The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-01-06
THE DEVILS CARNIVAL
johnson County Again Dis
graced by the Scenes of
Blood.
Full! Particulars Of the Killing of
Brownlee by Claunch.
The Murderer gives Himself up. a nd
Hia Preliminary Trial IS Now
IN Progress.
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-, N'sdsv evening is-I. the ( air name
anil fans. IL "ur r.ua'v wits ,caiu hi,ck-
.ns,i av = unn-, i.ui .n.i unju.tihlhi- muir
der.
W. i. H'"w.i--. w-,Iihy farmer an,
highly rr-p-r'.i a.; q ~ ~ Ih;- county. uhu
resided ..:' E;ack water, live ;n,ia- nO.Ii,r..,
ii Csuis,vir~. We -I,", ana slno.-, Instant
~ I'i!s:: by Harriil ci.uacb. a n-ishnor.
un Mcn.isv evening. Dsr~r. ber ~
Mr.. Er"~Gi-~ and C1.unch live. near
neighbOT-. 4 f-ud 1r bs! f-.;ing existed
between item for several years pat. which,
iTor' time To time i, Is ssid. va aggravated
nv Cisunch's stock tre.psssing up"n Mr..
Brownlee, who would dog them of his
premises; they we're no, living ~ neighbors
should, and on several occasion. herd
words passed between them. Oh ib. d.y
nj The fatal meeting, Browniee started seq
era! hands to his timber to haul = ssw log
20 Mr.. EHSers saw mill in the neighLnr-
hood. In going to Brownies'> timber they
had To pass bv C!annch's house end through,
an open strip Of hi- land, where Clsunct
was ut work. Seeing the party coming he
met them "n the line between hi+ lsni and
Brownlee's aud refused TO let the
wagon pas-. The party halted and iuld
Claunch 'h~v would avail, the arrival If
Mr.. BI"~nIee who was To follow them To
the mill. According to the evidence
Clsuuch then threatened vengeance aga inst
Brownlee AMI started home after his double
naI relied sho, gun. returning a lev minutes
before the arrival of Mr. Brownlse, who
MAS informed 81 the situation. and. accord
ing To the testimony, approached Clsunch
good humore'!Iy AMI asked permission &" 90
through his land. Thi. being refused,
Brown!ee remarked that he had the las on
his side snd would go through anyhow.
Al tins Clsunch became frantic and with
scream made for hi. gun which rested
against y stump a few yards away, s.izsi
IL aud rushed hack with both barrels cooked =.
II. presented il To Bruwnle-'. breast, when
une I'll the men present. Mr.. Trimhle nIu.ir
grab for the gun harrci but Iais.-.i il. j.i-,
n NJ. Browhl-~ seiz-,i hold ii ui,r mazx,. :;
and Browni-e fell mnrtaiiy xoInde,i. ~hiir
Trimtl- AMI Claunch erssys,I in l-Ir:ai..
struggle i"r the po<-s-ion ~ the gun, tL.
f,s:ner feaIin. that the -nra;-,. man ~"iii
either p'ur the contents ri ih- other barrel
into al, own bIis or that of the rrn-,ra,s
and dying msn. ~ this critical m,.n-ni
Mr.. Hos. another al the party. came L. The
rr-cue 81 Triub!c, aud seizing hold oil the
gun stock. pointed ;hr muzz!~ downward
and discharged the remaining barrel. Both
Trimble AMI Hos then Turned their ,,.en-
ZION To The wounded III an and Cisun.h at
once started for home wIth his empty .hoi
gun. Rrownler wa -hot in the groin and
lived only about ten minutes after being
placed IN the Wagon.
A. aeon IA the news OF the terrible irag-
edy rsarh-d town. Coroner Smith, in CON-
psny with Prosecuting Attorney Brinker.
proceeded To Brcwnier'- houae where his
dead bpiy Isv and held an inquest, when
The following testimony wa- ELECTED from
an eve witness To the bloody deed:
Nh. TRIMBLE TESTIFIED.
i live three mile- southeast OF here. ]
knew decreased in hi. lifetime. va with
deceased. ". 7. Bro~n.ee, when he Was
shot. lie MAS shot one and one-gnsrier
miles northeast Of here, he vac shot BY
Burriil Ciaunch about the middle ii the
left thigh. he lived about ten minutes siier
he WIS shot he died before we could get
him in the wagon. This occurred he, xeen
] and 2o'cl"ck in the afternoon Of Monday,
December -, 1879, in Juhn.ou county
Missouri. 4, the time Of the shooting OF
deceased there were present ". T. Brown.
lee. Burrili Claunch, Frank X. Ho-s. T. ]
Se~lsy. MiIe- Smith and my-eIf ~. were
on the line between the lands Il decra-ed
ana Claunch, one and one-gHarier miles
nor'heas, OF here. The first thing tina,
Occurred was: l met Clsunch before de-
ceased got there, CIsnncb ssked me IL
vac going 'ioxn TO force Brow nlee'- team
across hi. (Clsuneh's) land q? l said I Mss
not. lie had M arms 1T that time that ]
saw. Burri!l Ciaunch then wicked Cd
about ten sieJ~, then turned around and
said he wonld shoot the first God damned
IA an ii that outfit that vent on his land.
Tie then vent on towards his hoa.e and !
ven, down where the balance of
the above named persons were. The
next thing ] sa~ vas about fifteen
NJ twenty minutes after Cisunch LETT me,
NV him Coming down towards ne with a
double barre ed shot gun ON hi- shoulder.
Ciaunch wen, northeast of us txo rods To Q
hickory Tree me set his gun cr stump
and vent To choPPing an that tree then
sen, to him where he was chopins. I asked
him why he and Decreased could not get
slonx without >o much trouble an that
line Cisunch -aid he wcuid rot live with
my such man "a deceased - . n~ishbor
hat he was DIGGING his hogs and he vas
no, going To have anything more to do with
him; he said deceased could get a eight, IL I
i wss fight he wanted; deceased then csme /
,P, they said tn each other, show are your
launch asked deceased what he wanted
here; deceased said he c.me tn &c, per I
ni~ion to cr~s HE (Cisunch'.l land to
'snl some logs Claunch told deceased he
'ould not cro~ dece.ed said il Claunch
'onld not give him permission he would
ave 10 force his way through; Clsunch
aid IL that Was his game. s"d gave yell
e squesi; he got bis gun and came back
nth both barrels eackei, stopped with his
un pointed q decessedis brrsss and within
10 feet Of H.; then maG~ grab n the
k.,s 81 "a k..s n