The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-25
a KANSAS KILLING.
Kansas City Comes to the,
Front with a Tale of
D Horror.
81. Gray, a Prominent Stock
man, Foully Murdered.

Kansas City, Mo-, August 90 Spec
isl This city was to-day greatly excited
over the reported discovery of q most hor-
rible and mysterious murder and in a very
little while the numerous newsgatherers
were to be seen hurrying toward the scene
Of the terrible tragedy. Among them was
your correspondent, who was enabled to
glesn the following particulars. The le-
cality of the discovery is In West Kansas
and the hour of its being
made known was go ut seven
o'clock this morning, ct which time
a colored man named John Lee, who has
resided in that locality for three months
past, was walking along the Atehison,
Topeka & Santa Fe track, probably four
hundred or FIVE hundred yards south of the
Stock Exchange, which is situated just
across the Missouri line in Kansas, when
his attention was directed to a man living
In a clump of willoRs, few yards from
the track. At first Lee was under the
impression that the man was sleeping, bat
be decided to investigate, and to say that
be vas Mortified at the result only mildly
expresses his feelings. Approaching the
presumed sleeper, Lee discovered.
BLOOD ON HIS CLOTHING,
and further examination revealed that hs-
vas cold in death, with two pistol wounds
on his body, one just below the right tenn
pie and the other IN the right side of the
neck.
Without losing 8 moments time the
frightened dsrkey hastensd to the stock
exchange, where he made known the fact
of his 'ind," and in less time than it takes
to write it score of people were making
their way to the side OF the corpse. AS the
news gained circulation the crowd in
creased, and within half an hour it is safe
to say that not less than Eve hundred peo-
pie had visited the spot where the body was
lying.
NO ONE KNEW HIM.
The features of the dead man wers
scanned closely, but no one was able 10
identify him, as the dead man was be-
tween forty-6ve and fifty years of age and
presumed to be of French descent. He was
attired IN good suit of blue clothing and
a white shirt. The body was rather heavily
built and the face was clearly shaver.
There were many who believed that it was
greatly swollen, but later Developments re-
vesled that such was not the case.
About o'clock Undertaken Raymond
went out and took charge of the body, but
arrived and search was made of the body
Of the decedsed, who was lying on his back
with his head resting on valise. A,
handkerchief was stretched across his face.
while his hat lay TO one side of his head.
he looked to be peacefully sleeping. the
search Of his person revealed
THE NAME q. GRAY
upon his shirt, and it is therefore sup
posed that is his name, though.
nothing positive has yet been
developed to establish the fact The
Talise contained wearing apparel also
marked Henry Gray, and copy of the FL
nyrs, N. Y, evening Telegram. The re-
mains were taken to Wyandotte, where az.
examination is being made by the coro-
:er.
HE rs SHIPPER.
In West Kansas the impression prevails
hat the deceased is shipper. Several
parties were seen who claim to have seen
him here Tuesday, and there was report
bat he had disposed Of stock to Gillespie
nen. OF those who viewed the body sew
raj Inclined to the belief that death en-
ued two or three days ago, but Mr.. Buf.
~ VI tuc otOSk yd1Us cS6lces
avs he saw him at the scales last evening"
n case Mr.. Burlington is not in error, tIs
murder must have occurred some time
asst night, but the chances are II was COM
nittei two or three ,ys ago and Mr.. But
ngion is mistaken in the man.
Everything, however, points to the fact
hat he was most foully murdered and
close investigation viii be made.