The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-01-05

The TerTibls Murder of O Bride
groom and Suicide Of the
Murderer.

Sunday afternoon rear Kansas City 8
sn sspect OF Othelloism sbnut ii which 10
horrify ing 10 thr~xireme. The psriicu ars
of the case Is Cleaned firm the Kansas
City Tfme are about IS follows:
THE MURDER.
Mr. Frank Vausha. who had only been
married ihrek days, wss shot d ad while
out ridir & in . carriage accompanied by
his bride and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Slower.
brother and sis'er-in-lsw of Mrs. Vaughn.
The murder occurred ahaut 2 o'clock Snu-
day afternoon shout three miles east Of
Kansas City on what is known SIS The R,v-
town road, . mile east Of the Catholic
cemetery, The assassin was Abram Nav,
cousin of Mr.. V.ughn's wife,
who was riding horseback behind
the carriage aud formed one Of
the party who we're en route rom Argentine,
where The d.ceas, d livej, 70 pay . witt TO
the brides mother. The cause OF the muir
der appears to have been jealousy on the
psrt of Nave, who is . cousin Of Mrs.
Vsughn and had formed an attachment for
her which ripeped into love, snd his prof
fers Of marriage being refus. d he thresteued
TO end bis life or hers, and. on learning
that she was abou: to be married included
the prospective bridegroom in his threat.
The marriage of the young couple took
place on Christmas Eve al the residence OF
the brides mother, and scarcely had the
ceremony been finish. d when The crack OF
revolver was heard and bullet crashed
through the window snd passing between
the brid i coup lie, grszed the neck of Miss
NJ title Slower, q SISTER of the bride. Sus-
picion fell upon Nave as the would be
assassin, although q search that evening
failed TO give sny clue ss to the psrty
who fired the shot On Christina 40
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn went over to
Argentine, where they expected to reside,
and vi tied the brides brother. Saturday
evening Nave put in an appearance and
held q conversation with the brother in re-
lation {, the suspicion that had sttaehed to
him in regard to The Christmas eve shoot
ing and remarked that be wanted TO sc, IT,
il. 1t was then srrsnged that Mr.. and
ars- Vaughn, Mr.. snd Mrs. Slower and
Nave should visit Mrs. Abigail Slower on
Sunday afternoon and talk over the matter.
Th.lnight Mr.. N,ve slept at Stover's resi-.
dence, and after dinner yesterday the TWO
married couples took a carriage. Nave
mounted his horse and the party set out for
the Little Blue. Nave at times would ride
up alongside Of the carrisse and engage in
converss,ipn with the occupants and then
fall in behind the carriage.
NAvE's COLD FLOODED ACT.
Arriving at a point where the road
turned to The right toward the Blue, Nave
deliberately rode his horse up close TO the
rear of the carriage, which was a double
seated phaeton, and peeriDg through the
small pane OF glass set in the curtain,
coolly drew bis revolver and placing il
directly against the curtain, fred. With
out waiting 10 see the effect of the shot, he
spared mp his horse and rode off toward
Independence at q rapid gait
Vaughn, on being shot, fell forward to-
wsrd the front seat, on which Mr.. Slower,
who was driving, was seated, with the cry
of "Chsrlie, I'm shot," and at the same
time pulled out his revolver, q SO cslibre
Smith & Wessop, but it slipped from his
grasp. Mr.. Slower was parslyzsd for q
moment and the ladies screamed. The
murdered man never spoke again and al
most instantly after receiving the wound
he was dead man. The scene that ensued
was . mcst narrowing one. The
young wife was overwhelmed with
grief and cried piteously as it
became apparent that her husband was in
the sgonies of death, and her endearing
words failed to bring any response. A
man named John Woodruff, who was sitting
on fence near by when the shooting
occurred, offered his assistance, and at the
solicitation OF Slower be got into the car
risge, snd the horses heads we're turned
toward this city. The bride Of Christmas
eve, now a weeping and heartbroken widow,
ciasped her husbands body in her arms,
and as she recovered from the shock of the
tragic shooting and began to realize her
loneliness, she sobbed and moaned in q
pitilul manner.
THE CORPSE TAKEN TO KANSAS CITY.
About 8 o'clock the carriage arrived at
Shines undertaking rooms, Kansas City,
and the corpse was taken out and laid on a
stretcher. The occurrence soon attracted
the attention of passers-by aud the news
sf the tragedy spreading like wild6re, the
sidewalk and street In front of Shines was
crowded with an eager. excited lot of men,
all anxious to learn the particulars. As
The story was detailed and passed from
mouth to mouth, the utmost indignation
was expressed and lynchiDg was freely
talked of.
In the meantime Coroner McDousld had
been notified and arriving soon after took
charge of the body. On examination he
found that the bali had entered at the low
er end OF the shoulder blade, and ranging
passed through the lungs. An
artery had evidently been severed, as blood
was oozing out Of the mouth,
nostrils and ears in pfofusicn.
The wound also bled quite freely.
During all this time the devoted young
wife continued to sob and moan, and was
with difficulty persuaded to return to the
carriage to be driven to her brothers home
at Argentine.
The coroner turned over to Mr.. Slower
the deceas.d's effects, with the exception OF
the revolver, which he considered necs ssary
to retain until the inquest should be con-
cluded. He also cut out of the curtain of
the carriage a square piece of the leather