The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-20

shooting, she was riding IN a last troi.
1t was Matte Vogue She came
down towards the gate, il Is about Il
quarter OF mile from my. house 10
Mr.. Mullens' she was about half way
between the houses. Next | saw MIR.
MulleBs and Mr.. Hughes, they came
out together from behind the brush,
they came around the brush, from the
shooting, they were side and side,
close enough for me 10 hear them
without calling loud. They went on
up towards Mr.. Mullens' house. |
took INV two little children and went
to see what they had done, | don't
know where they went after they went
through the gate. / found my hus-
band dead laying on his face with his
head To the north and his hat above
his head, there the witness broke
down and could hardly speaking for
crying). He gasped a little after |
got to him ! turned him over and
took his head in my lap he groaned
and died. | saw shot hole in the
back OF his neck, when / turned hin,
over | saw blood coming out of his
right side. He was well when he left
home, / never looked at his wounds
afterward, | never saw anything In
Mullens or Hughes hands, | DO not
know how long il was before Mr..
Mullens came back was in too much
trouble, l lett my husband and went
out to the road and met Mr.. Mullens
and Mr.. Hughes on the road TO
Hughesviile.
/ asked Mr.. Mullens who killed my
husband.
He said We fixed him. | asked him
what made him kill him. and he said.
well, he'll pack no more clubs and do
nothing else.
said no more, only cried, and they
went on.
| have my husbands shirt. Mr..
Mcclure and Mr.. McAnnich took it
off of him. Idon't know which one
gave it 10 me, they were looking at it
together. 1t Is my husbands shirt. |
got il the night of the inquest. 1t is
the shirt my husband had on when he
last left home in the morning. CThe
shirt was here shown 1t was bloody
and had three shot holes in the
collar and neck, and showed powder
stains about the holes. There was
also hole in the left side OF the
shirt.
This closed the direct testimony and
the witness was cross examined at
length by Attorney Steele, but told
substantially the same story. Mr..
Steele then asked:
Did not Mr.. |. Y. Smith tell YOU
what to swear to at his house We'd
nesday evening"
No, sir. had no conversation
with him on the subject. stopped at
his house coming from the funeral.
l was there only few minutes, Mr..
Chamberlain was there at the time.
SAMUEL STIRLING
testified reside at Hughesville, am
justice Of the peace, acted as coroner
at the inquest over the body of Henry
Thatcher Tuesday afternoon about | |
o'clock. | found the body on the farm
of Mr.. Mullens, in a pasture. about
800 yards west Of deceased's residence |
lying at the head of little washout
about y or Is inches deep. The
body lay on its back, some brush had
been thrown over it. l was first
notified TO 60 there about
$50 a. m, got there between II
and l a. m. j went from Hughs-
vile, distance of about five miles.
! examined the body and found the
following gunshot wounds. First, one
three inches below the left nipple,
which seemed to have been fired from
a position directly in front of him, and
which penetrated directly inward.
Second, pistol shot on the right side
two inches above the hip, passing
directly through The body to the left
side, where | extracted it from under
the skin. Third, another on the left
side about three inches above the left ,
hip, penetrating straight in, but which
could not trace. Fourth, a wound
in the left wrist, passing entirely
through it. Fifth, another in the ,
ieshy part of the left fore arm, higher !
up. Sixth, a wound In the back of ]
he neck, near the center of the base ,
IF the neck. This shot passed through {
he collar of the shirt, which was
powder burned. The deceased's neck
vas broken. Mr.. Mullens was before :
ne. ] took his testimony. 1t was '
II written down, and signed by him. q
Here an argment arose as to whether
he states attorney shnnld he allnuad 70