The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-12-30
LAURA's ILLICIT LOVE.
The Baby i Laid Away, But
the Mother Has il Dis.
inferred,

inferred, |
Charging That II Was Killed By !
Foul Mesns.
Inc EsS~s k.. si.s~.:v c.,Gisins,s fuIi /
pas,icnis.- 1t the .,h Thought by Ni- I:
l.s.Ts Nii.iSm- .ys,.-l tie Ezra Chill !
ire--. ..' h'.scn 81 y.r,n.i.e "i msrri..e ard
seduction.
tt. n-u'' .; the ,Iini.si In,i'psrv b. .
;wsv. i.~nr, .r.; CIiii,ss, ss>s
siNE By BABY.
a> hs- .ire-.iv b-,n .tai-.i. O.i last M,.n /
dsv IL, ch;.i "a. i"uli dead NJ tIe I-~i .
.i~nCe Il the ".sher'- hrus!.,r, Mr.. Will -u .
Wiiiis"-. ~iin y ssi i~,cL he'll upon tire l-'.. '
The ci.'.d ~.s buried "a Tuesday, Its c~s- /
iiiicsIs cf death having tevn nus.i- ,a,. 7,
ash the mother, claiming that all ~as mt I.
fsir. had the remains ~xhumsd anil Il
corU'.~.'. iqn--t i-id.
Daring the past lee months l.snrA has !
fell into sh~ very .iey,hs Ut desrxdaii"u,
baving b~come
WELL KNOWN PROSTITUTE.
mud joined such Women ~ Cheyenne P~:es
wiis, and O:hers. The father ii the child.
snL Cause Of al her trouble sud shame.
-,ili holds his head mp and smile curl.
around his li,~ when he tells IL the "A .ir
L.r' Friday evening the coroner sum
m"ned the follo~ins jury, and
after having the rrmains eIhum~i,
proceeded tn ~xsm,ne the witnesses: F. u.
Pollard, U. +. Harris, John PohI. Bedford
Shoi,~, James Ramsey and James NJ. West.
The fret witness sworn WA
Miss MATTE LAURA WILLIAMS
sho testified ~ follows:
The baby. n.me Vas Willie Wi.iism..
an the mother OF the child. He vas SIX
months old, the 2l,h nj lSecemb~r. The
child died Al NV bro,hei is-Wm. Wiili.nD.
tie he'd i<~n there about iwo ws, 1. the i.si
time. lie had hesu there b~.ore. They h.d
kept him about half the time. u-.d so
take him away. lie v.s Away. healthy.
lie w.s .iek once .boui iwo month. $50. !
got medicine for him from Dr. Nesie. sn.i
he xo, veil. lie used L.. have bulls on hi-
bo'y-ss mary - twenty i've at once. liz
died an Tu--d.y morning. about 3 o'ci"ck,
nod they told me ,bous nine, sud ! vent
right nut ,h~r-. lie va- laid .ut wisrn I
got there. They said he 80. warm aud I
wanted him kept I'LL the rex, day, hut nv
hs"ih~r refused. He aid he would no,
keep, as he wss ,nor,ify,ny 40 fist. Hi-
ii,,s s-se black. snd he sss iro,hing ~ th.
raoaii. tie w.~ hurried aboa, iwo o'clock
on Iue..isv. Nv hrYIi.~r never wsst., q.
take c:sr IL ID. e.,iii, bat lii vile s.,.-i
To- kesv u. l paid ;hsn ..,n,-,hi.y a,r
:sking cars oi him. I ie!i.vs ! 1--WE ras,a
~ a.v.
sHkkisr NckE.N SWORN.
| gave a man nsn.r.i Wiiiism. an oI.iss ia-
a a. tin L., Tu-~,:,v lie I'D o. 49, E.r
h;- sister. child. lie -,id i,s n,o,h-r va.
running around ;"wn. ADD had hfi the
child Tor h'M lo tsse c.re u;.
