. ▁Sh arp ▁won ▁the ▁election , ▁defe ating ▁John ▁J . ▁C ritt enden . ▁ ▁Whether ▁Sh arp ▁had ▁made ▁the ▁claim ▁is ▁uncertain , ▁but ▁Be auch amp ▁believed ▁he ▁had . ▁He ▁planned ▁to ▁murder ▁him ▁and ▁fle e ▁with ▁Anna ▁to ▁Missouri . ▁He ▁would ▁murder ▁Sh arp ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁morning ▁of ▁November ▁ 7 , ▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁when ▁the ▁new ▁legisl ature ▁conven ed ▁its ▁session , ▁as ▁he ▁hoped ▁that ▁susp icion ▁would ▁fall ▁on ▁Sh arp ' s ▁political ▁enemies . ▁Three ▁weeks ▁prior ▁to ▁that ▁date , ▁Be auch amp ▁sold ▁his ▁property , ▁telling ▁his ▁friends ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁planning ▁to ▁move ▁to ▁Missouri . ▁He ▁h ired ▁labor ers ▁to ▁help ▁load ▁his ▁w ag ons ▁two ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁planned ▁murder . ▁ ▁Be auch amp ' s ▁plan ▁was ▁complicated ▁by ▁a ▁war rant ▁sw orn ▁out ▁against ▁him ▁by ▁Ruth ▁Re ed . ▁She ▁su ed ▁him ▁for ▁support ▁of ▁her ▁il leg it imate ▁son , ▁born ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 2 4 , ▁claim ing ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁father . ▁ ▁Be auch amp ▁later ▁said ▁he ▁had ▁ignored ▁the ▁war rant , ▁dated ▁October ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁on ▁the ▁advice ▁of ▁a ▁friend ▁who ▁term ed ▁it ▁har ass ment . ▁He ▁also ▁said ▁he ▁had ▁arranged ▁for ▁the ▁war rant , ▁as ▁an ▁exc use ▁to ▁be ▁in