The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-02-16
THE PRELIMINARY TRIAL.

the coroners il quest which is still in
progress. 1t is thought, however that
IT will 70 | W in day or Two The
inquest was attended by hundreds
and so will be the preliminary trial.
PUBLIC FEELING.
, In reference e. this sad affair it is
impossible to analyze the public feel
ing. Each have friends and syn pa by
naturally is divided in that direction.
Among those TO whom both were I'M
known opinion is Likewise divided just
in proportion as TO the manner in
which the circumstances reached their
ears.
THE INQUEST.
At 2 O'Clock large audience OF
citizens filed into the criminal court
ro IN to-day to hear the evidence "a
introduced before the coroner's jury
in the Parme'ee shpnring C Sc.
A deay was occs,iuned by sendirg
for the the accus d who was at the
county j.il.
Henry Lamm and w. d. Steele
attorneys, appeared to protect the
inter,st of Mr.. Parmel,e,
while Prosecuting Attorney Longan
was present rep,ess nting the state.
it was $50 before Mr.. Parmelee
was b.oug hit into court. walking be-
tive, Sheriff Smith and Deputy
Sheriff Barnett.
The witnesses were called and
sworn. The first witness called Was
A W. wINzENBURG.
He said:
Folding doors are between my
office and Parmelee's office. Yesterday
morning. about 10 o'clock, | was in
my office and heard a pistol SHIT in
Parmelee's office. Started in there
and heard another shot instantly.
Went IN Parmelee's office aud saw
Parmelse standing behind book case
with pis'ol IN his hand and
a man (Condon) falling to the
floor. | said, billie, what d d you
shoot this man for?' He SAID: He
threatened me and | shot him in self
defense BY this time Condor was
stretched on the floor, ard ! said; 81
will go for a docto this man may
not be dead yet Parme'ee said. "No,
stay with NE and send some one else
tor Doctor By that time ovid
had collected and | sent man
for doctor. After the first shot was
fired, | heard Parmelee ccy on "stanr
back stand back hold up your hands"
Condor never said a word after ]
entered Parmelee's office. He was
dead in about ten minutes after the
first shot was fired. Parmelee said
nothing more to me- Parmelee was
about IN the center of the room when
l entered. Condor was sluth
of the stove, in Il corner OF
the room when | entered. Heard
some talking before | entered the
room. Condor was talking very loud
a minute or two before the first shot.
Could not understand the converse
lion. Ii was very short. The CONVEX
sation was very excited and passion.
ate. There were two voices engaged |
in the excited conversation. Heard |
no trouble in the office before that
occasion. Was IN my. offi.e mos;
of the morning. After the shooting
an officer arrested Parm.lee. When |
he was arrested Parmelee wept.
DIR. j. A. Grimes testified as TO-
lows:
About 1890 o'clock Yesterday
morning was summoned to the law
office OF VIM. Parmelee. Saw w.
j. Condor lying on the
iioor. Examined his pulse
found none ut the wrist. Turned the
body over and found bullet hole in
his vest on right side. | undid his
clothes and found that ball did not
enter the body-only made a red spo,
On the abdoman. Found another ball
had entered at the tenth rib
On the left side from the back,
passed through the heart
and lodged under the skin. Death
ensued in ten minutes from this
wound. ParmeIee was walking round
he room. When hit by the fatal
,ullet, in my opinion, Condon was
,Ither stopping over OF the pistol was ,
ired from low range. If Parmelee
Vas standing erect, Condor was
topping over with his |
lack TO Parmelee. Condor, when
hot was standing close to the stove. {
)ne of the two must, necessarily, have
'een STOPPING when the shot was fired
r the pistol must have been lowered.
here were two tables in the room. I