The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-15
A Lady Raped in Her Own House.
His Innocent Victim II Driven
Insane.
The Country Alive With Enraged
PurSUers.

upon The lrrson Ot Mo-. Matliua Moore,
young marrie,! lady residing ~bont one AMI
half mile. west oi Whe IIand, Hickory
county, about sixty miles distant from this
city. Tine oi the parties Vas lead by
detective "tic~r from Versailles, and tn
other party wss CONFUSED oi two brothers of
the outraged lady aud some neighlors and
friends.
Yesterday morning a BAzoO reporter
learned the particulars Of tie
IxnuM>S AND REVOLVING CRIME
from the liI~ Of Mr.. James 4. Pine, Mr..
Mooreis brother.
Mr.. Mo,re /. about - year. If age. and
hiss i~~n married iwo years. For s"u,e
time past si'e has lren in very iIl-heallh
On Saturday morning last her husband left
the house ui,h his team tn go for n load III
~ood about to" miles from his home After
his departure. .hich wa~ about O'clock j.
the iurrn..n, Mr.. M,~s- f~l, So b d ths,
she concluded she would =, tn h~d. She
vent To- the 10 u and locked out, bat saw no
one in sight. She then shut the door and
sat dosn in = chair ." take oil her shoes.
She had j,,sl unlac-,l sn.i taken ID one shoe.
when i" her horror and c.',.trTnstion .
burly negro, ~ud.icnly aud without warning.
BURST N THE DOOR
anil entered the rDom with drawn revolver
in his rigi, hand. ~ h. cross~si the thrrsh-
Old he noticed haichet lying On the d sr.
and quick A. Thought he -tooIed and seized
il in his LETT hand.
Thug armed he approached the sick ami
terrified woman. With every linesment al
his i,es.,Iy coaniensnce burning with the
tires of that helii-h last in which, -he 80.
doomed 10 be sacrificed. A he confronted
her he hiss<d out:
'.DoN'r VT MoIlsR!
ar Ill shoot you dead"'
His he!plrs. victim wss almost rIralyzed
wIth fright, but in the flint hope {" brighten
him said she wonld call her husband. The
black brute then i-rcely calculated
Il don't give Cd d-n i"r your hu>
band ~
And the cowsrlly -coundrel struck her =
severe blow across the head aud face. stun
ming and making her partially Unconscious.
Then. With the strength and fury Of Wild
beast, he seized the weak wom IN IA il she
vas feather in his hands, and throwing
her on the he'd accomplished
HIS DiABOIICiL DEED"
Before he Left the hou-e he told her that
he should go outside and watch, aud il she
attempted To go anil inform her husband.
he would finish his work by killing her
then and there. From crack in the house
she saw him depart and enter patch Of
woods.
Mrs. Moore then succeeded in untyins
the rope, aud gaining the outside she fe,l
half-crs.rd in the direction her husband
had taken. She met him short distance
from the house and infor.Ded him of the
horrible outrage that had been perpetrated
upnn her.
The neighborhooA vas alarmed and sew.
ersl parties started out in pursuit Of the
6-nd, bat 50 far without succes., although =
rigid search for the brute j. still in progress.
Mrs.. Moore VITA conveyed to her home by
her husband. and ever since has had fits
during the convulsions Of which
SHE u A RAvING MANIAC.
- ,..... ska k....:y,ls S.cl b..Sx.,. L..
and all her terr"rs reappear and are sui
Tered iour-fold in her disordered mind.
Her piieous appeals would melt the hear,
of q stone. Her struggles to free herself
from the imaginary embraces Of the foul
orute are terrible tn behold, and her suffer.
ing. are enough TO make every bsholaer
swear in his heart q terrible retribuiion ior
her fearful wrongs.
THE BLACK FIEND OP HE'LL
w.s iir-i heard Of on the road between Lin.
coin, in Benton county and Wheatland, the
night previous to the crime. He stopped
al house and gut his supper. He said he
was going To Clinton and inquired for some
black folks in the neighbc,hood. When
he vas asked Il he vas . minister, he
replied that he vss not, but might he one
mex: place he w.s seen before the crime
vss at h use about two miles from Mr..
Pine's, where he stopped and got hi break.
fast. Here the lady Who gave him the
breakfast noticed that
NE HAD A SCAR
an his isce beneath one of his eyes. After
eating his breakfast he vent In another
house in the neighbOrhood, before which
tvo women wese standing At the gate BY
the rsstlsile. He asked them for breakfast
alsn. Ii Vas evidently his intention to get
them tn 20 in the house ~ that he could
accomplish his 6end,sh desire upon them
But the women OWNED his intention and
would mt so to the honse or give him any
breakfast, ~ he passed aloQg until he came
tn the ho,,-e Of Ma. Moore. tie tad svi
IDENTIFY h~en hiding around il previous To
NJ. Moore's departure, and s.w him leave,
and knew that his victim vas alone and
unprotected.
Mr.. Pine and the party viih him return
ed home yesterday morning. leaving the
following
Of the villsin, which is certainly marked |
enough to secure his apprehension and ar /,
rest.
He l. about Eve f~et ten inches high !;
IS yeam old; very dark, bqt mt right |
black long slim noe, high cheek hone,
scar beneath one Of hn eyer. small nous /
ssche, and short chin whisken; dark
clothes. gray and b. CT mixed; high
crowned hat, medium brosd rim: wore
copper. toed boots or shoes run down 1t the /
heel vas . smart peart negro. probably |
~ he possessed good manner;
bad m old. fsshioned navy revolves, silver
The washing pretty we'll worn Cd.
Name not known.
AHEAvY REwARh
yustioe P.'e. Of whe.ilsnd, father Of
Mn. Moore, Offers the following reward for
The scoundrel:
vail give $50 reward for his capture in
Hickory county; 500 il taken in any ad-