The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-08
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Of the Now Famous COrder Bank
RObbery-lhe Corpse OF
MurrelI Left Swing
ing for Hours.

of the American bank robbers, WIS
found hanging by clo;hes'ine from
locust tree which stands in full view
of passing trains, where the lynchers
had left it unmutilited.
A passerby, who saw the body be-
fore it was cut down, described 1t as
follows: "His hands were tied
roughly at his back and his lower
limbs we're fastened by a piece of
small cord. The hemp used was
about the SIZE of a clothes line, which
was thrown over the limb of honey
locust tree. His mouth was open and
his eyes were of that CHASTITY look that
would make ones blood curdle to look
upon the scene. With shoes off, with
coat and vest down over his shoulders,
with his ha! partly drawn over his face,
blood stains over parts of his body and
his feet several inches from the ground
the body was sight not pleasing to
see."
About noon yesterday the corpse
was brought to town and Justice of
the Peace X. N. Barley, in the absence
of the coroner, impaneied a jury,
which decided that the man met death
at the hands of unknown parties.
Then the body was buried.
In the afternoon firm Lexington
came Coroner Straugan, Wi liam
Hull, prosecuting attorney, and Sher-
if Mitchell. They declared the for
mer inquest illegal ard void, had the
dead robbers body taken up and
brought to town and set about another
inquest This lasted until 8 o'clock
last evening. the officials endeavoriDg
strenuously to get at the lynchers
name, but they met with no success.
The jury delivered sealed verdict
to the coroner, who left at once.
THE CASHIER TELLS HIS STORY.
Cashier Groves gives the details of
the attack about as follows: At 3;2O
o'clock, while he was posting up his
books, he heard some persons enter
the bank. He paid no particular at
tention at first, thinking it was a
customer. A few seconds later, he
was confronted by a man who pointed
a revolver at him with the words:
"HOld up; we mean business"
Another man walked around in
side and covered him with two re-
volvers while the first man repeated
the dem and to shell out. Mr. Groves
quietly told them he supposed they
could help themselves. This they
did. Several large checks had been
paid during the afternoon, leaving the
cash on hand unusually small. The
cashier was unarmed and had no
weapon in the bank. Most of the
money was taken from a drawer but
some was taken from the vault.
They were persuaded not to take a
package of notes upon the assurance
that the notes could do them no good.
The robbery consumed about ten
minutes and then the desperadoas re-
tired through the rear door.
b. F. Sme'zer, a liveryman from
Higginsville, happened to pass the
door while the performance was going
on and give the alarm as soon Is pos.
sib!e and the robbers were followed by
the city marshal and posse
A few shots were fired at the men
while they were leaving town. They
did not return the fire promptly
but one of them shouted to Marshal
Dean, who was firing at them: "Lool
out there, you; you might hi
somebody"
ONE OF THE OUTLAWS CAUGHT.
The pursuing party were runnin!
close upon the desperadoes when ont
of them abandoned his horse and raj
through a large cornfeld. He sur
rendered without resistance a few
minutes later to Dan jackson, a drug
gist of this town Howard Dean, city
marshal, and William Knight, whit
tracked him a mile or more through
the corn.
The prisoner was brought back ant
lodged In the calaboose. He gave hi
name as Andrew Murrell. He came
from Tennessee but is TO relation t.
John A. Murrell, the noted Tennessee
outlaw. He said he was persuaded b.
his partner, whose name he first CAV
as John Taylor but later as Palmf
Derrick, to come here to rob tn
bank.
He said the robbery was planne'
three weeks ago and that they bad
skiff on the river at the nearest poin
ten miles in which they intended f