The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-08
Hrs. Blackwell, Of Lamonte,
In Search Of her 8us-
band in Sedalia.
Domestic Infe:iclty that has Caused
no Little Talk In Pettls
County.

neriy school mean, and j. the som AZ
whO took il upon her~elf to thrash
teacher At L.uon,e for whipping her ten
ye.r old daughter.
They have been. married eleven yesrs
bu, Of late
THEIR DOMESTIC RELATIONS
have been anything bu, ple.~s"t. Mrs. b
il coneIy looking woman Of about thirty
and appears 70 b cap.ble Of taking care o.
herseIf under sny and al Circumstances.
Some time since suit for divorce vss
comoenced in the circuit court Of thi'
county b. Harry Blackwell. changing his
wife with being too intimate With . msn
named Murray. Since then. however. they
have resided together, and not until
lat Saturday did they cell their furniture
and conclude To play quits. She saws he
took all he money aud agreed % divide
With her when they reached SedAlia, last
night. Iostead. however, he gave her SO
10 caeh and telling her that he had been
called TO Holden and sould be hack in the
morning. he took his departure. aimee which
time che has
SEEN HOTHI:C OF HIN.
When the BAzOO reporter met her she
va at the Telegraph Office and bad jUst
received Telegram from her moiher. Mns.
M.siids Huddiesson, Of Augusta, Butler
cosnty, Kansas. The reporter having
heard that che Vas in trouble, appro ached
her and asked for the privilege Of ~ inter
view. Al first she Vas 10th to grant il,
but ~ question after question was pro-
pounded abe snsv<red them promptly and
il hest that her side Of the story
should Be published - il actually vas
according 10 her say she related the fol-
lowing:
She cnnmenced By saying that .he Vas
DWARF that the people Of Lamon hsd
stunned her Of late. but il ga without the
least csuse. She had never even deem
guilty of IN indiscretIOn, much less what
waa charged in the
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
The charges were trumpet mp BY her hus-
band. He wished to procure divorce %
thst hs might be enabled to marry another
vonaa-a Mis- Josie Clifford, aged shout
twenty year. who has resided With her
sister, Mr.. Yocum. at Lsmonte since last
Christmas a year. She asserted that M,ss
Clifford and Mrs.. Yocum were women Of
looa~ character, and they had 40 worked
upon her husband thst they had alienaied
his love from her. Miss Clifford and her
ulster have relatives residing 1t
Brazil, Indiana. and last night they left
~ No to. visit them; before going.
Black yell had given josie so 10
pay her fare. She Wa positive thst her
husband intended following them, and If
he CHAINED divorce, there was no doubt
u her niud bat what
HARRY And JOSIE
could become man and vile. But"
,he added, Il would rather kill him than
ne him marry that thing"
Frequeatly during the conversation she
almost gave way to team. and her emotion
was 10 great that che could scarcely spesk.
Her husband. abe said hsd sid even her
organ and sewing machine. her o.a per.
sonsl properly, and had decamped With
oil the money. leaving her and her three
children With almost nothing A fev dsye
ago she had written to her mother in Ken
s.s, and she had Just received . telegram
from her 1t LaoOute. aaying she would Be
down on the 6rst train. She aaid that her
mother had money end abe vonld see to II
thse s<ither her or her children suffered
for anything.
The woman - consider able worked up
over The cay her husband had treated her.
She says she
WOULD NOT LIVE WITH HIN
Il BE- v.s the lest man on earth vet she
vouId rsther Ne him dead than the hus-
band Of smother. This morning she. in
Company With Der children, vent To the
Pacife houae, vhese she has clnac witch
kepe over then, heiag afraid Blackwell will
Try and steal then from her.
She II . ssOst pleaaAnt consersstiOs aIIst,
Of good figure, and, ~ she Informed the re-
porter herself, superior to her husbswd in
every particular. She expecsa 20 scrnm-
pany her mnther back 10 Augusta, Kaa..
bat ssya she will be on hspd when the d.
vorce caae comes up. and will contest 1t a.
The hitter end. end % she said THE che
locked "a though she meant every word she
aaid. Whethef guilty o. MOI, Der lot IL not
Q pleaaast one and che r. deserving OF sym
patty in her preae0t condition.
Since the shove vss written Constable
Coaner called % Nm. Blackwell and in
formed her that he hsd warrant for bet
arrest in connection With the recsnt school
diGsculty 1t Lsmonte. He read the papes
q her, but allowed her 20 20 a her 0wu
reooxnisance ustil BE couA hear from ths
school board there. She t.kea the 0st,eI
coolly. bot says If they give her further
trouble she vill bring euit against thea
for oalici"us prosecution.
HE further informeA the reportsr thu
evening that she 80 convinoed her hus
band cen, 10 St. Louis % the same trail
With Josie q f,rd and va With her nov
There ie nothing in the world NOR
beautiful than . fne healthy baby. Yo'
cannot dose your. girl 9th opiates an
have il healthy bot yoa can ne Dr.. Bull
Raby S-rup end still maintain the baby
health. Price 9 cents . hottie.
Killed BY Lightnin9 Yesterday.
Yesterday. Fea,oa Barnett, who reside
Eve miles vest Of this city. started hon
inst previous to the thunder storm. wbie
passed over this country about dar
When short dissapce iron home Mr.. g
little by. aged abont six years. came o
% meet his father. Whsn the child y
vithfa about sf,eeo feet Of The team The
cane . vivid Cash Of lightning Viii
blasded Ne. Barnett sod knocked 9
hossss partially down. When -ths auno
~ cleared away from in front Of thstes
The child lay motiooless IN the road, o
vas dead shes reached b hs father.
The lsds scalp vss cat. The head .
hair sisged, asd I'll tbe boess in ths ril