The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-09-25

! Last might, abont one ocloek while gan
, of Policemen, headed by III. Civ Marshal
were trying d" nnlawfnliy break into tn
private residence al J. Malcain,, a tailo,
wI" keeps shop and s!e-ls~ "n Secon.
sir~t l~tween Osagr and Kentucky, a sho
Vas fired from the interior. which passe,
through the door and penetrated the LEI
aide Of Marshal KelIyis chin, INJECTING
slight flesh wound. The circumstance
which led TO the occurrence are alike pecu
liar and interesting. However blind tn
police are to the robberiss AMI gamh'in in,
which beSet the town. they are ever On th,
alert for an
AFFAIR >rB ROSA.
Indeed i, may be fairly mentioned a. an in
disputable fact, that IL there ia ANYTHING il
the world which the "Pecping Toms OF the
police hold in rnmitigated aversion it j.
''lo.e among the ruses." No ~leuth- hounl
ever tracked the mountain deer With more
intense eagcrncss than these metropolitan
palaslins ga,r u c@our which may posi-
Div I've considered the least bit naughty
The famous Knight Don Quixote who
charged full tilt upon 4 Spanish Inn To res
cue maid i'm distress, was never actuated
perhaps, bv a more disinterested benevo-
lence. The fact is. they are veriiable Sir
Lanncelots AMI they look upon every woman
a. a Gcnevre ia disguise. By what pro-
cess "f reasoning they concluded this
UNHAPPY T,ILoE
had the nind III woman infected with sub
tie arts, can bc inferred when il is stated
tia, learning tia, Mr.. Malcolm had been
seen to enter hi> shop late at night by a
female, the conc,,,sion Was 1T once
jumped To-, that he was ,loin, sp:rcthin.
very improper, or meant To- rob the constel-
la;ion III virtue I'll one III its most brilliant
stars. To prevent this, the tocsin ii alarm,
was sounded among the reclers, and then
there was gathering in hot haste, aud
fierce AMI loud upon that humble tailor's
door step ran; out
THE PEELERs' SUMMONS
to surrender.
"Bring out that woman" yelled an officer
"I:rins out that GAL" screamed Officer
Gray, in concert.
Eui the tailor Was satisfied with a good
thing, AMI meant To keep it. lie inquire I
Parenthctica.ly IL the officers had any war
rant Tor his arrest. They said they had
not. lie advised them then To 90 OIL and
get onr, and let him alone. In fact, he told
them in explicit terEls that he Was in his
own house, was not disturbing the peace,
and had committed no crime, anil that ii
they attempted To force an en,r nee to his
'lomicilc.
HE WOULD SHOOT.
This he hsd 4 perfect right to do. Per-
haps in no other city or town in the coun-
try could such an egregious blunder have
been made ~ thee officers were committing.
But with the so,itlen perversiiy OF Se,lalia
peelcns, they persisted in their efforts until
n shot rang out fierce aud threate ming in
dangerous proximity to their head, warning
them to desist. Even through Men minds
now began to creep the impression that
they we're doing very foolish AMI very nm
lawful thing. They had no more right to
assail that mans house than they had any
private residence in the city. So they sen
oil for their Marshal, and that eccentric
official, stung to madness by a supposed
violation o: one OF the ten commandments,
rushed headlong against the door Rnt a
pistol shot arrested his further progress,
and II tho" occurred to him In go of and
get a warrant. which he did, and without
any farther trouble Mr.. Malcolm surrender
ell anil was taken to Jail. The whole af-
fair was lutlicrons farce which came near
ending in a tragedy. II grew out of the
police me,l,lling with an affair with which
they had M business. and shows more
utterly than anything else could, their en-
entire lack Of judgment and good sense.
An exception, however, to this sweeping
declaration should he made in favor of Oh
Ger Murphy He was aware Of the impro-
priety of the proceedings and tried to stop
them; and after the bull-headed acts Of his
brother officers had raised bowling mob
around the little tailor's shop, it was he
who led the way out OF the difficulty and
preserved the peace.
An INTERVIEW.
Upon arriving At the city prison, this
morning, our reporter met Officer Turner
who, upon our expressing . desire to SCI
the prisoner, very courteously granted him
the permission. Upon entering the room
toward which all the cells face, he va.
directed to Cell No. 2, and walking up d
the bars, saw IN elderly, intelligent looking
and we'll dressed man behind them, pacing
up and down within his narrow limits
The reporter greeted him with the re
mark that he was very sorry to see him ID
ssSNu YsCsssGSssGssy 0sWs ~eocvS u1U8 Uo
had any objections to relate the circum
stances that led to his incarceration.
Hr replied he had none in the least, ans
told
III STORY,
substantially n follows:
II last night attended the ball and iesti
val given by the Emmett Guards, q
Smiths Hall. The room being Oppressive
and warm, ] walked out to get . l,ttl
fresh air. As l passed out. I took m.
check, which have with me now, an,
here il is. (ShewinS n piece of whit
paper, stamped with circular scal.l
( then walked down Ohio street and crosse,
the railroad track, and as did so saw
woman standing at the rear end Of Ma
rcan's store. with \ satchel Of parcel in he
hansi. She appeared To be looking 70
somebody. When returned she Was still