The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-04
WORRIED WEST.
Trial Of the Alleged Pilot
Grove Murderer.

Grove murderer.
Introduction Of Testimony forI
State.
Great Interest Manifested in
tho Trial.
Reported Expressly for the BAsoo from short
hand notesl
BooNvuLE, Jan. %, 1879.
The case ofJohn West came up in
the Circuit Court At this place to-day.
Jan. %. At $50 o'clock. The jury was
empaueled. consisting of the following
ssntlsmen J. L. O'Brien, w. c.
Scott, J. w. Woodbridge, - Wait.
Dsons Luby. Aug. Schennedy, David
Smith Jr., Benz. Goodwin. Otto
Speeler, J. Henderson and r. w.
Whitlow.
More than the usual crowd was in
attendance, Ill seeming very anxious
to SO the prisoner - well As to see
how the case might be going. The
prisoner. John West. is . very good
lsoking young man, Of medium stature
closely shaven-though perhaps for
the frst tine-only about "a years Of
age, ard does not look like man who
would commit 20 dastardly IN act, nor
one who would with forethought and
intent, murder . fellow man in cold
blood. There is quite IN interest man.
isssted in his behalf by the people here
this morning, the effort Though lit
tie out of the due courss of that usual
u taken in such casss) of Mr.. John
Cosgrove. the attorney for the defend
ent, was . mastery one, and in making
his statement to the jury he seemed
very much affected in the prisoners
behalf. A. the evidence is only cir
cumstancial, though it be very strong.
he will do his utmost to strengthen
his side Of the case.
The 6rst witness called BY Mr..
Johnston. prosecuting attorney for the
State Was, Louis Acr;d;th, who being
duly sworn, testi6ed-I live IL miles
west of Boonville, where I resided since
October. I found the body of the
murdered man on the farm of q Mr..
Carine lying under the floor Of an old
cabin 10 the field. 1 can not tell exact
" how the body was lying; I raised
up the plank Of the floor and found it !;
I Immediately let it down and left; l
did not remain there snore than three
seconds Qaguhtsr); it was between 10
and II O'Clock In the morning. re-
turned about 40 hour afterwards; Mr..
Judd came back with me-Joseph
Judd walked into the house and
NV the straw lying in the floor; Isaw
blood on tho straw: I saw where
some thing had been dragged across
the floor, with straw sticking up
through the cracks Of the floor; /
walked around to the west end of the
house; raised up the plank and saw the
body; the body wss removed Sunday
evening, / believe /; 1 discovered the
body on Saturday morning; when I
returned I did not put my hand on
The body; neither did I At any time ;
when I discovered the body it had on
vet, pair of pants, socks and . fine
shirt-white shirt; he had nothing on
his feet but the socks; there were
wounds On the man; when I returned
to the cabin I saw that the face was
broken in with something; 1 think
there was . cut above the china
very severe one-looked as though
it had been broken in above the
eyes also: The nose was mash
Cd down across between the eyee.
I also found . bottle there there was
three red apples lying on the shelf;
also q rock which found in the fire.
place covered up in the ashes; looked
like it weighed about fifteen pounds.
and was . rough one. (Roek sho,rn the
,U;tses). That look very much like the
rock. There was blood on it when I
found It. and looked - though it had
lately been placed there; I discovered
tracks about the door of the cabin.
They went out the north door; there
arc two doors, one on the North the
other on the South side. There was
no window to the house. 1 did not
pursue the tracks.
Demonstration Yes SIR, / was
sworn in this case before. saw the
body under the floor. When I first came
there I went into the house BY myself
it was between 10 and IL o'clock in
tie morning; I raised the plank near
tie door ; / did not examine closely.
I remained only about three seconds, 1
suppose.
N. Cdegross.-Where did you 90
theni