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

road?
Anal knew him without Difficult
ty: do not say bis features were
/; perfect after he Was killed: I did not
notice the color Of his eyes before be
was killed; his hair and moustache
were black he bad no beard but the
moustache and gotee; his face looked
Ike it had been shaved about q week ;
the defendant had . golee and nous
tache; the general appearance Of the
men was nothing alike: the other. /
suppose. was the older Of the two; the
dead mans face WAS mashed up across
the eyes; the skull Was caved in. his
nose broken and his chin bruised; it
wss not . very true face saw but l
had no difficulty in recognizing it; I
am II years Of age next July: l was
in a wagon e,ing one way and he the
other; one Of them asked chow far is
it to Pilot Grove?" 1t was between 10
anil II o'clock; roads good / Jill not
notice the prisoner Is much a. l did
the other. IS he stopped behind the
wagon and spoke to me defendant
did not stop at all; they passed on tie
right hand side Of the wagon and turn
ed to the left; ! looked back at them;
they did not look back /; they were
within about u miles Of Pilot Grove
the man that was murdered had ON
grey pants, darkish colored coat and u
black hat there is no mistake about
the coat being black 1t was not snuff
color; the mao that Was killed had on
brown overalls.
Odd you swear at Pilot Grove
that the murdered man had on black
coat and v hite hat?
Ans.-l don't think that ! did; l
was asked this in particular and said
it was Of q darkish color; had no
difficulty IN describing the man I
met on the road; l had seen men
travelling the road before and it was
no unusual thing to me; I think
though that could describe u man
that should meet ON the road; / have
not talked tn any bully about this case.
but kept my own counsel in the matter !;
l did not stop with them. but in pass
ing they asked me how far it was to
Pilot Grove that Was the first time
had to make observations to identify
them.
Mr.. Jchnson-You believe the pri,
ooer the man you met there?
Witse~-Yes, sir.
M. CoyrOre-I object to the gentle
mans question.
The Court see no objection to the
gentlemanis question.
john Preston tessifes-I live in La
mine township; was in Pilot Grove on
the 4th Of October / Was sinking u
cistern for Mr.. Gentry; / saw the body
of the dead man at Pilot Grove about
9 or 10 o'clock Sunday morning; !
did not recognize the body immediate
~ rs one had ever seen before bu,
did afterwards. went up to the Grove
out Of curiosity to see If I could recog-
nize the body /; the Disagreement Of it
startled me and I did not recognize it !;
I rode with them with the corps where
they ~ere going to dress it J.; I kept
looking at it and still failed to recognize
it. The shoulders seemed to assume
the rounded shape like the NAH l had
seen. then I thought l began to recog-
nize it; but it Was not self-satisfaction
to me, and ! WAS not positive ut the
time. but I thonxht if ] could 6x his
nose like it had been then / could de-
termine under the circumstances I
could not swear p,,satively; had seen
him On Thurstonis platform about 4 or
S o'clock; I Was waiting for the train !;
there Was younger man with him At
the time; the prisoner there resembles
the other man; they were there only
about Eve minutes; the dead man had
on sort Of black frock coat at the
time. apparently about q sine too small
fer him from the way it was vrinklsd
drawn up on the shoulders; pants
in bis boots. dark pants; I think light
hat, Am not certain about that; the
man had on snu6-colored coat /; black,
slick cap; coat. ifanything. too large
extra long lapeb or skirts; overslls,
brown, looked like they had been worn
for sometime; / think be had on stegy
boots, travel-worn and red, there v.s
no backing on them checkered hick-
DRY cane . little bundle under his |
arm; / think il was clothing; clean |
shaved defendant was the younger Of
the two and had . rosy face; I con-
versed with the prisoner some little !; |
the man that Wa killed passed along |
the platform where I Wa standing and
I got . glimpse Of his face q be stood
there only = moment looking behind
The house came back to where !
vas and asked ne If there wss any
aloon in the town.. about this
lime the ether came struggling slowly