The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-08-12
DEATHS DITCH!
Another Murder q warrsusburg
Particulars Of the Coroner's In.
quest Yesterday.


town last Friday afternoon with load o
wheat. After selling il 1t the Eurek,
Mills and attending TO what little business
he had around torn Le
WENT 10 THE wARRENsBURG BREWERY.
situated about half mile vest Of the depot
and vithal = very fashionable resort fol
iiplen since drsmshops have been ai,olishes
in the city. Here be spent the remainder
Of the day. 10 company with crowd Of hi
boon companions from the county, aud
perhap, lev Of the bummens Of the city
Late in the afternoon, perhaps about night
on Friday, Duncan and his companions left
the brewery and. it seems, went direct e
. bawdy house kept in the western part ol
the city BY notorious old hag name,
Love, who resides there with her daughter
Mel,sa, who Is following life Of shsms
with her mother.
About eleven O'Clock Friday night DUE.
cans team and wagon wa driven into thu
city BY Rufus Stult., Bob Shewalier. JOIN
Shewalter and two unknown young men.
THE TEAM AND WAGON
Vas stopped in front Of the Ead's House
when they inquired Of Robert Dalton:
"Where can We end Dr. smith,
Mr.. Dalton did not know and the party
did not fDd The doctor.
Mr.. Hugh Brinker. Prosecuting Attorney
for johnson county, then came mp and
asked: 4.
"Who Is this, and What In the matarr?"
John Shewalter-Jchn Duncan il in the
wagon. We found him over in ditch in
Old town.
Brinker-Is he hurt?
Shult.-I think he ia hurt little-not
IL in , drunken stupor.
B-Why ihis man stirs around and
Eroans. A drunken man does not move
around they do not act like that man.
Duncan was taken to Harrison's livery
table and put on bunk. The parties who
brought the deceased there left immediately,
md Duncan died At five O'Clock a. u. ON
hat John Duncan vas dead at the livery
table spread rapidly drought the city and
treated considerable excitement. Coroner
smith va notified of the presence Of .
corpse at the stable. where large crowd Of
:itisens he'd collected. The body Was taken
% the court house.
PoT-MORfEN EXAMINATION
rs held at 10 O'Clock .. m, BY Coroner
W. v. Smith, assisted BY Dn C. H. Jordan.
Geo. r. Hunt and !. NJ. Harrison. The
npper part of the skull was removed and
he brain taken out and examined. II vas
Found that death resulted from conclusion
IF the brain. The skull was fractured just
lbove the right ear.
The fraction caused compression which
brought On conclusion. There were black
D. bruised spots on the top Of the skull
Rhich looked ~ if they might have been
pro duoed By the body being thrown into
The ditch hsad foremost. ID.
-. THE july.
The following named gentlemen vese
- aunmonsd and sworn - the cUronerS
jury: Ben. E. Lennon, Jehu H. Smith,
h. C. NcculIossh, H. c. Fike, David
Stuart and 1. w. Jack. ...
After witnessing the autopsy The jury
vent out 70 Tie spsse Of The tragedy. The
ravine into which tie body vas tumbled
rune east and vess about sevent, five yards
Douth Of the hovsl where tie trouble snusi
have been famed into existence. The
banks ase vsry abrups and steep. Where
Ihe BODY vs pulled ont ths ditch i eight
d Ten Iees dep. tft<ssit
sese found in the ditch and about half way
~ the ssouth bssk. On the NORTH side Of
~ ditcA The gr,s and weeds were. beaten
3ewn - il violent struegIe had taken
place.
Hhs nssth bank slss~ei siess Of where
! bsay had sen pullsd sut nod fallen in.
he weeds and grass being mashed both
gays. The only reasonable inference il
Aat de body vas taken ont ~ exactly the
me posat where il was hurled in.
Who WAe THERE
Doa BIevins, Ism shepherd, Jaaes
,elbesn. George Auderson, Rufus Stul6.,
lanes Valentine, BOB and Johs eiew.iser.
~ Johs Duncan were st the Love rancho
= Friday night.
TSs post mortem isdiesaed that Dascan
I'D cons 10 his death By foul means.
Ion Blevins and e Andemon were
s,pieiensd - beiag Tie asusderen.
he ACTS sUliay. -
Oae hing that indicssed the prob ,ble
uik Of Andesson oeessred early this
Dosuiag, - corooer Smith and Proaecstins
Itasrpey Bsiahsr vess vieving the scene
{ the tragedy. Anderson vas discovered
o0e distance down the Tavise. He was
omlng from The vest. When he say the
6cen he paused and started Of, when Dr.. |
NTH called him.
IF you want TO ne me one Of you come
Own here ct time" he replied.
After they had threatened him with . |
nbpena, he came up sith evident reluct
nee. He emphatically declared he knew
cthiag Of the circumstance By which |
'uncan Lost his lite. His suspicious con
vet coupled with the rumors s6oat rela.
I've 70 the declarations Of the Lowe wo-
Yen led 70 the arrest.
Don Blevins vent to his home in the
,uatry on Friday night Yesterday morn
e b cane to Wsrrensburx and Was AZ
stsd By Sheriff E@ menon. and Blevesa
ID Aadersoa we're put. IN The city louise
~. awaiting The developments of the
'qses1
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