The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-25
man came TO the well with him and got a
drink of water.

at the table and asked Lou Harris 70 wait
on the table while ! went out with my
girls 10 ride. We came back in short
while. There were four men at the house
when / got back. Lou took her hat and
started TO her room. She turned around
aud said. "Mrs. R., there is some man in
my ROOM" / went out and thought first
it was a man drunk. / got close and saw
blood On the mans face and screamed and
In a few minutes there was a policeman
there. / never saw anybody speak 10 this
man. A strange man, whose name / do
not know, slept in the room with this man
Friday night
DR. BOYER
testified that there was q man came TO his
Office Tuesday and got purgatise pills and
again on Thursday and got quinine pills.
The man had some fever and left the i'm.
preston on DIR. Boyer's mind ths. his
mind was not sound.
]. W. BAKER, MARBLE CUTTER.
Yesterday went to the picnic at Eea-
man. / returned 10 Sedalia ct 6 p. m. /
went right over 10 the Rollins House and
eat suppe-. l walked out 70 the front
door with two other men. sat down and
was picking my teeth. Mr.. RJllin's daugh-
ter came TO the door and asked where her
father was. said he Was over TO the depot.
She said there was somebody in the back
room throwing up al over The bed. / and
another fellow ran back there. took hold
of the m ans shoulders and he, hold of bis
heels, with the intention of
lifting him off of the bed. saw il was
blood instead of the man throwing up. /
saw the Ratchet; he was lying partially
over the Ratchet il being under one leg.
I started out and went and got two police
men / went back with them and went into
the room; had blood On my hands from
catching hold of him before ! went after
the police / had no, noticed the man abont
the head.
MARSHALL BARNETT.
About z p. No., went over 10 the Rollins
hotel; / saw considerable blood on the
walls and on the bed clothes.
ROBERT BURNS
first saw this man Friday evening: he
asked for lodging at Mr.. Rollins; he regis
tered Toggenberger, BluftoD, o. Mr.. Rol.
Inns asked him if he wished to retire; s,id
he was not particular about doing so for
awhile. Mr.. ROLLS laid down and went to
sleep. In about half an hour this man
walked him up and said he was ready to
retire. Mr.. Roliins then showed him to
bed. Mex morning he got up and ate his
breakfast and paid for lodging and break
fast. He went out into town. He ate his
dinner and paid for it. After dinner. he set
out In the corner OF the yard in front of the
house by himself After my dinner, went
out and sat down about four feet from him
[ kept company with him about hslf an
hour. During that time | could not get
him to speak. l then went away and
LEFT HIM ALONE.
He sat there until supper time he eat
supper about 5 o'clock; i showed him |
where to wash previous TO going to supper |
and directed him to the dining room; after !
supper he went into the Office and paid Mr.. |
E. for his supper; that was the last / saw |
IF him until saw him breathe his last in |
the room he was lying lengthwise on the
bed i did not 60 into the room; he made |
4 noise like he was strsngliug; this
ratchet was lying about fifteen inches from |
his right side on the bed.
This closed the testimony, although quite
/ large number of other witnesses were
who were not examined, and
'iteF a short consultation ths, jury render
ID the following
VERDICT:
STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF PETTIs.
An inquisition taken at Sedalia in the
county of Pettis, ION the 10th day of August
1856, before me, w. G. Overstreet, coroner
f the county Aforesaid, upon the view of
he body of Henry Toggenbarger, then and
here lying dead. J. w. Walker, BIG.
Blair, Kick Fitzgerald, A. Gsrdella, Thos
}. Quinn and E. E. johnson, good and
awful men, householders of the township
# Sedalis, In the county aforesaid, who
'eing sworn and charged diligently to
inquire, snd true presertment TO make, how
nd in what manner and Dy whom the said
Henry Toggenberger came to his death, on
heir oaths do say suicide by injuries in
icted upon himself by knife and hstchet,
nd by strangulation with handkerchief.
n witness whereof as well the aforesaid
oroner as the jury, aforesaid here to this
nquisitiOn put their names at the place and
n the day and year Aforesaid.
w. &. OvERsTREET, Coroner.
J. w. WALKER, foreman.
Z. q. BLAIR.
HIcK FITZGERALD.
A. GARDELLA.
Tics. ID. QUINN.
z. E. JOHNSON.
After the rendering of the verdict the
ndertaker determined to inter the re
lains and did so about 5 o'clock, although
oroner OveEstreet states that he ordered it
hould not be done. Early yesterday morn
ng a telegram was received by DR.. Over
treet from the brother of Toggenberger,
Eating that he would be here to-day and
esired that his brothers body should have
ecent interment and that he would pay
IL expenses attending the funeral. On re-
eipt of this telegram Mclaughlin Bros
DIsINTERRED THE REMAINS i
-hich were taken back 10 the establishment
nd placed upon ice to await his coming.
I is extremely sad and unfortunate that the