The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-23
The pes Moihes Story.

NC DcS mOHlcS OLOTy.
Des Moines, Ia, May %. After
dodging police authorities for over
four months, Marion Thompson, col
ored, who shot and killed James Bur
CESS at Buxton, Jan. IL, is at last in
the clutches of the law and will before
many days pay the price for mis- crime.
He was caught Monday night at 1880
O'Clock by Officers Ira Miller and
EolSles while trying to hire a horse
and buggy at the Hawkeye livery IN
order to leave the city. Another col
.ored man by the name of Dave Young
was with Thompson and was also
placed behind the bars, he being prss-
.ent at the shooting.
Shortly after the fracas Thompson
left Buxton and has been at large ever
since. Descriptions had been sent
broadcast aud the police have kept.
thesr eyes lcoastaRtl X. peeled for tnal
|fugitive. Last evening Thompson was
seen lettering in the neighborhood OF
the Hawkeye livery. and, looking sus.
picious. officers nabbed aim. When
taken into the light it was seen that
he answered the description of the
colored man wanted. Ills pal was all
so taken up for investigation and fu-
ture reference.
On Bitter Night.
1t will be remembered that on the
bitter cola night of Jan. IL brewing
storm which had been gathering for
some mOlths between the two colored
men in which woman played an inn
portant part, broke. Burgess entered
Thompson's restaurant pretty full OF
Dooze and Immediately began stirring
up the old quarrel. Loud language
brought on threats. which finally re-
suited in the shooting affair that end
ed the life OF Burgess in short order
That night Thompson, together with
Young, left Buxton and nave been
roaming the country ever since. Sew
eral arrests nave been made at vari-
GUS cities in this neighborhood, author.
tiles thinking they had apprehendAd
the right party, but all have been re-
leased. There is no question but that
the right man is now in custody, as ne
makes clear confession, claiming
.self-defense.
Stretching his eyes until the whites
shone out distinctly against the dark
ness of the cell, Thompson peered
through the bars last night and made
the following confession to a, repre-
sentative of The Register and Leader:
al Shot That Nieger."
Eyes, sir, | shot that niger. Bur
CESS, but you wait until tell you why
l did, and then you wont blame me.
1t was this way. We had trouble from
time to time about our wives. eacn
claiming that the other had not been
tending to her own business.
We'll, on the nignt Of the shooting
was behind the counter of my res
tauralt waiting on a lady, when Bur-
CESS came in and began oyerfiowing
at the mouth right away. He mad
been in there before and always rails
ell rough house and oft-times broke
up some of my dishes. Well, when he
came in on that night | told him TO
be careful and not get too loud, for |.
saw he had been drinking. This made
him all the madder, ana he says: m
just do what d. please, and you'll
not say word to me- This made me
not, and | told him II was nv Mace
and could put him out If wanted to.
Then he picked up catsup bottle.
threw 1t at me. but | lodged When
he saw ne had not hit me he got my
bread knife and started back OF the
counter after me. pulled my re-
yolver and fired once over ais head 10
scare him. Thea he said: Just keep
on shooting and Jill. and the next
shot was the last one and he fell to
the floor dead.
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