The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-04

be better to sub-divide his force. While
they were discussing matters, Jim Hayes
one OF my posse who was with him, saw q
man at the lower side of Lawrence Roth's
wheat field with gun. They were about
two miles north of Hamburg and between
that town and the creek. Sheriff Lammy
and Deputy Churchman mounted their
horses and rode around to head off the
man with the gun, telling the others to cut
across the field on foot. This plan was fol-
lowed out. Lammv and his deputy went
! up the creek and then started back west,
They couldn't see anything for some time
and then came suddenly upon a man Sit
ting on log not thirty feet away The
man had gun across his lap, and there
was another man living behind tie log, but
the officers did not see him then. Lammy
jumped off his horse, raised his revolver
and told the man To surrender. 1t was
Alonzo with the gun He threw up his
hands, but 10 aim his gun at the sheriff,
; and the latter
IMMEDIATELY FIRED.
AlOnzo did not drop as expected. In
fact it is hardly possible that he was hit at
all, for he took quick aim at the sheriff
and sent ball through his head Lammy
was killed SO quick that he didn't feel it,
The shooting then began all around One
man quarter of Il mile away says that he
counted tbirtv-one shots, but think there
were only twenty-one Churchman fired
seven shots. lie emptied his revolver, but
unfortunately was not a good shot, and did
not bring down his man. But there were
two men, Tor Ed. Maxwell had sprung To-
his feet at the first shot and had Joined his
brother III the tight, using a revolver and
with terrible effect. He shot Churchman
in both legs, his intention seemingly be-
ing
To DISABLE HIM ONLY.
The men who had cut across the field were
about fifty yards away when the shooting
took place, but IL seems that none Of them
except Mr.. McNabb rushed into the fight.
He got into the fight some way, don't
know exactly how; but anyway he was
there, and after he had fired one shot.
AlOnzo called on him to throw up his re-
volver. He didn't want to hit him, he
said. and wouldn't if he would surrender.
McNabb said that he would keep on firing
till one OF them fell. He fired twice in
succession, when Alonzo sent bullet
through his right shoulder, and that put
an end TO the shooting The murderers
jumped on the horses Of Lammy and
Churchman and rode away at gallop.
One OF them had no shoe or stocking on
one foot, but We could not find the miss
ing articles on the ground, and suppose
that they carried them off with them or
never had them. The men fifty yards
away were
WELL ARMED WITH SHOT-GCSS,
but not one of them fired shot McNabb
had pistol. | and my men were nearly
mile from the place OF the shooting. The
search of course was given up for several
hours. We had to care for our dead and
wounded men. The murderers rode TO
Hamburg bay on the Mississippi river,
abou, a mile off, got off their horses and
walked up to whisky boat. One of them
engaged the keeper in a conversation and
the other one went around behind him
and
LEvEILED A Gun AT HIM.
The keeper was forced to give up his re-
volver and rifle and get in skiff and row
the mnrderers across the river When
thew landed on the Missouri side, the Max
well boys gave the saloOn-keeper back his
revolver and rifle. but kept their own rife
aimed at him until he was we'll out In the
river again on his return To the Illinois
side. I'm about IT the end of my story
now The murderers are still at large and
must he captured. / have autographed to
the sheriff of Lincoln county, Missouri, 10
get Il posse and make a search for the
men in his county, where
THEY MUST BE HIDING.
Now. I've sent the sheriff of that county
nv deputy and Mr. Clendennan, a cit
zen | think those men can BIZ caught,
md I'll not rest till they are caught. Be-
ides the Sl,70O offered in rewards By the
tate of Wisconsin and Wisconsin counties,
ewards will be offered, / believe, by the
tate of Illinois and by Pike and Calhoun