The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-30
A TOY PISTOL
In the Hands of Lee Graft Did
its Fatal Work at Noon
To-day.
Mrs L'I4i, Stewart. Colored. Vie
Of Henry S'ewar-. the Unior-
tunate Vic,.m.

, tunafe Victim.
la the IL tie hov~l NJ the co n~r of ~.
i,-"n std -. L"ui- Streets, kn.,wn =. ~
..id w.!i- hn',di--, at .t-.ut ,.lf-p..i
"rirk {" dav, Mr.. l. 1zi- Slssxsf, e.,
"'t'', si'~ "f Hurry Se~~r', xs- killed d
hull -h" from 'os pistol ia the .ns
al Lt~ Grant, = co!or~,. by ,bon, frurl-~
'~'r- of age. IL = f~w minutes the lin.
lOxl2 r'cm ~s< flied ~iih a M ,il-y cro~,
81 ".gr"~-. Ill pressing forward 10 cs'ch
g!,np-~ ii
THE DEAD WOMAN,
md when the BAzoO rep.r sr ~, p.srsd .
the sc~ne IL VS. ali lee could do ,o gain a,
entrance To the binding.
l., ing ON bid in one sorre. of the room
ss- the tody al Me-. S'ew.r', co!d in death
md surrounding the he! we're .core os
s"m-'.. msn AID children. A., end. av",in.
9" s'c-riain the true cause of The killing
An,ong the number s.- . .i-.~r az the de-.
cra-sd, tnI 40: tear Vas there being .b~s,
nv any OF ti."-e pnsent.
The rel'ori~r, after viewing the surround
i"gs. sccosi-d sn old n.gro lady n.m-d
Mrs. Emilv CArtwrisnI, she being the occu.
pant .f the house
wHEnET T. X Ling OCCURRED.
md Iron, her Learned the fo.l..s ing usr,ic
nlsrs reg riding the death Of the woman
and her Past history:
The dece ,ssd resided wiih her husban.,
w The alley back Of Kai-~r'- restaurant.
Tais morning che c,iiei ~ Mr.. Cert
virgin. and had bern there some liuI.
time wien Ire & ant put in an appearance.
Al ihst time there we're ia the room, Mrs.
Cartwright, Mr.. S:eSsrt, Lre Grant, L-m
Dsvi., Dan. Pierce aud Jennie Spears. al!
co!osed. rhev we're sitting around tb,
s'"sr. laughing and talking, and L-m
D'vis and Lee Gr.nt wese handling a toy
pistol. u.-d in shooting blank Cartridge,
bat which shoots bill ais,. They h.a
bren -nsppang ard fo.Iins si,h /, Tor .om-
MINI e., when Mrs S.esart asked Grant.
Who b I'D the
PISTOL IN HIS HANDS,
% let her ex .m,n- II. rn- hammer of the
pistol wss raised, aud "a Gran, ..t-mp,-i
. pss- it tn The WON IN, IL .i,..,-.n.i-.i, en-;
he hall sent On it> al, sion Of d.,th.
ariking Mr.. S. w.It in the right Lr~,.,.
She immediately fell backward, n.v-,
P-sking \ word. All w,- cor.n.i n in ~.
".isn'. The ~"u,sn w,s PLACED on a..
'-i anil a few minutes i,i~r bre.rh-d he,
al. br'ng de 81 when the phy-icis.
Gr,r:, after the sho"iins, ~. ,niI to g
, u c.. and stared liter D.. TRADER
: 'r -s'me re >'n rh,; g-n,i-nAn .nu'i n.i
., .'nf Gr ut returned io the -c-a~ nf a..
','"'i'g, wb~r., = leg minute. Later, D..
'a- ,r-.,.d by O.i.er C,rn-. and va
,css.i u.
- THE c,LsBoosF.
'iete = pAZOD "a kss''r SI-s.-d t.If.l. B-irs
n'~rro2-.iesi a. io hos the u,iur. unz'.
ar ccr'i'r-d, Grant gr.- the story ~x-
city a. r-is'rd ai'ov-. IT, seemed ms, a.
~ I-.st L. rr.:.1. his pp-i;i',n, nu- -,s.k~
- - ;isoug. .; sis nyih,.g unu-uzi.
A short time after ,b. killing The Lu.
'n'i al the deal w,m.n "a sd~ III. =r-
-srsnc- ri her s-J-id-, bat '. ca ii.rd ..i.
short lime. Ia. ss-f MA greet, ...d ~
"ugh he dad ms b--i to .u;rrr--- hi
zion, nc was utterly ine ~ ,bIe of 90
,ins.
Af'er rem 'ininG in the csi.b,nS- ,.r.i,.
'iy half IN hour, iren, -. i.k-n Lsf, 2 ,
qiir- Fisher, when he y 80 r-man.i~d Ia .
,-On to await the aclIon IL the corun~si. ,
~. :
ne dead woman VS. only nire:een yer,
Sge, but hsd been msrri-d about i've
srs, md l~-vss q ii,iie girl .ged. four I
ar-. A. TIN. writing = corun-s's ;u, il .
ing summon-,!, hut = verdi Z VII. prob. |
iy not be rescued until late ,hi. even
The pistol with which the KILN. -. {,
me- has no, been found, Gr.nt ci,imin.
si he threw il a~<y alter the shooting I,
ere are som- who think IL va no, . TOW
'o', but = revolver, and it 90. di-ch rx~d e
enii"nsiiy. From what tire reporter :,
rned, however, he il no; of the latter {
inion. ~
LATER. 4,
" NJ Lsmpton ws- appointed foreman
the Jury. A po-t mostem examination
the deceased ]. n"~ taking place, end .,
Jury wss al 'urnrd 30 inert al 3 q. ID.
morrow ~ the cor"rer'- Office.
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