The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
KILLED Ills. FR.
He Breaks Dond
Confesse
YOUNG Eltjah Moore Tfe AS
sGss!nation ot uif,
Rev. Jesse Nd

Dexter, No. Nov. 3Ot tystery
surrounding the tragi of the
Rev, Jesse Moore, whd dsassin-
ated last Thursday mol Ehile ne
lay asleep IN bed AZ bine, six
miles south of here. i ID. The
son, Elijah, - years 1 under
suspicion. today madI comics
sion CT the deed. a- Fa!a; that
his sister, Mary. knew fntenti"n
to murder his i2thejugh H. a
subsequent stateneu blnpletely
exonerated her and th%t he
alone WIS to blame.
Since his arrest seemed in
different and maiutafullen attI-
tude toward his jail |nions and
the officers until Sd, when he
broke down and c.te a child.
Last night Prosecution Far
ris put him in the '.YoX again,
and this morning Wis Officer as
Il bluff, said a iould lynch
him unless he clear |my Stery, he
exclaimed in trembI Icents: My
God. man, save mdthis horrible
fate, and I will tell hole story
Upon being As Jof the laws
protection and ? trial. Elijah
gave the foiiowiu.cI bent:
sIG3HE's CbSIoN.
Il fired the fatal that killed my
father, Jesse Nod the morning
of November III. contemplated
and planned this for two weeks
previous to his dJnd thought. as
/ returned n0re hight from my
daily labor that ID carry it into
execution. / couter summon mp
sufficient ,courag Eevers until last
Wednesday s,igi ben j made a
Erm vow beaore + 10 -Ied that it
should be his Hight on earth.
This de,erm;Ra las strengthened
hT q stormy sce1ich M occasion
ID in the fanilj an autburst OF
anger on his D;Jl that day. Be
,c-e retiring / I'd over to whsFe
1e lay or dis oaFeeping. noted the
position of MS +, the position bf
he windows in loom and decided
Z v1at nJ.tionEhe face the shot
9Gst o. lir-d int \. to lend credence
q the belis5 Ind vas shot from one
Z the windows1
Two weeks r. this time sister
jary knew OF plans end we took
CUR ant tcreted it behind a
CIV of four bah in the kitchen and
overed il caret with a pile of old
ags. This va bac to add credenos
; the storF VII i told on the morn
~ of the asst bation, that father
I'd loaned hisb to 5uEe neighbor
I'd the neighj came back in the
.ght time, xii father and put the
n in its accu1 he'd place in the rack
the front pc
= About 10 tck / walked out to
e front gat@anned the road as
r as I could moonlight. and list
ed attentivelbr few minutes for
4 noise in vicinity l walked
ck into the bm and roticed that
brothers-Srles. aged 10, and
tace. aged 7n a truudle bed in
: same roontere restless in their
ep. This d rred me from carry
? cut my pbose at this hour. l
w out the lit and went 10 bed. but
to sleep.
AS the cid struck , the baby in
adjoining bm aroused sIe out of
loze. sI ed up, slipped into the
chen. got 1 fathers gun, came
k and pl3d the muzzle within
,ut eighteefnches of his face and
d. My all was decided by the
onlight whb poured through the
dow and Il slanting across his
and face. My youngest brother
led up inbed, half asleep. and
d out: 'Cirley, what was that
rles gavehim half Intelligent
xer and Nht back to sleep. |
lched to It'd hhoer during this time. |
an all was till ] took the gun and
opened i}where it breaks, and |
it in the rdk. | went back to bed |
/ few minus. and then arose and |
e fire inthe family room, and
he chores bout the place.
MOTIVE or THE MURDER. /
t breakfa4 time l went into the
en- and toll mother and Mary to
, no outcty, but some one had
during thb night and shot faith
head off. We went to the room
g father lay. This was the first
l saw the 5ody since ] fired the
AS l looked on my bloody work
lid have giVep He 'ife. ten thon-
, times over, if.i mad never CON-