The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-02-14

One asked how far to lOnia other
one asked me what time Of night il
was. l asked the oldest one why they
drove at night. He replied to avoid
the teams at day. The young man
wanted his partner to come back to
town to get a bottle of whiskey.
Neither had q horse. No noise wa
made in driving sheep. One of the
partners in charge of sheep, when ]
came up. said to the other, 81 wonder
who that isy'
Characterization: Never saw the
young man before that night. He
had on dark coat. Willie Woodard's
DESCRIPTION suits that of the young
man I saw in the night with the sheep.
l don't recognize Tom Woodland as
the other man ! saw
j. X. Lewis: Live one and half
miles from from Mora. Saw W. K
Woodland near my home driving
mixed lot of sheep, January %. Had
about 100 sheep. mostly Merinos.
Saw him on "Wednesday morning. [
proposed to buy some of the sheep
and he proposed to sell. We couldn't
agree on price. He said sheep were
his fathers He wanted SD per head.
| went part Of the way to Nor, with
him. He said he didn't know
whether he would ship them or
not. He said the sheep came from
near Lamonte.
Cross-examination-l walked with
Woodland about one mile toward Mora,
helping him to drive the sheep. I
tried to trade him gold watch for Is
sheep. Watch is worth $40. He
wouldn't take it. | am married
man.
SHEEP TAIL CONTINUED.
Chas. A. Shaefer: Was in Sedalia
at residence Of W. T. Hutchinson, ON
Third and Grand Avenue. night of
January -. ] saw Il flock Of sheep
going south on Grand avenue about
one o'clock. The night was mod
erately dark. Looked like a pretty
large flock of sheep: two footmen
were walking behind, going south it
was cold night; ground was frozen.
Cross-examination: ] was sitting
up with corpse that night and hap
pened to go out. rs the sheep were
passing.
Gus. Metcher: Work for Ber-
nethy, about II miles south of Soda
liza: / saw W. r. Woodland Wednes-
day morning. January %: he was
alone; he had sheep; some of them
merinos: he asked me if | wanted to
buv them: / said no: then he said,
| will take them to. Mora. He said
he had come 10 miles with them from
the north,
J. H. Foler Live Ii miles south of
town, met w. X. Woodland coming to
Sedalia. He was alone The sheep
he had were mostly Merino, merely
spoke to him. This was on Wednes-
day, January, 18th, one haif-mile
north of nv house.
Peter E. HOltzeD | live at Mora.
Am freight and ticket agent there for
the Narrow Gauge railway. l saw w.
r. Woodland there January -. He
had driven a flock of sheep there and
he came to my office He handed me
card saying sheep were to he billed
from J. NJ. Stevenson. They were a
mixed lot. There were more fine
sheep than poor ones. Woodland told
me about Stevenson hiring him to
drive sheep to Mora. Stevenson, he said,
helped him drive the sheep rs far a.
the county line. / think one of the
other Woodland boys joined him al
Mora. w. X. W0odard got on train
returning to Sedalia. Do not know
what became of the other Woodland,
who came last. Thomas Woodard
was not this man who came last, and
whom saw near nv Office. Loaded
the sheep into , cars; 80 head were il
first ear; second car contained IL
head of sheep. This was about II
o'clock a. III. Wednesday. The sheer
were billed to j. NJ. Stevenson, Ma
tiOnal stock yards. 81. Louis.
John w. Menefee: am in the mule
business. | know Tom Woodland
He came to my stable and asked me
what responsible firm there was in st.
Louis TO whom he could ship sheep.
l gave him a letter to Dan Sprecher
of the National stock yards, st. Louis
This was about ten davs or two weeks
before January 24th. This converse
ton took place at corner of my mule
yard.
Mike Anderson: Am rate and bill
| iny clerk st Mo. Pac. depOt i'm Soda