The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-06-06


brothers wife) cut nv hair, which was
very long. He said he would look for
an out-of-the-way
BARBER SHOP
1 told him / didn't think I would be
known and believed / would 20 up and
have my hair cut. He went up
to look for a shop and came back just
before night. Before starting while we
were talking and waiting for it to get dark
enough to 60 up, We had talk about where
he would meet me again in the nation. He
drew long breath and said, taylor, I'm
so troubled l don't know hardly what to
do" | rather
SUSPECTED SOMETHING THEN,
but we had soldiered together in the Union
army during the war. and had been TO-
gether so much, l didn't think him SO de-
void OF honor rs TO give me away or sell
me out. Dark coming ON. we went to town
by the big spring, where l got the FIRST
drink of cool water had had for a day or
two. We walked up the street together
and in passing Church's saloon
sAwA NAN
in there wearing a broad brimmed hat
iafterward found out il was Pike, the de-
t,ctire.! WHO thought was watching me.
l thought 4 would waite him to see IL he
followed me, but about this time the negro
who was to cut nv hair saw me coming,
he knew me by nv brother,) and began
to dance on the sidewalk, which distracted
my attention, and [ didn't look to See
whether or not l was followed NV broth
er and walked right up to the
BARBER SHOP,
and noticing nothing unusual, walked in.
4 negro asked me If I'd have a shave.
Told him NO, | wanted nv hair cut, at the
same time walking back to chair near
the rear of the room. noticed two men
come in, and looked up to see who they
were, but they turned their heads SO l
could not see their faces, and asked for
a drink OF water. The man who turned
out to be Pike. went around back of M,
chair to get drink. As soon as he got it
he turned round
BEFORE HAD TINE To THINK
and threw his left arm across my breast.
catching hold OF the opposite side of chair
with his left hand, at the same time throw
ing his chin down on my breast
/ threw my arms up, and either broke
his hold or slid his arm around my neck.
Some three or four others grabbed nv arms
on either side when | threw them up.
was covered up with a BARRIERS apron. but
1 freed my right arm, when two of them
grabbed it and pulled it back again. | got
il loose again and tried to pull the BARRIERS
apron off of me, when they caught NV arm.
and forced it back the third time Seeing
that my
CHANCES OF ESCAPE
In this manner were poor, | threw my foot
from the fOOt-rest over back of nv head
and would have cotton loose had not Pike
thrust his elbow into my side and forced
me back. Then the prosecuting attorney,
who had come in, caught hold of NV pistol
and began choking me. saw it was
USELESS TO STRUGGLE
any longer and put my hands together
and let them hand-cuff me, after which
they got me on my feet. l said to Pike,
"FOr Gods sake don't mob me like dog.
but shoot me right here" He said "we
don't want to mob yeu"
Three or four of them ran their hands
in my pockets, when l told Pike | had
little money in them which l wished he'd
take, that didn't want everybody running
their hands in my pockets. They carried
me to Jail, and turning my brothers son
out of his cell, put me in his place
Underwood waived an examination and
was tAsen to the Springfield Jail to save
him from
at Greenfield, but when the October term
of court came he was returned to the latter
place. A change of venue was easily Sc
cured and the case sent to Barton county.
When this was learned, a mob assembled
at the outskirts of Greenfield and were pre-
pairing to break into the Jail ane take him
out and
1t is doubtful If there would have been
any very serious regrets felt anywhere had
they succeeded. But the mob were pre-
vented by the plucky action and ssgacity
of Sheriff Whitesides. He made prepar-
ations to defend his prisoner. The assur-
ance, however, that he would
ARM THE DESPERATE
and bid him to fight for his life, had the
most cooling effect. And early the next
morning the sheriff spirited Underwood
away and safely landed him in the jail at
Lamar.
At the succeeding regular term of court,
the trial was postponed on account of the
murderer's sickness; but at the December
term, 1881. he was tried and convicted and
sentenced by Judge Burton
TO BE HUNG
on the 9th day of the following January.
An appeal having been taken, the supreme
court reversed and remanded the case.
Last week the case was called q second
time when a plea of guilty of murder in
the second degree was entered, as already
stated, and sentence equivalent to i'm
prisonment for life, passed upon him.
Underwood was twice married. His
first wife died in 1871. His second wife
Was Miss Emma Wallace, who resided i'm
PErTIs COUNTY,
and the m arriage ceremony was performed
in this county by Elder Pool on the 23d of