The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-05-19


him at the residence of relatives liv-
ing the vicinity of Glasgow and Cass
avenues. The detectives had been
furnished with an accurate description
of their man and knew him at a
glance. Huey admitted his identity
the moment a hand was placed on his
shoulder and accompanied his captors
to the office of Chief Of Detectives
Desmond at the Four Courts without
a murmer of complaint or show of re.
sistance. Last hight he told his story
in a straightforward way which car
ried with it the conviction of truth.
He said:
HUEY's STORY.
"I am wanted In Jacksonville as
an escaped convict. As | had only
a little more than six months to serve
when | took leg ball. there is no in
ducement for me to tell anything but
the truth in the matter. 1t was In
1877 that l was committed to the
penltentiary. My ofense was the
killing of one Elihu Harden, whom I
shot in December, 1874 | was then
only % years old, and lived with my
friends in Worthirgton, Ind. | had
gone to Lyons, Ind, to do a job at
my trade as plasterer and remained
several weeks. Incidentally L made
the acquaintance of Harden, who vas
a notorious bully in a little pace.
Several times the fellow forced me to
buy him liquor by threats of violence,
and it was such request on the night
of.the killing which brought on the
trouble. We were in tie saloon and
Harden told me | would have to buy
him a drink or fight. | was tired
treating him and chose the alterna-
tive, pulling off my coat in readiness
IUr tHt UaIuIc. IuSrCdU VI nSupTuS
me fair, Harden drew dirk, and |
ran out the back door and escaped to
-1ant hnnse near by at W hich dnr
ing the preceding day L had been at
work. In my chest at the house /
had a revolver, and knowing the des-
perate nature of the man, I took it
out and watched Harden through the
window as he passed along the street.
then waited until thought he had
gone and then left the house to 90
home. Harden was waiting for me
on the corner and followed me for
about block. / warned bim in a
loud voice several times to keep away
but he still advanced, when | shot and
he fell with bullet in the brain.
knew that [ had acted In self-defense
but was almost stranger in the place
while Harden had influence. For this
reason | ran away and went to Cres-
ton, 10. There [ worked for two years
at my trade. In the meantime nv
parents had removed to Terre Haute,
Ind, and / went to make them
short visit. I was recognized by
chance acquaintance while passing
along the street and was taken back
to Lyons. was indicted for murder
in the first degree, and at the first
trial the jury failed TO agree. Before
the case was called for the second
trial my attorneys so worked upon
me that | consented to plead guilty to
the charge of msnslaughter and was
given the full limit of the law, a term
of twenty-one years in the peniten-
tiary. In 1877 / wss committed to
the institution and VS. placed at
work in the shoemaking department.
After few years became a trusty
and was sent outside the prison on er-
rands of various natures 1t was In
last August that ran away. | don't
know what ever possessed me to think
of escape at that time, as L had only
little more than six months to serve
and had had many better opportuni-
ties to get away. Before l stopped
to consider, however, l obeyed
my first impulse and made off. |
Once out of the city II
could not 60 back. l went at once
to Southern Illinois and have been at !
work at my trade since that time. |
Only two weeks ago / came to St. |
Louis to see my sisters. [ am conf |
dent that | was betrayed by one of |
nv relatives as none Of the st. Louis !
police knew me. l can only make
the best fit, however, and serve my
six months. / don't think they can |
make me serve out the whole of the
twenty-oue years on account of my
escape because l broke no prison regu-
lations and used no force in getting
away.
Huey is now almost forty years
old, but has none Of the the convict