The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-08
Ben. Barnett, q Colored Man
Shot at that Place
Last Night.
Narshsl George Zlhart Did II
aud Says il Was IN Self
Defense.

shen drinking he vae changed into q ssr'
let d. mon. This latter vss the e.se y-s.
iSss,ay si,ssnoon, and ~hiie m ihsi eoodi
lion he sent hOme. where be eng. sed 10 {
row vmh hia slI.gd ~ife- She became
thor o.ghIy frightened and q d firm Oh,
hou-e, going scr0ss the erect 10 the r. o.
decree IL Mr.. James Gle. M one bot ihs
i.d,es Of the hou.e being present. shtr,
tasne,t fuli"vrd her. l'ere he picked ~
an essthen ak crock and sss.ui,ed her
Alter which he returned d"sn iosn and &C.
cured more iiquo.. lie remained 80
.rni isum home until about 6 .'ciocs, shea
he rrtu,u-::, md on suair: his vile still!
away hi- anger knew no bOunds.
Sna'rhHg mp . st'ui club. he started
scro,s In the re-idrnce Of Mr.. Cafe. bu,
thar genslrm IN hal returned homs sf'sr the
fir-t row aud the negro Was informed tina,
IL he catered the yard he did IL At hia peril
lie still .dvsncrd. cudgei in hard, wh.u
Mr.. CT. pieted up IN exc lying near and
to bssin him. Tkia had the e.
feet Of e,orping the advance, but Barnett
remained Un the oii.ide 81 the fence aud,
Il 10 said, struck Nr. e. de Two OF three
bIovs ~i.h tie club which he sii'i csrri.d
S<~ipg that there was no way of g-iiirs
rid ol-sss INTRUDER. Mr.. CT. di-p.,ch-d 9
me-.e"xer for Cry M.r.hai Geur.;e Il.
hart, wto put in m appearances st once
lie nqur~'sd The negro to rut d"wn hi.
club, hu', INSTEAD, I'll. fellow advanced On
The Hic~r. With nplif:ed club. end swo,s
i.e would noi he taken.
SEEING TO other Say out Of the dif6cu'is
Mr.. z ,h,rt rulled his revolver IN 6'-'l.
hSt sal: 'h. nssro kept advancing Il.
hart then pulled h. trigger On every Gin .m.
brr 81 hia s.vniver. hu. Il failed to die
chargs, ard bo,h z ihart aud Mr.. Gle
ru-h.,i .gsn Barnett and dissrm~d h,m.
IT, 10 this time il ~as thought The only
.hUi 6r~d h.d not taken ffsr', but Of grap.
,.Irnx sI,h hin IL wss f.,uud mat the bail
had penetrated the right breast. They
a,r.ed ~,,h the prisoner tn iske him d ~"
lawn. aud had pro,s~,ied probably 6 ~
y~u's, ~i.~n &c s...k (, ite erolrd .IG ,l.s
ai-cu.e.y was n de ,hs, he - - nsdcu,tr,i.
~ mor,siiy Wounded. lie ~as pi~cei ia a
sxs.n and taken hume, where Le died in
,.i- "f thir', mi.u;es.
Ma,si,ai Z Ia RI II nnee gave him~li M
and ~ili he cid TO Az AL the ver.iici # he
r. raneI- jiry, winch Is 'n rss''"" this .ii~r.
n,-... C.r'.nrr K'"s having gone up fU'
taa, pur,s-.e Al l:s0 p. IN.
lhet~ are SUuse . iso think 4 ihsrt sc'ei
rniier ha-iy ia she u,s,i~r. t.u' u m .siv
- ,h,~e 9th shcm the BAzoO w-" e..,.
rer.e,i eide with Tin, saying tie kI;i..y
n a. ~ 9. II ce,en-e
Yesterday sfter.uun Core ner King held
IN ,rqae-t On ihe t.d, vi B-.j .ain Bar.
