burying the bodies when he discovered them in the wagon after he and
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ghat HENGE Stair had killed the Sewells, and she was allowed
guilty to manslaughter and received year prison sentences
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were : "Goodbye, I am going to. the Angel
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STAIR, Henry S. 7
(Yee worksheet - Missouri - NWU - BOUND )
Stair, a native of Indiana, was thé black-sheep of a good and honor-
able family. 3B,fore leaving his wife in Indiana, he had become a
hardened criminal, serving a term in the penitentiary. He was also
incarcerated in a Minnesota insane asylum for a time, In Arkansas,
he and a 23-year-old. woman, Nanetta Osborne established a common-law
relationship and moved to Nevada, Mo., where they did laundry work,
living in the. same house that had previously been occupied by William
Fox, the murderer hanged on “ec. 25, 1883. -THey became friendly with
6l-year-old Jacob Sewell and his 17-year-old son, Mack, who were
camped on the fair grounds at Nevada with a team and wagon and a
string of pohies. On Aug. ¥, 1885, Shair and Miss Osborne went to
the Seweli camp and Ytair killed both the father and son with a
atchett. They loaded the bodies in Sewell's wagon and left town,
BYASAE burying both of them in a shallow grave outside of tewn where
they were discovered the next day. Both “Stair and his mistress were
arrested a few miles away and returned to Nevada where they were
bried and both sentenced to hang. Stair maintained that he was
innocent and his story was that he had purchased the team and the
ponies from “ewell, paying him in cash in the presence of another man
who had probably murdered the two men for the money. He admitted
STAIR, Henry S, x
(ee worksheet - Missouri - NWU - BOUND )
Stair, a native of Indiana, was thé black-sheep of a good and honor-
able family. B,fore leaving his wife in Indiana, he had become a
hardened criminal, serving a term in the penitentiary. He was also
incarcerated in a Minnesota insane asylum for a time, In Arkansas,
he and a 23-year-old. woman, Nanetta Osborne established a common-law
relationship and moved to Nevada, Mo., where they did laundry work,
living in the. same house that had previously been occupied by William
Fox, the murderer hanged on “ec. 25, 1883. -THey became friendly with
6h-year-old Jacob Sewell and his 17-year-old son, Mack, who were
camped on the fair grounds at Nevada with a team and wagon and a
string of ponies. On Aug. J, 1885, hair and Miss Osborne went to
the Sewelt camp and 9 killed both the father and son with a
hatchett. They loaded the bodies in Sewell's wagon and left town,
KXREAX burying both of them in a shallow grave outside of town where
they were discovered the next day. Both Stair and his mistress were
arrested a few miles away and returned to Nevada where they were
bried and both sentenced to hang. Stair maintained that he was
innocent and his story was that he had purchased the team and the
ponies from Sewell, paying him in cash in the presence of another man
who had probably murdered the two men for the money. He admitted
STAIR, Henry S,
(See worksheet -
Stair, a native of
Missouri - NWU = BOUND )
Indiana, was thd black-sheep of a good and honor-
al 3,fore leaving his wife in Indiana, he had become a
hardened criminal, serving a tem in the penitentiary, He was also
incarcerated in a Minnesota insane asylum for a time. In Arkansas,
he and a 23-year-old. woman, Nanetta Osborne established a common-law
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living in the. same house that had pre been occupied by William
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camped on the fair grounds a} Nevada with a team and wagon and a
string of pohies. On Aug. §, 1885, Shair and Miss Osborne went +o
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