The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-25

with the knife aforesaid, in and upon the right
side Of the netE of her, the said Adella AcLaugh-
liI one mortal wound Of he length of two iuches
of the breadth of one inch. and Of the depth Oi
two inches, and that the said oliver H. Bsteman
with the knife at resad, by the striking stabbing
and thrusting aforesaid, did then and there fsoni
ously, wilfully, deliberately premeditatedly, and
| o. his malice afJrethought, give to her, the said
Adela Nc: aughlin. an ana upon the left side'oi
the neck of her, the said Adella Mclaughlin, one
othe- m rial wound of the length Of Two INT hes
of the b.esdth of ole inch and the epth OF two
inches, # which SAID mortal wound she, the said
| Adella Mclaughlin did then and their instantly
die. And the grand jurors aforesaid upon
| their oath aforesaid, do that the said o iveT
Il Bateman, her, the said Adella Mclaughlin, in
the manner and by the means Aforesaid, felOni-
ously, wiIfuly, deliberately, emeditStedly, and
| Of his ma zee aiorethOught, dii Kill and murder
against the peace and dignity OF the state,
| CHAS. F. BOOHER,
Prosecuting Attorney.
BATEMAN IN COURT.
Bsteman was cool and coll, cted 81 day
with an occasional expression evidenc!ng
that be is beginning TO realize his situs-
zion.
The crowd assembled put in the day sit
Ting sround In groups over town discussing
the situation, and specializing as 10 what
course the case would finally take The
Mclaughlin family we're all press mt, bu:
none of Bateman's relatives were in attend
snce. At exactly 4;05 o'clock Batemsn
was brought into the court room, the cool
est and most unconcerned person in the
room. The cases were placed on the dock
Ell, on motion of Prosecuting Attorney
Booher. The court informed the prisoner
of the nature of the charges against him,
when he respond, in a slightly nervous
but very prompt manner tibet be did not
have an attorney and did cot desire one,
He said that he had thought the matter
over and was willing to leave everything
to the court.
Being entitled to forty -eicht hours before
answering alter receiving the copies OF the
Indictment, court adjourned until Monday
and the prisoner was taken back 10 Jail.
THE TRIAL.
On the 9Th day of October the court re-
assembled an with it came almost as
great a crosd as ON the previous occasion.
among whom were rtp1rIers for all the
headings pap=rs OF the state.
Somehow the impression had gone abroad
that Batemsn had determined, at the last
moment, TO recall his former confession
aud plead not guilty, and there was a rest
less, anxiouse expression about the stern
country men that BODIED no good to the
chl prit and caused the cour; to feel deep
sense Of the responsibility and the critical
position in which il was placed. 1t was
well known 10 the court what determined
crowd were present from Flag Springs, the
locality of the murder, and that they made
10 hesitancy in declaring If Ba.emsn AT
tempted a defense they would seize and
hang him at once But these facts did
not prevent every effort ON the part of the
court 10 induce Baieman to real Re the
consequence Of his continuing TO refuse
tri-l and declaring MS guilt. Judge Kelly
appointed ex-Judge Heren as his council,
and suggested to Ba,eman even a plea of
insanity might hold good, hut without
avail, Baiemsn's only reply being, 81 am
guilty and want 10 die" During all this
the morning hours wore away and the
crowd continued to increase in the little
court room until it could hold no more
Al eleven o'clock committee of physi-
clans consisting OF Drs. w. II. Bryant and
w. NJ. Kerr, both OF Savannah, and DIR.
L. A. Jones, OF Rochester, waited upon the
prisoner Tor the purpose of making an ex-
Summation as TO his mental condition.
These gentlemen had been requested by
Judge Kelly earlier in the day to so sci,
and after some little time spent with Bate
man ihis cell they reported verbally that
in their opinion the doomed man was
PERFECTLY SANE
and perfectly responsible for his deed. In
the language of DR.. Bryant, Just as re-
spensible as anybody. He has a low order
OF instructive desire, through animal lust.
When asked how he came TO kill the girls
he said be did not know, aud that the de-
sire came upon him on seeing them in the
cornield. There is nothing in it-just one
of his stories"
1t was generally thought this was all
that Judge Kelly had been waiting for,
but it proved TO be incorrect and the mul-
,ituGes were allowed 10 remain In idle and
uncertain suspense until The afternoon,
and II was FIVE minutes after two when the
Judge entered the court room, accom- panied
by DR.. Bryant and
COURT WAS CALLED
to order, ard the Judge sententiously said
"The sheriff may bring the prisoner into
court" Sheriff Lincoln and Deputy
Sheriff Elliott at once proceeded to the I'LL,
ard IN few minutes brought Bateman De
fore his Judge. The miserable man looked
young, green and wild, His eve moment
arily met that of the Memnonion statue
seated near the corner Of the room. the
mother of the murdered iunocents Bate
man turned nervously around and took
his seat with his back toward the Nc
Laugblins.
"BATEMAN STAND UP"
said Judge Kelly, and the prisoner having
recovered bis self possession, complied.
"You have had time to consider your
situation and the advice i have given you
in regard to your rights before the law and
this court. If you are ready to plead to
the indictment you may now do So"
After pause during which Judge Kelly
waited for anything in the shape Of reply
Bsteman might see fit 10 offer, the conrt
said:
"Mr Prosecutor, you may read the indict.
ment to the prisoner"
Prosecuting Attorney Booher then pro-