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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-31
Conspiracy and Murder.

Clarksv.lle, Mo March 26-The muir
der of Mack w. Wilkinson, a wealthy
farmer and citizen OF Ellsberry, a small
town on the X okuk linz south of this city,
in July, 1888, is still fresh in the minds OF
the readers. The deceased had made his
will about week before and left his prop
eriy TO mis- wife aud nephew, Wesley G.b
son, aged q, who had been living with him
for twelve or fifteen years. About II
o'clock on the night of the murder young
Gibson W. Ike the neighbors saying his
uncle had been murdered that he heard
the gun fired and jumped out of bed and
saw 8 man run out of the house
1t was rumorei around mkt day
that there must have ben some
foul play. About three days sfterwarj
Young Gibson and Mrs Wilkinson. wife Of
the deceased, were arrested for the murder.
The grand jury found true b. II against
both of them and the trial OF Gibson came
eff in the following February. He was
cleared, as there was no witness or testimo
ny tina: could convict although circum
sUantial evidence was very strorg against
him. A few weeks al er Gibson was &C
quilted, Mrs. Wilkinson was released. The
prosecution have ever since been working
on the case. On Monday of this week
Gibson made a full confession, detsiling
the murder. IL seems that the WON an was
Tot true wife ard hid often remarked
that she wish ID her husband was dead
that the woman aud Gibson were intimate.
They concluded the best thing to do was
to murder Wilkinson, get the property aud
skip ont. They secured the services of
negro farm hand and gave him some money
TO do the shooting Wilkinson
retired as usual that night, and
when asleep Gibson held a lamp
while the negro placed the pistol, which
was large single bsrreled one loaded with
bhckshot, against Wilkinson's breast and
tired, snd Gibson then took the pistol and
the murdered mans pocketbook and buried
them in field near by. His idea was 10
take the pocketbook and leave the impree-
sion that the victim was robbed and then
murdered The pistol and pockeibook were
found Tuesday, as described by Gibson. Ii
was thought all the time that he was shot
with shotgun, but no trace OF the gun
could ever be found. Wesley Gibson, the
confessor, is now out Of reach Of the Law
having been tried and sc9uitted), except
lynch law, which the citizens are talking
strongly of putting into effect. Mrs. Wiki
lnson and the negro were arrested and
AIKEN to the Troy Jail.
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MISSOURI NEWS.

A disastrous FIRE occurred in Lamar
Tuesday night, by which the grocery house
of n. b. Elan wss burned; also the ad-
joining shoe shop of Thomas F. Vaug-
nan.
Sneak thieves entered the residence OF
Rev. Geor &c Miller in Nevada Wednesday
night and stole two overcoats, one dark
blue chiuchilla, silk lined, the other d
large diamond point, figured, single breast
ed coat.
The preliminary examination OF Jesse
Cheney, who killed John Heating in a ss-
loor at Carbon Center, March l6, aud which
was given in detail in this paper, was held
In Nevada on Tuesday. The testimony
elected noIhiug new and on account OF the
absence Of L. Sianfe.d, witness for the
state, the examination was continued until
yesterday.
AT Webb City, Mo-, Wednesday, Uriah
Fishburu, miner, who was superInIend.
ing the workings If his crush r, by some
means eau hi his clothing in the machin-
cry, and his arm and part of his body were
almost instantly drawn iato the mouth of
the crusher ard horribly mangled. The
machinery was stepped as quickly as pos
sible. and the crushed remains were taken
out, but life was slready extinct.
AT colored dance at Kingston, Mo-,
Tuasd,y evening last, three colOred men
engaged in fight. The city marshal was
called in, and In attempting TO arrest the
men he WIS struck on the head with a
heavy hickory club and Knocked almost
senseless. He then drew his revolver aud
shot his assailsnt through the hand. One
Of the gang then caught the officers arm,
causing the revolver To discharge and send
ing the ball through the marsnals hand.
The marshal is also the editor of the
Kingston Times.
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BRAME'S GAME OF BALL
A Clinton Coon Conducts q
Shooting Match.

