew his revolver and de-
oasdsd Hans money. He aold them that
be hsd pooe. supposing that he could
jaop inside the roen4 before they could
shoot, be turned and started for the door,
when the bloodbhinsy devil fred.
So A. THE sH0r
struck Ham in The back part Of the bead,
b falling inside Of The doorway and dying
instantly. Hs vile, Who hsd visnsssd he
bess:hle sosse Of bes buload shot down
end nurdssed in cold blood By unknown
6ends In human shape, began scsssniag
loudly. The murderer, evideatly fearing
discovery, made no further attempt to se-
cure booty, bot ed, odd fortunately did
mot - hs pessse-hook, which contained
$50. They left in soutberiy direction,
and next morning stray hosse ~ found
. few nils Iron the Plaas of.the murder
that answer ths description Of one ridden
y the ossdssem, - sigss Of camp we're
tssnd In shs visisisy. leading 70 the belief
that they had nade halt and lost one Of
their hor.es, which they had 10 leave. and
which he'd probably been stolen.
The country ~ imneliasely aroused,
and armed bodice Of men started on the
trail Of the deapesadoes, and while one de-
tschmemt vss In Oaceols the Bolivar mail
carrier brought sord that three men hsd
bes appsehendea at Huoansville Friday,
and had been taken TO Stockton, on suapi-
csca 81 icing
THE MURDERERs.
The men vho were here peased on fur
ther north, 70 make inquiries after some sua-
picious pesaoas they vers trailing.
From parties 1t Roaeoe, Ne learn that
oae al The theories Of the affair il that he
vss the victim Of IN old grudge that
originaied while Ham lived in Kentucky,
add that be hsd bsen followed By his
essmiss from that State. The sane report
ssya that the msa isss sskea the murdered
MAJ for hs 0osey, ed be told them he
he'd none; then they demanded muies and
received the same answer; whereupon one
Of them exclsiaed, well, By Cd. yns1
ere the mule ve want and shot him.
: Another reason is assigned a follows:
That Han va recently NJ Hunanville
add wanted 10 buy . farm. The question
Of paying foe il aroae, shsn Hen drew his
pockethook and showed his money, ssying
shss - could psy cash. TIE prior Of the
fara vas $500. This indiscsees oct Il sup
pod bynomf 10 have led 10 IN attempt u
rob
Whatever may have been the reason, is
h 10 - h6ps1 that ahs onrdsssn may Be
esugha and receive the punishment they
% richly deserve.
I. Han several ysam go - citize" Of
81. Clair conssy, living in the forks Of the
Os4ge and Sec iver., lev miles above
Ososola. His rsoains we're inferred last
Friday. near Rsckuans in Roscoe town.
ahip.
Deceased heavens wife and several grssd.
almost"