The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-02-10

more ill be was in Jail.
HENRY BENEKE.
| knew JEFF Moore. He lived zoo
wards from my fathers | remember
circumstances of the killing OF the
Moores. Last time | saw Jeff Moo: c
he was sitting out in the yard under a
tree. 1t began to rain and he went
int1 the house. | was there on Mon
day WI en- the body was f,und. |
recognized the dead man. He was
| |, ing with his face down. Had blsn-
ket thrown over him. Had ON shirt.
1 saw Williamson haul the dirt to the
cellar. 1t was about d4yligh', a week
before the bodies were found. The
bed was taken apart and lying on the
door. The bedcIotning was bloody.
AsBURY GOODNIGHT.
Have known Thomas Williamson
since last March. Last May Charlie
Moore came down into my field where
We We're planting corn. A few days
afterward he aud Williamson were
cutting wood down in The timber near
my house. TIE next time [ saw
Charlie Moore was when we dug up
his dead body. | saw Jefferson Moore
and Williamson at Moore's house.
NV father and | went there to b1r
row a harrow. WILKINSON was
present. We asked JEFF Moo. e
where Charlie Moore was. but Jefer-
on Moore could not tell where he was.
Jeff Moore was in poor health. Was
not able TO do any work. Had been
in this condition fce or Elk years.
That was the last time [ saw HIM
alive. | saw Williamson then out in
the field. The next time saw JET
ferson Moore he was lying dead and
partly buried in the cellar at bis
house. This was on Monday. ] took
shovel and dug away the loose dir
from over the body. first found his
head. 1t was Daked. He was a
bald headed man. We had sent for
the coroner and when he came We
took the rest of the dirt off the body.
The body was face downward. The |
legs were in the deepest part of the
dirt. Perhaps two feet deep. The
arms were thrown out. The under |
jaw was broken, back part of skull
broken In Ii looked like it had been
done by hatchet or club. There |
was a Ratchet, an axe and hickory
club three feet long on the porch.
Jefferson More was about titiy-six
years OLD. Two hours after we
found the old man We
found the boly of Charles Moore.
o d man Moore hid a silver watch.
Watch given witness and partially
Never saw Williamson
with a watch, have lived in the neigh
borhooi 81 years. The Moore's had
lived there Ave Of six years. Was
acquainted with them.
Charlie Moore was about 20 years
old. MoOre's moved from Sedalia.
AID Funk, a nephew of old man
Moore, lived there two summers.
George Moore and John Bonner and
wife also lived there awhile
with the Moore's. They occu-
pied a separate room. They
lived there a short time prior to Will
liamson's coming. Jefferson Moore
married after he located there. Mrs
O'Bannon (Mrs. Moore) lived there a
year previous to the tragedy. Prose
cutting Attorney Longan first suggest
ed that the premises be searched. My
father informed the neighb ,rs that
Mr.. Longan said to search the place. .
was in the house the evening before
be bodies were found. | wanted to
zee about the MOores. | had heard
hat the MoOres had been killed. Mr..
8renicke, a neighbor, told me. |
hink | saw the heap of dirt in the l
cellar Sunday evening the !
lay before body was found. 2
Cellar never had been
vailed up. There seemed to be a
,Ood wagon load of dirt in the cellar.
The entrance was partly closed by it q =
/ "Ouiu take d person nalf an n0ur
o unload the dirt from the wagon. v
We found Charlie Moore's BODY
hort distance from the house. The last u
Ime | saw him, he aud Williamson !.
iere clearing brush near the house. II
'harlie was buriei in this ground, on q
little rise. u
MRS. MARY FUNK.
Jsffers III Moore is my brother. In fl
lay, 1890 he lived three and one f.
alt miles south of Sedalia. I.have ST
o acquaintance with Williamson. c
lie lived with my brother three ii
lonths. saw Williamson the 26th O.
t May. He came to my house and in
sked for George Moore. He said T
eferson and Charles had gone to "