Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-11
HAEGHAE's DAY.
Toe Core Executed FOR the Eurdor Of
George King.
AT LEBANON, MO.
Rpor!ed for tbs BANNER
LsRANoN. Mo. March 5,h. 1880.

LsziSoN, Mo, March 5'h, 1880.
Thousands of people thronged the streets
AZ sn early hous this morning, and continued
20 srriYe until 10 O'Clock, 10 immense guam
titles. The day dawsed btlgba as June
morning, which was q sad contrast 10 the
Doomed man. feelings who awaited the call
OF the sheriff to take bis last departure from
the place whore be has been confined 50 long.
Tue accommodation Of the town were in
sufficient aud the people bad to camp out on
The surrounding prairie which all through
last ntgnt looked bright with Vulnerable
camp flros.
200 Core sat up all Of last night admins
Jering medicine to his cell mate, Billy Mar.
tin, who Is sick with measles, and who is slso
under sentence Of death. He ste a hearty
breakfast this morning, but refused to talk
to any, except bis spiritual adviser, Rev. T.
e. Robinson, OF NJ. f.. Cbarch.
About an hour before his execution be
asked Rev. Robinson If be though. a murder-
| or could 60 to saven If he refused to con-
Tess his Criae to men, II no confessed to his
Cid. ReY. Ibiuson told him he thought
not, az that would be acting a lie.
He then msda this confession to NJ. Robir-
son with q requeat not to read until after his
death:
CoRU's CONVERSION.
'My itst d tiUulty wnb C orgs King was
about a law suit-Kirg suing Inc for wages
due bis boy. After the law salt King PIT
his two sons and Mst. Douglass up to burn
ing my wheat. X ng laughed and rtloiccd
over ir and said be had fKed mo Tor living
now, / would have to root Ike a hog; and he
only wished | was in tue middle Of the wheal
stack uhen Il wss burned. Tho pistolI sho.
MIN with belonged to Bill Lnd.ay. nsgavs
1t to me down at Ida house some tine before
the killing. l. was eaIibte A. Remington
cap pistol.
Bill Liadsay wanted me save,a, timoato
do The work for X ur. II .aid TO me-. Now
Joe, these ie'}ows srs goitg to dcg you on.
OF the country aud il vas you | would XIII
him. l will assist you all l can.
Il wentt1 Bill Lindsay's oIco or twice snd
he cams 10 my house and asked ms to 90 aud
use him ~, once while X ng wEs hauling
rails AID once I think while making pa iogy.
IL came IRON Lind a on the day Of the
kiHl.g and mslk na down by the LII field.
HO was on foot, | WAS on horseback, On the
Kincheloe horse, krg stopped in The road
ahead Of my horse. II a.ked ma how VI.
ieti ng by this tine. | dOn't X ow ms fsp,y.
| tLiuk l Rssed him II he was sill pOitR t.
abuse me, as no had. He Insulated th.,
owed him std they were going to do So lhey
nleased. He thin rai-ed hs axe to strike ne,
II, looked 90 my right and on my leh I'D.
20 see - | had any arms, and thought I had
none, As my pistol WAS IN my ban. rocket.
under ms coat, and 10 one could see II. A.
nv Tsj'si tbe ~, nv hOrse Jumped and rur,
and King ran AZ me. ! then threw out ms
ftvoivrr aud shot him "a be came NJ me. |
think | shot bin ia the face. / shut him a
seCOad time somewhere 10 the body, aud then
Jumped or Inv horse aul hai.h q him by
striking BIN twice with his sK. NV aotse
get sway aud went home, and ! went hone
as ne,r NJ could The Why tie horse wet
it took me only q few Minutes 10 90, IS |
went = stort way. l csugnt NV bore A.
nome, and left the revolver tb1ut = bali
quarter from my house n an old OUT bull llur,
aud on my return cans back upon pretty
near the sama track 10 near the river, ana
tEen on T. the Ball Hill and rtaer nlaees
mtRtionat il the evidence BulLJndssy told
my vito 10 tell me to leavJ the STATE. as they
were Z ing o. aTrest me.
ri Lud,ay ran of from the seco-d carnn-
er's Inquest, and ins,tucted me to t,ll them
I NJ be usdtd me The pistol tor a gun. Bill
Lindsay said he lived too close 10 King 10
till bim, as he would bo suspicioned. There
was 10 pistol IN the cOrn.crib The next
morning after the K Hing az ! returned home,
| took ihe pistol from tie cut building ard
put 1t between two logs OF the bAru, and Il
was Afterwards just uader the bed ia The
babies cradle. / also pulled of the hiad
shoes OF my horsa aud threw them down.
| am sorry | DID this thing, and DOME
know how l csme to do Il. l think tha sem
tence last, and l Ought TO suffer for the crime.
| bear 10 malice 10 any one. If 1 had been
tried according TO the facts, l should not
hays been sentenced 60 death.
have had It on my tongues end to con-
fees this before but l would get yexed in
thiuktng the matter over, and would not cat
isfy the people BY making q confession
Whom l would think about them burning nv
wheat when my family were suffering for
something to eat, | would cry for hours. /
thought would worry il out. l went tn the
graod jury but II would not do anything, and
| could gst no satisfsctiOn in the IL for
burning my wheat
At O'Clock, p. m. Core was taken from
his cell and placed IN q covered Carriage and
driven TO the place OF execution, about half
mile west of ths city. The vehicle contained
sheriff Wilson, and Sheriff Barnes OF Dallas
county, toe doomed man and his spiritual
adyiser. WAea the prisoner arrived at the
gallows q x Eng crowd, y%aTi0usly estimated
between Xix aud ton thousand, composed OF
men, women and children had gathered on
ne amphitheAter shaped hills that surround
ed The place of execution.
he assembled the steps OF tho scAffuld assist