Clinton, No., Msrch 26.-[Special. l.
Last night about eleven o'clock, Dsrkey-
Town was startled by the reports of several
pistol shots, fred in quick succession. Fur
Their Developments showed that the firing
was done In the house of Sawney Brame.
living in the north end of the town; that
they were fred by Brame and that some of
the shots took effect upon the body of his
wife and one upon himself. There was
present besides himself and wife, three or
four children and the mother of Brame. At
the time of the shooting, Brame's wife was
in bed with the children. One ball entered
just below the point where the ribs and
breast bone join and passed downward and
vas taken out just above the right hip
bone, not coming out by half an inch. The
other ball entered the right side of the
neck snd passed out upon the other side,
msking only flesh wound.
DIR. Mences. who was called, pronounces
the first shot mentioned as prob ibly fatal !;
The last is not nect ssarily SO as the spinal
column was not touched.
Brame, after shooting his wife turned the
pistol upon himself, but fortunately, or un-
foriu nately did himself no serious injury.
The bail entered just back of the right eye
and passed along under the skin in a line
with the poirt where the ear joins The head
and out an inch or more behind the ear.
Ii seems that for some time psst Brame
has been threatening TO shoot his wife, and
has often displayed his pistol. Last Fri
day night he raised quite a disturbance
and the marshal was notified, but he
guieied down and nothing further trans
pired. Monday his fs,her-in-law spoke to
mol nhar I'd 0has
something serious would happen.
His wife gave as a reason FOR his conduct
that il was her belief that he was insane.
Brame is we'll known to all the older
residents of the city and has always borne
4 most excellent character as an industri.
Gus, quiet and orderly negro, in fact, ex.
ceptlonslly so. For year past, however.
il has been noticed by those familiar with
him that Tor some reason he has been
changing in his disposition f; growing less
industrious and has been drinking more or
less.
A visit to the cslaboose this morning
where he is confined, q reporter found him
with every outward indication Of insanity.
When spoken to he said they had taken |
his wife away and that be had been tied. |
His speech was incoherent and there was
wild look about his eyes.
When he was brought out of his cell to |
have his wound examined by DIR. Mences,
he expressed fear that he was going to be |
tied again, and it required some force from
the marshal to bring him out. When out |
he assumed an offensive attitude, and with |
hands glared upon the doctor as
though he was about to pounce upon him.
1t was only after he was handcuffed that |
anything could be done with him.
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Going to Texas With His Man.

Sheriff Douglass, OF Grayson county,
Texas, passed through the city Yesterday
morning, having in chsrge Joe Smart.
charged with accessory TO the murder OF
Robert Allison, two wears ego. John Al
lison, a cousin Of the deceased, and Joe
Smart did the killing. Both men were in
dlcted. Smart agreed TO turn states evil
dence and on the strength of this, was re-
leased on bail. Just before court met Joe
left for parts unknown. John Allison was
convicted and sent To the peniIeuiiary for
life without the aid OF Joe Smart.
The sheriff found Joe in the jungles of
ST. Clair county Illinois, and he now stands
good show 10 do the state OF Texas some
service.
Sheriff Douglass was the officer who went
TO Denison during the strike to prevent
evidence" He saw no violence" and as
he could not construs 8 request into "vio-
lence, be withdrew with his posse in good
order.
The sheriff was formerly from near
Osceols, Mo, having left this state in
1858.
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Took His Own Life.

Troy, Mo-, March rs -News reached
this city yesterday morning about IL
o'clock that Charles Lsrue, one of Lincoln
county's old and most respectable farmers,
had taken his own life by shooting himself
through the stomach with shotgun. Upon
inquiry your correspondent learned the TO-
lowing particulars: Mr.. Larue had an
peared rather Respondent for several DAYS
and y, sterday morning shout 10 O'Clock
took his gun and started of, stating to his
family that he was going out to shoot
hawk. He then proceeded abont mil
from his home and went into the field of
Mr.. q. b. Hamilton, and going TO rye
s'faw rick, leaned his back against the
Ldme. and putting the muzzle
OF the gun against his stomach,
pulled the trigger with the nrod ami
sent charge OF shot entirely through his
body. A couple of gentlemen who were
driving around the field in a wagon. hear
ing the report of q gun, looked in the d.
reciion from which the report came and
saw him fall. They ran to him at once,
but he never spoke after the fatal shot was
fired, only breathing a few times, when
life was extinc. DIR. Bragg, coroner, held
an inquest over the body In the evening,
the jury rendering a verdict in conformity
with the above. Mr.. Larue was q highly
respected gentleman, and his trsgedic tax
ing of is generally regretted. He left
note in his pocket bearing the dates March
~, %, "a and p, in which he gave instruc-
tions to bis family how to settle his estate,
but gave no reason why he was driven to
take his own life.
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A MAN BURIED ALIVE.
Following Cheerfully His Own Coffin and
ShrOud to His Grave.


