The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-12
A LIFE FOR LUST.
A Husband Murders His WIfe's
Step Father, a He Alleges for
Criminal Intimacy With
His Wife.

Yesterday, GAYS: An old offender, nance
w. H. Fairchiid. Who has called under "
rious slixses, wss arrested at Chicago Las
. week for the murder Of his wiie's step
father. named Richard French, in HsrPeI
county, Kan, two yesrs ago. He "a
brought here ON Saturday By Capt. Her'1
l-r. Of Toledo. and lodged in jill. to await
the direction Of the proper Of6cers. HI
made full confession Of che crime ihi.
morning. and says that he VAS sewing
machine agent, with headquarters 1t wich'
iix, in 1873, and mis- wife, little child, and
hi- wif~'- step-f.ther, Richard French, re
sided on . farm Of bis in Harper county
about Twelve miles from Harper City that
he several times inspected the existence Of
INPR PER RELATIONS
between his wife and her step.!aiher during
his absence, aud returning suddenly sA~
what fully convinced him Of his wif-'s lack
OF fidelity.
lie waited at the front OF hi- house until
French appeared, and then IN sliercstion
en.ued, which Fairchiid states re-uiued IN
his striking French twice in the head wi.h
the butt Of an AZ, the second blow being
given ~ the man was falling TO the ground.
When he found that French wss dead he
talked Of giving himself up; bat hi. wife,
xho had come to where he wss, and begged
for her life, finally persuaded him nat to.
aud they
TOuk THE BODY TO THE cHIKAsKIA RIVER,
quite 4. distance Oh, aud left Il there on thu
bank. Tney returned TO the house and
rem sined there shout two months, but
finally started for Onio. where they parted,
his wife remaining at Toledo. where -he is
nos keeping . sporting hon.e. Fairchild
sisi-s tn Al he vent TO Chicago and, in the
cour-e of time, married sgs:n, and ha.
b~rn working in q machine shop in that
CITY eve. stree.
Faischili further states thst the reas"n
Oi hi. capture IL the fact that he married
again and quit sending money to his To-
iedo wife, and that the detective who
brought him here Vas interested with her
in the matter. Faircnild is 81 years of age
and
HAS A NOTORIOUS RECORD.
lie hss s.rvei . term in The Jsesson,
Michigan. penitentiary for highway rob
i,ery. Later he got three years in the
Columbus, Ohio, peoitentiary for forgery
and horse stealing. He afterwards inside
hi. wsv 10 Michigan, when he eloped with
snoiher m.n's vile and 6.aiIy landed in
Chicago. where detectives finally pursued
him and accomplished his arrest. He will
be taken to Harper county for trial ~
soon a. the necessary papers are i>sued."
The above given story of the homicide
N ~ be the confession of an act which nine
ten,h- Of the average jiries would verdict
ja-,i6 able. or il rnsy be the defense OF a
cold blood.d murder put iG HE mouth ard
in the statement OF which the prisoner has
been reheansed by his wily lawyers. As to
which Of the-e il il, the world will not be
informed until the unforeseen and ungetata.
bic verdict is given birth to BY jury COM
po-ed Of mud-essers, vho don't Tor can'p
read the papers. and hence have neither
heard Of or formed an opinion Of the case.
al which time all the actu siing motives,
the facts and the deserved degree Of pun.
ishmen, will be laid bare. Bully for the
juror who don't allow enough facts TO stray
INTO his mind of a murder. of which every
country paper will give the details. TO form
an opinion Of il. lie .nd justice must be
on very intimate terms.