The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-01
Fox's Last Statement.

Fox's Last Statement.
! The afternoon before his execution Fox
made his last statements to reporters, and
extracts from what be said, as given in the
Mali and the Democrat, are here given:
lie .
when a boy did you attend church
and Sunday school?" asked the reporter.
Yes" was the reply, 81 went pretty
regularity"
when did you commence drinking
whisky ?"
81 always liked whisky, but I loved
money SO much better that / hardly ever
bought any. | did not commence drinking
hard until had trouble with my wife
then commenced my downward course by
drinking hrsyily and associating with lewd
women"
"What was he cause of the disagree
mems betweeL Yourself and wife ?"
There was no particular cause, only we
were too closely r.lated and too much alike
10 live together peaceably."
"When did you separate from her"
/ left her about eighteen months or more
ego, but returned 10 her in a short time,
and We did not separate finally until after
We reached this county"
when did you meet Mrs. Rose ," was
asked by the reporter.
Il first saw her last February. That was
after my wife and had separated. saw
her al the CITY hall when she was under ar
rest for keeping . house OF ill-iame.
saw her again In about two
weeks on the street but it was several
weeks before she would notice me though
/ tried TO attract her attention several
times. We were together a good deal un-
til my arrest, and before that time We took
trim together 10 Hannibal, and stopped
at several places between that city and
Nsvada While we were at Hannibal,
Mrs. Rose and | went out TO the reservoir
hill and while out there | told her |
| had warning not to come back
To Nevada, and / felt sure that If did so
i would never get away from the town. III
you Will ask her she will tell you that
said if came back here felt that would
kill some one. Ii was a strange warning,
and wish now j had paid some attention
10 it. Several times after | separated from
my wife / took the pistol, which / after
wards used TO kill Howard, and went
out into the woods to kill myself would
look around for good place to shoot N.Y.
self, but j would give up the notion before
firing. Something hoo always been wrong
with my head, but do not know what II
is. look back at things have done, and
know that / would not do them if in my
right mind"
"Well, the sun is almost down." said the
reporter, "and if You will mol tell me any
thing more will CO."
Eyes, il is the last time / will see the sun
go down." said Fox, land ] have only my
self TO blame for it. Whisky sAd bad
women have made wreck of me- | want
YOU to advise young men not to marry
young. Tell them not to
marry women who ere related to
them for they cannot agree and family
quarr=ls and separations will ruin any
man would bring Howard back to life
again If could do il. | often wish had
gone out 10 my fathers and worked with
HIM and acted like man."
ado YOU believe you will De saved, Fox !"
the reporter asked.
YES, / have hopes" was the answer,
"but | cannot say like some men that /
know | am going to be saved. Do you be-
lieve there is God and he'll, anil
that man is burned after DEATH" b. con-
tinued. The reporter answered the ques-
tions according to orthodox doctrine, and
Fox continued asking questions in regard
TO the hereafter.
(which do you dread most, death on the
scafold or the uncertainty of your future?"
the reporter asked.
Il dread the scaffold most, but will try
to get there like man." Fox answered.
During the entire recital the doomed
Il 1. seemed but little concerned In his i'm
pending fate. Several times while recall
ing incidents In his life he laughed, and
the only time he exhibited any depression
Ut sign OF emotion was when the converse
ZION Inrued upon The after life. In giving
his history he said three children had
blessed his marrisge, but they
were all dead. He said he still loved Mrs.
Rose, though she had not treated him we'll
since his imprisonment. He has written
her q number OF notes requesting her to
visit him, but she has never paid any at
tentiOn to them. This is one apparently
strong evidence of her innocence. He
seemed very anxious about the
size OF the crowd which would
witness his execution, and sew
eral times asked the reporter whether many
people were coming in, and if the prospect
was good for an immense crowd. He evil
IDENTIFY imagined himself a hero, and was
extremely anxious about making success
ful debut on the sosfold He said
that after the killing, mysterious
power seemed to hold him near
the body, and after turning away from it
he wandered around in the woods, still at
trscted by the awful scene behind him.
This accounts for the time which he con-
fesses to have spent In the woods between