The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-06
Finding of His Dead Body in
the Woods Near Mex
leo. Mo.
It is Identified by His Son,
Who Thinks it Was
Shipped There.
Did Ed. Ramey Have Anything to
Do With the Strange
Mystery?

On the morning OF the 22nd oi October
a Young man named Ed. Ramey was AZ
rested in this CITY on a charge Of commit
ing a murder at Oswego, kas. The arrest
vas made on confession made by himself
to . reporter Of this paper, he claiming
that he had killed man named John Ming
i'm q bagnio at the above named place the
night before.
After his arrest here the authorities a,
Oswego were notified by telegraph, but be-
lore an answer was received. Ramev, who
had been locked up in the VOL khouse
I'M de his escape. Search WAS 1t once made
for him, hut no trace could be found
Later in the day; however, a telegram
signed By the mayor of Oswego was re.
ceived, stating that no murder had been
committed there and that Ramey was not
wanted ON any charge. Search for the sell
accused murderer was then abandoned, and
the officers came To the conclusion that ne
was little ratified, or else he had oeen ON
a protracted spree and was laboring under
an attack Of delirium tremens. Nothing
more WAS thought OF the matter until the
18th, when Sheriff Connor received tele-
gram from Sheriff Bender, of Labette
county, telling him to hold Rsmev as he
was wanted there. for killing a man OH
October l4th. Oi course this could not
pe done, IS Ramey had skipped, leaving no
clue as to his whereabouts This vas tele-
graph.d To the Kansas sheriff.
A few DAYS later an officer from Oswego
arrived i'm the city and from him BAZoo
reporter learned that a man named We'd
den had been missing from a small town
near Oswego and the last that had been
seen of him Was on the night of The 18th
ut Oswego He had considerable money on
his person. and the officer was of the opin-
ion that he had been murdered nv Ramev,
as he had been in the company oi 4 man
suiiing his description during the day and
night.
Az the officer failed to get any clue here
that would clear up the mystery or learn
anything of Ramy's whereabouts, h" re-
turned TO Oswego. 4 few DAYS later on.
picking up copy ri the ~. Louis Globe
..mocrai. the officer read an account oi
the finding of the remains oil dead man
rear Mexico I'm this state. From the dcS-
crip;ion given the officer at once recogniz-
cd rs that of the missing Wedden.
Wedden's two SONS were notified aud one
oi them AT once started tn Mexico to see ii
he could identify the remains On arriy-
ing there. the remains which had been
buried IT the expense of the county, wcr.
taken up On taking glance 1t them the
Young man at once recognized them
as those of his father. As they were i'm an
advanced state oi decomposition he decided
not to remove them but RENTER them
there.
After spending several days in trying ia
find out something regarding the strange
affair, the young man started for his home
and arrived in this city last evening.
To BAzoo reporter he stated that from
the appearance of the body when found he
could not help but believe that his father
had been killed and his remains shipped Ia
that point. They were found 10y an old
negro man in the woods about mile from
from Mexico on the morning of the 9th
of October. A coroner's inquest was held
but the cause of death was not determined
upon by the jury.
The young man thinks that Esmey and
a hotel keeper, who until quite recently
resided in Oswego are responsible for his
death.