The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-06-24

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ing the escape of the other prisoner
who had come out of their cells ant
were ready also, to seek escape. Will
toiteriDg steps, his face pale as dealt
and his clothing bathed in bis heart
blood, he walked down the steps anC
entered the resident portion of thu
Jail. Surgical aid was quickly sum
moned, but be had received his death
wound, and he was past all medica
aid-only to stop the outward flow O
blood, and the administration o
Opiates TO relieve the internal pains
The wounded man suffered consider
able throughout the night, AMI death
came to his relief from pain at
lo'ciock Sun fay morning.
| Quickly after the shooting, the
alarm was given and the news spre .d
over Boonville with remarkable I'd
pidity. 1t flashed like lightning in
all directions, and Inside of five min
utes, at least 200 men had started
10 pursuit of the assassin. This force
was largely augmented in the next
few minutes and 1t seemed that every
man and boy in Boonville was bent
on the speedy capture of the william
who had stricken down the mau who
was respgcted and loved by every
man, woman and child in Cooper
county. City Marshall w. w. Tai
iaferro and F. w. Streets were the
first to strike the right trail and SEEM
ingly with the s!inct of blood hounds
they followed the murderer's tracks
SO closely and holly that he was for
ced TO cover and he hid in the brush
in Simpsons park. Alter accurately
locating their man reintorcements
were sent for and upon Their arrival
the brush was completely surrounded
by large number of determined men.
burlington was at the end of his rope,
it.was either imme liate surrender or
instant death. He held up his hands
and Marshal Taliaferro quickly hand
cufed him and organizing a strong
posse as quickly and quietly as posi-
BILE hurried burlington back to the
jail and locked him up in the dark |
cell. But for the CELEBRITY of |
the marshaPs posse the assassin would |
never have seen the inside of the
Cooper county Jail sgain. At the
time of his capture the populace was
scattered in every direction, this was
also in favor of the prisoners safe res
for if his capture had been
delayed an hour longer, when most of
the hunters had returned, a rope. in
place of handouts, would have been
the ornament with which he would
have been decorated. The GOODNESS
Of the prisoner after he cleared the
rear fence is shown by an incident
which occurred when he was several
hundred yards from the j il. While
at swing gait he met a ne
gro who asked "W hats the matter?n
Some prisoners have escaped from
all, !" replied burlington, come oDw
The negro obeyed the command and
accompanied the escaping prisoner
quite distance when Burlington, who
vas in front, quickly wheeled and
Trusting the murderous revolver in
he negroes face, shouted; chow getl" {
The negro did not wait to be told a I
econd time and he ran like a deer. ID
The news of the capture ofTurling-
on and his Judgement in Jail spread {
S quickly as did the report that the I
heriff had been shot, and in a very j
hort time the Jail was surrounded by a
hundreds of excited and enraged I
itizens clamoring for vengence. The |
excitement had reached more than the \
'oiling point when the vast throng j
Vas informed that the surgeon said a
hat the wound while serious was not S
atal but if an attempt was made to I
reak into the jail the excitement of a
Orible entrance would undoubtedly q
e the cause of Sheriff Cranmer's 1
cath. This announcement served to t
old the hot.headed element 10 check Z
1T was like throwing a lump of ice b
lto pot of boiling water, it served q
, cool the fluid for the time being. I
tut the fire was still under the pot, s:
ne ice slowly melted, the water be- o
an to simmer and by daylight was at o
he boiling point again. At this il
lncture calm, level-headed and law '
Diding citizens came to the front and Il
y their influence, mature judgment '
nd with admirable skill succeeded In k
gliding in check a mass of men who
ere almost ready to follow the lead c
ship of some Judge Lynch. &c
While Sheriff Cranmer was dying Y
E called Duputy Sheriff Will Bow b
AN to his side and said, eff they a
ltch West don't let them harm a Il
air on his head. Let the law take its G
,urse." When the sheriff had a.