The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-29
IHETRAGEDY TOLD.
The Last Chapter ola Familys
Crimson Record il Fin.
ished on the Scaffold.
Confess;ns the Justice Of hts Death
but Denying Completely IN
His Wlfs's Suicide.

sr.risl e. the Ksn-s- City Times.
HrxTsvIiLE, No., June - jas. Hay
len Brown The murderer Of Mrs. DR.. Far
ri-h, hi. n,"IhsI-iu-l.w, sas pnbiiciy exc
cu,ei in this city At "ns o'clock to-day. IN
the presence ii s-v~r.l thousand prisons.
The prisoner made a full and Tree comics
zion If his cri,u~, and sta,e,! To those wiih
whom he cnnv~r.ea at the LIST that h'-
puni-hment w,- sccording Z" biblical
teaching, and he had N, fani, To hnd-
THE CROWD
Tie sum came up re,i and rosy. and a.
the 6r-t r.ys s,,eau-l through The grated
windows "a, the jill they wsre met oy the
y,iiri, painful cuuu.ensnce at Brown. wh'
stood Al the oI~nirg ard gssesi oif into the
.l,.t s,,ce On srcn, which must have csu-ed
lively emotions, i. il "a. here hiA child
l:os.. Was passed. As'the ann rose higher
in the heaven. the heat grew mere in'en-e,
md by nine o'clock the dusty roads leading
into :.vn wcre filed with farmers wagons
containing entire iaL,i.ies, vho needed moi
the atmosphere, being ~ eager to see the
execution ~ they would BArnu ms threat
e-t Living Show" Bv noon the heat IA"
almo., clustering in i,s In,ensity, the leo
clouds which, vent scurrying overhead on
~ serving a. , screen which for time
shut out the heat, only TO loosen II again
in few seconds. however.
THE PEOPLE CAME
from every direction, north, south, east and
west, and in all soris Of conveyance They
came on foot, ON horseback and BY carry
all, and continued to pour into toun mn
I'll singh twelve" making the court house
and j,il the common center. IL - esti-
mated IN A, at lea.i seven thousand people
visited the town TO view the execution, bn'
90 veil had Sheriff M.ilock look ! after
all the. details that hut little boi-tero'i'
conduct ~ noticeable, and no drunken
nes..
AT THE JAIL
From an early hour sursing M = o
people crowded about the Jail, engsr Il
catch . glimpse =: Brown-or even any
oue vho hs,i-xnJ the two or thr do1e'
,iepntie-, Who with shot gum guarded th'
building, had the hands full in checking
tae c,,rious-lovipg 1 oPle, bound to GEL II
nj all hsx,ris.
Al tie cell door . deputy vs. siaiioae'
tn admit those possessing the reqn'~'t
authority. bit after II o'clock no one ~
allowed Z" enter except spiritual advisor
and re;,o.ier-. There Was plenty a" a,trsc
attention ou.-ide, however. n l~nons''
vendors, tends "wi,h photographs o
Hsde Brown and wife for the small sun
of 9. GEN." were met 1t s:sry sieP, ~h''
now .ni then some ioud mouthed "iskir
would cry h, war q, the topof his voice
The whole scene reminding one iorcihiy q
circu. day. Al the hour of execution ~
prosch~d the crowd grew more der~e an
when the doomed man csme cut and enteI
cd sLc -seo". ON he way To the ecafiois
two Thousand people were 81 hand.
LAST ,>rSRS.Lw.
shortly nj. r nine o'clock sheriff MEtloc
u.hervd the rsporie' into the presence
Brown, xho had been confined since hl
arrival from Kans- City in the count
isil. locat d in the central part Of IN
town. Just south of the court hou Tn
prisoner vas just through breakf I. an
, was found reclining on . cot 10 the corn1
Of his Gel, looking haggari and pale I
though sleep had not visited him for man
night. lie greeted the reporter esgerl!
.nd .sked concerning his little boy oh
came down from Kansss City l. It nigh
in care Of sheria Duvsll.
well, Brown, did you p comfor
able nigLtg''
"Th.t W, hardly possible with my en-
20 close at h-nd, but ! believe ! slept q
, hour OF so."
"Your friends have been kind TO you!
.Uh, ycs, too kind I committed te
rible crime, and must suffer Tor H."
Have you made any r,qres, a TO q
disposition Of your boy -
81 believe he j. To be cared ior by h
uncle. hope he may never know OF u
crime AMI the terrible heritsgr leave. h
is q noble boy, and il almcsi breaks n
heart to think of leaving him"
Shall you see him sxsin?"
'The sheriff .ays can. 40 l shall ha'
him here jus, before leave"
"Brown, I vi.h you would tell me
there va, any compact between MIs. Brow
and yourrelf that both should die 1t Il
same timer"
"Th~re va, not, 80 help me God. N
,oor wife Wa terribly broken down b
cause the officer, a, Kansas City would M
allow her to s,t With me in the cell, ~
,hre .,ened, time after time, to kill hersel
She said she would take poison, ard ii
!a.t time che visited me. ON that Monds
= night of her death, ssid she had some mo-
, phine in her bosom."
= did che give-the morphine tn you? p
r "When she entered my cell ans! kiss
me good bye took il from her bo~om. D
To Kill, myself With, hut TAI prevent her"
"You thought .Le would kill her-elf?'
"Ye.; and when took the morphine
:. thought all means we're taken from he
bat che got hold Of that pistol. Oh! vi
did she?"
"Marshal Liexes thinks she gave -
morphine tn kill yourself with"
= "She did not She did buy il at the ca
ner Of Lscu-t and Fourth s,rseis, ! believ
bui che did not bring il To me-"
"How did y"u get i'?'
at vas smuggleI in With some food. b.
I cant tell BY whom"
Al this point loud. sobhing US hes
just ou'.ide the grated door and Bsovr
little brother wxs allowed Ia enter. il