I'm the village of Chim-LoDg, where
the Basel Chinese mission has "a station,
the following sad event lately took
place: A man of sixty years of age was
afflicted with leprosy, and lived in
hut within the village. The villagers
often urged the old man to remove his
hut outside the village, ami live on the
hills, to prevent contamination. promis-
ing to always provide him with food.
However, the leper did not wish To leave
the village, nor dared his relatives press
him to- do 80.
Lately it happened that the !eper was
living asleep in his hut. His son came
and wanted To- bring him something to
eat, but, calling into the hut. b. received
no answer from the father. There was
soon a gathering of the people. but no
one vcntured TO 90 inside OF the hut
Some stones were thrown at the door TO
see if the man took any motto" IF it. and,
a. there was still no sign of lie in the
hut, the general conclusion was that the
occupant was dead.
The resolution was forthwith taken to
have the leper buried. His son went to
a neighbOring village 20 engage coolies
for digging grave and carrying the
corpse out. During the absence of the
son the elder of the village came TO the
scene, and learning how matters stood,
boldly opened the door and entered the
hut, when 10 and behold il turned out
that the leper had only enjoyed sound
sheep.
II a. Ill
gagged for certain sum of money, and
came along with the son. ready to do
the work which was required of them,
or at all events TO receive the promised
pay After some deliborItion the VIII
layers unanimously put il fore the
leper that a. things had come TO this
pass he had better make up his mind
and allow the funeral of himself to 90
on. To this the unfortunate man con-
sented, and took leave of his laughter
in-law and two grand children, enjOin-
ing upon her TO feed the tY0 pigs well
and also take care of the poultry.
A coffin was now provided and the
shroud redeemed from the pawn-shop.
A fowl was killed and rice aud pork pro-
yided as farewell dinner for the leper
~Next morning very early the process
sion started from the hut F.rst came
the coffin, carried by the Coolies, and
behind it walked the leper to his grave,
his son and the elder bringing up the
rear, carrying the shroGd and the pot
which contained the opium. Having
moved up hill to Il distance of about
two miles from the village, the party
halted and grave was dug. The leper
took a last meal and then swallowed the
opium. After this he put on the shroud
and pair of shoes, and laid himself
down in the coffin, when the coolies put
the lid on it, without waiting till the
leper should have lost consciousness,
and lowered the coffin into the grave
Overland lNeil.
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Repulsod.

Suakim, March ga convoy of grena-
dier guards under command OF General
Graham accompanied the Shropshire, Sar.
rey and Sikhes Indian regiments this
morning on their departure for lanai as
far as McNeil's zereba. The start was
made at 2 o'clock. The zereba was reached
with the loss of but three men, wounded
in fight on the way. A force of Arabs
rushed on the troops. The latter at once
formed q square. The Arabs recklessly
charged upon this with such impetuosity
that they got within twenty yards Of it, and
were repulsed with loss Of 100 killed.
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AT this season of the year when so many
people become subject to sttscks Of bilious
ne.s, kidney troubles, constipation and all
the list If TROUBLES that arise from beir g
housed up, or that are brought On by
colds and exposure, it is the part of pru-
dence to take warning from the experience
of others and provide ourselves with the
means of escape from similar troubles.
So wide is the fame of Kidney Wort, that
great remedy for all kidney and liver
trouble, that almost every one knows OF its
great virtue for such cases. II should be
kept in every household ready for an
emergency
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Creatures Which Even the Gentiest q
Persons Are Glad to Kill.