LILLY CALLAHAN swcKx
Have k."~n Mr.. wi'.i.m- shs.u; .ix
mon,h.. lave hs-i tue child 10 keep Two
or Ihr-e t....-. Ia wac q very hesifhy ba-
Ly, or IL could n,,s have -'.,cd the ,.s4ge j,
iis 1eaih, anal q had M eruption. on IL
then. ,ouk IL gu, to Mr Williams. Mr..
Wili,sn,> told Lure Wii!ian,. that .he
wouId take care 81 the h.by tiIi Laura yot
m.rriesi, which, Laura -sid would b. ABOUT
ten day..
}. X. HoPLEY. SWORN.
Am .ex;on Of Sedalia cemetery.
Last T,;r-d.y, a. I WA on nv Way
'o t"~n. sbou, 10 oclrk, ! m~t
man aud two ~ou,.. in a wagon. The man
said br had .n order e.. me from The may
ar ior = grace. ! a-ked him inr {.
certificate oi the chiii's de.,h. The MN
said h- had none. .. no phv.ici,n wzs in
si,s dance. I.sw ". Chatin. and he ..id
there ought To- b~ = c~.iitic ate, and gave
the man one, which he signed. ~ nnrse. l.
Gas signed ~ WIN. Wiilisms I would ,
not have taken the maj. certIhcste IL ne
had Dni had m order from the Mayor
I<ruum~d that the Mayor had s.ii.fi~d him. !
-<If rs 80 the death bring. regular. The !
certificate says that il must BE- 6li~d out By !
the phy-ician ar NUM-.
MARY JANE WILLIAMS SWORN
The baby i. Mst,ie Williams, aud they
say that Exr. Childre-s "a its father. Il |
xas ak snonshs old. II ~. nj my house !
.!soui TOUR asoaths, and che vss With il \
three month";. II ss- cov~rsd al over the !
lover par, III it, hcsiv with bulls and .orrs
when il "a. about three months old. !
There we're no Toll. on il when il dir.i. hu, !
q ~ss al rsv on the lower parts. The |
child 90 veil ~ usual the night before :
il diei. Al 3 o'ciuck on Tuesday mo,ains,
I woke up AMI found the Cat lying ,n al. .
child, about ihc middle at its b.siv I
i~il III the baby and found that it, hands /
we're crsmped and cold. lifted il inio |
t,<,i and iou"d that il wss dying. IL only ]
drew thrs~ hrrs,h- after ! gut il into h<d. !
II had light sh vi over its head. ssn
In Mr.. ieO Yssiesis ." get come On~, and !
When GIT back the child ws- dead. |
6rsi thought Il had ", s-n to death. and |,
told my nv husband ~. but its hands ver~ !
v-rm. The cat c.,uid nut have gut to the ,
childis iacr, for the shawl Wa over its |
head. The child'- body vas warm until /
in the afternoon. lis mother wxs .~nt fnr !
and Gene .boui too o'clock. Iis father |
w.s srni fos tpi did not e"m~. Its mother !
did NOT want i, buried that day bec.use i,s /
f,iher would come oul that night To zee u |
She said abe did not Ws.t il buried until l
u Was cold. The smell uss Offensive before J
we buried IL. did rot fee1 al IT. breast /
io see il il w.. cn..i. Mn. Callahan and il. i
@o,hes brought il cut Z" me, and il did 30,
have . thing on bot sh"rt s!e~ved shirt /
m dre--. skirt. "f anything to k0p ], 4
warm, excerpt little single shawl. ] iolsi |
her would k-~Pii ior ten day.. That ga !
.. long che s.ksd me is keep il, bat che !
did not come when the ten day. were up.
wN WILLIAMS. SWORN.
An working fcr Mr.. George Ysater,
on hrs fsrm, by the month. Have
known the baby ever since il "a.
born. I did nos zee ,hs child when
my viie woke NE up Tuesday morning.
I sent To vosk 10 make 6rr, and when
got through they vesr rubbing the child. /
did ru, pus my hand an Il, os ev,n Ia ~
il. Nv wiie sent RICH, over ,o Mr.. Yea
ier's and MAS back before hsd go, the Gre
m.da> onIy objected Z" keePinG the child
4 es~. a.. kS~s, vviehxs,s