The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-10-17
CONFUSION WORSE COMPOUNDED.

! CONFUSION WORSE CONFoUNDED.
For once the st. Louis papers have met an
event which has baffled the skill of their
expert reporters to clearly relate The
Republican devOes two full pages to the
story Of this tragedy, and while there is a
dramatic grouping of every incident and
scene, there is q painful lack of defniteness
about the whole which bewilders the reader
This is true of the Globe Democrat, also.
But it is no fault Of the reporters that
this is SO. for there was nothing but con-
fusion and conflict of statement ON both
sides, and all that conld be done was
simply to write every detail and word.
Some OF the more interesting portion of
these reports are given:
IN FRONT OF THE POsT-DIsPATCH OFFICE.
A few minutes after the fatal shot was
fired a crowd Of nearly 1000 gathered
around the POst-Dispatch Office
| Take him out and hang him." cried q
number OF voices in the throng "He amt
up there" said another, 81 guess he has
gone to give himself up"
Its just what I've been expecting for
some time" said burly man addressing
the crowd. This is the result of obtaining
news without capital and by abusing peO-
pls, instead of by legitimate channels" Thus
the crowd gave vent to their feelings. Not
one word WAS said i'm defense of COckerills
action public opinion being entirely the
other way, the mob besieged the doors
lesding to the editorial rooms. and swarmed
| into the business office ale ought to
hang" said John Davis. land you bet he
will"
"There will be $4,000 raised by his
friends to defend him." said Ben Daven-
port. "Yes," cried q voice, "and there will
be 500, 900 raised to hang him"
FAvORs MOB LAW.
"When l entered the Post Dispatch
Office" said Mr.. Balm, Immediately after
! the occurrence, reporter, or some person
connected with the paper, said in loud
voice When any man CONES in here with
pistol in his hand. he ought to know,
what to expect That was the first mad
heard about his having q pistol, and as
soon as | saw policeman called him in
and had him search the room in which the
body was lying. He did so while searched
the body. We turned the body over, we
looked in every place for pistol, but
found none. There was no pistol there.
All that we found on the body was pock-
et-book and bunch of KEYS"
As Mr.. Balm ceased talking Col Broad.
head and a medical gentleman were heard
discussing the affair. "The ball." said
the doctor, who had Just examined the
body, "must have been fired from the rear.
Il passed through the auricles of the
heart, evidently"
Col. BroadheaG agreed with his friend,
and as proOs of the assertion pointed TO
the fact that the wound was in that part
of the left side which is generally covered
by the arm, SD that il the shot had been
fired at Col. Slayback from the front
it would have struck his arm. He
thought it must have been fired IRON the
rear. at was
AN ASSASSINATION"
said he.
They ought to 90 to the Four courts
building, drag that man out and hang him
to lamp post" said Frank ID. Turner.
"Hush, hush, hush" said George Bein
Il am IN favor OF mob law in this case"
said MIR. Turner.
NIB. COCKERILL's STORY.
"Did Mr. Cockerill give any account of
the shooting%
''He said that he was in consultation
with McGufin and Cole about some theat-
rical advertisement, when Col Slayback
and Mr.. Clopton walked in. Stay back |
had pistol in his hand, and said, Il am
here Cockerill said, turning to the BUSH
ness manager, Mac, don't let him shoot
Slaybsck advanced on Cockerill with |
pistol levellad. McGufin enjeavored to
stop Slayback, and caught hold OF the |
pistol. COckerill then blazed away with
his revolver, and Slayback fell"
What did Cockerill say about the
death of Slayback |"
"He said he was very sorry he killed
him-particularly so because of the colo
nel's family. He said he would rather
have killed himself than Slayback."
"What was said about the conduct OF
the case in court?"
"Mr. Cockerill expressed the desire that
he should remain in Jail, and that no bail
procured for him. He request
Ell that the case should take discourse, and
that he should be treated like anybody
Else"
LOCKED UP.
At half past twelve o'clock, John Nc
iuffin, Victor Cole and number of other
witnesses arrived in the building. Five
minutes later the chief entered the door at
he west end of the building, and following
1 few feet behind him was John Cockerill.
The latter was very pale though calm and
He was dressed elegantly and I
ooked neither to the right nor TO the
eft as he passed through the building
The crowd parted before the chief, who .
made his way steadily towards the stairs /,
hat leads to the "hOl3 over" Cockerill ,
ollowed with downcast eyes, and upon
'eaching the head of the stairs hurried
lown after the chief. Necks were craned
o get glance at the prisoner as he passed.
HE REGRETS THE DEED.
DIR. Frederick Kolbenheyer, an intimate
riend Of Joseph Pulitzer and q constant ,
'isitor at the Post-Dispatch editorial !.
OOms, was seen after the shooting occurred. )
lie had talked with Mr. Cockerill, and |.
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