l.. &, he n~:ro Who wss killed al Lsua",e
ru~-d y nix.t, . d~,~iiei account IL which
.p,<sr d q" tie BAzoo Il lie; es. Uinx. A
humber oi w.t,ss-r. ssre sx swi.ei, bu,
. e ,e-,,usony al III. j ines Z dee md Mary
the woman sun whom dscxa-sd
Il.sJ, wall sisus sh.I tie verdict vi tie
,oson~,. jary ~ the only Ole that COULD
have teen s.Ldesed:
] u,~- CD 9 ,sai6esl: Btsj, min Bur.
ns,t cane doom Lrivw NY Lu,s-r Oa ye-,sT-
LAY eSssslk 81 ti,e houre al li.s =. ~ n hx
.ssu st.n-Mhl,e " s,siaus--.a d sIvssx lat
/. i,s al cider .is ti.ssv tie csder Gus, A,.si
10. % he .sk~i tire gun d.sn To- s:so.;I her
ausi Ihe lock came "a, aud she ran uP To-
nv uuuse and Le-burn-,t-f.dios. bsf
To- nv Lu,sr; The 6rs, a.w vi ia. d.ti ia.
" - .i,sr Mol Dc Miil,ssps had rrlassxsi
,fsus sOvr, where she had b~rn to r<e Mr..
re. quite, CRY cu's"ciiWsn; ..e c.a.e TAT .
N, k.le aud The dec a-e.i iUi.0sssi her snd
I .topped hia u the gaze snd ibid him
,Lsl i,e cs,uId not c, me u" ne sssd. Il eli
UOwe 10 VI ssii kali yOu :" drrs the axe
80 hi0 and kept hiW bsrk; ! told him
souid kiiI him il be came an; .iso told
t,n ,ssi I would srnd f.r Mr.. z ih.rt. the
c,,y mar-h~I; BusseII then sid. vilI
kiIi Z lasss, ss,S. % &c comes dosn herr;
l then cent little b.r-Jvs Means after
the masshsl, aud he csne in sboui iws.,y
,pIssiss; Burnett he'd . large club; tbs
mss-h.l told him 10 surreusies; Burnett
ssid, II will ere you in bel; 6rst :" thss,
Z.ihsst ordered me - a-aisi him 10 taking
,ns club sssy ;rom Burnett; ss se Cd.
vsncrd Burnett b<gan striking oser-hand~d
al ~ With the ciuS; he struck more ~ I.
hsr, than II me he came n~ss hiiling Z ..
b 1T SEVERAL time, and IL he had. ouch v-s
The force Of the h'oss. he would CERTAINLY
have killed him z mart then heesn trying
10 shovs The s.'.,Oi snsppsd sessrai 'imrs
the Iis,oi 6o.iiy ~ ut ID, but we couid no,
:oii sh<iher Bns.ets zee struck o not BY
his iims - get hold Il him and i.,k the
club iron HIM bv iosce; 10 had, hovsser,
struck nj Ms Z ihsrt Twice .f'-s Mr. z ..
hart Lsd 6sd alter se took the ciuh
.way We started to take him sWsy, and
when - had sone sb,us tsensy yard..
Burnett s.nk do~n; he did not speak sny
more we Put h,m N Mr.. M.rssi wagon
AID ioOk hun To his fAlher's, E ~ Burnett,
md he died in q leo minutes vas not
,,e~us wren 10 drew tie gun un Noble
Wmiism-; I did not y him until he ,Fie..
To foliav her iolo my h"use the md
,swe; think Burnett wss drunk bat y 20
nut Staggering; ! considesed him "iuli !"
late, and hss 0an,f>sied . psesis s'cious
JAN0 CATH
Mary W,ilisws: Il v-s ~ h-,.e ,e.-
,ersi.y. - ted. s,ck: Ben Ear"~,i came
h"sse drunk he lived suh ne; he s,.,d