The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-08-05
Lexington, Missouri, Again
Thrown into a State of
Wild Excitement.
A Fiendish Negro, in a Fit Of
Mad jealousy, Shots his
Mistress.
The Town in Arms and An.
cry Threats Of Lynching
INDUCED in.

son, a colored man, about twenty-four
years of age. shot and killed Jane Sand
ford, colored girl of i'll repute, Jealousy
prompted the man 10 commit the crime.
He surrendered himself 10 the county of
ficers aud is now in Jail. He was a cook
al the Lqclede hotel and was looked upon
as an inoffensive man aud had many
friends. The news of the murder has Gre
sted considerable excitement.
THE VICTIM
was an octoroon, snd has often been mis-
taken for white, while her slayer was of
me darkest ebony hue. For the past two
years the woman has been leading life of
shame, but her department was never such
as to excite unfavorable comment and but
for an occurrence which transpired
about two mcnIhs ago few persons
would have suspected her OF leading such
life. This occurrence was a difficulty
with woman named Davis who had sta
ted that Jane Sanford was
STREET WALKER.
Never before had her character been i'm
pugned and in order to sustain the reputa-
ton she had borne she armed
herself with a cowhide aud started
out to chastise her alleged slanderer.
The Davis woman was warned, ard she
too armed herself with whip. Through
a dense rain they searched for each other
for half day but did not meet. The
matter was amicably adjusted, but gave
had spoken the truth fully. Jane Sand
ford had always been respected by the
whites as well as her own race up to this
time but after that she
WAS UTTERLY DESERTED.
Wilson, her murderer, however, was an
exception, and for the past few months it
has been an open secret they were co-hab-
iting together, having a room oger a build
ing near by, 10 which, after street walking
during the early hours IF the night, the
woman always went. II was part of the
compact between the woman and her muir
derer, that he was 10 receive all moneys
paid her while plying her nefarious voca-
lion. This condition OF affairs lasted for
while when
WILSON BEGAN To SHOW JEALOUSY,
telling his friends she was too intimate
with the white boys. Last night the wo-
man had quarrel with two young men
whose names have not yet
been learned, about money and
they stated To her that they had paid VIII
SON. Soon after
HOT WORDS WERE EXCHANGED
between these same young men and
Wilson. Last night contrary to her usual
custom, she did not go TO Wilson's room,
but went to the house of colored woman
named Matte Jones where she kept her
clothes, to stay all night. When she got
there she said 10 young girl living in the
house, II had quarrel with JEFF and he
said he was
GOING To KILL NE"
The giil replied, sob, he don't mean it."
= Yes he does" answered Jane, and she
then retired TO a room in
the basement on the south side of a
porch, the upper story of the housed being
by whites. This morning Just
after s o'clock Wilson went to Mrs. Jones.
Passing around 10 the rear of the house he
stepped on the porch and knocking at the
door on the south end OF the porch which
ed TO the room his victim occu pied. Mrs.
Jones opened door on the west side and
asked him what he wanted.
IwANT JANE,
be said. He was told that she had not
got up.
Damn it," he said, "She begged me to
ct her sleep here last night so she could |
get up early this morning"
Pushing Mrs. Jones aside Wilson enter
ID the west door and when In the room
urned to his left, where there was
Incther door leading to the bedroom of the |
murdered woman. This door was not |
astened and he stepped into the room,
losing the door behind him.
SECT up, Cd d-n you," he said.
The woman refused TO obey, when, draw
ng pistol of the British bnll dog pattern
rom his pocket, he remarked
''wELL, I'll DO YOU UP"
nd fred. The woman was struck by the
ullet, and jumping from the bed, ran to
be door By which her assailant had come
D. He had locked il after him, but in her
reDzy she tore it completely from its
inges before Wilson could shoot again.
lie persu.d her, firing two more shots and
be woman fell dead Just outside the
ence, face upward. Wilson went to
ne body and placing his foot upon her
resst pointed the weapon at her as though
shoot again but he did not do so, but
God seeming to glory in his deed. Fin
lily leaving the scene OF his bloody work
e crossed ravine through a lot of tall
eeds and came up town. Walking into
lie barroom at the Laclede hotel, be said
} the barkeeper, Mr.. Ed. Wolf:
"ED., GIVE ME- DRINK
.e was cool and collected and after setting !
OWN the empty glass, he extended his ,
and and said good bye Ed, you will new !
see me again.
Mr.. Wolf asked him if he
as going away and he said
,, but / done her up, in good shape"
hen he went TO the barber shop OF John ]
|. Hapgood and said to one of the en- !
oyers, "Dud an going to Jail, / have i
lied Jane. Send me some vhiskey and I
bscco." From here he went to the boot
I'd shoe store Of Messrs. Chinn & Chinn, Z
I'd asked Mr.. Buford Chinn, Who is the /
ilor's son, to lock him up but refused TO | !
" what he had dome Mr. Chinn vonld !,