The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-20

had passed the Miller street bridge, and
were just entering the deep cut there. Ham,
ilton, at a given signal from AultmaD,
struck Steidei just above the right ear, fell
ing him to the ground. Aultman imme-
diately seized the man by the throat, chok-
ing him as he rified his pockets. The
choking continued for FIVE minutes, or IN
iii. as Hamilton says in his confession, life
was almost extinct
Aultman secured Steidle's money, watch,
pistols, papers, etc., even turning the body
over until he could remove his overcoat.
Express train No 4, going east had just ar
rived at the depot, and Hamilton says he
became afraid of being seen by the train
men in the glare of the locomotives head
light, and went up the bank in the dark.
AulIman rensined below, and after getting
all he could from the pockets of his victim,
dragged the body between the rails and
fed from the scene. They stood on the
bank until the express train had passed,
crushing the body in its progress, and then
went away. They then returned to the de-
pot, and started down the track, going
west. A mile or more from town they
went out a few yards from the railroad,
built fire, and by its light divided and
sorted their booty. All the papers, photo
graphs, a pocket knife and other small
articles they burned, and buried the watch
and chain in the earth.
About o'clock on the morning of the
3lst they arrived at Centeryiew, and going
TO the house of S. j. Oliphant, who keeps a
hotel, woke him up and demanded break
fast. He told them il was too early for his
wife to get up, but he would give them a
light lunch, they saying they would return
for breakfast. He gave them four glasses
of cider, some cheese and crackers and two
slices of cake VIII ch they ate and then went
away. Billy ate a very hearty breakfast,
but Charlie ate not more than one or two
bites and drank a cup of coffee. Charlie
paid Mr.. Oliphant and they went away
At the depot they boarded a passing
freight train and rode to Kansas CITY. The
conductor noticed that they had been drink
ing heavily, and that one of them slept
for nearly an hour. Once within the linn
its of Kansas City the conductor lost track
Of them and saw nor heard nothing more
of them until they were arrested.
AT Kansas City they took Steidle's
trunk from the baggage room. and took it
to the restaurant OF one James Butler, in
Kansas City, Kansas, where they spent the
night of April 1st. In the morning Charlie
says they took Steidle's clothes and traded
them to a second hand dealer for a new
suit, paying the difference in money. They
traded his revolver for larger one, and at
jewelry store Charlie bought a silver
watch and chain. Ali the articles In the
two trunks clothes, boots. tools, etc, were
positively identified by several witnesses,
and there was no doubt as TO the truth OF
Charles story This statement was sub
stantiated all the way through by the testi-
mony of the large number of witnesses for
the state, each ones evidence appearing TO
he link TO make the chain complete.
Each one seemed TO have some new Incl.
dent to relate, they all fitting together TO
make one whole, like tie different pieces oil
a watch. One witness swore to the friend
ship of Steidle and Auitman another be
gan with their departure from Sedalia
another found them at Montserrat the
fourth detailed their arrival in this city
Hamilton finished the story until their ar
rest, and so on, no one contrsdicting the
other, each forming an additional link in
the indestructible chain that will bind
them to the gallows.
From the time of their arrest your read
ers are we'll acquainted with the case, il
having been msde generally known at the
time.