Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-02-26
TWO OF A KIND.
A Beautiful Pair to Draw.
Muidrow and Faucet, two
Negroes, to be Hanged
for the Murder of
Octave Inflow.
Brief History Of the Crime.
AUDRAIN A BAD COUNTY FOR GRIM
INALS.
TWO OF A KIND.
Brief History Of the Crime .
AUDRAIN A BAD COUNTY FOR GRIM
NAL

y
Most of our readers are acquainted
the killing of Octave Inlow on
night, the 3Oth of last Sep
tenn Der, but as the tlial of tie case
has just been finished, we will give
again a brief history of one of the
most cold-blooded, unreasonable MUIR
ders that yer occurred any where.
The case was called last Monday
j. Med. Trimble and Geo. Robertson
prosecuting and Messrs. KEENAN,, Hit,
Buckner and Gordon defending. The
defendants are Joe Hicks, of Sturgeon,
Jake Muldrsw and Nath Faucet, of
Mexico, all colored, and Emma Pril-
ley, more generally and appropriate
ly known as ''Short and Dirty of
uncertain age, uncertain birth and
uncertain color, passing for white
with an apology.
The following named gentlemen
are the jurors in the case:
w. 2. Carter, J. L. HARRISON, L.
J. Gregory, Thomas Loar, Albert
White, Riley Baker, J. 3. Gregory,
G. b. Firebaugh, VIM. Fisher, 5. j.
Smith, John Tally and w. Trimble.
The girl, who seems to have been
the prime mover, at least the evident
cause of the murder, is of very bad
reputation. About a year ago she
was arrested for appearing in mans
apparel and sent out of the state.
She walked back, and although she
is white, ''took up with Old ST
Muldrow (coIoredD and lived with
him, just over Salt River, east of
town. She was threatened severed
times by the authorities, but would
not give up her dusky lovers, and
she hardly ever come down town
seeming only to be happy when with
tinted friends.
Octave Inflow lived near ST Null
drow's and saw a great deal of the
girl. An unaccountable and strange
friendship, especially o n his part,
sprang up between himself and the
girl, Emma appearing to think q
great deal Of him.
On the morning of the murder In
low and the girl had a little spa'
down town, at the house of Emma
Mickey (~colored.)
1t appears that Ihlow slapped the
Girl and made her mad. for which
she vowed vengeance. She went out
to 81. MuldrOw's and Inflow wen,
home. The next time they are TO-
gether is about ten o'clock that night
WI1tl we iilit tiltil III III . JakS-
ture Inflow and the girl are walking
along, when they neat the barn, not
very far from the creek bank, The
girl stops him and asks for q chew o
tobacco and engages him IN CONVEX
sation while standing thus he is shot
from behind in the neck and head
he fell to the ground on his back
bleeding profuseIy and died the mex
Sunday morning. The girl Gale,
for help and then went down tow
!. and slept in Galloway's barn.
: We give the girls evidence in full
. EMMA pRILLEY's EVIDENCE.
) am Is years old was with In
= low the afternoon he was killed; h
followed Inc down to Mrs. Mickey's
he pulled me out from under the bee
and slapped me-; there were N
J.. threats made by me on that occa
sion he swore at me-; we got IN
COON humor before he left, and E.mm;
I Mickey and | went down to the {.
A. railroad bridge and got upon 5
Muldrow'. fence; early in the nigh
Iulow came down !; Emma Mckee
y left Inlow and | together; we startet
toward Inlow's barn and rs We stop
2 ped for a few moments some slO
him he was facing the north he feI
on his back l halIooed for 81 Mul
,, drOw to bring some water from hi
f house; Inflow and | were friendly
@ we had love spats some times, bu
! they did not amount to anything; W,
stopped because | asked him for
= chew of tobacco; VT stopped an
then l put my arms aroand him un
der his coat and put my head on hi
breast he had his arms around me
none of the shot hit me Emma Mick
ey and | then went down town t
C stay all night in Galloway's barn 5
V took Octave Inflow up to his house
| did not see the flash of the gun;
did not see who fired it; l don
IS know who or how many were hid tie
, hind the log | had not talked wit
, any one about killing Inflow.
i During her evidence she wei
when talking of the shooting of Ok
tave. The jury placed what cont
n dence they saw fit in her evidence.
q At the time of the killing the core
|e ner's jury, with J. Lupton actin
II coroner, found the following verdict
VERDICT OF THE CoRoSER's JUR'
u eve, the undersigned jurors, Ell
III %pannelled and sworn on the 9Th da
es ofc October, 1879, in Salt River tow
w ship, Audrain county, by Jos.Luptol
y a Justice Of the peace in and for sal
re county, acting as to diligently inque'
and true prescntments, make no
and by whom Octave Inflow came
Is his death. Having reviewed h bod
and heard the evidence, do find tn:
the deceased came to his death Z
re violence and felony, and that sa1
rs body has upon it the following gu
shot marks and wounds inflicted