The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-05-06
KILLED PETER ANDERSON

Dec. ., Ms. Harvl,,m and her family
Sunday morning. Nov. 3. The young
man At the Sand ilills l am not 50
sure about-ii WAS the middle Of
March-abpui the time of the Kearney
races-of a TUESDAY, morning. ! have
1t. My birth day comes on March Is.
and that day We COMPARED ages. !
was few weeks the eldest. Ii was
the next morning I killed him
"Teli me the circumstances about
this frs, murder in the neighborhood
eve had been travelling together
two Or three weeks. Tie was from
Hastings. Iowa. son If a farmer who
lives near there, AMI his uncle who
had the same name as the nephew
was small lawyer aud land agent Of
the Il. Il VI. l. X | clnt think Of
that name. lie was at this time 90
ing under
! An ASSUMED NAME.
lie said when ne left Lincoln that he
was not g"ing hv his own name any
longer.
/ Ibid his people know where he
was?"
81 think not. He told them in the
first place he WAS going To the Black
Hills. lie wrote to his uncle Tor some
assistance but got no answer. He was
fellow without cool education and
u poor writer. | write several letters
for him. This was the iatherest west
he had been. lie was a first rate
young man and snme struck OF
religious subjects. He got on that
line sometimes. though he used some
rough language in ordinary cnnversa.
tion-in explaining matters. He went
from Hastings tn Grand Island. and
was going To take the train there for
kearney, but heard something that
aroused my suspicious and We crossed
the river and started west on the
south side. We expected to strike
the b. X NJ. railroad near Lowell and
take the train to kesrney, but We got
too far we>i, found we hadn't time
to get Ia Lowell before the train
passed. AMI started ON for kearnev.
We go, tired and
CANPED THAT NIGHT
south Of the river. AMI not a great
wav from the Il. Il VI. Railroad. We
built our fire, ate supper, and ar
ranged place for sleeping. We had
buffalo robe. a couple If blankets, a
sachel each. and he had besides
bundle IT clothing. We hal rai.ed
up in our blankets and had not put
On our boots when made some care. |
less remarks about a trifiiug matter.
He says. That's Id lie." "It's o !
good thing Won don't me an all YOU
say" ! told him. "But | 10 mean il"
he said. You
Don't WANT To MEAN Ir."
| said; and h" picked up his revolver |
aud saving. "IIerc is something that !
backs all that 1 saw" cocked it. II
looked at him, and thought, The
fool acts rs il he meant to shoot," and
skipping out my little 80 / plugged
him one in the heal. Tina, was the
first trouble we had ever had. Of
course don, know that ne meant to
shoot, but 1t looks,l like il. The Eel.
low was about twenty years old. |
pulled the buffalo out from under
him left his bundle Of clothes under
his head, and taking the satchel,
buffalo and blankets.
STARTED FOR KEaRHY.
getting there Just rs the L. =. train
got in and going in with the crowd
that went from the train. went to
the Commercial House and registered
"F. A. Hoge. Denver" l was dressed
as her,ler throughout, with q big
>Iouch hat. told the men at the
hotel had been through Colorado and
came from the Pacific coast.
In those DAYS made it point never
to register the place I had come from.
l was then always thoroughly
armed. At that time ! had nv 80
and pair Of six shooters. For most of
the time the lust two wears I've had q
S2-5 shot and pair Of six-shooters. ,
never carried less than u pair of six.
shooters.
xviii you give me the
DETAILS OF THE HARRISON MURDER ?"
Il met Mrs. HARRISON at Kearney ,
asst summer under peculiar circum- .
stances. Her man had got out of Jail
mi she seemed to give me q good deal
IF credit for it. She asked a lot of 1
~ down to see her. began a cor.
with her. under one of j
ny assumed names. I don't want to
i've you the name, for it would bring I
'ther parties into the matter. She
alked Of letting me have the farm at !;
iiderent times. 1t was not Of much Il,
'alue. / met her afterward at Grand
sland. where
SHE WAS CANvAssING
or books, chromos. etc. got the {
money there. AMI was to call in {
September and complete the arrange 6
nent. sent another fellow to talk q
With her, and finally came over to the $
'lace in October. | had calculated to
axe the place October 1st, and things
we're so arranged. was unable to q
,et over until the middle of the ;
month. Mrs. HARRISON was supposed :
o make her living by canva>sing, but +
he didn't begin To do it. II wac the :.
money tina, l had paid her from time +
o time that kept her along. I thought q
est then to postpone the transfer /,
ntil November LIST. ! was over the :
ext week. and was fixing things up 4
nd it was arranged that she was to \
LEAVE THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. b
he could not get her things ready to v
o then, and We put it of until the o.