The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-19
HANNIBAL'S HORROR.
A Young Man Murders q Woman
in Cold Blood-Whisky
DID It.

About 9o'clock Friday night, in what is
known a. Soap Hollow, Just in the north.
ern limits of Hannibal, . brutal murder
was committed BY . young man bv the
name of Charles Lamb, son of DR.. C.. l.
Lamb, . most respectable citizen, Q man Of
wealth, and physician of high standing.
The victim was Mrs Ann Hull, a re-
spectacle woman, some thirty-6ve years of
age, for whom Lamb had conceived q vio-
lent passion. The following facts were
given at the cOroner's inquest, and pub
lished In the Journal, of that city:
The husband of the murdered woman
testified that on Friday night he was At
home, and about 9 o'clock he heard q rap
ON the door. My wife wanted to know
what was wanted. He stood few minutes,
then raped again. She asked who was
there. He made no answer and then she
spoke to me to get up and let him in. This
/ did, and then she said to me, This is
Charley Lamb" went back to bed
again.
/ said to him, what is your business
here At this time of night ?" and he an
swered "None OF your Cd d-n bust
ness" Then told him he ought to be at
home, ann not 60 about interrupting peo-
pie at that time of night. Then / said to
him you lad better get up and 60 out of
doors and leave us here to ourselves.
my wife got up and opened::the door
and told him to 60 out. / am . little too
fast in my evidence. Before my wife
opened the door he called me . dds
of b, and pulled his revolver out of his
right hand pants pocket. Then called
Mr.. Boswell. When my wife opened the
door she and Mr.. Boswell both tried to get
him out He slammed the door to. Then
Mr.. Boswell took him By the arm and
wanted him to 60 out and talk to him.
He said he would 20, that he believed Bos-
we'll was his friend Then he jerked loose
from Boswell and knocked my wife down.
l then jumped out of bed. BY this time
Boswell had got Lamb to the door. As
passed by the stove picked up the small
stove poker and / struck at Lamb. Car not
say whether l hit him or not. I intended
10. Can not say whether knocked him
down or not; anyway, he fell down. He
got up and gave the door two kicks as
hard as he could. The next thing heard
was the report of pistol My wife Jump
Ell up and halleed "Oh." and went two or
three steps into the middle door, and start
I'd to fall. Mr. Boswell caught her. We
laid her down on the hO0. Mr.. Boswell
started for doctor. She lived, / think,
twenty minutes. / believe that Charles
Lamb was pretty drunk He had snow OIL
bis pants, as If he had been down in it. /
lid not know the man, only uy wife and
Mr.. Boswell said it was Charley Lamb. |
Have lived where the shooting occurred
,olu hi fo,r 4
70 my wife six months. The shot that |
Killed my wife came through the window.
William. g. Bfs.ell, the only other
witness, swore to the statement made above,
Ind on this testimony the coroner's jury |
brought in q verdict that Charles Lamb |
had shot Mrs. Hull with felonious intent,
ind a warrant charging him with murder
a the first degree was sworn out for his ar
est, which was effected at Chaplin, ILL.,, a
station on the Wabash, east Of Hanni-
,al.
Charley Lamb, who did the shooting, as
has been stated, is young man. the son
II most worthy parents, who are people of
wealth and the highest social
position. One of his uncles is q we'll known
awyer and a prominent banker, in Hau-
,ibal.
But the boy has been allowed his own
ray, for years, and has long ago gone to
he dogs, having became the associate of
he vile and lewd, and q social and moral
utcast 1t is said that his father will not
ssist him in his defense, in the coming
rial, but will permit the law to take its
curse, this, however. is hardly probable,
s fathers love is not so easily turned to
unity.
Whisky has been the ruin of Charley
.amb, and the black shadow of the gal.
ows falls across his path To-day he sits
q felon's cell, in the county Jail, while at
ONE, his mother, for a long time in deli.
ate health, hovers between life and death,
and crushed by this awful cSime
her boy.