The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30

i kiilpR; hOfmeyer and i and Barker and
Eastis were present: / asked Fr,nk IL he
was acquainted with George Oechsli and he
said yes, that he went to school with him
and had often heard Of me and felt as IL he
was partly acquainted with me; / said i
hsd heard that be made a confession, and
he said yes and told us what happened
there; he said he went TO Wells house aud
went into the hall, that Brownfeld went to
the door and shot st Wells and Wells turn
ed to get his shotgun, and Wells and his
vile had tussel over the gun;
that she did not want Wells to have il.
While they were tusaeling Brown6eld
went round to the window and shot Wells
through the window he then came back
to the hall and went TO the door and Well,
had then got almost to the door in the
hall. Brown6eld then shot about three
more times and they then went to their
room and he to- the cover of the stand
and Brown6eld got the watch. / don't re-
member the exact words Of Hopkirk but
remember the substance. He said the OBJ
ject OF going there was TO get money and
they got only Q nickle. / askeI why he
did not give Brownfeld any and he said
he understood there was to be no killing.
He then told sbout leaving and Brownfield
said he gave his pistol back to BrOwn6eId
who had given it to him fore they went
there. He said all the loads were in it
just as he received it.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
had curiosity TO see Brownleld and
Hopkirk and the fellows from Bates county.
The way Hopkirk happened to talk so
much to me was that he was acquainted
with my brother and nephew. Hormeyer
and had the same conversation, did not
understand Hopkirk to say he did not 90
into the house and that be only stood at
the window. l think he said something
about being al Clinton and being put off
the train. think Hormeyer had a paper
there with statement of the confession In
II. l did not ask Hopkirk more than one or
two questions. HOmeyer might have read
one or two lines from the paper to Hop
kirk. Frank said be did not do any shoot.
ing. could state all be said sb ut going
to the house and what happened afuerw ards.
r. +. LEWIS
testified: / have had the custody of the
rubber coets, the pistols, the hanc kerchief
and the wa'ch since they We're given to me.
/ received the coat at WIN lsor Monday af.
ter the murder, the pistols and the watch
were delivered 10 me on Thursday of the
week after the killing. The handkerchief
was given to me about the same time. /
received them all from Jas. Bennett, con.
stable. Both pistols were loaded when 1
received them.
II. c. BARTLETT.
[Regis,er sho Sn.l That page on the left
hand is the one in use on the 18th of Feb
LAT ~. al
whether prisoner wrote name in that look
or not.
J. r. CAsoN
testified. lived at Marshall last March
was in Clinton Monday morning after
Wells was killed on Friday saw Hopkirk
that dsy; he ard q conversation between
Hopkirk and Bartlett, Hopkirk said they
got the horses from Smith, this was the
first thing talked about; sad they rcd.
the horses into Benton, near Lincoln, and
turned them loose, and they went into q
field and sat down; said il was Saturday.
One of the bridl-s had round reins; rode
the horses without saddles, used the Cos
samer coats for blankets. He said Brown
Fl Id did the shooting, while be stood out
side at the window. After the shooting
BrowDfield came out and they went in to-
gethtr; went into the drawers and under
the table cloth and got q gun and a watch
Brown6eld broke the gun over the fence,
snd they left; they then got the horses
Brown6eld threw the watch near a hedge
about fifty yards from the road. / saw
two rubber coats at culvert under railroad;
on Svnday Burton rode behind me and
showed me where they were.
Cross-Examination: / don't recall ell
Hopkirk said then; said the round rein
was part rope, il had been broken and
M nde3; We went to Calh un with Hop
kirk to find the watch sa;d he could not
tell just where it was, bu. il he went with
us he could poinr it out. To get the watch
was the main object, to get q confession the
q. xt: We hsd eight bottles of beer broke
and drank along the road; did not pay
any attention to what Hopkirk drank, so he
drank; L drank more be,r than any one
else, two or three bottles, when Hopkirk
began drinking; he would not tell any
Thu g -would sing; / told Hopkirk il he
was sllowed to give bond be could 60 hsme
with me; did not tell him the state would
probably not prosecute him.
Mr.. Fyke- Are you not working for
reward in This case?
Witness-Yes, and so are you. No, / do
not exp, ct to gel $500 if Il prisoner is con-
victed. My pay is partly contingent.
was not intoxicated on the trip; have not
been drunk in fifteen years. did not put
anything in the beer, nor have any one TO
do il. This is not the first case of mur]er
have testified in for q reward. My r,col-
lection has been refreshed by reading the
papers, and / have learned from it of the
attacks gentleman-no, not gentleman
but you-msde upon my character; have !
not made the matter of confession q
study, go as to have il admitted. First met
Bennett at Windsor at a. m. Sunday, and
had talk with him at Windsor; don't
recollect as had talk with Bennett as TO
the objec. of my visit there; went out to
Burton's in buggy. 1 told Hopkirk
some thiEgs that were not so; have to do
that in my business-can't work up muir