The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06
FURTHER Particulars IN TBE wILLoUGH
BY SCANDAL CASE
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O.afhe MlITOT and Newsletter.
Onlast Wednesday, Feb. I2.h we'll
dressed Young nan came up from Kansas
City, Missouri, and stopped at the Aueri
can House lie had in his possession
couple Of trunks filed with boots and -ho,s
ln the afternoon he sauntered Ou. among
our merchan 5 aHd tried TO dispose Of III IN
One If our merchants came to the corcIu
sion that he would purchase The outfit and
made an offer for them, but our tiGe-haiEtd
gent lemau asked twenty-five dollars IN rre
for the lot than the .rCh1 nI's offer. but
while the conversation was going on ab.ui
the trade the merchant noticed that the
young man had told more than one story
about the boots and shOea, and h. then
concluded that he did not want them at auy
price and leit. That evening this tIns-
haired chap attended the Hutchinson con
cert at the VI. T. Church. and whi.e there
noticed Miss NetIie WIiloUghhy, and 1t l.
reported, had handkerchief Irritation v ith
her while the concert was going on; bur
as to the truth of this we cannot ssy-anG
On Thursday morning ne requested an IN
PRODUCTION to her, which wss granted.
Nothing more w-s thought OF the matter
until Friday at noon, when this young man
whore name IL ". l. Sargent, and Mis-.
Nettie Wi.lOughby, returned from han-a-
', Missouri, where they had went and
got married and quietly returned 10 Oiaghe
aud at the diantr table Miss Nrt;ie intro
ducsd Sargent a. her husband. In the
evening Mis- N-ttie's mother Mrs. ThomP
ron and l. F. Thompson, her step-fsIhrr
came up from AUbry TO see alI-r NvttIr
and Der new husband, Is they had received
a dispatch from Kansas City Informing
I them Of the, marriage: and also that VIM.
l.. Sargent wa a uiarried man, and III u BIZ
vile was then living in Mica igan. When
confronted by Mrs. Thompson, ne GeLi,G
having ever been manicd before, and that
the dispatch WAS an Internal lie. He pro
duCed the marriage certificate given BY Dr.
Bell, OF Kansas City, and Mr.. Thompson
copied it and left for Kansas City, 10 inves
tigate the ,ErraCter Of the yCUrg man
When he arr 4 IN Kansas City he found
Il gentleman a D had known Sargent ziuce
his bOyhOOG no informed him that S8r
gent WAS CeTtaITiy i married man. [ pom
the streDg n oI that information i Gi-patch
was sent to the officers Of Olatha to arrest
Sa-gent Tor big my; but the officer sitsr
throwing out sufficient guard 10 prevent
his escape, commenced tsieSraph!ug 70 the
proper parties in Michigan for the n,ces-
sarv information, and received the follow
ing dispatches:
TAREE RIVERS, Mich, I b. IS, 1879.
Dear Sir:-Wm. l.. Sargent married a
girl in South Haven, about one and one
half years sgo, lived with her here; his
parents liver here.
FRANK NEWMAN, Constable.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. Feb. Il. 1879.
Dear Il know Wm l.. Sargent lie
married lady named Emma Mcdowell
over one year ago, has one child, six miles
from South Haven, Mich.
l.. NJ. COILS, Sheriff.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. Feb. l.. 1879.
Dear Sir r:-Repre-entstive Crosby Ea-
ton, now at Lansing Legislature, IL her
guardian. | have telegraph him 10 t.le-
graph you full particulars ot the marriage.
l.. VI. GOLEs, sheriff
LANSING, Mich. Feb Il, 1879.
Dear Sir :-Wm. l.. Sargent was m frried
in August or September, IS71, by Rev Mr.
Harvey, q Barge, Anderson county, Niah
70 Nj Emma Mcdowell. She now Iiycs
at West Casco, Allegan county, Mich /
send you this at the rggUest q Sheriff
Go!es, Of kaiamazJo. CEysBY EkryE,
Guardian of Mrs. Sargent
KALAMAZOO, Mich, Feb l., 1879.
DEAR SR:-Article in Kansas City
Times true. Sergeant il one Of the lowest,
worst licentiOus criminals by reputation
that kaiamazJo has.
L. VI. COLES, Sheriff.
Upon the stTeagth Of these dispatches
and some private information Vim. l.. Sar-
geant was arrested, taken before Justice J.
VI. Gifien, ard the State de-iring time 10