The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-11-11
Then Contracted q Beard 0ill
Of $26 and SKIPPED the.
Town,
Going 70 Hannibal, Whsce 1s
Has Probably Tried the
Same Game.
Some Interesting Facts ConoerntnG
the Past History Of the Han.

SSsO~$ss - ssSDS S>'sS.s~p SS0SSsSs38 w.
q. r. S,oekvsli, vhoss oyssssious sesioss
caused co0meat, not only In the Sedsiis
paper. bot in thoae Of Ksss.s City and
Deaison, Texas, - yell. Rockwell cane
70 Sedalis 70 segaee 10 the psssat bed.
spsirg buassesa. and reased . room los that
purpose o. Main street. He took board q
the E.sley House, and repsssessed hiassli
- angle osn io The lasdlsdy, ssd g.
peeisily did be ny to inPse~ this upoo
the daughter,
NIA JoAH xAslEY.
He TALKED his sseesess 70 hes. ssd tPied b
all means in his power n secooplish bet
ruin, bat failed. He then took his depart.
NJ. for Kaosas City; before Iesvias. boz.
ever, be hsd . Confederate. vho - 10 hid
employ. swear ous warrant, changing hin
(SsoekwelD wish bisamy. This v.rrsn,
vss Plsced in the hands Of Deputy Shesi5
Homsas. vho proceeded 10 Kaasss City
AID srrrssed ssockveil end hi woman, .,
The American House. and brought them to
Sed.lis; hat when the exaoinslsoa v.s to
have taken plscs The psosecuiisg si,nesl
could not Be found. aud nothing "a aona
in the psemises. Sioekvell then sxplsine,i
rHis STRANGE rRocEEDlx..
to BAzoO reporter By ssying that kis v,is
wished him to locate in ksn.ss City IN.
siesd Of Srdalia. ami refused Z" cone hers
under any circumstances, and he h ID n.
sorsed TO The shove ruse 10 e, 6er out a,
the cluichs. al certain parties vho ser
trying tn persuade her TO leave him.
! On their ARRIVAL here they took up quar-.
ters At the Hi-err House. bni only remained
there few days, when Ssochseil visited
Mr. Es.ley and admitted ihsa he w.s 4
married man md hsd his viie With him
He engaged inard ior him-slf, vile and q
little lny, whom he claimed ws. his by
former marriage. He carried IN his
vork on Main street, end va, IN al o.
pe.rances, doing . good busine-s. when. on
The ioorsesosA Of October, be informed The
landlady that he vss going to
SEND H. WIFE EAST on VISIT.
lie assisted Ler in packing her trunks, pot.
ting all their vslu.ble g,ods In The same,
and that evening the WON IA left. osiensi.
bly, for New York, but in reslits for H.I-
nibal. On Friday, the 18th Of Ocsoi.er
Ssockwe!i told Mrs. Esley tina, he wss g.
ing 10 Mnbsrls so establish branch man.
uf.c,ory and would be back IN q couple 81
dsys. On the strengih Of THE plsnsibls
story. be borrowed - from Mrs.. f. and S
from lady boar5er, whose ac9usintanc>
he had formed only few days before. He
told both TINT the amount would b ~
turned when he came back from NoL~sly
and he wouh then settle his hoard bill ia
full, leaving an old valise - security. That
evening he left on the N K. 4 T. trails
and that j. the las, time he hss been in -
dsIia. Not returning Al the prcmiset
time,
/ MRS. EASILY BECAME UXEAsy.
and Wa talking Of the affair 10 the pee
ence Of . hosrdes, . railroad nsn vho run
between here and Hannibal, when The rail
rosder informed her that Stockvell aod BIZ
woman we're both in Hsnaibal, and thss h,
vss engaged in bu.ines there. With chi
Information, the matter vssplseed in lb>
hands Of . Pro0isens attorney IN Hanai.
bal, and Instructions given u collect The
board bill. Accordingly Ssockvell -
visited. He said be would pay il II ih'
valise which b left go forwarded 70 hin
1t that placs, and Il wss seat .secosdissly
bot the chances are that is vss oaly one o
Ssockvell's sasa - the grip eossaiss'
nothing OF ssiue-ooly
i 4 woNANis coasET,
some dirty socks. four pain Of bsbv shos
and several pieces Of sorn out usdssvsas
Sincs The departure Of Ssoekvsll eessid
cradle Of hia PCT history hes bsss %
easthed. He = osa sboas % ysas
Of aee. and U.s. married At The e
Of II to . rather fest young voass
in the Ssais Of Michisas. He lived vstl
her about shrss oonsha. bot 80 alvsy
jealoos Of hes. and eoosinual qsasslia
80 kept up. One day his vile vsas sidia
With smother yoanG men, which % inississs
Ssockvsll that vhee they returned - 90
DOT aad deliberately knocked the hose
The head 9th - ere. tilliae il. He IL,
separated iron his VIE. ard they hs,s d
lived together since. The vooas b b.
With hin hsse. 70 be informed psssiss u
this city, -
i 0HE That ~ rIcKKD CO
in Sssinsv, Michigan, over too yssss -
and they have bsen travelling through d
county .. nan and wife constantly ssss
She . sspseessed - Aasdasoe bsunssss
. shout - ysass Of -. sad, vhes pat o
dseas passds. eslcolaisd 70 sasa to BE-
of many Q shrevdse oas Than 0sockvslI
I The child they hsd 9th then here |. IN
aeabssdly ssockvsll's. bui that he vona
80 sos iasseessed 10 il, - svidess fsos
she vay she issassd il, . whipping bsis
90 every dsy oeearssses. While q d
E.aley Houss shsy qsassslsd eossissslly
Isad oaeskssll abessa hss ssssibly.
rhss 6soexvsil i . hsss a shs fsss ~
tes. there = HARDLY doeh9 Bsides bsss
Ing he Eslsy Hosas ost a soossAia
like 50. - slao gave il 70 he Bee Hiv
10 The aaoost d Sl3 iee . hes 81 his "a
van. The vissar Hosss sos boasd jos hin
self ssd bss. bossovsd oossy keo sves,
lpessoa vho - foolish ssosgA - leas Z
bin, and ill On The ssrsagsA d BE .Dss
ltioa thss be sssesded locating pesosssssl
II Seds!is. He hsd god bs.isso usds
ssy, ssd voald ssdoobss1ly hsve de-
yell, bat she rasesl - h hin
DDoQR1 51AN 4 MULE
issd b vosN ssihse hsVs q sssd tAss b