The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-24
stables and drove around with the girls

went to a good many dances
THE testimony about our shooting after
the train left rs at the coal chute was true;
We both shot at a tree, but did not have
any row with the brakeman After the
train left us we walked sloDg the ra lroad
through Calhoun and left the track at
While Oak bridge and from there We went
TO ledge of rock called Rock HOuse,a
mile and q half southeast of White Oak
bridge
I'VE met c. Mullins, negro at Lewis,
who seemed TO know us, but did not meet
anyone on the railroad
I've got to the Rock House about an
hour by sun and built a fire and staid
there until nearly dark.
WE THEN STARTED FOR WELLS HOUSE.
| We went BY Henry Whit;le's then east on
tine L-esville road and Pearch-'s pasture,
at MuffiLt's school house going southeast to
within one hundred yards Of Wells house.
IL was about eight o'clock when We got TO
Wells house. We put on gum coats ut
Rock House, think. We had on masks
made of rel handkerchiefs through which
we had burnt hOl-s at the Rock House.
We put on thehsndk-rchiefs at the cor
! ner of Pearche's pasture, next TO Wells
house.
"The pan was to go in and play of rob
Der and shoot off our pistols, and tear up
things as If we were looking for money,
but not to kill any one. Frank said If you
want 10 break the old mans heart, shoot
the picture Of Beecher, that hangs on the
wall.
"When We got TO Wells house We went
right in, Frank going In ahead. open d
JOnn f. Wells door, and
FRANK SHOT FROM BEHIND ME.
| I don't know that be hit Wells. i then
fired my pistol into The corner Of the room
and hit the wall. Wells then started for
mis- gun and / cked out into the hall.
Frank was then in Uncle BINS room
When Wells went to get his gun / ran out
10 The nor window where fired the shot;
7 did n1t shoot 10 hit him. c'me into
the hall then snI Wells went through the
hall. Mrs. Wells was trying to keep him
from going into the room and his face was
turned away from me and i fired two
shots toward Prarehes' house. When
Wells came out Of his room with the gun
he went into Urcle Ben's room where Frank
then IVES
FRANK WAS THEN RAISING A ROW
with Mrs. Benny Wells When John
Wells went into UDcIe BenDy's room
Frank killed him. i don't know how
May times he shot, but he fred every
load he had in his pistol. did not shoot
him. / could have killed him if | had
wanted TO. Wells fell in Unele Ben's
room by the hall door.
81 went in er Wells was XII led and
whispered to Frank asking him Why he had
killed MIN. He said the old devil had his
gun and was trying to shoot him. told
him ii had known he had no more sense
than to- kill hin he could never have got
me into that soaring arrsngs mept. Ithisk
Frank had liz lamp in Uncle Ben's room.
He had already rUmmsged the drawers OF
the bureau and was calling for keys to un-
lock the drawers We both called for
mon-y of Mrs. Benny Wells to play of
robbers on them. We did not expect 10 gel
any money.
Crank pulled the corEer off the table
ard
FOUND A NICKLE.
"Frank whispered when We started out il
we are going t. play of robbers we must
take something. snd be took the watch
from the bGdv. After We got ont told
him to throw the watch away, and l took il
aud threw it over the fence.
Af'er We got out Frank threw his hand.
kerchief over the hedgs. 1 kept nv hard
kerchief,. bat afterwards either lost OF
threw il away.
Then We went down the lane towards
Mrs. Hcpkirk's and met her half way he
tween her hOms and Alexander Wadde rs.
Frank had write n her Letter telling her
We would be there FIR day night and scare
UncleJ ohnhy out OF his wits and that IS how
she came to be there; when We met her she
asked us il We had scared him much, and
Frank said
I'VE KILLED HIM.
She told him he oug hit not TO have me
that. lie sad Uncle John was shl-:, 20
shoot him with shot gun Shr 90 II
you have killed MIN you had bette- 2: uut
of the country; that lie could 20 ice the
papers and that some of the negr that
lived around ere will BE- reed aud
you will never be suspected, and VA ca.
then come hOhie. she was considerably
excited. We did not stop there more than
minute, but got over into WadGelrs pas.
ture, when Frank remarked, that is the
first man ever killed aud l feel just as
composed rs did before did il
we went southeast, tnen, toward VIII
lam Smiths 10 the direction OF Fl. Lyon.
When We goL near Smiths, Frank said he
was tired and suggested We get some of
Smiths horses and ride them that night
He said he could not walk, so
WE GOT TWO HORSES
out of the stable, but could no, get any sad
dies, aud rode bareback. IL was then 9
o'clock. There was light at Smiths. We
struck toward Fort Lyon. When We hsd
gone about five miles rorIheast of and be-
yond Fort Lyon, L told Frank that had
sooner walk than ride that way and We
turned the horses loose. We then went
south across field and travelled four miles
and stayed in hsy-stsck until morning.
We went from the hay-stack into the tim
Der and stsid all day, studying what to do.
We at last concluded to 20 back home.
| said Wa n al m ado q hio thin ont e O III