Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-03

child; heard report of pistol; in few
moments heard it again, and again; |
saw jeff; he walked off, and came
back; he did so twice; | saw her lying
outside: l came over to her; she drew |
couple of breaths after l came, but
did not speak jeff. caused her to leave
my house; could not control her after
he began coming Jeff insulted me at
the opera house; she told me JEFF had
threatened her life half dozen times.
The body is that of Jennie Sanford.
| The jury returned a verdict TO the
effect that deceased had come to her
death by violence at the hands of Jeffer-
son Wilson.
| Immediately after the shooting, Jeff.
came to the Jail and gave himself up,
stopping couple of times on the road,
and telling different ones what he had
done.
| In the afternoon he Was arraigned
before Esquire Hale, who set next
Friday the Sth, as the time for the pre-
liminary examination.
| We went to the Jail and had talk
with JEFF. He said he had been keep
ing Jennie since Christmas; last night
she was ut my room over the water
works store, but was not there; saw
i AOl SoAO uOWH UuL tuClC WCl
number of people on the street, and |
did not hail her, but followed her to
the opera house and hailed her. She
and l offered to 60 with her: she said
she did not want company, and then
for me to come along. AT the Groves
house we saw persons-two men
who said "hello, Jennie, this is not
/ VuhQf v,rnnniooA No ho hoop
waiting here a long time J" She an
wanted l will 60 back She said,
"WeIl 60 back, you black s-n of a
b-ch." Then 1 slapped her, and one
of the men, (both of them were white)
pulled a pistol on me and said, "You
can't do that" L answered that Was
unarmed. She asked the man for the
pistol, saying she would edo me up"
One of the men told her that he had
$500 in the bank, and if she was ar
rested she could use it to defend her.
self. Then one of the men put his arm
around her and they went off; the
other man talked to me awhile, and
then he followed, and followed him.
They went to the vacant lot near the
old Graham house and stayed there till
O'Clock this morning. | staid all
night walking up and down the road
watching them. When she went to
Davis l came up town and got up
breakfast, then started off. They ask
ed me where | was going, and 1 said l
was going to the postoffice, but went
to see her. When went to her room
she asked "what in the HI wanted"
We talked some time and she said she
would edo me up before night" told
her to do it now. She jumped out of
bed, and stopped to pick up chair to
hit lne when fired. She ran on the
other side of the bed and l fired again.
l shot three or four times. Did not
shoot at all while out doors. She went
out at the gate and fell. l tossed the
pistol out in the street and walked up
town."
When asked if ne usually carried
pistol he said no; had owned two for
some time. The one he used, he said,
was 3S-bull-dog, and he never carri-
ed or shot it till this time.
| TRIAL OF JEFF. WILSON.
Judge Ryland having refused the ap-
plication tor change of venue in the
case of JEFF. Wilson for the murder of
Jennie Sanford, and having overruled
q motion for continuance the case went
to trial on Thursday October %. Mr..
blackwell for the prosecution. Judge
VIM. Young, r.. A. Hicklin, ESQ. and
A. j. Hall, ESQ.,, for the defense. The
jury was composed of Messrs. Martin
Oliver, ThOs. Waller, Jos. johnson,
Jas. P. Cartmill, Willis B. Goodloe,
Geo. B Vandiver, Albert Scott, Elhu
Nicholas, Wesley Clark, Jos. Wernex,
Winston Jordan, Chas. w. Sullivan.
The jury was selected out of panel
OF 40 good men summoned almost ex-
clusively from the country. In over
ruling the application for change of
venue Judge Ryland said that if read
ing the newspapers and being inform
ed as to current events disqualified
jurors it would degrade the system of
trial by jury to such degree that it
would be farce.
Following is the official report of the
evidence in full:
Matte JOnes-In July 1884, lived
in the Hamlet house; it was rented by
Nelson Davis; remember difficulty; had
lived there a month knew Jennie:
she had been there 8 or 4 weeks; know
JEFF. Wilson; on the morning of the
difficulty jeff. came down to the house
about Z O'Clock; myself and Rosa were
at the house: Jennie was in bed then;
l was on the porch; JEFF. said good
morning and asked for Jane; told him
she was in the room he was Just COM
ing on the porch when he asked for
Jane; had baby in my arms; was
sitting by the door; he could 90 into
the big room and then into Jennie's
room; he went in the big room; Rosa
johnson was in there; he asked her
where Jennie was; he said TO Jennie,
"Get up" he wanted her to come to
the room; she said she wouldn't; he
said "God damn you, get up" she
called for Rosa; she ran out BY me and
he followed and shot at her; | ran
around house; heard shots, / in the
room and l on porch; don't know
where Jennie went; saw her lying on
the ground near the gate, not dead
lived but few moments; don't know
where jeff. went, small bed room where
Jennie was; was at Nelson Davis
house in July 1884; jeff. went into
room three quarters of an hour before
shooting; they were talking; they came |
out of the big room; could not see her
hands; Jeff. shot with pistol; Jeff. said
nothing; it was about o'clock; about |
Z when he came; saw him there once
before the shooting; there were three |
wounds on Jennie.
CROSS s-EXAMINATION.
Know Jeff. and Jane lived in Ham
lett house, Nelson Davis rents; heard |
shots; don't know when | heard |
them; Jeff. was there but once before |
that | know Of; Jennie had been there |
or weeks; jeff. never slept there;
know he never went there to sleep with |
her; bed, bureau, washstand in big
room; Uncle Nelson and children slept |
in big room; | slept Oh floor III big
room; Jennie slept in little room; don't
have to go through big room to get to
little room; he was i'm there three
quarters of an hour; heard him say
Cd d-n yon get up; she said Cd
d-n you | aint going TO get up; she
was in bed; had just gone out on
porch when he asked Rosa where was
Jennie; L may have been out of the
room three quarters OF an hour;
know she was in bed when he went in:
she was in bed when he shot her first
time; was on the porch; didn't see
him shoot her in room; it was Jennic's
room; Jennie rented it; don't know
who paid rent; never saw Jeff. there
but once before, good while before