The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-18
THE SEWELL SLAUGHTER
Mrs. Stair Makes Another
Confession,

Confession.
Her Husband Cranky, Senti-
mental, Tragic and Silly.
Everything Points to an Early
Solution of the Mystery.
Nev.ds, Angus. 10.-(Special.) After a
god desl OF engineering, Mrs. Stair has
allowed to be MADE public an sddit oSal
confession, made by her Saturday night to
DR. X ck~o, d, which was made again to-
day in The presence of several witnesses.
my husband did not say anything TO
me about the murder, until We campei ST
the place where we were arre.ta Then /
told HIM that i must know il he had any
hand In il. At first he refused TO talk
about il, but when he saw that / WIS get
tirg more and more excitel, he told me
that he had helped CIR. en- and another man
kill the Sewells. About midnight they
went 10 the wagons. The by was asleep
on the ground about ten feet from the
covered wagon. One OF the men took
Ratchet and hit him on the he I'd, and then
his throat was cut. Tnen they went to the
wagon, and with the same Ratchet, struck
the old man on the h, ad aad stabbed him
in the throat. My husband did not tell
me which one Of them used the Ratchet
and which the knife. He did not say
whs ther either OF the Sewells offered sny
resistance.
THIRST SAW THE RATCHET
with which the killing was done when We
stopped in the Mann atom bottom. IL was
an ordin~ry hatche, and had some b Ocd on
1t. DO not know what became of il, as /
did not see il after leaving the bottom"
sherif Hill brought small axe up to
the cell and asked her il that had been
used In the killing. One or two gray hairs
were sticking to the back of it. 1t had
teen taken from ore of the wagons.
The woman did not seem 10 recognized
the axe, and still insisted that a Ratchet
had b, en- used.
"You sill insist that yo1r hu.band paid
Seweli $3.50 f-r the tesnsY queried the re-
porter.
"Yes. he paid the money. 1t was in ten
ard twen'y dollar biils, and believe there
was one $50 bill. We brought that money
with us to Neyads, aud carried il pinned
in the bosom Of my dress. / always
thought il was good money. II my hus
band had any hing to do with counterfeit
itg, knew nOtbiog OF IL"
WHEN the trade was made who was
PRESENT.
THERE WAS NAN NAMED GREEN.
there, and another man who was sitting
about % feet away from the wagons. He
was large man, but it wss so dark VII. re
he 81 Of II on,,lI -.
Green was about The size If my husband,
and wore dark clothes. He had a dark
and chin whiskers about four
inches long. l think he was under 80 years
OF age. He was straight and we'll pro-
porti0ned man. / met him at Springfield
about thr, e months ago, and my husband
introduced him 10 me-"
"Was the man who sat some distance
away from The wagons, John Lynn"
"No; that was not Lynn. He spoke once
or twice, and / would have rec gnized his
voice. He was not as tall as Lynn. | am
sa'isi d that Lynn had nothing TO do with |
he killing"
"After the trade what haTpared ?" was
asked.
eve TOLD THE sEwELL's.
that We would come bsck after the wagons |
IS soon as We packed cur goods at the /
house, and nv husband told them they had |
better wait until the Iext day 10 go to |
springfield. When We got TO the house nv /
lu band helped pack the goods for about /
! half hour and then said he was going out
or a while. He would not tell me where
lie wa: going. He stayed away about an
Jour-"
"What male those scrst-h.s on. your
husbands face?
They were made by the brush. / did
lot notice them until Friday. Those little
on my face were made by the
rush"
did your husbanl get any part of the
$1,000 which you say was paid to Sew
ll?, :
81 don't think he did, for did not see
nythipg of IT,"
1t is very evident that the woman is not
cling all she knows. At times she makes
stet.mens and protests that
hat they are true with ju,t as much esr- I
fstness as she throws into the par. of !
le st.ry which has some element Of truth =
! it.
STAIRS RUsE. =
Last night Stair sent for a reporter, os- '
nsibly with the intention of making a z
,ufession. He was very particular in his
nest that no one should come into the Jail I
kept the sheriff and reporter. L
In tragic way he stated his belief that a
e mob would be after him at midnight. u
Sitting here on this fJor," he said, "In the n
ght of God, / want TO tell you ! have s
lily two hours to live. saw that crowd a
hich g theIed around the jail door when ID
ey brought Us here ard knoW they will G
IDg me. ] have written statement here d
hich, 10 the fate Of death, pronounce q
lie. and when l am gone j want it pub Il
he'd TO the world" Sc
Suppose" said the reporter, shat a
u don't go tonight, wouldn't it ans "
blished ?" '
marie 81 - r