The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25
VERY ROMANTIC.

A Young Lady n. seriously Dis
appears from Her Fathers
House.
Traced to Aschison, Rival Lovers
Start to Win Her Hand.
AID now Plea,sn, Hill, ,hiriy-,ix miles
from kansas City, on the Missouri Pacific
road, has little srE>ati"n regarding the
,ny-;crious disappearance III the daughter
ii ole of the leading business men. There
are those xho express the belief that sac
rlopsd; some think she became temp"sa-
rily insane f,.d Wandered away from home :
while Others Il" not know what Ia think
about il. Tie i,r,- IN the case are these /:
Ga returning h, ".,- ir..u. hi- place 81 hu-i-
ns-- Tuesday night, ,n- father ws- arpri-ed
II the absence Of H. daughter. Scared, w.
Instituted .n.on= the h.isi hor-. but the
fac, thu, she had taken til hes; l,'r,icn uf
her clothing, and seven drliar- in money,
forced The conviction on the mind Il her
parents that she had LETT home. IL 1as
ascertain, a iha; q xom.n answering her
description had rurcha-ed = iirke; To KSn
sas City, and Sunday The father arrived in
town and aided hy tie police. ms.le dill
gent search for the missing one, bui without
success.
Friend. of the family give the following
a. their version al the affair: Tie Young
woman, who l. twenty YEAR old. and hence
If age. has been guarded very ci'.seiy by
her parents. WHO have enieavcr.d 10 iIeGl-
cate siric: church doctrines IT, her mind
This restraint he has fell irs~ me, AMI
fna. avdeierminsd to throw III the yoke
90 into the world. earn her own living and
i've her own mistress, Ia 90 and Come ss -he
pleased. The youug woman leaves b. hind
ll-r. bs-id,s = -crro~irg family, a wide
circle Of WARM friends Who giieve nj her
and more especially enc youns
nan who .ough, TO win her hand. Not
wH'i-tau"iss-s the i''s uhis sue Ha~ IV' uSeh
found, i; is still believed that -he has pre-
cured a situation and IL still In 'h. city.
LATER pTvELorNENTs.
The account 81 tie missing young woman
n given above. was as the matter stood a,
) o'clock y. ni. Since tina, hour, h"sevrr
things have taken 4 very romantic turn.
Yesterday the you"g man mentioned n
among those who nonrned the strange dis
appearance oil the young lady Was surprised
&c receive letter from her dated at Atchi-
ION. lie immediately ,el.grarbed the
girls father at Kansas City. who at once
an answer and asked the young
nan io come On the next train. He did
%; they consulted together, and a. the
esult of the conference, the father placed
um o. money in the Young mans hands,
old him TO go to Achi-on, induce his
Ia tighter to marry HIM. return TO the par
.ntai roof in few days, and al would he
yell.
THE YOUNG LADY.
" writing and other acis, had indicated
hat the young man had won her love. and
here seemed to ~ no reason Why the finale
'houId no, lie ss tie father had planned.
Flushed with joy, about nine O'Clock last
hight, the hspPy young man reached the
Union depot and anxiously awaited the
departure ii the 1890 train which Vas to
bear him to A,chison and his bride.
Now, it would appear that there Vas an
,:her young man living in Pleasant Hill
who had become deeply enamored with
The merchants daughter. and likewise
,rieved at her absence. In q small town it
IS proverbiaI that news regarding any
strange occurrence will travel with marvel.
pus rapidi,y. Lover No. : heard Of the let
Ter. and OF the other fellows intention to
20 TO Kansas City, aud he determined To
follow suit. Arriving here he also learned
Of the first
Young MANS INTENTION
10 go to Aichi.on after the girl Lover No.
2 likewise was on hand at the Union depot
last night. Aware that-well no harm to
give his name Charles Stuart had the in
tide track. he was moved by jealousy, and
while the green.eyed monster was strong
upon him planned to arrive at some way
by which TO prevent his going. in which
ease he would arrive at A,chison alone,
proPo-e to the young lady, who, in her
lonely condition would, perhaps, be induced
10 accept his hand.
Ii was only by the merest chance the
.cheme he concocied failed in il. purpose
Approaching the police stationed Al the
Union depot, Lover No. 2 pointed Stusr,
out and informed them that he MAS carry.
ing concealed weapon. He was searched.
The pistol found, and Officer McGinnis
placed him under arrest. II was in vain
STUART PROTESTED.
He xas marched up town to police head
quarters and turned over to the sergeant in
charge. Here the young man again related
his story, end more strongly appealed to
be released from custody. But he had vio-
lated the law, and there seemed to be no IS
cape. and instead OF meeting his dearly be.
loved, he must pass the night in . horrible
dungeon, to be doubly tortured BY the
thought that the other fellow Was on the
way, and before he could get released,
would probably we'd his intended. Very
fortunately for him. one OF the detectives
who had been engaged in the search for the
young woman during the day. happened TO
step into the police station. Understanding
the fact Of Stusrs's going to Aichison With
the fathers approval, he interceded in h.
behalf, nj. pistol was returned, and he vas
told be vas At liberty to go. All this had