The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-12-16
THE MISSING OPERATOR.
A Nan Who Sass He Saw Him IA
Memphis.

Mrs. Wellington Doubts the Trutl
Of the Statement.
Ii came tn the hearing of . BA10O n
porter this prorning ih.t C. e. Welling,os
the telegraph operator Who disappeared .
mysieEica-!y week .so to-day, had bee
SEES rs MEMPHIS.
and the reporter commenced searchin
around for full PARTICULAR. Calling on tn
various operators 81 the city, he At Las
found ore uho gave the following i"fos'sa
tion:
Fridsy lat an operator nsmed Jimm!
Ryan sr,ised il st. Louis from Memphis
Tenn. He ~.. acquainted With IN oprra
tor ia ScdAIia and SATURDAY night the!
commenced islking to each other over III
wires. In their conver-sticn Ryan spek
Of the mi'-ing man, Wellington, and -ai.
he saw him in: Memphi. Thursday nigh,
on which occasion h- war considerably
UNDER THE INFLUENCE ~ LlQCOK.
He h.d known Wellington before. he s.id
aud w.- positive ~ TO the idensIty.
Having learned this much. the BAso,
man concluded TO cali on Mrs. Wellington
and the following conversation took Pl.oe
K-Mrs. Wellington, ] have heard i
at .ied that your hu-bsnd s.s 10 Memphis
Tenn. Do you know anything in regard
to Il?
Mrs. WI have heard the same re,nrt
] do not, however. belIev. ~.
R.-Wba, reaaon. have Won fer not BE-.
lieving it!
Mr.. W.-w~ll, Mr.. Wellington ~,
thoroughly di-gus,ed with both the Scuth
ard West, and 1 feel positive. in my "wG
mind, that he did not visit Memphis.
R.-Hare you any idea in which dire.
tiun he went?
Mrs. We. know nothing definite
but think i, Is nnre ,h,n probable L- has
gone Esst.
Rid he desire to again xo E.ss!
MIR. Wye, he talked Continually Of
II, and would h.vs l-it at sny time il be
had been cer,si" al securing . situation.
R.-WiIl you rem IA in Seda!is:
Mr.. W.-N". I will ,rS s"i leave the
seek. have written thr-r !.ltrr. in nv
people. ~ho reside al I..nr l-i.,si. y. \
but have received no reply. Ii 10 not
hear from iheu, will got 10 Suni,ury. P...
where I have come relatives.
TIE lsdy still insists thu: Wellington hss
not deserted her, ard says he will turn up
al right in "the sweet nv and by." In
former Conversation, M'-. Wellington
stated that
HER nCsBAND NEVER DRANK
lnyihlng insoxica,ing-beiug . strict
temperance man. The BAzoO has informa-
lion which proves conclu.iseiy that she is
A. regards this part Of The chap
Ter. He hs- hten known 10 have gore out
with several parties here, on different coca.
nora, and every time took . good large
rink Of "whisk. straight" thu. showing
hat he was no novice in that line. On the
morning he left
HE TOOK DRINK
nth . brother operator, after shich he
lissppeared. He is represented ~ being
,nable tostaod great amount Of liquor.
md j. il quite probable he g"t three or
cur drinks aboard, then got 20 feeling
,retfy good and jumped the town. This Is
he light in which the Bazoo looks al il.
Mrs. Wellington w.s left without .
'enny, and the parties where she 10 board
ng, to whom she and her husband are in.
ebted in quite sum, called on the
4 syor this morning 10 zee IL some arrange
cent could not be made whereby she
ould secure transportation 4 81. They
o not feel able To board her longer, bat
re 10th to throw her upon the charity Of
he worii. The Mayor replied that he ~ss
nAble 10 do anything, ~ csl!s Of this kind
r. Of an es.ryday occurrence. II some
{ our Oh .rit.bly d,spo-ed citisens would
IKE the matter IN hand and zee 10 il thst
he lady Vac scnt to her relatives. they |
'ould be performing Christian set.
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Jefferson CITY has less malarial fever |
han Sedalia. Why? Because she il situ- !
ted high aud dry. and her airee,s are self |
raining; while Sedalia 10 low, yet ard |
,uddy, and in the mid@, of miaswic |
The author Of the above knew II 10 he
.l-ehood when he penned it. Malarisl
yer IL almost unknown in this vicinity. On !
rr sia.ist,cs fully show. O! al; the deaths
, Jefferson City, seven ou: Of ten result
ON the above disease. while IN Sedslia
,ere IL not one out Of twenty.
Celebratoo
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