The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-06-05
A Talk With the Prisoner.

obilglng Official. de was at dinner, and On
being informed that the BAzoo man was
present and desired to interview Carballo
he signi6ed his willingness to accompany
him TO the Jail, saying:
81 had learned you were in town, and
knowing the object of your visit, called on
Carballo and asked him if he was willing to
be interviewed by the BAZoO."
"What was his reply, sheriff."
"Oh, he's not averse, SO We might as we'll
60 over"
Acting on the suggestion, the two sought
the Jail and were admitted by the urbpe
jailer.
Unlocking the huge door, the three as
cended pair of rickety steps and an in
slant later the reporter had been intro
duced to the slayer OF a fellow being.
| THE PRISONER.
In appearance, Carbalio is rather pre-
possessing. He is little below the average
height, has piercing, black eyes, black
hair, handsome moustache, and was
dressed remarkably well for tramp printer.
His left eye was i'm mourning, and consider
ably infiamed, the result of the fight he had
with Fletcher. He appeared re-
markably calm for a man in his
position, and his language was
almost faultless, showing that
his early education had not been neg
lected.
HE SPEAKS.
"Have you any objection to telling me
of your difficulty at ripton?" asked the re-
porter.
Il am placed i'm a rather peculiar posi-
tion," replied the prisoner. / have not
had the advice of an attorney, and l might
say too much"
Then you do not care to talk on that
particular subject"
"Not at present"
"You do not object to giving me your past
history, do your"
ooh, no." said Carballo, 81 will tell you
all you wish to know about it."
This much gained, the reportorial pump
was put to work. when the following state
ment was obtained:
CARBALLo's HISTORY.
Ny name is Leno Carballo, and / am
twenty-seven years old. | was born in
Maine, my father being Cuban
and my mother an American. wish yon
to state that am not Spaniard, although
my name would indicate that l am. l
learned my trade in the job rooms OF the
Boston Herald, but soon thereafter re-
moved to Mississippi with my mother, my
father having died. / left Mississippi in
1880 and went to Bedford, Ind, where l
worked for about eight months in the
Journal Office. became dissatisfied, how
ever, so determined to'emigrate, and next
pulled up at Abilene, Kansas.
SECURED A SITUATION
with J. w. Hart, of the Chronicle, and
stopped three months, when / again moved
on, going a little further west Hart
learned of my whereabouts and wrote for
me to return. / complied with his request
and remained several months. The next
place l visited was Kansas City,
but / did not work at my
trade. visited friends for a short time, |
and on leaving Kansas City proceeded to
Lexington, where / secured employment on
the Register. do not remember how long
/ was there, but on leaving, went to Hig- |
ginsville and worked on the Advance. On |
leaving there
VISITED sEDALIA
and worked one day in the BAzoo job |
rooms, and again moved on, pulling up at
Upton, where worked for Jim Marcy, on |
the Times. 1t was in November or De-
cember when l reached Upton, and l |
stopped with him until about the LIST of
April. / left and went to Brownsville,
where worked for Tuthill, of the Herald,
for five weeks / left there last Saturday |
and went to Sedalia and through to Upton.
arriving on the night train. was ON my
way east, and did not stop with the inten-
fion of securing emnlOyment
THE FIRST TINE EVER MET FLETCHER
was at the Upton house
on Sunday morning. During
the day Fletcher, a young man named
Piser and myself went do~ to Clarksburg.
Fletcher and returned Sunday night, and
went out TO Rosenhahn's wine garden,
where we remained for probably half an
hour, drinking wine. We returned to
town and went to bed at the Upton house,
sleeping in the same bed. On arising in
the morning we commenced
BRINGING wHIsKEY sTRAIGHTs
and got pretty full, SO that We did not go
to breakfast. We had fuss about some
trivial matter and received a black eye at
the hands OF Fletcher. | was not armed at
the time but / went to the Times Office
and secured 32-calibre revolver belonging
to Jim Marcy and again went down on the
street. then saw Fletcher standing on a
corner, talking to several of his
friends.
COMES TO HALT.
At this point Carballo stopped talking,
and when the reporter asked him, "Well,
what occurred then ?', he simply said, "You
will have to fix that yourself" He was
worked up to high state of ex-
element, ard arose from the stool ON which
he had been sitting and walked up and
Town the Jail corridor. In vain the re-
porter questioned him as to what followed
when he met Fletcher-he was as S
SPEECHES. AS an OYSTER.
Allowing Carballo time for partial COM I