The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-24

How They Take Their Death
Sentence and Employ
Their Time.
They Assert Their Innocence. De-
claring They Are the Victims
OF . Conspiracy.

A r.por,er Of The Maryville Democrat
rec~ntiy interv,sw-d the Talbot broibers
undo. sentence "f de.th for the murder oil
their father in n ,dsvAy couoty, With the
following result:
Ia Company with Nodsssy county 3
worthy .Lerii, Henry Toel. our sepreseo-
tstise BOARDED the K. &. souih-bound ex.
press on Sunday morning, reaching Ssvan-
nah after an hour and half ride. A ten
minutes walk from the depo, brought the
sheriff and man Of items TO the Andres
county j.il, where they we're met By Sher-
ID Lincoln and taken into the presence Of
the boys, who. with tvo other prisoners,
had the freedom Of . large corridor which
surrounds the ceiis.
The brothers greeted Sheriff Toel. the
oficisl who will hsve the unpleasant duty
Of executing the desih warrant IL they are
hanged, and the newspaper man With /.
hearty hand shake. expressing great pIess-
nre at seeing their visitor. They said
they were in 6ne he.lih aud spiriis and
:ui: of hope.
When icld that the reporter of the tkm.
ocra, desired 10 have IN iniervieW With
them they willingly as-eni~d and walked
with our repre- rntstive 10 the por,ios ot
the corrider opposite their cell, where
they were Tree f:om intrusion. As the
boys led the way one could hardly realize
th,t these young men could have had the
irl.rssIty 10 plan sni execute one If the
iouIest xssxssin stions ever knO~h in the
annals of crime. There sas noih,ug par.
ticuiArly brutal looking in their faces
Albert, the eldest, will b~ iwenty-iso ye ,rs
old June IL. He had . def Ant like air
and would impress one Ne . person who
has q very gs-.d opinion ri himself and
sss fund Of talking. Fl, the youngest.
seemed TO have IN expres.iosle~s face, nou-
communicative and indif.s~ni, relying on
his brother Ia do the talking. He h only
a SLENDER, b~srdIe,s boy of average height
and ~ill not reach his l7.h birthday uoiil
the 18Th of June.
Our reporter opened the conversation by
remarking To the brothers that they had
fallen off some in d.sh since be had last
seen them.
"Yes," remarked Bud, II have lost
twenty-five pounds during the six months
I have been in jill, as before my arrest
weighed las p,unds and nov weigh only
about $50. FL. weighed $50 when i'm
pri-oned aud | think he weighs about l25
pounds uow."
Albert, or Bud. a. he IL more fauiliarly
called, said he fell ID in weight when con.
fined in the Buchanan county jail. where
he Was kept c.o-e in cell and not allOssd
the freedow of the corridor like he had in
The Savannah jail.
Rrporier-Well, boys, we're you not .
little rurpri-ed Al the decision Of the SUI
preme court in affirming your case and
sentencing you TO be hung On the 9th Of
June2
Bud --, somewhai, but we can stand
il il necessary.
Rep Would you not prefer life sea-
t~nce in ,he Peniienli.ry To being hanged .
Bud-Yes, ~e would ard for several
.-asous. IL the governor commuies our
sentence We know that the fscis in this
cx-- will soine dsv ne disulged AMI the
guilty brought Ia justice and punished.
Ih~r-by ef~ciing our relesse.
Rep You mean 10 say that neither Of
you broiLe.s killed your father?
Eud-W. do. We have besu victims Of
a dsmnsbie conspiracy aud dill not murder
the doctor.
Rep.-Who was his assassin?
Bnd-Th.i viii be developed roon,
probably before the day fixed for our re
cu;inn aud certainly In Iess than year.
R-p.-You decline 10 tell eli you know
oi the ms;ter then?
Bud-Yes.
kep.-Uo you think you know Who
kiiieI Your father?
Rud-Yes, do, and had intended to
have the warrant Tor their arrest sworn
ont on the day following our arrest, but
they we're too quick for 0s and here se are.
The reporter learned afterwards from
F.ther Ad..e:ieim, Who hiss msde the boys
a number of vi-ils With . vieS 20 giving
then, spiritual! consolstion, thst they also
denied having committed the murder TO
him, asserting that Mitchell AMI some one
ei.e hired Wy al, TO kill their father for $50;
this being the same plss - wss made by
the defense IN their trial.
A, this point in the interview the Re-
porter handed them . copy of the 81. Joe
saturday Democrat end called their stten-
ton TO several articles 10 the paper which
cen-ursd tier counsel and asked chat they
had TO -sy OF the matter, TO which Bod re-
piled that he supposed their council hsd
dore wha, they thought hest, but be
thought thst they had rushed their csee To
trial too soon.
kep.-As tie days and night. pses and
the fatal + ridsy draws near. does il Affect
your appetite or sisep sny?
Bud-Noi one bit. We est heartily and
slesp as sound - we ever did, end II we
have TO Oe hung ve EXPECT Tn die game.
The reporter here turned to FL, the
younger @; the brothers. Who II 10 claimed
/ fred the shn: thst KILLED his father, ard
asked him il he thought he would be -
epol on The sc.fold ~ he vaa when the
death sentence v.s passed upon bin By
Judge Howell. 10 which he replied that be
wouIi that he never got excited and would
lace death fearlessly il il ever came to that.
The boys put in their time in the day in
reading noseis ard playing cards, and 81
sun down are Locked up Together in their
cell, which - 5xS feet on the ground, just
big enough a. hold . bed. This cell il the
same one thst ives occupied By Otto sharp
when nudsr sentence Of death, aud 10 lined
en- the top and bottom with iron and on the
sides with stone. The door TO the cell 10
| iron with grazing about too feet eqnsre
in the center to admit Of air. In this isil
the hoys will probably remain until week
previous 70 the time 6xed for their execu.
ton, when, il their sentence IL not con-
muted to imprisonment for life, they gill
be brought to Maryville and placed in jsii,
where tsey will be closely guarded and .
death watch kept With them.
81 Don't Want That Stun"