The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-12-29
A FRUITLESS JOURNEY.
Sheriff Galloway Of Henry County
Appeals TO the Governor
in Vain.

SheriffJss. II. Callaw ~ Of Clinton,
Henry county, was in the city few
hours this morning en- route home
from jefferson City, where he had
gone to intercede for the pardon # a
convict. The sheriff YVES much
wrought up over lis failure TO iufu-
ence the governor. His story Is inter
estiug: "Niue years ago ne began,
John f. Wells, a wealthy bachelor OF
Windsor, Mo was murdered. The
circumstance that led TO the killing
are about as follows: Wells had ben
criminally intimate with a woman Of
b nd heart in that neighborhood. He
shortly married, however, and aban-
doned The bad woman, who, finding
herself thus cut of from the lib rally
she had once EMO, ed, began TO en-
ploy Vaccinations that would bear TO
a partial recovery of her loss. Every
threat and scheme was ignored and
defeated. The woman became DIS
perate. Later on she vindica:ed
the poets dtcIsra!l n:
There is in hell no rage Ike love TO
Nor in hell a demon like woman
scorn.d."
Whether the tragedy was the OUT
come OF this animos:tv the reader may
Judge at all events. Wells was soon
made the victim of discom fort at the
hands of Two youths over whom il was
known this woman exeried an un.
limited Influence. One night th, Sc
boys had been committing some
depreciation of Wells properly when
they were discovered, pursued and
finally apprehented With due
threats, Wells began and ge'ing the
two lads fl ed with awful fear lest
they should receive some great bodily
harm, if not killed outright, one of
the boys, Frank Hopkirk, by nsme,
administered a blow that proved fatsl
TO Wells. The other lad, Tom Brad
fl Id. did mt let it be bone in mind,
stru:k not a single blow. The two
boys were brought before the bar Of
JUS ice. Hopkirk, who did the killing,
escaped punishment on account of bis
age, being little over seventeen, and
was released on writ of habeas
corpus. Not so with poor
Tom Bradfi Id who YVES
few years older being at that time
about twepty.one. L. was he who
came under the head Of particeps
criminis and suffered the inflicti II of
the life Imprisonment punishment.
For seven long, weary years lie has
been bearing his CALLING yoke wi bout
a murmur, save that he proclaimed
his innocence when confronted with
an inquiry as TO the justice of the sem
tence. The forlitude that has char
actelized his prison life together with
tie fact of the extanuiting circum
stances that led to his conviction, a
petition was soon in circu alton.
Little good Was accomplished in
the mans behalf. This was several
years.ago.
Not many days since a simila
document was III. into activity. 1t
was signed by niueiy-five per cent. Of
The people of Henry county, where
the killing occurred aud the case was
tried) and in this petition appeared
the names of the murdered mans wife
and his own brother. II might be
said that the petition was unani
nous appeal to the governor for
Bradfeld's pardon. Sheriff Gala.
way volunteered lis services went to
see the governor in person and plead
for the prisoners pardon-but from
his guberna.orial excellency no salts
faction come.
Mr. Galloway was much cha.
grined, AM said that Henry county
had ceased TO exert an influence.