The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-07-27
HE KNEW JESSE JAMES
And Said the Famous Outlav
was Seen at Lees Summit
on Last Saturday.

was Seen at Lees Summit
! on Last Saturday.
An Interesting Talk With Q Man
VINO Knew ali About the
Dang IN Their Psimy
Days.
Kansas City Times.
'yesse james Is not dead.
10 say thst the above words crested
some little excitement 10 st.line ,s mild. q
they vere uttered BY = deep voiced indi-
smua' ~ one having authority. Il ~ n
police headquarters ~ . late hOa.r last
night, and IhOse Who heard the words were
Sergeant Sas der. = detective, y pasroimau
and Tunes representative.
How DO You know ih,l ne is NJ, deed ?
Vas quietly sskesi.
Because saw i,ua en- Saturday las, .,
Lees summit
The man Oh" laHghs.' - Victor Hugo
tells a, excited MI more curiosity tnsn dI.i
tn man vno talked NJ least a. Gar -
the three issteaess were concerusd d, and they
closely eyed the stranger, Who w.s seated
On the step. lesainY y, the council cham
Der. his Listeners occupying chairs in
front
OF THE STATION.
How do you know IL Was Jese james =
Qaeried the night sergeant, shile the de-
iectises, eats sCUk ID ssch vord % il v.s
uttered seearstiUR the resioubt.bIe bandit
whom G-orgs Shepherd - positive he
killed in the brush near Joplin late last
fall.
How do knos MIN! Well, I should
think p0ght to knpw MIN, - have seen
him o,ien enough
Spying this the man sirsixhiened ~,
presenting 6ne phys,qne. his fsce being
ssdsrk ~ an lndi ans irpm the sun, while
his black ewes giirieIed vm beO~ssh .
vide bsimsu-,i hat
Where did you sec hun iasi -
MT Counting the vIsiCu SATURDAY. il
VA The day after John W. Wi,ches. the
detective. was killed near Liberty Landing -
did you live Ia this lucslity?"
Ny mother resided near Undergraduate,
and nj the clo-e III the var I We 4 TO Mon
lana, 6ni returned io Missouri in 1859"
''h"w did you happen tn be IN the To-
cal,iv At he time ii Wiicleris de.ib."
"WelI, don't mind telling yoS. When
] came b-ck 'n the county from Mootsn.
didn't care about living in Independence,
and AZ rOamed over the country. AZ o.e
time Wa taken inr one Of PinkssOn's de-
sec,Ises, aud wss told to clear cut. n Jx-s~
'."d Frank James had both vose,i to hut
son hole me-"
"DID Yor FEAR THEM"
''S... mot ia tie least, although Z wsni il
understood that | vI- mn detective. The
day Wbicher Vas killed I sa~ him II Lib
erts. The same night I cru>red the river
and sI-pi Al the house ~ 4 iTien,i. Tso
"r thee honrs b-fore daylight ! heard
shontiOg snc msdr M my mud that the
James boys ar C:el Miller had killed tie
detective. No, knowing what might hep
zen, ct up end walked t. lniependenc~
AMI later ia the dsy WA told that deed
body hsd hen found in the v,nsle, but
that M one snew who it wAs. ] followed
the crowd and m ! reached the sonm where
the body We living ] recognized il immeii.
a'e'y. As ] turned Z" go ont ! ssv jesse
James standing just At the mans feet. lie
had two revolvers under his coai, and
did not dare tell Who the dead man va
then for fear tina, l would ne marked bv
jesse az = detective"
ibid YoU AFTERWARDS TELL"
"Yes, n soon .. ! reached the street.
Jss.e d,d not follow me ~ thought he
wonid, but came to Kansas CITY ON f.os
and poor W;tcher wss buri.d."-
Did you believe il Vas Jesse } James Who
killed Wiicher?'
Il do not. believe Ciel Miller killed
the men,
Whist reason have you for 40 think
ins?'
SWELL, Miller had threatened to kill any
id detective who followed his path, and
he was in the boat that night when
Wi,cher wss irrried scross To his death.
Miller think, Was killed up in Minnesosa
With Bill CALDWELL and Charlie Pits. Cole
Younger was game ~ 'hat time aud IL Jea-r
and Frank had not leit him in = cowardly
manner
"DID YOU KNOW ALLAN PALMER?
les. and he was = brave man Tor . lit
lie one. He killed a federal eoloneI in
Kentucky during the var from whom he
had borrowed horsr, when he va With
The Qaaniraii gang and had To skiP the
Are Won sure jesse Jane. is still Hv-
ing.
Il wa in Lees Summit last SATURDAY
With B;ii-and ne We came Oul OF . saloon
he said: by G., there goes JesAe J.me..'
he served with him during the last year Of
the war. and lodged back into the saloon
~ n moi Ia he seen. The man he mention
ri was riding . splendid horse, and brace
u REVIEWERS IN his belt. He Vas about
lesae Jsmes' siz;. although his beard had |
been cut IA. did not have fair look n |
The man, but | believe that IL was Jessr |
ames'
Why did yon rot sp-ak of this b-fosr,' |
Bill did mot want me Io, 40 ! kept |!
num-"
~ this time several officers sauolsred up !,
srd the conversation closed The man |
sho talked 30 knowingly 0f the James boys |
rang. hsd been THERE" and knew What he ,
sas talking about. lie said G-orse Shep-
'erd vac brsve enough t6kill Js-Ase J .mes. |
ut be- did not think the task had ret been
His name, werr /, publ6ah.
Il would he Instantly recognized.
-
Died.
year Windsor. July 24ih, 1880, of con-
sumption. Mis- Minnie l. Fleming. aged
p wears.
The subject Of tn. above notice came .
~ months ago With her parent. iron E:k
'ity. Pennsylvania. She w.s the sister OF
rank Fleming, sho IL an emplose Of III.
'AzoO printing establishmeni Her broth.
: LETT last evening to attend The funeral.
he Va . devoted member Of the Psesby.
MA" church. hsvinx joined when IN her {
fteenth year.
Killing Cattle.
A party Of men went 10 the herd Of John .
nd Cornelius C1rrel, eight miles soush Of d.
essda, on Tuesday nigh, last, and shot
Dwn seven head of csltle, end wouwsied |
'urteen Others. beside. siampedinx thirts
ar other head that he's not since bee n !
card of. some clsim that the Cosreis
ave mt paid any tax since they have been I
eeping cattle in the county. This IL no :
foe rnuk l.