The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-24
MCCOY CONVICTED.
The Kansas City Murderer to Suffer
the Extreme Penalty.
THE SECOND WEEK OF COURT.
Judge Ryland's Tribunal Dispensing
JuStire-A Bad Woman Indicted
Proceedings in Full to
Date.

Judge kNlllu : Tribunal dispensing
.JuStire-A Bad Woman Indicted
-Pr0credin0S in Full to
Date.
The Mccoy murder case, Il detailed ac-
count OF which was given in the lNTELLI-
GENCER last week, was resumed in the
Lafayette County Criminal Court ut 10
O'Clock Monday, at which time the panel
OF forty jurors was called. Both sides had
made their scratches" previous to that
hour, and the clerk read the names of the
twelve selected to try the cause, as follows:
Young Ewing, Fred H.. hartman,
Peter n. Uphaus, Jesse II. Taggart,
John w. McBurncy, George p. Fletcher,
James j.. CatrOn, Henry j. ChriSman,
james +. Newman, Sterling p. lies,
John l.. Stewart, William H.. Waddell.
Marcy X. Brown, prosecuting attorney
of Jackson county, made II statement OF
the case, and Officer Il. l.. James, of the
Kansas City police force, was placed upon
the stand. James detailed the finding of
the wOman's body in Il vacant lot in Kan
sas City, on the morning OF April 9th,
with her head crushed, and McCoy's pipe
and pocketknife lying near. A little
while after James and Officer Ryan arrest
ed Mccoy at the ~scenc.of the killing, and
when they searched his room, they found
IL pair of shoes with blood on them, and
on the solcs clay peculiar to the locality
in which the woman had been killed. In
his trunk was found n pair OF pants stain
ed with blood, and when he was arrested
he wore an undershirt the sleeves of
which bore blood stains Several wit
nesses were examined, and by the time
the state had concluded, there remained
but little doubt.
Mccoy had placed his case in the hands
of p. ID. Myers, of Kansas City, and Hick-
lin & Welborn, Lexington, who made a
gallant fight for their client, but the odds
were against them from the first. The
chain of evidence was strong and unbro-
kec. The defense tried to prove an alibi,
Mccoy contending that at the probable
time OF the killing he was attending a
prayer meeting in another part of the
city.
The hearing of evidence in the case was
concluded Tuesday afternoon, when Mr..
Aull, prosecuting attorney of Lafayette
county, made the opening argument, fol-
lowed by Mr.. Welborn for the defense.
Wednesday forenoon Mr.. Myers addressed
the jury, Mr.. Brown following and closing
at 2 o'clock.
At 2:40 p. m. the case was given to the
jury, which retired to the room in the
northwest corner Of the court house, i'm
mediately over the sheriff's office. In Just
forty minutes the jury notified the court
that a verdict had been found, and at $50
the clerk read hat the jury had found the
defendant guilty as charged in the in
dictment.
Mccoy sat looking at the clerk as the
foreman OF the jury handed him the slip
of paper upon which was written the ver-
dics, andE he understood its import he
gave no sign, for not a muscle of his face
moved; not n feature changed.
1t is understood that 1.-TWO ballots were
taken in the jury room, one OF the jury
men voting "not guilty" on the first bal
lot to watch it's effect upon misconceptions.
He was in fun, and on the second ballot
there was an unanimous vote upon the
mans guilt.
OTHER PROCEEDINGS.
State VS.. Frank Gorden, assault with in
tent to kill; bond forfeited.
State VS.. Henry Payne, Fannie Payne
Inc Andrew Green, assault to kill: sever
ance granted and continued; bond of
defendant Fannie Payne forfeited.
The grand jury on Tuesday returned the
following indiotnonts.
G. w. Myers, assault with intent to
rape.
Henry Jones and Robert Wilson, bur-
glary second degree and larceny.
Mary Needham, conveying instruments
into jail to assist prisoners To escape.
Ed. Franklin, rape.
William Vernon, felonious %wounding.
Henry Pucket, assault with intent TO
kill.
james Small, selling liquor without Ii
cense; arraigned, pleads guilty and is fined
$50 and costs.
On Wednesday the grand jury returned
the following indictments:
jeff Young, assault with intent to kill.
John Kemple, selling liquor on Sunday
and selling Igor without license.
Al. Farris, same charge.
The bill against Alexander Denton.
murder in the first degree, was ignored.
State VS.. Robert Nesbit II William II.
johnson, peddling without license; nolle
entered as to Johnson, and Nesbit's bond
forfeited.
State vs.. A. b. Gunderman, peddling
without license; bond forfeited.
State vs.. Dan Collord, Keeping a COM
mon gambling house; nolIc entered dur
ing progress of trial.
State vs.. Richard Mosby, same charge;
continued at cost of the state.
State VS.. Benjamin F. Adams and Buck
Williams, burglary second degree and
larceny; severance granted; Williams
tried and acqitted by n jury.
State VS.. Christopher G. Dollarhide,
forgery second degree; plea Of guilty en-
tered and awaiting sentence.
The grand jury returned the following
indictments on Thursday.
Ferdinand r. Butler, murder first de-
gree.
Andy Blagg, murder first degree.
Benjamin Il. Adams, burglary second
degree ana larceny; cause heard by jury
and defendant convicted and sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
State vs.. Al Farris, selling liquor on
Sunday and cling without license; con-
tinued.
State VS.. John Keith, selling liquor
without license; nolle prosequi.
State VS.. William Mccoy, murder in the
first degree; defendant files motion for n
new trial and in arrest OF Judgment.
The application for a change of II
in the case of Isaac Felts, indicted for the
murder of A. Higgins, was heard in the
criminal court yesterday, and change
granted to Ray county. The case will be
called at the February term of the Ray
county circuit court.
st. vs.. Joe Williams, ]felonious wound
ing; on trial when the INTELLIGENCER's
forms closed at 3 O'Clock yesterday after
noon.
ady Co.,