Creatures Which Even the Gentlest q
Persons Are Glad to Kill.
Popular opinion is tolerably unanimous
that vipers ought to be killed. for there
is no snake which is so decidedly con-
demned as the enemy of mankind.
Even the gentle poet Cowper. who tes-
tilted that he would not number on his
list of friends any person who needless
ly set foot upon a worm, relates with
mild exulation, both in prose ana In
verse, his exploit OF the Coiubriad,"
and how he dealt with the dangerous
reptile that had frightened til little kit
tens and puzzled the elder cat
with outstretched hoe slew aim at the
And taught him Never to come there no
more.
1t is true that the viper does not vol
unfairly, of pure malice or Satanic sug-
gestion, attack human being: but if is
be accidentally trodden upon or sat up
on it will turn and bite. It's head il
furnished with large gland at each
side, which produces a yellowish oily
substance conveyed by duets To the base
of two sharp fangS in the upper Jaw;
these two fangs are set In a grove
apart from the ordinary teeth. and can
be raised or depressed by voluntarp
muscular action when the viper draws
back its head and opens its mouth to
strike a deadly blow. The effect of tho
venom.is much dreaded, but has seldom
proved mortal to healthy adult persons,
and is not to- be compared to that of the
rattlesnake or the cobra. The viper
may always be distinguished from every
other snake. by having zigzag chain
of black marks running along the
spine, while the general color of it's
body may vary. and by having large
taaok mark. in the shape of a Y, on the
top OF its head. which is short and
broad. The common snake of this
country, which g1ows to a much larger
size and differs materially from the
viper. Is perSaetly harmless IN. z
Herald
Black sand in unlimited quantities
Is found on the ocean beach near the
entrance to Yaquina Bay, Oregon.
This sand contains unknown quantities
Of gold, but of such tineness that all
efforts to mine it have Is vet proved
It is now learned that Q
company has been formed to attempt,
with improved machinery, the extrac-
ion of the hidden wealth from this
sand. A result of this experiment is
snxiously awaited.
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THE HORSE THIEVES.
Hendricks Proves to be a Hard
Case Altogether.
Judge McClunR's Missing Animal
Heard From.

Sheriff II. II. Russell OF Johnson yester-
day left with Charles Hendricks the horse
trader captured by Captain Stevens. Mr..
Russell stst.d that Hendricks was well
known in his county as a hard case, and
an investig ,tion showed his story about
partner in crime was all myth. Only one
hors. had been stolen and that was tie one
found in Hendricks POSSESSION. The saddle
and bride we're not Mr. Ross but had been
stolen from one OF his neighbOrs. He fur
Their sisted that Hendricks was about l9
years old and that his chances 10 get berth
at the state capital for at least four years
was remarkably good. This opinion was
fully borne out by
o LATER DEVELOPMENTS,
Which reached Marshal Barrett in the
shape of apostsl card from Wslmsley 4
Billings Of ElDorsdo Springs, Offering re-
ward OF so for the capture OF one Charles
Devissa, 81 as X ymoud, sliss Hendricks,
aud S25 reward for the return OF a horse
stolen from them by him, and the desc rip
ton of the man of msny aliases proves t. at
he is no other than the Charles Hendricks
now in Warrensburg Jail.
M'CLUNG'S HORSE.
Judge McClung yesterday informed
reporter that the trail IF the animal stolen
fr IN lis brother, as heretofore mentioned,
had been found, a communication having
reached him 10 the effect that the thief had
taken breakfast sixteen miles south of Sc
dali ON the Warsaw road, and another
stating that he had made his sppearsIc-
ON the Le.syille road east of Calhoun,
where he tried to trade the amin u to
farmer for another, and stated he wss on
his way to Kansas. E. L. McClung. a
brother of the Judge, started yesterday
morning for Calhoun, where he proposes
TO take the trail and follow up the culprii,
who is travelling in a southwest direction
which, If kept, will tripg him 10 the Usage
river At O,ceola, where il is anticipated he
will be arrested.
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Miss Cleveland has fully demon
stated the fact that she net only
thinks but thinks well. But who is
to be the "Caedidya" In Mr.. Cleve-
lands case, not Mr.. Crittenden
surely nor SE Charles Gibson, nor
Mcdonald nos> one hundred and fifty
others who had expectations and
faith in his direction, but who by
the "pressure of circumstance" have
out lived it.
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Idiotic, Idiocy's Idiots.
81 Joseph Gazette.

