The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-10

ouu Siiusucu ttlf lcnct dbOut Tic SAME
place as ] did going up, as near as I
can recollect. l went around back In
tine harm. / then went tO the house
and asked Wood il Mr.. KeytOn had
come back. He said he had not.
told WoCd to- c'me To ME u minute.
He put the child down cut of his arms
and come. told him / had killed
Mr.. keyton. Wood said "let liz go
To the barn. John, and get the AK you
left down there" AS We were going
To the barn Mr.. Wood said "let us take
him To the straw stack and burn him
up" told him could not do that.
told him when we went back To the
house that we would call HIM. ]
went to the door and called Mr.. Key
ton. asked Wood to let us go and see
about him. Wood said mo, let us wait
little while longer" and he told me tn call
Mr.. keyton again. This WIS in The house
where Mrs. Kevton was seeing To the sup
per. ! told Wood sgain that Ne would GO
and see about him. We went up the road
and while going from the house L. the
gate, Wood said I'VE will tell them tina,
keyton had
GONE tn WATCH HIS OATS,
and they will think old Kinnikiu killed
him" When we got there Wood hailooed
out, Lord, there me lies dead" This was
while we were on the inside of the gate
next to- the house. Mr. Wool went in
and shook Mr.. keyton, putting hts hand
ON his back and called "Uncle I.iiah." |
picked the papers mp. asked Mr Wood
whether | must do 1t or not. lie sa
''yes. Ill swear | saw YOU pick them up."
We then ran back ~ the house right down
the road. When We got To the house i
hallooed to Mrs. Wood and told her that
some one had killed snd robbed Mr.
keyton. Mrs. Wood just remarked that
THAT WAS JUST WHAT EXPECTED
when Won all went Up there" Charles
old kinnikin would kill him when
he went up there" mean by
Charles. that it Was Charley Wood said
Charley, will 20 down and tell the folks
At home" He said go by and tell Joe Cowic
and his father to come over. | told him
that rs Joe Cowic came over, To send Jim
Wood word. told Charley that as |
went through Herndon I would tell the
people there. Charley told me before |
started that We would tell that Mr.. Key
ton went 10 watch his oats and was robbed.
1 said YES, tell them that he Was killed. i
said to Wood, wood, don't YOU tell any
thing have said" Wood said. "No. Il
would rather give my right arm away
than Ia tell il on you,
FOR AN GLAD YOU DID Ir.'
farm and told the folks. did not go
back with the family. but changed my
clothes. Mn. keyton, Nancy Keyton and
Jim Parks left about one O'Clock SUNDAY
morning to 60 to the place where Mr.. Kew
ton was killed. l stsid there until four
o'clock and got my horse and vent back
there by myself. took the money back
with me in 10y pants pocket ON Sunday
| got back there about twenty
minutes before eight o'clock. When / got
there Charles Wood called tn me snd said |
ne wanted To see me. He was down
DetwecR the house aud barn snhitchiuy !
he team. asked him what he wanted, |
md he said go into the barn. When !
rot to the barn asked Wood whether they !
had suspicioued anybody or not He said |
Ies, they had suspicioned old Kinnikin.
lie said John, don't saw another word
lhout it To any one" He said, I'm -
leep into tip as you are. and if they find
out on US
THEY WILL HANG Us BOTH"
This was said in whisper. then vent
Jack To the home place east of Marshal.
When got down there they had the
rave dug. l told them they would
lot be there to bury him before
he next day. They came down on
sunday night and got there about eleven
CLOCK. When Mr.. Carson came down ON
Monday, was at the grave and had the
money in my pocket. asd | went down in
he cellar aud put the money under some
traw. As Was going down towards the
ellar I called Charley Woods and told
i'm l wanted to see him q minute. He
aid "IIl b. down directly" When he
anne down | told him that was Mr.. Carson
nd Sail Aulgur; that they came down u
nd out something. He said, John.
TELL THE SAME TALK EVERY TIME,
nd don't change it any, or they will
u IKE T0s. H. G 1P on wo. Suspicion a.";
ack To the farm where Mr. Keyton was
Tiled. aud when he came / met him at
ne gear house about half past nine that
light, and be said, let US not say any
hing about that, nor whisper il to any one.
told him not TO say anything about it,
,at did not think they woald suspicion
> At all. He said. "Jshn, don't believe
on did that" told him did, and how
did it lie says, "from what I swore, il
,ey found it out they would do n much
18th me as they would with you" He
Tvs they don't think ii MAS done with an
(, but they think it was done with club"
n Wednesday was blowing in the field :
,d when | saw Carson approaching.
ok the money out OF my pocket and 9
rev it in the furrow II
FLOWED IT UNDER. q
irst counted the money the Saturday
ght at James Parks upstairs. I was \
myself. He had gone after his horses
90 with the family. There ~as eighty
ven dollsrs and sixty-ive cents When
e. Carson and Aulgur went with me to
y To the place, I went and kicked the h