The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-09


met Officer Fifer, who asked what was up.
| told him, and We all ran down to the cor
nsr OF Main and Kentucky streets. There
We stopped, and told him TO 20 down the
alley between Main and 81 cond and come
up in the rear OF Barley's foundry, and /
would 90 down Msin street TO the front Of
tn. Office. When got 10 Mouiteau etrse:
/ crossed Main street 20 the north side, ard
went down 10 Vermont street; then eros Ell
back over Main street 10 the front Of
OF Barley Brothers Office. AS / sleppt d
upon the sidewalk i saw a man lying on
tie west side o. tie Office, under the south
windo~, about fifteen ieet ffOm me. | ask
ed him what he was doing there, and when
he moved saw a p stol in his hand.
levelled my revolver on him and said,
drop your gun and throw up your hands
or l vi shoot YOU" He got up in a
stopping position aud said, Don't shoot
Don't snool " | told him two or three
times to drop bis gun and throw up his
hand, but be wheeled around sudc emily
and started TO run south. Officer Fifvr
vas then coming up on that side, and
abonl as close TO him a. was. When the
burglar saw him he opened fire on him, al
the same time crying out Don't shoot
ME Don't shoot me - S,eing / could
not shoot him without end ngeIi'g Fifer,
ran toward the deceased, WHO fired three
shots In rapid succt ssIon. At the second
shot Filter fell upon his kree, and at the
third shot Fifer returned the burglars fire.
Just as / reached m the burglar half
turned ard excl iimed, "Oh, Lordy ~ and
fell. His pistol fell al my feet At tina
moment lot came toward me fr7m the
Main street corner, ard i h ard some
call me. / picked up The bnrglsr's pistol,
and seeing rIfsr was on his feet again, !
r. N back 10 Main .treet, and as | reach. d
IL saw three men rJnniDg east, and an
o hsg shot was fired back toward me. 1
followed or, and when ] reached the livery
stable another shot came from around the
corner on Kentucky street, and some one
called TO me 10 look out and go arou, d
the corner. | went 10 the cJrner and look
ed south, but saw no one on the street. /
r,n back to Vermont street and the
wounded man breath once sitter | got III re.
| pissed on to Fifer aad saw he was
woundet badly. i me, Prentice and d
him 10 stay with deceased while I took
Flfer 10 the ST ton house. When we got
10 the station | went for DR.. Ed. Small,
wholcame down to see him. then W, Mt
TO back Barley's and found the man was
dead
THOMAS PRENTICE
was the reXt witness. He testified TO being
al the lunch stand at The time that McGhee
wss called. Not expecting anything seri-
Gus, he sts id 10 finish his meal, snd as he
came out on the street he heard firing west
on Main street, snd hurried 10 the scene
The balance Of his testimony was corrober-
i've of that given by the others. This
closed the testimony OF the witne ses
and the coroner then called Drs Small,
Schmits and Hunlock, who testified to
teirg preset at post norton examina
ton which r. vealed that the dece sd came
his death by gun shot wound about
four or FIVE inches above the left nipple,
penetrating downward and backward, frac-
turing the third rio and passing through
the leh lung and he4r;. The case was then
gwen 10 tie jury who returned The follow
ing
VERDICT.
We, the Jury, 6rd that tie deceased, his
name not being known, came TO his death
from the effects Of q gun shot fired by
Officer FIfer in discha &c of his official
dutr. The verdict Of the fury being jus,i-
fable homicide. [Signedl
W. &. OvERsTREET,
JAMES +. GLASS,
and other iurymen as above given. |
All the evening after business hours tie
streets were filled with mn discussing the |
burglary, and it has been many years since |
so much excitement has prevailed over any |
event About 9 o'clock ii was reported
TWO SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS
had been seen In the southern suburbs, and |
in few moment. some 200 persons were |
5 en- Fastening in that dix, c.ion. Tele-
grams had been ssnt out during the day IN |
every direction, giving full dss ript;on OF
tn. gang, and il is not believed they can |
possibly evade arrest. Shor ly after dark |
a man giving the name If James Flanagan
was arrested and held on suspicion and |
q telegram from Warrensburg TO Marshal
Barnett stating that the largest one OF the
three supposed
BURGLARS HAD BEEN CAUGHT
Do the train by conductor Merri6eld and |
turned over to Sheriff Russell, only in
,rs aSed the excitement as IL became known.
Officer DeLong, who was up the road, was
expected to bring the man down on the
midnight trsin, and a large ihrong had
gathered a, the depo, to witness his arrival.
Great was their DISAPPOINTMENT, however,
shen Mr.. belong di,embaIked sloue, and
he was Immediately beseiged by the throng.
TO a reporter he stned that the man ar
ested admitted to having been
IN sEDALIA WEDNESDAY
light, but denied belonging to the
ne. Officer De Long further stalled that
lie had no warrant, and Sheriff Russell
lad decliued to surrender the prisoner to
lin, mainly, he thought, on the ground
hat he was believed 10 have be n recOe-
lized as a man wanted at Lawrence, Kan,
or murder.
ANOTHER
lispaich was received from Otterville stat
Dc one of the supposed burglars had been
sptured, and wss b: ing held at that place.
III these things kept the excitement at
war boof until Iono aftar nidui0ht and /