The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-01

Fox. Well, you can take it down as
tell 1t: | took out of mis- pockets a
poeket-bOOk containing $40. 10, peck
ct knife, newspaper, a handkerchief
and railroad ticket that he had bought
to take him back to Ellis.
Rep. Well, what dld you do then?
fOx. then went to Mrs. Rose and
asked her il she had heard any shots
fired. She said she had, and was salts
he'd 1t was my pistol, as she had heard
me fire il off several times before. She
asked me if had killed man and |
told her yes, that had killed Howard
at the upper end of the cave.
Rep. What time of night was it
when YOU went to Roses?
Fox. 1t was between eleven and
twelve O'Clock Saturday night. stayed
alvund in the woods where Howard
was for may be an hour.
Rep. Was that all Mrs. Rose had to
say about it?
Fox. No, she asked me how many
times ! shot him, and told her three
times. i then pulled the money out of
my pocket and counted it to- her and
put it back in my pocket. She said,
"Ain't you afraid you'll Ice caught?' |
told her | guessed not, or that there was
catching before hanging amt sure
which.
Rep. Well, was that all that passed
between you and Mrs. Rose?
Fox No, then told her To get me
some cartridges out of my vest pocket
i'm the other room, as wanted 10 reload
my revolver. She got me the cart
ridges and | then discovered that had
fired four shots.
Rep. Well, what happened then?
Fox. We sat and talked about the
matter, and why | killed him, awhile,
and then went to bed.
Sheriff F. Did you sleep any?
Fox. Yes, sir; slept soundly all
night, and never walked until Rose
knocked at the door about O'Clock the
next morning.
Sheriff F. When you had realized
the next morning what you had done,
didn't you regret it?
Fox. Yes; felt that if had it back
/ would not have done the deed.
Sheriff F. You are sorry for it now,
are you not?
Fox. can't say that / am. / rather
think now that did no wrong. He did
me dirt, and / paid him back for 1t
that's all there is about it.
Rep. Where was Rose when you
were talking 10 his wife Saturday night?
Fox. He was working at the coal
chute.
Rep. Did you tell Rose about the
killing?
Fox, COMPATIBILITY. No, sir; ] did
not.
Rep. You had more confidence in
his wife?
Fox. les, sir, Il good deal more.
Rep. Were you at Roses before the
killing?
Fox. Yes, sir; / stayed there three
nights before, and that made the fourth.
Here Fox gave a lengthy account of
his wanderlngs around on Sunday, but
as his story is almost identical with that
of Archer, published Monday, we do
not deem it necessary tn repeat it. He
fully corroborates Archer's story of his
(Archer's) connection with the affair,
and asserts positively that neither Ar
cher nor Mrs. Rose knew anything
about the murder until he informed
them on Sunday.
Rep. Now, Fox, tell me plainly what
your motive was for killing Howard?
Ina response to this question he en-
tered CpOn long story about difficult
" between himself and Howard over i'm
Audrain county in the spring of 1882,
the substance of which was Us follows
Fox had been accused of stealing hog
from 4 man by the name of jim Ste
phens. While the accusation was pend
ing against him he (Fox) went to Han
nibal, and while there lost a mule. 81
came to- Mexico" sand he, ''hunting for
the mule, and about O'Clock in the
evening found Howard I'm Il saloon. He
was drinking, and stepped up to him
and said, ''Hello, Tom" He spoke To-
me, and wanted to- know If | was
ashamed To tell where had been. He
said, Il understand you run off from
here for stealing n hog from Stephens,
and it looks id suspicious From
that we got into II quarrel, i'll which he
insulted me several times and made
up my mind to get even with him if
ever got u chance.
Rep. And that Is why you killed
him?
Fox. Yes, that's just the reason; he
bad done me dirt, and killed him. 4
would rather Il man would spit I'm my
face than tn treat me rs he did. The
next time met him after the quarrel at
Mexico he wouldn't speak to me, but
when met him here at Nevada he was
awful friendly.
The eader will, of course, judge for
himself whether revenge or Towards
money was the motive of the killing.
We have other facts throwing light on
this part of the case, which for pru-
DENTAL reasons we do not think it best
to publish now.
This closes up the mystery surround
ing one of the most cold blooded muir
iers ever committed i'm the South