The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-03-03
JOHN o. TURLING
BURLINGTON s LITTER.

BURLINGTON s LITTER.
81 can't quite understand, says one
person, "why John Oscar burlington,
the condemned murderer of BoOnville,
Mo-, made his escape from the Jail on
the night of November /, 1890. He
was kept in a good, warm cell and
IL lated kindly, and his fare was good,
and taking all in all he was very we'll
situated, and why he should risk
losing his life in escaping fiom the jail
and am told that he even braved
the threatening aud cold waves of the
Missouri river, also endured the hard
ship Of eleven days and nights of
weary travel, never stopping or leav-
ing his course, but cOniir ueu to pres,
forward over mounta; IS. thro h
lonely valleys, never th'nking of turn
ing back or seekiog shell n in N )
of storms, anu that he ate but I'll
meals of vicluals during which Il e be
travelled $50 or 800 miles,"
"Now, my friend, can you tell me
why any sane man would endure
such p
"Oh yes Mr.. Al can tell you
just why burlington did it all, and l
am shocked to think that even an in
sane man would ask the question.
I'll explain Wis; You see Turling-
ton had broken the law by killing i .
G. Crammer, the sheriff of Cooper
county, Missouri. He had been tried
ard sentenced to death, ofcourse his
counsel had appealed to the Supreme
Court and his case was pending before
that tribunal, yet that was oniy de-
lay Ofexecution and darlington knew
it was only question OF time It'll he
would hear the decision of the court
pronounced and then all chance or
hope would be gone forever. Now
my friend Mr.. A, can you wonder
that this man of human nature and
with natural fears and breads of
death, especially in such a manner,
would take any sprt of a chance and
endure anything even though he
could never fad a place where he
could enjoy quiet home or feel safe
from the sentence of the law?"
Now burlington what do you
say?'
Well, my dear sir, as my case is
sealed ami beyond human aid and
practice, III let it drop from human
discussion so far as I'm concerned.
But my kind sirs, as your cases are
not yet beyond help and probably
undesided, L do ask you to, for one
moment, turn my case over to the
Lord and while l ask you a question
| hope you will look within yourselves
and answer trutbfuliy and compare
yourselves to the law. I'll ask you,
are you siDnerin the sight of God
and are you guilty before the Divine
bar Of justice. Well you say yes /
SIN a sinner or | don't really know.
Well if you don't know / must read
you the warrant, that you are sinner
aud guilty of death and your execu-
ton is only pending before the High
Court and you must surely die the
shameful death; and oh 1! nay sirs,
what is this We read in your sentence,
oh, hold your breath let your pulse
throb for it. 1t says you have been
weighed aud found wanting and shsl'
die the death that the pain is
never to be lessened but forever
spurned from his presence, to reath
in torment forever and ever. You
may doubt this now nv dear sirs
while you are reposing with apparent
olse in the devils prison with comfort
and plenty and with the devils sweet
tongued angels to quiet you by telling
you to dispatch your tears, that all
will be well when the deci7s ion comes
but oh my dear sirs tell you it is the
solom truth, if you do not escape and
flee for your lives you must die THE
death. Oh, warn you to turn a deaf
ear to the DEVILS fiattering guard, for
when your doom is sealed they will
then point the finger of scorn and tor
ture at you and call you the chqff of
sinners and the softest of all suckers
for being fooled and dragged to your
doom; snd now beg you to escape
and flee for your life while the door is
open for oh the death warrent may
come this hour. You say ''what is
the door really open? ?" l tell you
yes and that your true aud tried
friends is calling "come out all of
you" and all you have to do is to look
to the door and take one step and he
will take you out and keep you for
ever safe and happy and when the
devil misses you, all he can do is to
mourn for his trouble and time. Sir,
you who can see why l escaped, will
YOU not now take q free deliverv-noti