The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-25

4 1uSAht oo-AlhC hduuCI Tue uLoL VI tue tWO
indictments against Batemsn that charging
BIN with the murdur of Adella McLangh.
lin. After finishing the reading Mr.
Booher said;
"Whst say you, Mr.. Bateman. guilty oil
not guilty"
CT AM GUILTY"
"Are there not two indictments against
the prisoner, Mr.. Booher~
eyes, your honor, there is another indict.
ment"
Read it to the prisoner"
The prosecuting attorney read the second
Indictment, charging Bateman with the
murder of Austie Mclaughlin. 1t wa:
simil ir to the first in form and told in the
cold terms of the law, simply yet all sufici.
entity.
what say you, Mr.. Bateman, guilty oil
not guily?"
Guilty" said Bateman with the perfect
composure which one man might exhibit
In pointing another his way alonga country
road.
"Let the pleas be recorded" said Judge
Kelly.
The court then reminded the prisoner OF
the warnings, admo milton and advice he
bad already given hiu. He would once
more inform him as to his rights and privi-
leges given him by the constitution. He
had right to be- heard in person and by
counsel, 10 meet the witnesses face To face
and 10 have compulsory process to compel
their tendance. "Tbe law does not ask
any man 10 waive these rights. The pre-
sumption of innocence surrounds every citi-
zen until that pre'umpteOn is overcome by
competent evidence. You are not asked to
Commit yourself, and If you do SO it must
be of y-ur owD free will and accord. / be-
lieve told Won the other Gay what the con-
sequences of your act of pleading guilty 10
these indictments would be-"
"Yes sir" Bateman replied. in as firm a
voice as ever man spoke.
"Well, the court returned, when q man
who has reached the years of discretion has
weighed a mattrr well and then announces
his desire we may act upon his wishe his
say so about il. 1t is not necessary for me
SO dwell upon this, but only want to know
that you know what the conseq aences TO
you will be. Now, do you want me to pro-
coed to act upon your plea %
"Yes.r
"Do you went any other proceedings ?"
mo, SIR, / DON'T"
"The Indictment charges you with muir
der. Now, you may arise to your feet
again"
This was at twenty-five minutes after
two, just twenty minutes after corrt had
convened.
"Have you anything to say ?"
"No, sir; nothing 1T all"
81 will simply close the case by saying
that the law provides that one who has
committed so heinous crime as murder
shall suffer death. You cruelty took the
cence and pnrity. Ali who break the Law
must suffer the consequences. 1t was writ
ten many yesrs ago that the wages of sin
is death. The law makes an example of
you IS warning to all others who may be
disposed to transgress the positive COM
mands of the law.
THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
is that yon be taken back to the Jail from
whence you were brought and there be con-
fined until the twenty-frst day of Noyem-
Der, 1884, when you will be taken from the
Jail to some suitable public place to BE- Sc
lected by the sneriff, and there, between
the hours Of 10 O'Clock in the forenoon and
O'Clock III the aftei noon, be hanged by the
neck until yoa are dead. You may in the
meantime have the help and attendance of
such men of God as you may select. 1t is
never too late to make you peace with God.
And may the Lord have mercy on your
soul. TIE sheriff may return the prisoner
to the jail"
Thus, at twenly-nine minutes after two,
just
TwENTY-sEvES MINUTES
after Judge Kelly took his seat upon the
bench, the cause celebre In which Oliver
III. Bateman figured as horrible criminal.
deserving and receiving the execrstion of
everything In human shape, came to an
end. The law was satisfied, the people
were satisfied, justice has appeased and the
law which permits man to sized his
brothers blood was approved.
On his way back 20 Jail the prisoner
seemed really cheerful and expressed his
saying that ii was what he
expected, what he deserved and what he
desired. He was glad il was over, but said
he wished that the execution could take
place
NEXT FRIDAY
instead of seven weeks hence. When
leaving the court in charge of Sheriff
Lincoln and Deputy Elliott, referring TO
the hum of voices and shutting of feet,
Bsiemen observed, cd, don't they make
q rafting" On getting back into his cell
he complsired of a bad headache, proba-
bly, the result Of large doses of quinine re-
Gently taken during an ague attack.
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