The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-10
TELL SEGELBAUM-'
A Nan on his Death Bed Strug.
giles Desperately Trying to
Tell q Terrible Secret.
Strong C,rcumstantial Evidence
that He b ad Murdered His Wife
Ten Years Ago. IN Iowa

Strong C,rcumstsntial Evidence
that He had Murdered His Wife
Ten Years Ago. IN Iowa
4 BAzoo reporter learned yesterday from
James 4. John.an, of ihi- city, forxrriv
Of the firm ii Johnson 4 Wharton, the par
ticuIars of murder Witch was committed
by . mrn-yu,in tsil,r in 1oss. ten years
ago. In reply Ia inquiries, Mr. Johnson
/ -aid:
II vss in 1870. 80 then conducting
4 general ns-sci, an,ii.e establishment IN
M.lcomh. Powe-h'.k soun'y, ioSs. l."
connection wi,h nv hu.insss ! wss running
. tAilorsi1P . 80. s!s' Pos:m ester of t''-
. tOvn. Esriy In the spring ~ that year n
ionrneymsn tailor came Z" the town. AK
ing m~ ior srs, I ~u,pioye,i him. H..
gave hi. name Ia un- - Frank Porchrr.
Ab,ut cnc week after hi. arrival, hi-
; si:,. zane. She Wa . b~an,ifui is'y "i
probably ~ ysar. oi age. They said Ii,-s
| IA 81 b.-rn married b,,t six weeks w''en ihry
can. iher-. and that they hsd come ir.'m
Bnr~sn county, ILL.,
! The ss,lo. STOP dep srtmsni ~ nv store
vss on the s.coad Il ppr at the building,
aud in ,o,ms ia, back of tire shop they b.
gan keeping house. They seemed To- 1--we
vrrv happy together. She ga vial. ~
vav. licking ani singing shnni III. bou--,
| and lhey appeared tn ~ the h.PP'--t coup
IL IN the world.
lie wa. III iorrign descent ! don, kno~
e whsi nationality. In inqnir,nx "i IN.
| tor letters. he always a.ked for Frank
Porca~r, al>., for Frank Porter. saying that
Porter - his nsIive tongue ior Purch-r
lie { elu.n,ly rrreiv.,i letters addressed q
Porchsr. but none To Porter.
tie always came Z" the pn~i"ttc~ him-eii
aud
cLrSELY WATCHED EVERY MAIL
tbs, csme in.
/ tine dav, sbD'lt three mnihs alter the
hsd arriv-,i In the t"sn, h- sa- irving g.
l,uy anne town lo,., mi had gone To- i'''''
al lh-u, Tn. MAJ. came in while he ~
game; his vile s-k-i f"r letters; I hsrd-'
her a letter addressed Frank P,rt-r' Sh'
handed the letter beck to me, saying
"rhas letter j. not ior Frank
u
ne b al told he that Porter ~ hi. nstiv
tonsu. signified Purcl'er. She took 'h
letter. evidently not understanding ~. an,
left the Office. tie som came into the 81
ice an asked IL there wAs any mail .o
him. t,,d him nd given the mil &
his vile. lie asked me IL there we're AN
letters and /! told him there wss one, mel
irr.-rd tn Frank Porter, At which b.
turned rej IN tie lace, seemed mnci, Nj
lated and hurriediy LETT the "th,e an
uens To hi. rooms HE own ard hi- wife
c,ndu., in reg ard to that letter
AROUSED NY suSPICIoNs.
!, bu, ! though, little of il at the time
d From th Il day there va . change in oh
!! conduct oil tina couple. Sh,. nJ longer -sn
|; s.,uu, the house; her dep ,.i,ion spp-are
r. To oh range; instead Of singing and kin.
she wss consi. ntly cas-. down and spp-are
gerry sad al all times. Their house sss
Il quiet and >iil! that it scented ~ II the
ie was no one III home 81 sny time. Thsj %
y reception %! tina, letter gotten at al u
office NV the vile, addressed tn Frank i"
ter. Was the cause of he change iu the
conduct. there il M doubt. knew n"'l
ing oi the contents oi the letter, 81 conr-
hut in the current ii events which | 81
relate tn Won, the Gle o. 10 wber- IL can
from Is made p ain.
About ten DAYS after the letter ws- r
ceiv-i, I asked him whv they never can
down Ia our house to visit 70. any more,
sorn,.rlv, when he replied: INV wife
- sick ! said i wall tell my w;i. ~
,e have her gn mp and are her
:. M" h. SAID" dou's want hsr di
: tnr,'.rl.
SHE u sLEErINe No.
Sh. sleeps during the day"
'e Almost n week paced. INV vile s>ki
T. him every day - To the condition. al b
vile. sni expressing desire Ia s-- hs
m lie continually refused a. a'io~ anv one
ace her. saving: 'she sleeIr-. and ! d"'
:. want her Disturbed
"a lie lh~n employed yosng qnsrk doe'
!, xho called Ia see her aud prescribed me'
:, cine for her, but the hnsbsnd always 20
= her the me i,cines. Several Of the lsdi
= Of town called an her, hat found the doo
:, locked and we're unable to gain sdni--io
=, Finally my wif. snd two other is!i
:. vent up 10 sre her. The door were locke
" They br Ike them down and went in. ii-a
=. ing tine doors breaking, ne hurried I
- stairs and into the room.
W The woman Was very Low. and but sc,rs
" alive, but he had her 40 completely u
" der his control that he would not allies n
81 10 spe.k \ wori IN them. H- objected
" their s,syins in the room, but they stat
w Still he would not allow the sick WON
to speak to them.
:. She rapidly gr-s weaker and aied
at,ut ten DAYS from the time she ws- tax
" sick. She Wss buried.
), PEOPLE srsPErrED Pull PLAY,
IL but did nothing. because he cried So b
IL teris at the grave that they thought
IN wa verwhelmed with grief, AMI thu. Il
ne death sss csn.e,i by unavoidable sii.es
About four weeks siter the death nj
he late wife he Vas standing on the DEF
~ platform when = woman. followed ny thu
r.. children. got of the train. The old
in child. little boy aged seven years. ran
d. to him, crying: "There's papa y
ut The woman shook hands With him;
he tried to avoid and --cspe from ihes
b. they stayed right NJ him, held brief co
In sui;aiion on the platform, then went To
ie hotel, and sent for Rev X ,bert Cnurt, Z
> Presbyterian cl-rgyu M an Of the tosn. vi
si ven; IL the hotel. and then and there ma
III ried them, or rather
"Ss REMARKED THEN;
NJ for, a. wa afterwards learned, they b
=. been married prior to thsi time.
+, Rev. Court remarked 10 friend an Z
n street, after he had performed ih. ce'
n. mony, that that ~ss ''the first wedding
IN h.d ever attended where the parties
n cried and sobb-i, instead Of rejoicing,
= at least appearing merry"
The unusssl circumstances attendi
- the wedding caused .uspicIons tn h. gent
u ally aroused lhat his former wife hal he
n, poisoned, and the cit,z-ns decided tn
- kxRUNE THE REMAINS,
y, and hold pos, mortem examination. tn
. started for the cemetery for that Purpc.
OF one afternoon, just one week after his m'
i'll .iage. He heard Of il on the sireets, a
NJ without going home to get his coat,
n 81 al IL