The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-11-19

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over her head, the other Striiiing.hrr
in the back; that he compelled her
daughter at the point OF a pistG, 20
accompany him to the house to get
water to wash his hands: that she
then got up and started TO go some
where to tell about it: towards Grand
ma Lail's house. and she hadn't gone
far until she heard her daughter
screaming and telling her TO un that
he was coming: that as he approached
her the second time hr said nothing t.
her, not word: | asked what ne
meant but he did not answer me al ali:
! that he stabbed her and cut hcr arm.
ear and throat. Mrs. Lail then
| showed the scar. on her throat TO the
! jury. She then went on to her mother
iu-'aw's house and did not see Head
rick any more until to-day.
| On a cross-examination she made
substantially the same statement.
Mr.. Jessie Kirksey, whose name
vas n. the. time of he tragedy, Jessie
Iail, daughter of the mU dered man,
testified: That.on the morning of the
ira gedy she first saw defendant ;Sout
six o clock wall. NJ towards the barn
where her father was. That about as
soon az he could get to the barn she
heard Il shot fred and heard no words
between defendant and her father: that
| she then saw her father come RAINING
down the lane towards the spring
where she and her mother welr and
that HeadT.ick was right after him.
| She was then asked TO state in her own
way What followed, the witness said:
''lIe run-when he got to the walnut
Itrce-papa ran and Headrick followed
right behind him until he got to the
walnut tree and Headrick BEGAN 10
shoot. then, one time right after the
other until papa fell. as he W.: H.
ing he looked bacE aud SAID /" il
John. please don't shoot M any
more. and he kept on firing. As.
mama and | cot over the fence
mama cot over the fence. Headrfc!;
reloaded his revolver at papa's feet.
Mama fell on papa and began to cI.v
and Ee shot her. Then he fired at
papa again and shot him several Zines
in me back. Then he beat him over
t1e head after he vas dead. Then n,
beat mama over the head. wrenchad |
the pisto. from him once and went to
throw It away. aud he jumped over
he was on one side and mama on the |
o-ner-ae jumped over ard tool. the |
pistol from me. then he ,0lj ne fna, ! |
had u 70 10 the house "i.h him. | |
told him | would not. Then h. said. |
you will 20 to :he house Wit. NE. I |
asked him VIVA: hn wa tied me 10 20 to |
The hcus, for. and toiu him | would
MOI: he said ne wanted me to 90 wi.h
him 50 h. could wash mis- hands he
wanted me 20 pour the water in the
wash pan for him. He pat the pistol
to M head ami made mc 70 with him.
When we got to to the rate. which
closed with IA spi.in" iock. | locked
back / said | will 20 to the house
said we'll, | viii 80 to the house with
vOu--i saw mama was running. He
looked back then when | said that and
ne started after her. | pulled him back
and he started again and got 10 the.
'cncc. ] pulled him back three times
Tncn he tried TO ret over He rot
over the fence and said he would kill
nc if touched him again. | ora bbed
II MIN the last time and missed him. ,
stood where | was at. could not
move. followed to mania to run as .,
lard as she could, that he was after
ler. When | saw that he was going
o catch her | run down the lane. /
cen mama and him and | SAW mama ic
all and he met me and marched me t
rack to the hOUss, past papa to the J
Ouse. | saw mania ret up. ci1hrrI /
rhcn ! turned the corner OF the smuAe I
ouse or when | got in the kitchen v
oor. When | saw mama get up and q
un he says B G. the old woman c
5 gone, on can't kill her can you
Sut while he was marching me To the :
ouse he told me he had been living :
round there two or three days waiting Ii
Or chance to get to do this. He said Il
. saw ne and my mother when we |
'ent away in Il buggy to Mrs. Oxtels
evening and heard Us talk 5
Ig and laughing. He said he hadn't a
ad anything TO eat for two or three O
ays. And he said. II have not got
ut three cartridges and | have not d
sou" Then he told me he wanted a
1ttle-he wanted me to fill a bottle
ith water that he was going to take
lorphine. There was a bottle sitting il
lere and had some clear medicine in d
. He asked what it was, and said Il
othing but water, and poured it out, a
nd he says for me to fill it up. Twas V
} nervous 1 could not. He took it n
way from me and filed it up with s.
atef Then he said that ha yro,Id -,