The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-23
THREE CRIMES
And the Terrible Penalty Exacted.
The Fate Of q Libertine and Sc
Queer.

RICHMOND, IND, April ls.-About NJ
year ago the wife Of Charles Maule plas-
terer by trade, was confined. and had for a
nurse . younger sister named Stevenson,
whom her relatives claimed Maule then Sc
duced. The Stevenson brother, it il al
legged, sent Maule notice tn leave the coun-
try BY certain date or they would shoot
him on eight Soon after the expiration Of
this time Maule left the city and went to
Philadelphia. Soon after his departure his
wife, an es,imable lady, became a raving
maniac, and vas
REMOVED 70 THE INSANE ASYLUM
at Indianapolis. Four weeks ago last
Thursday Maule passed through Richmond.
went to Indianapolis, had an interview Of
two hours with his vile. and on the next
day again called at the asylum. but, owing
his visit the day before having made his
wife worse, was advised not to zee her. He
returned to Richmond, and last week COM
menced working at his trade with his cousin,
Isaac Maule, residing just north Of the city.
He vas earning money to bring his wife
home from the asylum. Word had been
sent him by the Stevenson boys to leave the
country, they making threats what they
would do. lie did not leave. THE morn
irg. accompanied by Isaac Maule, he
started to work in this city. They we're in
. common road wagon. As they emerged
from covered bridge at the end Of Ninth
street, they we're fred upon by John Steven
con. q married man aged about IS, and IN
ers Of Charlie Msule's wife, and .lso Of III.
girl alleged to have been seduced BY him.
/" You son of b." cried one Of them,
thrusting . pistol into Charles face and
firing. At the same instant the other broth
er fired. One bullet entered Charles
mouth, knocked ont . couple Of teeth.
mangled his tongue, and lodged in the base
Of his skull. As Charlie stepped from the
opposite side Of the wagon, two
MORE SHOTS WERE FIRED.
One bullet catered his side, penetrating
upward, and lodged near or in the liver.
Charlie staggered into the ditch, but re-
gained the road and ran onto the bridge,
when several more shots we're fred at him
One ball entered his hip. He ran through
the bridge into Hills eristmill, where he
sank exhausted. This 70 q cowartlly. das-
tardly trick" said Isaac to the Stevenson
boys. a. they returned from pursuing
Charlie. "May he it is" Wan the answer, q
they proceeded up Ninth street short dis
lance and turned across lots, where their
horses had been left Isaac Maule came TO
the city, notified IN officer, and sent DR..
Mcintyre after the wounded man, Who va
brought to his office. One side Of Charley's
face is entirely psralysed. The balls were
probed for but we're not found. IL Was i'm
possible to remove the wounded man from
the Office until 6 o'clock tonight, when he
wa taken to relatives house in the city,
where he il nov lying at the point Of death
The Stevenson boys we're brought into the
city BY their father, George Stevenson. .
wealthy farmer residing few miles south
Of the CITY. They waived . preliminary
examination, and were hound over in
$1,000 each, their father going on their
bond. The Grand Jury meets next Mon
day. Several prominent attorneys have
already been secured for the defense. There
are many conflicting rumors ~ to the cause
Of the shooting.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT - DIVIDED
% to the Justice Of the act. Charlie, when
told at late hour tonight he could not re-
cover, said: AS hope to meet my God
they shot the wrong man. never wronged
my vife's sister, and it vas her constant
anxiety on my sccount, owing to the threats
against my life that made her crazy" Re
ports telegraphed today that Maule seduced
two servant girls at the same time Of his
wife's sisters Disgrace are not credited By
the police authorities. Who Investigated the
rumors when FIRST made public months ago.
NAULK DIES.
Midnight-Is is just reported that Mauls
10 dead.
RICHMOND, I'D, April 1S-Lass winter
while Mn. Charles Maule Was confined, her
husband seduced her fourteen-year-old sis