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

honor of Cooper county, for the dig.
nifty of the state, to disperse quietly,
60 to their homes, keep off the streets
and in this way instead of breaking
upheld he majesty of the law. The adj
dress had wonderful effect upon the
crowd. The Rubicon had been passed.
Order was restored and all danger Of
an assault upon the jail had been
passed. yet as matter of precautiop,
a posse armed with Winchester rifles
were stationed inside the Jail as a
guard. Before the meeting at the
bank bad adjourned. the Rev. Broad.
] dus said: "You have heard the dy-
ing request of the sheriff. asking YOU
not 10 harm hair of his murderer's
he'd. know you loved him we'll
enough to grant the st request he
could make of You. He died in fu |
discharge of his duty. He left a
family only in comfortable circum-
stances, and | propose we take up
collection now for his widow and chill
dren." The proposal met with a
hearty response, and inside of fifteen
minutes about $1,000 was collected.
and Speed Stevens was appointed to
take charge of The money raised.
and such other sums as may be sub
scribed. John Cosgrove then sug-
gested that every township in the
county raise fund for the family.
This was unanimously agreed to when
the meeting adjourned in a more
peaceful humer than when they as.
sembled.
Shortly after burlington had BEEN
returned 10 the Jail Marshal Taliaferr O |
and +. ID. Storer entered the dark cell i
and put him under the Sweating" pro-
cess. He quickly wilted and tod all |
he knew about the shooting. Turling-
ton stated it was a pre-arranged plan
OF the prisoners to break jail and that
ne shot the sheriff for the sole purpose
OF efeciipg his escape and to aid the
others in gaining their liberty. He
said the loaded revolver with which
he did the shooting was handed to
him through the bars of The outer wall
window by West Hensley, his former
Jail mate IN the Pettis county Jail.
Hensley bad agreed TO meet him in
the vicinity of Otterville water-tank. :
They agreed upon signals--such as
whistles and shOotIDg-if it happened ,
to be dark when he reached the neigh. ,
borhood. He said that his right name ,
was not West but w. E. burlington,
and that his mother, Mrs. Anna T. /;
burlington, resides in Dresden, Tenn.
DE requested the marshal to telegraph :
% his mother informing her of the +
trait In which he was placed. :;
Marshal Taliaferro, after hearing
Turlingtop's confession, determined :
lpon the capture of Hensley, the =,
accessory TO the killing, and in COM .
Upton and from there 70 6f9 f6e otter. Z
lille tank. About daylight thew y
ucceeded in arresting Hensley and D D
tramp Irishmau and handcufft d +,
hem together. Later, finding the n n
ramp was an innocent psrty, he was g,
eleased and Hensley brought to e
his city. Upon arriving at Sedalia II
he marshall was intercepted by a II
elegram ordering him not to bring g,
1ensley to Boonville or he would Ii
ertainly be mobbed. Hensley was r.
hen locked up in the Pettis county m
Ill. .,
The coroner of this county, DR.. r. n,
. Holman, is sheriff ex-oficio, and this re
forming he summoned a coroner's d.
Try of the following citizens to hold
n inquest: Lon V. Stephens, tore
IAN G. w. Sombart, j. G. Varney, -
). W. WhItlow, VIM. Maher and Z. "
7. Chiffon. The prisoners of the ca
ii were subjected to a rigid examin- q,
ton, and the facts ELECTED were SUBJ nj
as given in the foregoing. m
he verdict returned was as follows: ar
We, the coroner's jury swore TO in m
Tire into the cause of the death of ar
hos. G. Cranmer do find that from ri
lie evidence produced before us, that bs
lie said Thos. G. Cranmer came to N
is death from gun shot wound in
Icted by the hand of one William III
!. West, that said shot was fired BY in
id West with feloneous and murder ",
Is intent. We do further find that in
he West Hensley did with feloneous as
tent furnish to the said William E. wi
lest the pistol with which he shot ho
e Thos. Z. Cranmer and that said
lest Hensley is an accessory to the hs
ling. 90
The deceased Sheriff, Thomas c. ne
ranmer was born near Clifton, an
ooper county, Mo-, Feb. 10, 1886. di.
hen young man he made num- fro
er oftrips across the plains and saw cei