The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-05

ridge from the gun in the yard, and
put the gun in its accustomed place.
He then removed the Sideb0ardS from
his wagon. hitched his team to it,
took out the rear end gate and loaded
the body into the wagon. He accom-
plfshed this by slanting a board from
the end of the wagon to the ground
and sliding the body up on it.
Alone He Loaded Body Into Wagon.
The corpse was hauled to the cul-
vert, under which it was found later,
and dumped out. When the body
was jammed under the little bridge
and into the shallow water the dead
mans hat rolled to the side of the
road. 1t was unobserved by the muir
derer and it caused the early discoV-
cry of the body.
Guist returned to the house and
wrote a letter to his uncle to divert
suspicion from himself. He mailed
the letter early Tuesday morning in
a rural free delivery mail box near
the house.
After writing the letter and exam
lining his clothing to see if there were
blood stains on them, GuiSt retired
and slept soundly, he said, until
morning.
Attempted TO Remove Blood Stains.
The morning after the murder Guist
took his hoe and removed the surface
from the spot in the yard where the
murdered man fell. He carried the
dirt, grass and weeds and their stains
a
and hid them. The hoe was stained
with blood in the operation. Guist
washed it and scrubbed it with sand
and then hid 1t under the bed. 1t was
found yesterday and there were stains
of blood on it just as Guist had con-
fessed. The handle showed evidence
of having been cleaned
After removing the evidence of the
crime from the yard and cleaning the
hoe, GuiSt aWoke his son. He told
look
for "oId man Guist." 1t was under
stood that the owner of the farm was
to arrive there from Wichita Monday
night. He had done so and had been
killed but the boy did not know it.
NIurdereris Son Found Body.
After going to Burton and being
told that c. B. Guist got there Mon
day afternoon and started on foot for
the farm the boy started back home.
While passing the culvert on the way
back he saw a mans hat and discov-
cred the body. He hastened to tell his
father and the authorities were noti-
fled by the slayer of the aged man.
The coroner's inquest, which was
held Wednesday, led to the arrest of
c. NJ. Guist. The evidence was Who'll
Iy circumstantiaI but it was strong.
Guist was taken to Newton, the coun-
ty seat of Harvey county, where he
ternoon.
Guist VIII Plead Guilty.
The county attorney said today that
the confessed slayer will be taken be- |
fore the district judge at Newton July |
IA and he will undoubtedly plead gull |
ty. He will be permitted to plead gull /
ty to manslaughter, which is murder |
in the second degree The minimum |
is ten years in the state peni- |
tentiary and the maximum is life inn |
prisonment.
Guist confessed after being Sweat |
ed by the county attorney and con- |
fronted by the mass of evidence that /
had been collected against him. Yes |
terday morning and yesterday after
noon he related all the details of the |
killing ..
Man to be Pitied Says Editor Harlow.
The Burton Grit, published by Ed
itor B. w Harlow, near the scene OF
the murder, says of the confessed
&C. M. Guist is in almost destitute
circumstances His home is hovel,
barren of everything that goes to
make a home cheerful or comfortable
His sole companion is his ten-year-old
;on and between these two a bond of
affection and understanding exists
hat is seldom seen between father
md son. What the mans former life
,as been and what reduced him to his
present pitiable condition is not
,noWn. but the fact remains that he
las been considered good citizen and
hard working man.