The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-11-11
CP,minsl Court.

> 'S ~ W "e"SA this nsotmtus, Jusig,
Hill rse.i'ling. t'P Ia :, % lick ihi, eve
/. n'"x the ,in'r 80. -ien, ia ,u,v..riiss sns
.cas'xi". tho xran'i Iury s,d ~sl,s,isx ID,
Petit jury, the latter not harins Lsrn in,
. r.n-i'l At tie sh"v- h,nr u il quite
! V'o:'abi- tina, the 6r.' es-e. ,.st III ,ls
Sts,- ~. N"nr.~ Mctfur., will h. e.II.,
this evening.
>: The i''''~". ALE the Sra1d j.r"r-: NJ
w. L. mrtou. i,rs's~n: H. ". WiiIis.n-,
Ad.m L. Sc",t. E.h,. ran~n.l~r, j. r.
Lake. J"h" = fi~m.si.., J,.hn E~xsn,
Chss K u. Vim. K,lly. wm. Hu,chin.o.,
". ". Morris. J. :. rari.h.
S,s,e al Missouri ~. t3rn vsnar..laII. In
die'-d ios selling liquor without l,crn-s st
ii"'.-'on's IN hi'r-" ii6rErn, cases. The
drisnjsnt u'sir application !"r cpmwL ,a-
ton al sentence. which Ws. granted. and
va cent I" r..",'y jill "ne .i.s j" s.ch
cs-e.
t''"rxr smith. s'i~ teen King, plead
guilty % grand larceny. lie stole hor-r
iF"ui j. r. Lake ia August ls,h. 1879.
Frsnk CLARK insss-i On order On ina. W.
Burr~s- ior SIS ~or,h vi so"l., oa Oc,ohrs
9Th, lss?. ~. Use indicted .nd to-day
srraixn<J. lie viii be tried on the lash
inst.
| Tho. Davis br,ke into the h.sssr 81 Thos.
Guest On the nth of Angus. 1879. vi,h in.
tent to rub aud carry assay, =. charged 10
the irdic,Oeni. lie plead no, guilty to-
day. snj his irisl sss e, for the i2sh
inst.
Norman Watkins. who vas foru,erly Q
! Conductor On tie rssi6c Railroad, VA, on
motion OF =. Houston, ensVlled - q mem.
Ter OF the Psiiis County Criminal Court.
+. Houston, special judge, is on the
i'rnch to-day. trying the cs.e oi the State
~. Monns Mcclure. charged with bug
Klary in the second desrr~. This IL .
GcorxeiOun Gee. Il il ALLEGED that
Bank" NeCirEe broke INTO John ZSmith's
.,ore Un the nh ii March, 1877. Mcclure
20, 5. turkey shot in his back from gun
tired By 5. 4. Levi., vh0 ~ss . clerk is ,
the store ansi Who 90 watching for burg
Lars, ~ The slose hsi been previously bur. .
ylsrissd. !
Mcclure 10 Young man. about - years
ri sye, and resides n t;eoryeiown. Tn the
evening vi the ninth Vi March, 1s.s77, the
alleged ai,emp, a, burglary j. said to have
taken place, The pri-one,'s statement in
r. gard to tie affair H. ~ follow:
N'CLrREx STATEMENT. !
IL lssi hevn the custom vi = number vi
younx men. ms.elf included. to meet nj the
s,ore OF }. 4. saith sud play cards, often
until q lx,e hour y, night. On Friday
night. March 9Th, 1877. between ten and
eleven o'clock. sent to Smiih'. sioIe. and
q. I approached il ] ,Aw dim lish, re-
d c'sd from 1t, tetokening the prsse"ce Il
sDue one INSIDE. Thinking the store open,
I approached the d,or. wh,rh ! found un.
locked, ami entered the store. Alter I en-
tered the store .a~ no on~ Inside, and
turned ." e. ou', ~hru ssane on~ cried ont
~lisij vuu u -, >..n I'll b--h, What slo
want :" aud at the -sue time firing upon
me brfcTr s,nli y~i Out at the ,iucr. re-.
srisrd ,hs charge in the lei, shoulder blade
;sni back. then vent to = n<iships's ani
informed then, ii what bsi occurred, and ,
iI',u Ihr,~ sent home.
sNITAs STATEMENT
~. Ia the eject that ior sVWe time before ,
The night in Ynx.,icn he had i'ern suffering {
from Petty theft. aud On the Monday
night psrviou-, his store wAs entered and
robie'i al yu.is ,U the amount vi sla. lie
csiiaiu lrF-ons end res'lved, in 4
r,ujuuc,iun wilb his clerk, = B. Lewis. tn Z
szlca the store BY night. IN ORDER lo .li.y
nv .,,spicicn. IL watched by the thieves,
,n~ u: lI,sm "a. ." secret. himself in the
'toSe With t's,lvd g"..
On Friisy "iyh,. March Oh. lSs:., Smith
pul oui the rights aud left Lewis in the
torc he wsnt nut, licked the front DIOR
snd left iur hvmr. lie did nut think him
eli TO ni.,u~ lar taking Ih~-s precautions
lDI lid n"i 'hirk his clerk to blame ior HE
prump, sr,i"n IN the pr misss.
LEWIS STATEMENT
,u,.,umt~d To- shout the ssm- thin. in sub-
'isuce, eIseps h- stated that between ONE
md too "'cisrs u.sn cam~ Ia the front
ioor. unlocksd ard entered it. After he
entered he liz = match, and then he lie sia)
rallied DMs AHsl asked him what he wanted.
l0stesd vi replying the man es,ieavored TO
.ssp+, wien he 6rrd upon him.
The gun was loaded With iHskey shot
MI . s,.',ns revealed The TACT that Mcclure
SD Revived 6iiy-6ve Of them in his lefs
'hoUi.i-s blade.
4 nbusber III witn<>ees we're exzMioed,
~, this @OrRinx the aTgu0enis were
made, alter which the Gaze vss given to
i,~ jury, vho remained out but . short
sue, aud brought 10 verdict Vi not guilty
The case ii y. b. Hasris, indicted for
murder in il's seconj degree. vss called
Lis evening. +. Hsos,oa sas elected
,yecisi JuLGe 10 try the csse. Bridges 4
L,@m are ios The defendant, and Geo. r.
B. jackson tor the State.
This grew oat Of . diAsculsy which o.
:orsed o. he 30sh Of July. lsss. between
lisrris and B r Martha, in which Mar.
in sss his vish sluag shol iron the e.
ecss Of which blow be died On The s:i day
Il October. 1873.
The case of The State -. Harris, murder
u the seeond degree. VS. this asos ming con-
inuesi until next term, ca application Of
defendant.
The grand jury had returned too indict-
senss asainas Ssriness, charged 9th swis-
ileisg one HiIh. Thsy igsoFed . bill q
'ssins, Sssinses il the ]. n. Baker ea~. q