The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-07-22

dead man vas taken to the undertaking
establishment of j. A. Tomhagen
on Ohio street, and the other one locked
up in the county Jail.
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
On Monday at 10 o'clock, the coroner
DIR. w. c. Overstreet, jr., empanneled ju'
~, and proceeded to hold an inquest. A
number of witnesses were examined, inclu.
ding four men of the sheriff's posse, NJ
Van Gorrell and Vinton Gorrell, of this
county, and the prisoner, James Wilson
Hi sstory was about as follows "My
name is James Wilson and l live in Kan
sss. Have known the dead man, George
Brown, five or six weeks. He also lived in
Kansas and has wife there now. L have
| lelegrsphed her OF the death OF her husband
/ was present when he was killed.
There were some people after us, and We
hid in a clump OF willows, and laid down.
DON'T know whether the posse saw us Or not.
We crswled on our hands and knees, or
rather, on our stomachs, to the other end
of the clump of willows. Brown saw the
men coming and said,
HERE THEY GOMEZ
We were behind pile ofrails, drifted there
by high water. The men began calling at
us and firing about the same time. Some
of the men were behind Us, and one in
front. AS soon as i heard the shotgun /
threw down my pistol and went to the as
sistince of Brown. Was very close to
Brown when he fell. He was behind me.
Was either lying down or on his knees
when he was shot. Heard bullets whistiipg
all around me. Did not know who fired
the shot. Six or eight shots were fired in
all. The men had been after us the night
before. During the fight on Saturday
night pistol ball passed between two OF
the fpgers on Browns left hand, breaking
the skin. We were lying close together
when the men passed us at the drift"
THE PRISONER DECLINED
to give any reason why they were hunted
by the officer. He identified one Of the
pocketbooks, one pocket knife and the
Open-face watch. When he was arrested
he picked up silk handkerchief belong
ing to the dead man, which he gave into
the possession OF Mr.. Heard.
On the BODY of the dead man were found
thirty cslibre Colts pistol, a pocket
knife, 8 silver watch. dozen cartridges,
skeleton key and broken case knife, togelh-
er with the watch stolen from Mr.. Keith.
These were exhibited to the Jury. The
pistol found by the side of the prisoner was
not claimed by him.
The testimony of Faulconer aud Keith
was almost alike, and proved conclusively
that the two men were burglars, and had
been plying their trade Tor some time.
NJ. VAN GoRRELL,
-. II a. $1,000 .f u.-L.-:Irz -
ship. testified to the position Of the body
alter the killing. he says the man was
lying on his back with his head to the
north and feet TO the south. He said the
position of the drift of rails formed a very
good breast-works in case of a battle. He
took the articles above described from the
pockets of the dead man.
GEORGE BROWN,
the man who was killed, was about 50
years of age, tall and ungainly, and had
the stamp of desperate in his face. He
was dressed in clothes badly the worse for
wear, and had on dark calico shirt and
light brogan shoes. Yesterday morning,
mis- body was viewed by large number of
persons, who, actuated by mere curiosity,
wanted to see the features Of q man shot
down while resisting arrest. The affair &C.
curing so near Sedalis, many looked 81
the mans face expecting to recognize one
whom they had seen, but only two or
three expressed anything like recognition.
The front of his shirt had been cut away,
revealing the holes made by the deadly
buckshot, thirty weight in number, covering
his entire breast. The largest number,
however, had entered the left side, and six
or eight must have pierced the heart.
Death was instantaneous, and
the flow of blood was very
light. Between two of the fingers on his
left hand was the mark Of the bullet Of the
night scrimmage. His eyes were open, the
balls, showing only their whites.
THE PRISONER,
James Wilson, is probably feet 2 inches
tall, of slender build, dark gray eyes,
brown hair, whiskers of a weeks growth,
small, pointed nose, on the end of which his
eyes seemed constantly to rest. He was
dressed In a dark alpaca coat, scotch
plaid pants, blue shirt and cowhide shoes
tied with cotton twine. His hair was
combed straight across his forehead, which
gave him s very sinister, forbidding aspect,
He talked with more than ordinary inteli-
gence, and showed by his answers to the
questions of the coroner and attorney that
he was not unfamiliar with the ways of the
courts. He refused to make answer to the
question as to Why the officers were follow
Jog him, and seemed 10 know that they
could not compel him to. He signed bis
name to the coroner's copy of his evidence
in businessiike hand and without any
hesitation. He told a reporter that he did
not fear any serious result at his trial in
Saline county.
The jury, after hearing all the evidence
In the case, returned the following YER
dict
ave, the jury, 6nd that the deceased,
known as George Brown, came to his death
from gun-shot wound while resisting a
lawful arrest by officers of the law from Sa-
line county, Mo.
[Signed. Z. w. HILL,
J. r ELLIS,