The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-08
Fox, the Murderer Conf1ded
His Secret to a Fellow
Prisoner.
Mre. Rose Present at the Killing
of Howard-Lust and
Murder.


mate of Fox and bed-fellow during
the greater part of the time they were
feilow-prisoners.
When the sheriff opened the Jail
door and admitted the reporter, Lundy
was found is usual, in II good humOr.
.GOod morning." he said. "Did
you come over To bring Us some news
papers?"
The newspapers had been forgotten,
and after Il promise WAS made To- send
them, and few words with the other
prisoners, the reporter called Lundy to
Il corner OF the cage, where the con
yers;ItiOn would not he interrupted, and
introduced the subject b. asking several
questions IN regard To FON's life in
prison.
sYou and Fox were cell-mates?"
sueried the reporter.
..Yes; we slept together all the time,
and believe Fox became very much
attached To me during the time"
ale told you more about the murder
than he did the newspaper men?" the
reporter said.
''Yes, he told me all the particulars
The first time he mentioned il, | think
it was the last of October or the first OF
November. He told me the same thing
several times afterward, and always
told 1t the same way"
'sAlr. Lundy, tell me just what Fox
told you that he and Howard did after
they left Stegman'S saloOn," SAID the
reporter.
.Well, Sir, he said they started to
Mrs. Roses, and when they were al
most up To the house, Fox told Howard
TO wait there, and he would 90 in 10
see il anybody was with the woman.
Howard stopped. and Fox went into the
house and found Mrs. Rose by herself.
He had heard Howard Dragging about
his pistols, and, thinking some trouble
might come up, Fox also got his pistol.
which he had left at Mrs. Roses some
time before. Fox and Mrs. Rose had
made arrangements To 20 away from
Nevada and live together ut some other
place, and when he was in the house he
told her not to tell Howard anything
about it, Us he (Howard) knew the Fox
family and would tell them. Fox and
Mrs. Rose had not been in the house
long, before Howard grew impatient
and came up To the door and knocked.
Then Mrs. Rose got ready, and they all
started over to the cave. Just before
reaching that place, Fox stopped and
told Howard and Mrs. Rose To 90 on,
and ne would wait where he was until
they were ready to 90 home.
"Howard and the woman went on to
the cave, and for a few minutes every
thing was quiet. Then Fox heard How
ard say I'll mash your ID mouth
From this he supposed they were
quarreling about something, but he did
not start To them until he heard Howard
again cry out: 'I'll mash your id
face off, When Fox heard this, be
ran 90 them, and found Howard had
Mrs. Rose down on the ground choking
her. The woman said Howard refused
to pay her:
"WheG Fox saw the situation, he
said: That's no way to treat wO-
man! Let her alone You want to
take it up, do you?' said Howard. NO,
| don't want to take it up, but L don't
think that that is the way to treat a
woman You're a id liar; you do
want to take it up replied Howard
terribly excited.
"When he said this, the old grudge,
which Fox had never forgotten, came
up, and, drawing his revolver, he shot
Howard twice IN the face. Then
Howard, jumping up, wheeled and
started TO run; but Fox took two steps
after him and fired again at his back.
This shot took effect in his spine.
Again he fired, and this shot entered
the side Howard fell and died almost
instantly.
s'Fox told Mrs Rose they must take
everything off the body by which 1t
could be identified, but that they must
leave the money. Mrs. Rose said she
must be paid something for her trip out
there, and took the things off the body
herself, putting some of them in her
pocket, and throwing the knife, pistol
and pipe out i'm the woods, as Fox told
you in his last statement.
"For some time Fox and Mrs. Rose
remained in the woods talking about
the killing and probabilities of arrest
and punishment; then they went back
to the house and went to bed.
"The next morning Mrs. Rose gave
Fox part of the money TO finish pay
ing for a pair of boots, which he had
bought partly on credit, also enough TO
buy some clothing and pay for q team
TO 90 to Virgil City. He concluded,
however, not to 60 to Virgil. Mrs.
Rose kept the remainder of the money"
Here Lundy's statement ended, and
the reporter asked if Fox had ever
contradicted himself in telling the
particulars of the murder.
"No," Lundy replied, "I watched
him closely, and though he told me
half dozen times about 1T, he always
told it the same way"
The reporter found that Fox had also
told Gee, another fellow prisoner, the
same story, though he would not give
the name of the woman whe figured in
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