The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-05-11

A Young Girl Of Eighteen
Betrayed BY . Heart
lees Villain.

a Young Girl Of Eighteen
Betrayed BY . Heart
lees Villain.
He Then Deserts Her, Leaving her
Among Stranger. without
Dollar in the World.
IN the ", K. 4 +. train from the
south, Friday night. sss young girl prob
ably nineteen years Of age. Who got On At
Fort Scott and vas ticketed through to
Bsssil, Indiana. little town aixtses oiles
eass Of Terre Hsnie, on the vsndsIia rosd.
Small 81 ssa,u,e. viih large blue eyer. dio-
med By ieAss. AMI With = wealth Of soldes
hair coiIed most srtis,icsily on the back of
her bead, ate Was . woman Who would n.
tract more than srdinsry Affection, no mat.
ter under what circumstances plsced
Even IN cssnsi ohaerver il 80 pIs;a,s
evident that che hsd some great
TaoCsIE on HER MIND,
and Try - she would il 80 Impossible 70
diseuise the fsc,. She had With her in The
seat small red morocco aatchei, vhiel,
cootaised her clothing, etc.. md to which,
- the train ~ nearing Nevada, she di.
recsed her attention. unlockine is and tax
ing iheseirom letter. which che slosIy pro-
cteded to read. Hardly had she time to %.
rsse half page when she quietly folded il
up. plsced Il in the envelope and returned
il 10 the saichel. and then burnt into ,e.ss
and gave vent 10 her feelinga. The occu.
pants Of the coach h.d been keen obsesv.
ees Of her every movement. and many
we're the coojectnres - 70 What "a. the
matter. After her grief hsd some what sub
aided. . lady sho sat one seat behind her,
and on the opposite side. approached
and gagged her 10 conversation. The
fair stranger u 6nsi vss 10th 70 converae,
but By easy stages she was drawn out, and
suvsher tale Vi
We unfoided, aud vac thus related 10 q
BAzD0 reporter yesterday BY . we'll known
gentleman ri this city, Who Was . paA.rn-
ger On the train snd CLEANED j, FROM ,b.
LADY ~ho did the interviewing.
The woman, name Vas Sadie Max cell,
and her home Vas Bowling G,e~r, Clay
county, Indians, soose fourteen milss oil
the Esnd.iia railroad, south VI Brazil.
Her father, Thomss Maxwell, il and has
been Tor yesns, the owner Ut larRe 6our.
in. mill at that point, and IL Comfortably
6xed, from . financial standpoint. Her
mother ~ dead, and herself and q sseses
three years younger kept hou>e for her n.
ther, snd ny TO shoni the first Of February
no happier household cuuld have brru found
ia all HoOsierdOu, Al that time lberr
dropped into Bowling Green young man
who gave his nawe -
ALBEIT srOOP.
He was Vi rather Prepos.e.s,ng appearance,
iwenty-aesen year. Of age, wore uobby
clothes. and wss . remarkably good con.
sersati"nalisl, evidently having seen con.
siderable OF the world End yell acquainted
with the doings thereof Stomp VA intro.
~
ing clothing. and of courne the principal
part of his hu<in~~a WAs tran acted With the
ladies. tine Of The FIRST houses o, vhici. he
called wss Mr.. M.xweli'.. and twas then
he met her vho subsequently, became his
victim. He first took her order for .
stamp. which was Ia Be made end deiiv.
cred few days later. Although their in.
terviev vas brief. il did not prevent Me.
Maxwell from falling desperately
IN LOVE WITH sroor,
and, o. che herself admits, che took no
pains 10 concesl il. Sio0p asV 1t q glance
thss il would Be no hard task to win her,
and for ten days be paid her most devoted
attention. The young lsdys fsih-r, hov.
ever, did not take any stock in the itinerant
young q mp peddles. end - bis eyes vrre
0rened 10 the fsci that they were hecow-
ing musi too intimate. he hsde Sioop not to
enter the door Of his residence, thre aiening
him With dire vengeance should he care to
disobey. He sl.o forbid his daughter tn
sPeak Z" OF recognize him in any way, and
never suspected for an instant tbs; his
warning had not put Quieiua To til whole
adsir. But he Vas mistaken, for they net
clsndestinely. end on the slsi II February,
when Steep asked her 10
SLEE WITT HIN
aud become his wife, she only too readily
gave her consent He would, he ssid, 70
to Tesre Hauie the next day, but before
leaving wonId take psias 10 give il cot
that he wss going &c Cincinnati: this accom-
pitched, no one would suspeci anything,
and on the evening Of the xSi of February
Mis- Maxwell vss TO BE- prepared 10 leave
her home. - he would be % hand 9th Q
team ready 20 take her With him. Tie cd
wed her to take what money and valua.
bles she could, abe heing possessed Of $50
N money and over $500 worth Of jeselry.
This she promised 10 do. and he took bis
departure.
Al about eleven o'clock IN the night OF
the 23d. S,oop called for
HIS VICTIM,
and few minutes later they we're going q
. rapid rate in the direction of Tesre
Haute. where they arrived aboui three
o'ckck in the morning, and IN hour later
were aboard IN Indianapolis & St. I0uis
passenger cosch. going in the direction Of
81. Louis. So far the deluded girl had
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