The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
STONY POINT SCHOOL HOUSE


STONY POINT SCHOOL HOUSE
Il in the edge Of Morgan county near the
line Of Pettis. alort fourteen miles sorih
east 81 Sedaiia. Al this school house I:
man-at,er can him a tramp by the name
Of David X. Reeves, has taught a singing
school, where the neighlnrh""d bows and
girls were wont Ia meet 10 learn Ia pitch
the tune and discipline their voices
Among Others who met there were Miss
Amelia Jane Yost and her brothers, daugh-
ter and SONS Of
JOHN p. yo>T, A wEIL-To-Do FARMER
living about nine miles Southeast of Sc
dalia, and about two and one-half miles
South Of Smthton. Reeves seems TO have
formed an affection for Miss Amelia, a
comeiy young lady Of twenty summers.
which was not reciprocated bv her, and
that is what brought about the trouble last
Saturday night.
Sunday night, July 29th, Reeves had a
school, and after the singing was over he
profiered his arm 10 Miss Amelia TO accom-
pany her home This offer she refused
This enraged Reeves and he swore vensence
and declared that he would make her
WINGED ANGEL
before the next morning, and he would then
leave the country, as probably he has left
other places before. Miss Amelia gave
this information to her brothers, and it did
not brighten them biz, for they did not
realize what it was to have a sister an angel.
As the evidence before the coroner de-
veIcps the Yost brothers brought their sis
ter home. and Reeves GENE to Iost's alone,
As that was where he boarded.
THE THREATS MADE
by Reeves were communicated TO the fami-
ly. They somewhat ANNOYED the old folks
and in day OF two Reeves left and did not
return.
Thursday, the 9th of August, Mr.. Iost
got from the Smithton post Office drop let
ter, addressed to his daughter Amelia. He
looked at that letter and thought Of Dave
Reeves. He broke the seal and il read as
follows
SMIrHroS, Mo-, Aug. .. 1877.
Mss Amelia:
will see you SATURDAY. night, about s
O'Clock, at the corner of the yard fence,
east Of the stiIe. Come ont, | will be
there about s o'clock, and you will find me |
there. Your friend,
have something good to tell you.
Come.
He thought that was from Reeves. The
more he thought about il the more he was
convinced that the fellow had signed Sam
to his letter in ORDER to throw suspicion on
a worthy young man in that neighborhOOd
who was the recipient Of Miss Amelia's
smiles.
Nothing of interest transPired after
that until last Saturday night, August II,
the time Sam made the appointment by
note, TO meet Amelia. During the inter
val the letter was discussed in the family
circle, and the boys resolved themselves
into a young army TO defend their sister
from any assault from the tramp singing
master, Reeves, who. they firmly believed,
wrote the note.
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT
the boys secreted themselves in the ward
around the dwelling house and waited for
the coming Of Reeves. man come who
they supposed to Ike Reeves, and they filled
him with bullets; but, on examination il
proved 10 Ike Ben Davis, neighbor whom
they had good reason I" believe was their
friend They were shocked 10 learn that
they had killed the wrong man.
They sent for the neighbors and for the
Constable came on to Sedali !, arriving here
about daylight Sunday morning. He in
formed Coroner Evans and County Attor-
new, Jackson, of what had occurred, who in
company with Mr.. Russell, Of the Demncrat
and representative Of the BAzoo lett here
about a. m, Sunday. for the scene Of the
tragedy.
Arriving at the farm house of Jno. p.
Yost, large collection of people from the
neighborhood had found their way there
attracted by morbid curiosity.
In corner of the fence where he fell, the
Coroner found the inanimate
BODY OF Rem DAVIS.
Some rails had been laid up around the
body to protect it from animals, and piece
of heavy domestic was spread over the
top to keep the bright morning sun
from shining on the corpse. On examination
three bullet holes were found in his person,
one in the breast, one in the left jaw and
one in the left temple. Either of the
wounds except the one in the jaw were
sufficient to have produced death.
The coroner swore the following named
gentlemen as a jury to investigate how and
by what means the deceased came TO his
death:
J. II. Blandin, Fielding Combs, Hanni-
bal Hardenbrook, Dick Carpenter, Robert
Lavender and Adam Baugh.
J. H. Blandin was chosen foreman.
The following testimony was then taken
EXPLAINS THE SITUATION.
.Jno. T. Ias, swNa.-I was out milking
about dusk August lith.
Nv daughter, Amelia Jane Iost, was APP
piled to at the singing school, II Stoney
Point, to be allowed to 60 home with her,
by one Dave X. Reeves, who taught the
school and boarded at my house.
She refused to have anything to do with
him. He told Amelia that il she did not
20 home with him, she
WOULD BE CORPSE
before daylight the next morning. and that
he would leave tie country. Ny con
brought Amelia home about o'clock the
next morning. That Was two weeks ago