The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-04

came from the South, and went tovar
IL; nj the Leroy House ] met Geo. Ferre
!, and Mr.. Hill; the latter said = man hs
been struck With rock. pointing south U
the street. At the corner al Ninth and Obi
I found . man leaning up against the len,
and another holding him; recognize
them As Oliver K~rnodle and Mr.. Fe~ell
Eewell vas then hurt, and We assisted hi'
home, meeting Messrs. Cruise and kahrs q
the vay; Fewell remarked not To- hurt h
head; was st his house several times, bu
had M conversation with him.
John Mulhesrn. sxorn-l heard Of NJ
Eeweli's hurt on the morning after il I'd
CURED, and SAW him the following Sunds
at his home; Wa there TN hour and
half; he recognized me among others, an
I turned him over several times when
ieli urea.y; he said. Jack, ! believe th
negro has got away with me-" and further
he could mot get over it," "he Was gone.
and mo hopes for him." these remark
we're made nj different times during tn
visit while l turned him over; ex-Police
man Turner, Jas. Shebs and other, un
known 10 mr, were there, but not all II
the room ut the same time; think Sheb,
heard Fe~elIs remarks. have lived her,
over three years; was here an election da,
1876. aud wss At the polls there was liz
tie "rumpus" that day when negro n
marked he would take nothing from whits
boys; the white boys we're Henry SelsoI
aud Frank Wharton; the negro drew q
pistol and pointed il; he recognized Hogan
rs the negro. He vas personally sc,
Quainied wi,h Fewell at the time; Feweil
Gas one If the crowd and Vas standing neas
me; the difficulty occurred between the
negro and Scissor and Wharton near the
corner If Fourth and Ohio; when the de-
fendaLi, Hogan, drew a pistol, caught il
With one hand, the hammer cunning down
on my finger; s:ru' Z him with the other
hand. Eevell Was there at the time and
participated, remsrking there Wis mol
neSroe. enough in town To clean out the
railroad men l think Fewell got In his
work the best he could probably six or
seven negroes were present at first; could
not say that Fewell struck Hogan. the de-
f.n.isni think ! am tne only one who had
hold Of Hogan.
Thos. Jefiries, sworn-I was at the polls
three yea ago in S.-ialia and was hurt in
. frA.cs there; 60npl- Of negroes got into
. difficulty with Henry Scissor. when myself
and three Others took il up; Charley Mar
tin US one Of the negroes and I'm under
the impression that Hogan, the defendant.
vas The other, and had the pistol; F-well
vas in the crowd; ! heard Martin and his
colored companion say, as they we're taken
To the calsboose, '.ihey would kill every
man in that fuss. IL II took ten years to do
IT," the colored man from whom Jack
Mulhsarn took the pistol vas the same
one who made this remark; am not posi-
live Fewell participated IN the sffray-
James Turner, sxorn-I resided in Se-
dalia in November. 1876. and was around
The polls on election day &; row occurred
Henry Scissor and John Hogan, the defend
ant, started il; Jack Mulhearn. Beard and
others we're engaged in il; know Mr..
Fexell, bat don't think saw him tina,
lay saw Jack Mulhearn take the pistol
|rom Hogan in the ros. ] saw Fewell on
he first Sunday after he was struck
among those in the room were Jack Mul-
,earn, John Dean and Mr.. Cotton Mr..
MulheSrn changed him in the bed; Fewell
MnIh~arn. and said to HIM,
j sck, ] believe the negroes have got away
nth me-" I arrested the defendant in
Webb City, near Joplin, January 3, 1879
think he lett Sedalia about December y,
1873; while on the tram coming home,
Hogan said he had been away from Soda.
Ia twenty seven days. / did not inform
,iu on what charge he Was wanted.
SECOND DAY.
W. W. Atkinson. sworn-I reside IN
Henry county, No. know X. II. Fewell
Az him after he Was hurt, ut his home On
)nio street. wa with him most OF
he time irom the ilh Of Dec. until he died.
remember that he Vas lrepbined had
zone home AID received telegram that he
1as dying, and he had been trephined and
lad got better. | had consultation with
lin that time after he vas trephined; he
aid he thought the time was pretty short
nth him, that there was no use To worry
,bout it; said he thought the negro had
20, away with him. He said he was struck
" . negro. asked him il il was negro
y white man blacked, and he said il il
s.s not . negro il Was the best fixed up
shiie man he ever saw; that he vas not
lack enough to be a white man BACKED
he negro wore an overcoat ard cap, the
.rown and other part was oi the same piece,
like the railroad men wore.
Cross ex.mIned-I did not ask If he
Knew the negro personally l asked him 81
I vas George Powell, and he said il Was
rot him-thai he knew him. THIS vas az
er he wxs irephinsd; don't know the day
" time of day; I asked particularly il il
sss Q white man, and he said no. lie said
he man vas not large nor SD terribly small;
hat he MAS about ) feet, 6 or . inches.
heard him say that he vas ieei. s orr
inches, before he Was trephined; don't
ecollect whether he gave his weight or not.
lie said that il would give him tight run
'efore he vas trePhined
Dilos McCornas. sworn-Live il Sedalia;
sta,d With Fewell the first or second nigh,
.fier he uas hurt until 2 n. IN; ! was there
very night Wss in after that; j don't
~coliect when he Was trephined; ] Was
here afterwards and helped dress his head.
The fir-t time I saw him he was not ration
4 At first but became al, and said that he
sould never get out al the room alive;
,ot there very early in the morning, and
lfter rou-ing him, asked him il he knew
ne, AMI he said yes; ! asked him il he
lad been in rOw. and he said no; asked
lin Who struck him, and he aid negro
asked him IL he could recognize him, and
,e said no. He said that he looked To be
. little larger than me; he said the fellow
lad followed him from where he had left
REQ. Green and had passed him once or
vice, and would fall back again. and The
est time he came up he struck him. He
sanied me To hunt up Geo. Green and zee
1 he recognized the man, which did and
he did not recognize him. Said he Was
truck up there by Sampson's.
Eliza Wheeler, sworn-I live in Wen
sedaiia am - years old live with Wm.
my father keeps house for him
know the defendant: have known him
our months. gue.s; he has been tn my
ather's house three or four times; saw him
asst the 2nd Sunday in December; saw him
II d,si ance, did not talk with him; he
sas On Main street /; talked TO him last the
,,h OF December, at my father house ; my
little brother and sister vas there he came
here after my uncle's gun. and pulled of
his overcoat while he was there he sit
Town, and some white men passed along
he said, il had my pop I would kill them
,ons Of bitches going along there following;