The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-01-11
TRE DOCTORS EVIDENCE.

Seth Drlscoll. we!I-knOwn citizen.
Was found ut early dawn. lying dead
in his own garden. a CHASTITY bullet
in the back of his head lett NJ room
10 question the cause of his death !;
and any suspicion of suicide Was re-
butted. as well by tine Position If the
wound a. by the di-c ,v.rv If fo"i-
prints leading hack aud forth from
the garden waH. at u p int where the
latter bnre evident marks Of having
been SC ,led.
But the crowning discovery was
that Of a pistol. recently di>cia ged.
living near the base of the wall where
the murderer had clamb-'-d oyer. Ii
was picked "a? bv jonas Wrnl ok. DR..
Drisc,,ll's nephew, who gave a start
If surprise at the sight know IN"
own. ihi. weapon" he exclaimed.
Who? who: questioned doz -
eager v"ices
"V"luey Kendall" he answered.
Had thund-rclap fallen upnn the
listeners the +fct coul not have
been more startling. The young man
whose name had just been uttered WAS
the last PRISON Ia be suspected 4"
such an air"cious crime. Al the fri
instance the very thought was rrIeli. d
with abhorrence. hut If the :. c..Id
came ranger rev"luii"n. IL VA.
rem srk.ri that V.inry Kendall had
b.pn an earnest .uif.r tor the hand
nf KITE Dunsp;h. Mr.. Drisc"ii'> ward.
and hal received from the proud
guardian a suI~rcilii"u- r.buf. which
he had bi,ier!v Resented There VA
mnriv- for the deed which, .1plcd
with the circumstances at tie pistol.
awakened cunvicrium In every miu.i
whence mprne,t h. lore the >hade a.
-u-pici"n had been indis: .au'i,
>c uf+d.
Within an hour vonng K....lali.
pale and ayitate,i. MAS dragged as
p,i-oner To the sc-ne Of the TRACE iv.
where fresh evidence was speedily
,Ade 10 that already accumuiai--i
It's shoes We're found To .x,ciiy q,
The rr ck- il the garden, even 10 the
print al The nails.
He acknowledged to the ownership
at the pistol. bu; d-clined all tx
plana Ion ot ifs pre>-nc- at the ,.l.c
Ah.re IL had b en- found, ar of ni-
presence on the previous evening.
None longer duub'ed the prI>one:s
guilt. aud he WIS placed il Close cm-
fi"ement to await the cororners Ill
quest.
Next day 1 IVES retained for the
accused but from an interview with
him. permitted by the j,iler. | CAM
away without the shadow of hope
for. although he asserted hi. inn.-
cencp. DE persisted in maintaining |
silence Oh poiurs the clearing up oi
which we're vital To his defence.
The inquest was held at the bnusc
of the deceased. The facts alread,
stated were laid befre the jury: bGr
when the prisoner was questioned.
save acEnowledg ing the ownership oi
the pistol. and denying all kn.wirhg.
.f the murder, he d-ciined {" answer
OIce he looked appeaiing!y to Kate
DInsrth, who WAS present. summoned
as "a witness. with The FEST If the hu,I>..-
t"ll. She met his Io,k with fearful.
t'ew il.irred gaze. and he turned ava,
and bowed his head in silence.
| drew from jonas W-ui..ck, whom
was permitted to cros--examine.
hat he had heavy insuranc. an Nj
Incle's lie, aud from snoihrr witness,
"h" had undertaken The duty m la
the condi,ipn ot Mr.
Ori-culTs aff.irs that they were in
very embarrassed state. But thu
cut me short.
ut is hardly proper. Mr.. Wilson.
~ the face Of evidence. to insinuat+
either that Mr.. Dri,c,ll Committed
uicide or that his nephe~ murdered
him"
All the witnesses bad iern *
l,,.intd hut the gray-headed dncto,
sho made the autopsy. aud " ho tm,s
he stand. He was one Of Your grave.
acirurn men, who keep their own
"uns.l ill the fitting time Comes e.
peak.
Tell us. DOCTOR" cnnrinued tn. :
nr"1er. after lew preliminary qI-s-
inns. "what, if any, w"und, you
Iscovered on the person OF tn.
ecsased?'
With minute precision the witness
the bullet, wound il III. +
cad. giving The diameter and depth
, fractnn. A,
IL" Your opinion was The wound
Re Cause If d-afh?" .
ut Was MT" WAS the answer. in +:
me who-e c,lmness and c,mpsur.
ere not in the least riff 4 bv t.. :
urmur Of establishment which Al
'-et-d the words. i
''Pray explain" reqrested the y
r"ner. with i'll concealed surprise. HI
There were no signs replied tho {"
'ct"r. preserving the sam. quiet II
amer. ''"f either external ar in- Il
rnal hemorrha e. which wuulI hav. g
c sssrily followed the sever
&c Of the hl"d-vessel nv the ,as- II
g "f built. had the man then '-
IN alive. When the shot WIS ireI -
was already dead" -
IT" what. then. d, you attribute ~
r. Dri~c.,li's death =" ~
IT" p1,i-on. A careful examine III
n at the organs revealed thu -
'>ence Of a fnal quantity of pru-ic r
j, which must have entered fh- We
mach during lite. as WAS clearly "a
'wn by its infamed condition II.
A. suddenly rs belief in Wine, C.'
ndalfs guilt hsd sprung into teinp. 'r''
new suspicion flashed OH the minds ola
ALL all
q ia true. then. that Seth Driscon jan
h ruin staring him In the face. mud ~.