The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-18

one nour ano Talk 10 my dear, dear Nan
ME. Citizens, We are innocent. wish the
mob would wait till they have time to fer.
II il on, and get The msn who done the
dee Il in place Of pobbing me, an innocent
man. 1t is rough. All the men that are
ready to mob me are Just as liable to be ac-
Gus d OF some crime as / am OF this, and
they shOu not be so fast. But
whisky and excitement will take
nv life. i have travelled over sixteen
stttes, saw lots o. trouble, but never wrong
ed poor mao. Have made los Of mouey
and spent 10 until the pest few months,
when have not done much of anything.
That is why people look at this as they do.
am as sorry as any man.
sEwELL WAS FINE MAN,
and very kind. / have no light or / would
give you full history of my life. am
innocent of the crime vita which / am
cha-g d. Cd knows that, but / think
must die for the deed of another man. i
hope God will show the people that we are
innocent and will spare dear Mamie, an
inro- ert woman. Strsnser, Gcd looks at
all things and viii STE y,u while you are
killing me- In the beginning GCd made
the world, then man and then womsn. He
put us here, but not 10 kill our friends, and
il We do that what he will do with US is
worse than any punishment man can give
US on earth. Tue bible Gays hep your
friends and neighbois, aud when I was
taking care OF Mr.. Sewell thought l was
doing kind act, and / am now in this j I'll
charged wi his murder. God, or some
thing, tells me that l am gong to
b. mobbed tonight. Friends, whisky is
wha, makes men So ready to mob me. If
they would stay sober they would s.y,
deal with him according to law" AN
not st ictly temperate, bit L think there
ought to be law to prohibit the sale of
whlskey during excitement of any kind.
Men take few drinks TO nerve them up to
do bad deed. / would write up to my
last moment if / had paper and a good
light, for l ooly have two hours to stay on
earth. When / am dead thiuk you slew
the wrong man, and find the guilty party
and hang him dead. TEEN feel sorry tn Il
You mobbed me, al innocent man. Here
/ sign my name before God, and not man.
God be with you ali, and bless dear Nam
ME, an innocent woman. II. s. STAIR.
IL can read your face and know you
haven't any confidence in me-" Stair said
ing his statement.
well, you are about right" the sheriff
replied. / have been reading little my
s-lf for the past few minutes, ard i know
you don't expect TO be mobbed to night"
Stair protested tast he id, aud M
menced begging to see his wife. There
we're tears in his ey es, and as he rubbed
them away, he talked about the Eighty
produced on his wife by excite
N. Mt. He doubtless believes that she will
confess, and wants to weaken her state
ment by throsiHg doubt On her mental
condition.
When the sh riff and the reporter started
away, Stsir thrust his hand through the
bars and babe them a solemn farewell.
DE did not expect to see them again In this
world.
During the conversation he said that if
spared by the mob ne would have Dan
Voorhees,, OF Indiana, to defend him.
TELL TALE NOTE.
Marsh,l Brady took yocket-b ok from
stair when he was arrested, and among the
oapsrs in it was found a prescription for
ing bone and spill Is on horses. Near the |
bottom OF the paper the following words
we're written:
"Do you think it safe TO try to kill them |
md rap them up in the cloths, and tell |
hat they went of in buggy ?"
Isaac Sewell saw the pocket-book and |
links it belonged to bis father. ii that is
orrect Stair doubtless took the prescription
rom his pocket and put il 10 the book after
ne murde, forgetting the terrible words
Iritien upon il. There can he no doubt
hat Stair was writing to a confederate. 1t
night have been his wife or
ne of the two others whom they say were
here. The writing was doubtless dose at
he camp Wednesday night when the inten-
ed victim was within few steps of them.
nder those circumstances they resorted 10
II ting instead of whispering.
The handwriting is that of Stair. A
1mplTlson with the statement which he
roie for publication leaves but little if any
Oubt.