The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-01
MISSING MORRILL,.
No Tidings from the Lost Pay.
master.
An Interview with Officer Con.
ner, Who Saw Him Last.
A Public Rally and q General
Search.

From Wednesday, Daily.
For t~o days the disappearance Of Nj
". 4. M"rrilI.payms<ter Of the NJ. X 4 T
hss heen the universal theme 81 public dis.
custom and private speculation. A ,bous
aid painful possibilities sre conj~ciured
tea, ny to the Prsseni writing mn clue {" hi
whereabouts has been ssc~riainsd. So f.
80 BAzoo reporters have been able to learn
Mr-.r- Conner aud Berry were the Las
~ r.ons who saw Mr.. Morrill, on Sund.!
,arrniny. An in,-rvirv with those Partie,
will br found below.
Yesterday y search around the vicinity
If thi. ritv was IN ,de. bot il resulted IL
m",hiny b~ing ..c~,iain~d that would l~.s
q" his discovery Last night the rsilross
lr,"a M. dragged b. the em;.loys. 81 ,h'
NJ, X 4 r., with the aid al iocomo'iv,
headlights, Tn, ""il,ing Wa found.
PusLIc MEETING.
Al 1918 this m"rning the fire h<ll IA,
sang. which .ss'n z ,iherwd cro~d III ciii
z-n- at the CT, Hall.
M,r-i..li Sns,ii,, fr"m . window of ihs
LsIl, asi,ir~.-sd the cr,vd =. follows:
GENTLEMEN The "hj-ci I'll calling y",'
i..-,h~r - ." "rx..iz- = ,h"r"ugh search
i"r ". 4 Nmssil, the 1s,s-ing pay ms-i~I
l.
ss,',s~ I..r-.n v",u"issr q" "sgsniz,- the party
and i.a.i the - sIri,. aud io that ~nJ ] inviI.
all t' rs'nsr u.s. stairs.
4 large rr"xd s,,nxrsgsirsi in the cit.
hsii, when Ira E. B,snss was ch.<n chair
man ..f the inserting.
Mr.. Barns. stated the al Jet IL The meet
ing.
Mr. Ira ilin-sis'e volunteered his =. rvir~,
.. de- what he cuuId toward I~asiIIg iLs
,c.rch.
Mr.. q II. Huntington, Divi-ion Snp~rin.
i-n.isni Il the VI. X. 4 T.. was called uIsH
aud said:
MY idea of this Is io organize party,
nr p,r,i--, ."fIiri~nily strung in nnn'h~s.,
and ,o e.. ."nih. far that il the way ] think
be- w~n,. anil ewing ." his physically ~~.k
rendition I don't think il pN--ible for him
Ia have g,,ne two mile. .nd half. O'Rsnisr
aud g' an fS't. searching every inch 81 the
ground TO Flat creek"
-AIl of Won gentlemen vho are willing to
g.. ~,ll please raise your right hand" said
Mr.. Huntington.
Al,oat City men rs led their hsnds.
Huntington -Y"u will please report to
The Fifth street depot =. once to Mr.. Him.
dale.
The meeting then adjourned.
WHAT Hls WIFE SAYS.
A B,zpO reporter at nb"at eight o'clock
this morning. raped a the residence al
W. 4. M.rriiI, c.,rner Of Fifth street .'d
The NJ. X. 4 T. Railway. Mr.. W. H.
Adams opened the door. welcomed the
reporter and invited him IN m adjoining
r.om, where Mrs. Morrill, vas surrounded
hv some 81 the .mem:~rs Il the family and
10. or three sympa,h cling neixhb"rins
ladies. The rrpor,er opened the conversa-
linn ~mh Mrs. Morrill, by asking her il she
had any tidins- from her husband:
Mrs. M.-N"ne.
R.-lI.d you noticed anything unusual
in his drmeanor OF appearance?
Mr.. M.-No,hiny, only he vas melsn.
cho.iy, and woul sii ior long time with
rut speaking tn any one
R.-llow long has he been i'll?
Mrs. M.-About lwO months. lie did
not p,y ID the last time. lie went to
Hsnnib.l and come home sick.
R.-flow old il Mr. Morrill,.
Mr.. Mile is ihirty-nine years old.
Rid he tax. his p.sses!
Mr.. Mo he took nothing Of his
prn.onsl effects. He left his knife, keys,
ring. and all such. He wore silver watch
With a silk cord around his neck.
R.-IIs. your daughter Nellie. in st.
l.ouis. been informed II the absence Of her
father?
Mn. Adams-Nellie il attending school
and staying at our house. We did mn, inform
her Of the painful ab-<nce of her father.
Rid Nj. NJ. wear IN ovescoa, when
he left an Saturday night?
Mrs.. M.-Ye-; he wore . brown spsins
overcuai. lie bought too shirts nj Burrw-s
saturday. They .re M, in the house. and
I .io not know that he did With them.
Rid he talk Of Eoing anywhere?
Ms. M.-Ye.; he ,aid tI.st b. vss eoina
IN Hannibal to sre Mr.. D ,ck. Mr.. Tav.
l"r. Of D~ni.on. vho sas pre.eni st the
L"u.e Saturday evening. told Gus: -You
are in such p"or health you had hr''rrro
to C,i"ssdo and rough il, and you'll get
HITTER"
I, may be that Mr. Morrill, has gone Ia
Colorado.
Al CONNIE INTERVIEWED.
this mosninx and ssked when he last aau
NJ. Morrill,.
Counes-I sav NJ. Morrill, last Sunday
morning. .ls'ut 8 o'cl.ck.
R-puer-Where did you zee HIM?
C,nner-I sav him on the G.rrisns
House pl.,f"rm. near the lsdi~.' entrance
b~sweea the main entrance and the q. 3
Expsess olice.
Rrp-D'd ans bndy elae see him?
C.n.--Y-~;AIlie Saunders. who VS. vi,t
me. sav him.
Rep. Did you have any conversation
with him?
C"m.-Yes, I talked With him some.
Rep.-Ss.le all ihai occurred.
Con.-On Sunday morning ] wss on dut!
vhen No 3eame In. AMI Albion B Sander