CT Joseph Gazette
The alliterstive idiot is on his
rounds again. Here's the Wichita
Beacon speaking of the "Shirtless sons
of the shimmering sands" when it
only means an Arab. Then it goes
on to say. rather superfluously, that
death deals dolefully with the dead
lock-" May be that paper would
expect death to howl hilariously or
gloat gleefully over a deadlock.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-31

Sheuld the illinois legislature kind
ly adjourn April 18th as is expected
not one mouner in the whole land
will "bob up serenely," There has
been sc little accomplished and 50
much time and money wasted that
even the most patient will hail the
day when the farce is over.
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Dead.

The readers of the BAzoo will remember
the mention some time since of a dining
room girl of the Garrison house named
Miss Rachel futile, who was found in her
bed in a comatose state and removed to the
residence Of her brother-in-law, at No. 6l7
East Thirteenth street. Miss futile hiss
fingered without perceptible change, and
at7:30 Yesterday morning she breathed her
last. The funeral will take place to-day
from the residence at ppm.
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Blocher's Seed Store.

The place to get your seeds, No. lis, East
Main street. Timothy, clover and fancy
clean blue grass, the best ever brought to
the city.
Landreths celebrated garden seeds. /
purchase these seeds direct from the ex-
tensive seed farms of Messrs. Landreth, and
they are pre-eminently the best. Use Ian.
dreths seeds and good vegetable garden is
assured. Come and see me, will treat
you well. M, BLoCBER.
4.3lw3m
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The ST.. Louis Chronicle trips
lightly on the stage and says its
little piece, to the effect that "the
man who can look upon the greatest
Of all beautss-a lovely woman
and not feel thankful TO the Greater
and devout admiration for the pos
SCISSOR, is wretch i'm whose evil
character murder may dwell" TIE
editor mesat well, doubtless, and if
We knew who he vas we wOHld feel
like watching theSt. Louis saarrisge
columns to see how it comes out, as
there is evidently a crisis Ga hand.
But Whist we kick about, is that We
should be called Upon under such dire
penalty to admire the pretty woman's
possesssr.-St. Use Gazette
The editor of the Gazette is 1ot to
blame for Kicking" but has he con-
sidered that the "possessg" may be
obliged to manage motherin-lSw, as
an auxiliary to the "pretty woman"
and consequently, deserves admiration.
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Sad Intelligence.

Wellington, Kas., March 26.-Intelli.
gence has just reached this city by iele-
phone from Caldwell that Louise Sylvester,
the actress, was thought to be dying at that
place. She played in .'Mountain Pink"
there last night, and had an engagement
for this city tonight. Further than the
fact that she has been in poor health for
several days, do other particulars of the sad
occurrence were obtained.
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1t seems rather trying thes Sir
Charles Gibson will as a plain
American citizen be obliged 10 dis
pence with title, but after al it is
better to be a plain American citizen
in this country than person eff title
in Germany and beside, that, Ohio
must in some way keep @p with the
procession aad certainly 30 more
loyal and able democrat than Geo.
Peudleton lives.
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"A young lady in New York recently
paid five hundred dollars for pair Of
shoes. They were made of white satin,.
embroidered with pearls. And here You
see the advantage of living in New York
For similar pair of shoes, Chicago
girl, for obvious reasons. would have to
pay about ten thousand dollars. Boston
Transcript.
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Legislatures adjourned,
Its members returned,

Its members returned,
And what will JEFF City DO now, poor
thing?
She will live on the cash
She has made on her hash,
And sleep with her head meath Der
wing, poor thing.
Legislatures adjourned,
Its members returned,
And what will JEFF City do now, poor
thing
She'll turn not one leaf,
But can her tough beef,
And wait for another assembly, poor
thing.
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The new book from the pen O. j.
K. Upton late assistant secretary of
the treasury the title of which is
money in politics" is a little late in
appearing. 1t should have been
issued during the last campaign.
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President Cleveland believes In the
''little church around the corner" as
well as some other unexpected and
astonishing things.
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A 'miss is as good as a miie,"
when it comes to an appropriation
and the adjournment was just in the
nick 0f time.
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Cracksmen at Work.

Versailles, Mo-, March 24-ispeciaL]-
The safe of the Missouri Pacific railroad at
this place was blown open by robbers last
night. The inside doors were burglar
proof, and of course nothing was taken. No
clue to the would-be robbers.
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THE HOPE PTHE NATION.

Children, slow in development, puny,
scrawny and delicate, use Wells Health
Remover"