The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23

killing wss done. Cason nor no one else
in the room heard this. Frank lett the
corner and told same to others in room. l
told him to tell them, bee luse | thought
il would save his life. l thought
thew wanted such a confession. He
told me in the corner that
he hadn't told me all. L never killed Mr..
Wells though
KNOW WHO DID KILL
him +; it wa, Tom Brownfeld.
| saws, why, Frank, was you there
Frank saws he started back from Kansas
and Tom BrownfeId and George Galway
| followed him. Tom got all my money
and | was trying to get back home. l
asked him why be didn't leave this bad
company and he said he was trying TO. but
Tom said if | gave hia away he'd Kill me.
When we got to old man Wells, Tom said
he'd get even with the damned old rascal
now. Tom went to door and shot and
then ran round to window and shot again.
| then said there was two men there and
Frank said il was George Galloway. de
said he was afraid TO leave as Tom said
he'd kill him. Mrs. Hopkirk
was not la the room VIXEN Frank told me
this. Jim Burress came 10 the door and
said he wanted TO see if Frank was in the
room He was admitted and saw Fr NIX,
which satisfied him Frank was hoarse in
voice and he was sick. He had fever.
cot him some medicine. When l got
back from drug store Mrs. Hopkirk went
in with noe. / saw Attorney Chapman
and he said he'd 60 right sway. L think
he was in the drug store. He said he'd 60
up.
MRS. HoPRIRK.
Am the mother of defendant. He was
Il the 23rd of last January. l was at
Windsor when Frank was arrested. took
him there in my buggy. | went out long
enough to have my horse attended to. L
staid in same room with Franz after
they let me in. l was out In
hall before that, and some
one said il went into the room the mob
would kill me. / was in the hall about an
hour. | came to Clinton with him. i
never advised Frank to confess to any one.
Was not in the room when Frank made
statement to DR.. Fesster, Cason and Bart
lett. Never heard him say q word impll-
; eating himself. Never heard Cason ask
I, him ANYTHING. Cason said Frank had a
: good face. Don't know who pushed me
back from the room door when / tried to
first get in. / didn't advise him not to tell
ANYTHING. / think Cason was drunk. Saw
whisky in room. Saw bottle In Bsrtlett's
rocket, Refused to make statement to
f BAzoo representative.
: PRosECUrING-AT ATTORNEY LEWIS.
g Nv recollection is / didn't see Sheriff
> Hopkins the day We got IRON
q Windsor. think l told
r him afterwards not to allow sc
b many visitors. / know OF Cason's COINS
out with Hopkirk in the carriage. de
told me that Hopkirk wanted to 60 AND
show them the handkerchiefs and pistol
e / told him to 60 ahead. l hrst met CasoE
d Sunday at Windsor. / heard that their
u . was mob gathering at Green Ridge ant
q at Calhoun. l met Mr.. Chapman. III
d said he was glad to see me- He though
u there wa, no special danger Of a mob then
y / and Sheriff Hopkins went to Bass hous
u and found some men. / looked In tn
70 rooms where the prisoners were. Brown
20 field tried to escape during the nigh
u which caused a commotion. Twas told b.
!" Mr.. Shelton anu another man tina
'e preliminary examination. But
,. kntw that the grand jury would b
Is in session next week, and it would sa =
IL costs not to have this examination.
IN thought there was no danger of q moi
er from what saw, but had heard OF mol
~ Felix Black demanded q preliminary tris
Il for Brown6eld, but / refused on the sam
rs ground. About four weeks after indictmen
a With an Appleton City man, and latte
III asked Hopkirk what he thought would b
el. done with him. Hopkirk said he didn
en- know and asked me. Ireplied / did Nc
Ia know, but asked him what be though
er about his fate that Sunday night at Wine
10 sor, He said he wasn't afraid, as he kne
an most of the men. The only time | eve
"; went TO Jail with pistol, was when / too
al pistols there and asked Frank If he recoI
re pizsd either of them. He did so. II
re next time went there was when Fran
u tried to saw out with a saw hes hsd mao
sl' from watch spring.
n h. CHAPMAN.
ne Had a conversation with Hopklrk an
his mother at depot. Witness declined
an.war whether be had any conversatiC
with prisoner on train, IS he was couns
y, for him. DIR. Feaster spoke to me Of drr
IL Store. He told me Frank needed counse
a., * He went and saw Mrs. Hopkirk and can
w back and told me to consider myself Ell
nd Moved. I declined to see Frank that nigh
up for fear it would infame the mob to vi
IA lence.
IT, DETECTIVE CAsoN.
ey We got to Bass house In Windsor Su
nd day nj hit with prisoners about dark, al
! left there between ii and l2 O'Clock san
night. Streets around hotel were pref
len well crowded with men; they left a lit
be. before | did. There were no viole
He demonstrations by the crowd; tn
aid were talking about the case. They we
ter guards on the steps and some men in q
nd house. Was in room with Hopkirk. I
aid maze a statement 10 me about killin
ice his mother and DR.. Feaster and Joe Bal
lett part of the time. | and his moth
id and The doctor talked to him. told hi
IN ii looked suspicious, and his mother TO
. him to tell the ruth. j told Frank tn
ov Brown6eld was a little inclined to tie
- and for him 10 60 ahead anu tell,