The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-10

lac would not say ANYTHING unie-s YOU
iorc~'i 't out oi hun BY questions ou by be-
ginning conversation win hun h~ spike
with brogue he Gas . foreigner; / don't
knos Ut what ioaAlity."
R-posier-What reasons have YOU for
believing that the tailor, who had Teen
known IN Sedaiis a. Hoffman. who had
bern working for Sex-lbaum. and who lied
yesterday ve-k, va- Frank rorcher,
John-on-Well,
IBELIEvE HI WAS THE SANE MAN
did not know thl- man ono bore the
name of Hoffman, we'll. / hsd seen him
onc~ but casually. but since he ,r,i If his
death snd his terrible struggles about .
confession while on .is death tad, I have
M doubt IA my own mind that he ws- the
same mar nave It'd goa II. You en-
-er Mr.. S-seihA1m AMI iht-e seIiain'rd
~i,h Hohinan, aud compare the n,-n
P'rchsr anil Holm IN for yourself. 4 ee-
!ievS he - the same Ia Az.
The rrporrer called on Mr. A. S~yrl-
baum, merchant t,ilor, on - ,io street. tor
sh"m tiofiu,n hai worked prior and up
'o the time al III H. nth, and asked him
ali IA, II .flnin.
S~g~lbau,n, in Response to inlr,irir-, said
Hoffman came To work far ms about u,
Chris;ms>: sIIi he had Isren working 10
Ciiiiornis. Mo-, fJr several years Tie
49, Iuiet u,sn, bat always aciei qt,-.r.
tie seemed To- IT,. constantly broo,tiny over
-,n,r,hing. spPi~tred To he
AFRAID >'sNEIbDY wA> rrEsuiNG HIN.
tie would start, jIuP while NJ work, A. IL
Idsh;e,ei- HI- mind seemed To he occu-
pic'' with souiething aisr of lie wss a
msn al d->Isrs,e i-mpvr. Ou- day, nol
long ss', he tScsme angry at one at NV
other mrn who wIrs.d near him. AMI
srat'bed pair u large SCISSORS, hol,iins
them blade NJ, like holding dagger, and
ran nj hun, Iutrnt'ng To- stab him Thev
acre separated. Has temper wss uncoa-
,roilshIr
"Thur-i, " night, Jalv ~, he copplsiueJ
io ni- III beng terribly sick. tie w-n, to-
the dru: store ini gu -,m~ medicine. H..
Ind not tell the druggist what r~sliv wa
siiing hun, al that the medicines did NO
soo.i. lie suffered intensely Thursday
nj ght. FRIDAY he WIS at the shop. He
-~rmed To have m Inis fur drinking liq
uid.; he drank three glasses Of fresh cider
and cUiie~, tea and water c,n,-t snily an
ths dsy. have understood that sxces.-
I've drinking Indicates Arsenic In the stom-
rcb ;n' MT ported oa that; lie wou,,i
mot allow i,:y-icisn uo come to -~- him
! until Saturday m'rning. rr-stm-o, iiiIe,;
q" tsk- effect, sni he s,nk rapidly.
r 'th~r Graham, the Prie- Wa sen, ior
! AZ request al H"sf,ntn, who va a Catholic.
/ tie came anil talked sith him.
"Aboui 10 "A. Ia. Sirur.l Az the physician
DR.. Small, told m- he eunld live hut a
short time, anil a-k-i tn To- inform him al
thu, lac. told HID nan tina, hi. phv-..
/ elan sa,'. he coald live but Il Ii,tlr white
and u h. hal any business To settle Or woru
! I'd leave To anyone, 1T should be doae Al
once.
''fle said, want 20 .ell Won somethin.
be'"rs ] die, hui ~ will take . good whIi,
tot u ~; wiii waii until j.., b-iore
die
- ith.r Graham insisted on him teIiin.
ne then. saving. i viii leave the room
and sou Eel, him h-fure IL IL too late
lie replied. ''lii wait Until evening
think ! will live until night"
I; Soon after | had stepped out Of tn,
house . moment h@~aId, Il - 18Th Ses-lbanu
Was in here ls'll tell him that now
When ] returned he said, I will tell yo
ihi- evening"
At six o'clock r. IN, ! said to him
"HoHman. ! ma, 60 sn.i cin-e the -torr
I will h. back -Iun."
IL replied, I want y"u NV don't s,a
long;
] MUST TELL YJr THIS BEFORE DIE
alter white ! want You To get he snn,
arsenic; arsenic will cue me coslr b.cl
soon; ] want to tell Won this"
| asked him tn tell ME then. bu,
refused. lie hal i~rn asking iur ar.en,
ali the afternoon.
When l.fr, Frsrk Ciu-s, one Of m
workw-H, stayed with ham.
4 : -o alter left, ne svT.ng up. -, mp
bed ani bes,n srsnt,csliy beckoring wI,
: his hands anil arms and caiiiu. fur mt
saying, where il SvgeibauuI ? i'.l tell IA,
Ill t,li him DOW
frank ran Id his AIDE. L,oking wiidl
around, with .ook. vi intsn-e ,nsui~n .
: h;s fscr. H. seemed o" c,nvai>ivriy gath.
: all his l~iwrrs, IA u M tkirs la, siespers
= r--,,lve, and si,rirke,i o'Ir,
|, FRANK. TELL. sEGELE,CN"-
sn.I fell back in b-,!, dess..
ri The secret that sgit,'ei the man
: terribly on his de,,h h-d had evi lent
= been the s,ui- one winch had been preyiu
. u1 ma mind all the time he worked I,
me, AID which we had noticed a. -oon
he began work for me-
- a pr; ulortrm rx amin stion Ys- held q
i.is Tem,in-. Int a. in whether h~ Ia
. taken p,i-or, don't know yon ran as
!, the physicians. y be- ma;. the exsGiinstiH
ls tn that.
: REPORTER nae = description
}. him
= Sr.-Ib.um He wss i've feet seven M
/. \ half ar eight inches high, rather iigi
comp xi"ns,l, dark brown hair, w-igI
n abod, 40. think his natural weight Won
bc heavier than that, good workman ~
y tailor. had a terrible temper. Wis a -io
n talk,r, was very quiet, won!,l not ssy
word dusing the entire DAY urirsI p-rSN
talked To- him, and questioned him in
cpnv~r.atiOn; he VS. hard To get scqusints
with he was neat i'm dress. = native Swi
and spoke with that brogus."
y Comparing tire description III the IN,
Porcher ami Hoffman. their pecuiiari,is
: the account above given 81 the man vi
y committed the wife murder in lows Z,
years agu, the exhumation, hurried higt
!" with the man on .is death he'd, just edgi'
u over INTO eternity,
Conscience AND REASON
prompting him - reveal to his fellO
j. men his terrible secret, aud fear lest
= should not die, AMI IL ne confessed b
. crime, he would suffer the extreme penal
!, oi human law, resisting the disclosure
;. the s~cret crime, the circun,st antisl eviden
v almost indispuis able That Hoffman M
Porchrr are identical; that the man vi
so cruelty murdered his vile ten yea
u sgo was the came m,n who, -till carryi'
,n his t,,-on and on his conscience q
= knoWlsdse II thai murder, Attempte
= when too late, tn reveal 1t, then diesl VI
= went t"-h-ii or Heaven, the BAzoo IN;
|! H. not informed which.
Sedalia Female Seminary.
: The following compiim, ntsrv notice .
u | gsrdiny a ge,.tIsman who has e.,st his 70
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