The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-08-19


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per Men.
The readers III the RAzlo have brem thor
ougLly Isrard !" rrgasd Ia the particular
Of The de Oh of John Duncan, in W.rrru
bug m Friday night. August 9Th, 1879.
An arrest 81 rrssain parties v.a msals
o" the following day. and IN investigation
held By the eows,es III John-on County
which was conducted vith closed doom. TIKI
result "f the of6eisI investigation va thai
John Duncan csn,r Ia hw death from blow
by the hsni of Cleo. Anderson, and thai
lkn Bevins and r. Sh~salier ver~ accs~-
sosiss to the je~d
The parties named we're brought from
wasrenshurs last night and iscsrersse,l %
onr c"us'y Jail tn await the scsion u ,h<
Grand Jury Of John~'s county.
This murnine . De~oeruf and Banjo ~
porter visited the jill Tor she psspo~s Of
Interviewing the psisneens.' hat found shs,
they had been r"ssei sy their e"s~.ei and
had holy horror for assl.lis sevspapes
nsen. Therefore their coaves>asioa psim-
cipally consissr,l II yea. yea. and nay, nay.
And the some total Of the nonosyllsbic
Conversation would prove very usinserr.t-
ing u :he average reader.
Anderson ~ tall, good looking young
man. shoos sventy -one yr.ns al sgs. AMI the
LAST man one would take To b guilty Of
the i~~d Of which he stands charged. He
was evn6aesi IN our Jail for s"use petty o.
ens~ committed on The Fosrsh 81 July, end
hssi'".ly hs,rn u Liberty eight days before
he got iato this ssouble. This uoraisg he
expressed great sosrow that Ne had hren
released before the expiration Of his sen
i~oc.. which w.s thirty days.
ion Blevins is twenty -four yean al age
"A heavy, thick-ses Individual, whose
features or cUWsie"snce IL anything but
favorable. lie has been sng.gvd in several
scrspea l~f"se.
Shevali~r, re heliese. has alao 6xured
- .m~what in TRUSTEES hefose.
From the. v"luasisoss sessi.sony given
al the inq"~ss, ne ~xsrscs the iollowis4:
The following statement ii Dsa Rlevins
was made in asHwes Ia inlesss,gAiOsies nj
Mr. Brinker, attorney We all 6nst started
from the brewery when we vent "a Mns.
unwr's We cent up through town. got
u Mn. Loves .lDUi 3 nj night. Ssv nO0e
i.ul her own foiks. In about Is minuees
all the other ls,ys came. In abOu Is min
nsSs John Duncan asked me TO let him take
Meli~sa awsy. I hsai hat M~lises rap ~
ivO, because she wss 10 SHUTDOWN. ] hit
her vi,b my 6sl on the top II the heed.
Duncan said io let him have her aud he
would meet me nj the spring With her. He
ios,k her cut at The N,Nsh dOos. ] sent
down s"varis the spring in aho0i ~ min
uis-. Mot VI the boys wesr ia the hO0se
while ! wss. Before we started a. lind
Duncan might have said Id whip him, il
be disin's bring her bsek. Didn't nay any
thing about killing him. Andensoa aaked
shy let Duncan have the girl, that be
solid With her. He said Something
about breaking his neck il he didn't cosse
vent With me When ve went 10 hume Dun.
ran anal the girl. II might have been Bob
Shevalier instead of Jim COlbusn. vhO
vent along, ~ he VA With me good deal
hat night. We vess pretty near 10 the
spring and ate some watesmeloas With some
boys down there. BY the side u the fencs.
Stayed down there only short time. Asted
he small hsyr if they hasi sen aayshiag 0f
Duncan. Thiak said duncan had acted
The id as~ about the matter. A ve started
back 10 the hOuse Geo. And~nOn ssid il
Duncan did nos bring her hack he'd break
his id seck vas mal shout the matter,
nos much though Aajen.oa sseoed 10 be
mad. We met Duncan Ut the south wess coz !
ner Of the house. Suits. Samuels and John |
skevslier were ssanding With him. Wind
'O0 and VsnsiRe cane up a0oa. ] ssked |
Duncan vhers hs left M~li<a. He ssid !
,ver nj Evsns'. asked hin vhy he disiat |
hiring her hack. He said che vhuldn's !
,ou,e Andeuon then called Duncan .
ID liar. They then pa~sed several angry
sorsls, and AaslessOa his Duaesa once " |
Ivice, and s,Oolsd To Get something. Dun |
AN stepped back and va swearing. gOt |
hold III AndenDais hand and pushed the |
'lO0e ous Of kis hand With ~ sheob (sh0V- |
us how he did is.) lttsls like asndssoae.
md LANCER than ." egk. john Duncan
hen said he wUuld 20 and see Mel,sss, ADD
,e al: started along vith hin. John Dun
IN v.s . little bit in The lead. Bob Nhe-
saltes, John Shevslser, Zach Ssuuels, Bud
slulix, George Ans1esso0 and mysrlf all
tarted ID With Duncan. Duncan vse in
he lead the rest of - in busch. Bob
shevaiies at my leil side. Ssnlis OF John
'hevslter at my right side. We vent
title southwest. We went in the same
rider some distance. DUsesn 90 sh0ut
IN feet ahead. / staggered as The 6mi
mall rsvine we csu~sal Fro0 the 6ns
Itch To the deep ditch, BY She path, ]
|on't know the dsaasaee. ] 0hina ve
ore oa to Tie right d ~ ssxslss
,sih leading to the hollow. Whea ve
,ore oG to The right Ne vest oaly . short
Instance before ne esme % the place where
juneau fell into The aiseA. Dnapt knov
Thy ve turned Of the path. VIXEN Ne
urped u the right DUNCAN Va not - far
head Of "a o. be - when be fell into the
itch. ] did not pc Duncan fall into the
itch sos hear hin fall In. did MOI hear
ayshiag about thas tios like Noe OF
al. The 6rss knev Of Dsscas being in
he ditch VS. when cane up to il. did
o. notice where Andessoa vas vhea Dun
- fell n. II ~ dart bet eesh aee
paeshiag lyise in Tie diaeh. Asdsnsoa
eonghs the whip from The house. He had
he ls.h wrapped aroaed his had. ! iel.
. in his hsnls - he left The houae. did
OF zee the Whip any more shsIs eoisg to
b ditch. vss about 6ve ~ ten fees
ION Duncan when hs fell il the ditch.
ostheast Of him. ! vss Walking along.
ohm Shevalter and Bud Suits vese 70 ny
Il, and all sAs oshes boys vsse - ~ right. ,
10 one 80 to my left bos Bob. SAsvslses.
va about - Close 70 Duncsa - asy Of
hem vhea he fell. ] said to Duncsa 70 ese ]
p, and be said noshiag. Sooe oshsn spoke
, him N get Up. think Asdessoa w.