The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-07-15
j. n. JACOBS.

j. NJ. JACOBS.
Keep q restaurant here. Saw de-
PENDANT in my place of business Sum
day night, March 80. Billy Hamil
ton was with him.
I'D. EADs.
Am q druggist. Saw Billie Ham,
ilton on Sunday night, March Goth.
He came to my drug store with an
other man and wanted q bottle of
wine; refused to sell it.
8. j. oLIPHANT.
Live at Centerview. Defendant
was at my restaurant about 3 o'clock
Monday morning with another person
whom have seen in custody of Off
GERS. They wanted liquor and break
fast. They ate cake and crackers.
They cursed over the breakfast; the
little fellow ate heartily. The otheS
did not eat. He had money, keys
and trunk checks in his hands.
ED. SHAW.
/ am Missouri Pacific freight con-
ductor. Defendant, accompanied by
another man, rode to Kansas City on
Morch 31st on my train from Center
view. They drank considerably.
Hollzneak, of Kansas City, testified
he traded a suit of clothes with de-
PENDANT on about the first Monday in
April and sold him watch. They
had two ten dollar bills. Billie done
most of the trading. Witness identi-
fed Hamilton's clothes and watch as
the ones sold by him.
| JIM BUTLER.
Live at Kansas City. Have known
Billie two years. Saw defendant and
Billie about noon Monday, March 81.
Went to my house after dinner had
their baggage brought up; defendant
sold revolver. (Witness identified
the trunk. They left my house
Tuesday afternoon defendant had
on q new suit when he left my house.
| r. BALDWIN.
Am book agent knew defendant
at Simmons house till Sunday, March
30th next saw him on train; | no.
ticed a change in bis countenance
he had on a different suit from that
in which / had seen him; Hamilton
shook hands with me and asked me
to have cigar; there was a woman
with him; noticed him showing 8
watch he had a roll of pape
money; he told me not say any
thing to Mr.. Cottrell about his
going through town; / told Mr..
Russell of my suspicious, and he took
me to Sedalia with him, where We,
with four policemen, arrested them;
saw him searched had on HIM Sl3.-
45. a watch and chain found a
cooked revolver in their bed.
II. b. RUSSELL, SHERIFF.
Made arrest Wednesday night
about IL 80 o'clock. Mr.. Baldwin
had told me about a woman being
with them. We laid the case before
the Sedalia police: we found out
where their room was; put a guard
|. to watch the room and continued the
search over town; we received notice
that they had gone to their room anc
Mr.. Gossage and went to the room
and told them to open the door !;
Billie opened door; / told him to
strike light he did so; told them L
had come after them and that they
} were charged with murder; he made
strange of that told Charlie to get
: I'D; he said bis pistol was in bed !;
Gossage and / walked to the bed,
found revolver cooked asked Charlie
how he had made it. He said by
Cd don't propose to talk. Got
s13.45 and watch and chain off OF
: Charlie. We brought them to War
rensburg next morning; kept them
separate all the time. After break
fast Charlie seemed inclined to talk
e and wanted to see Mr.. Cottrell. Mr..
: Cottrell went to see him, but made
e no promise to him to induce him &
confess.
n Here the confession of Charlie
e Hamilton made before the coroner
}, Jury was offered and read in evidence
e Letters from defendant were ther
read addressed to Mr.. McGill, alse
: letters addressed to Mr.. d. H. Colt
rell. :,
d Sheriff Russell being recalled, said
on night after inquest took defendant
to Sedalia he told me his trunk wa
n at Jim Buffers in Kansas City
r said he left Steidle's oyercoat a
d Leroy house in Sedalia, said he neve
intended to call for it; said | woul'
find two little spots of blood in tn
ii collar In former conversation wit
n me he told me that the watc'
st was buried west of Warrensburn