The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-16
She Started q Peanut Stand
and Succeeded a. . Poor,
Lone Widow,
And Then Astounded the Ma
tives by the Manner in
Which She Conducted
Herself.
her True Character at Last DIS.
covered aud She Leaves
Between Two Days,
And Now They all Say, 81 Knew
There Was Something Wrong
With Her"

Mrs. Fannie Black veil, alias + annie Sin.
cla:r, - q character pretty veil known IN
ibis section OF Missouri, having gained 10,
herself. during the p st iwo y-srs, quite an
unensisbie rep;Ii alton through the news.
papers on account vi the manner in wh,ch
she hiss conducted herself during that period.
She has been the recipient oi sever al M,
very complimentary notices at the hands oil
,hr EAzOo, and in all al them she has
claimed that gross u, jastics w.s dooe her
The BAzoo has always insisted that such
Was not the Gaze. and IL
NOW PREPARED To -Eove IT.
| Mrs Blackwell, nli.s Sinclair, ~ many
viii remember, resided, up Z" about the
hrst o! June, al Lamonie, this county, with
her husband and three children. On &C
count ot her in6ieiify, he left her aud in
sii' utea proceedings Tor divorce. snd she,
si,e. placing two % her children in charge
of relative. in Illinois, visited the town oil
! Windsor, twenty mica south OF Ssdalia,
and snncunced that she had cone for the
purpose OF engaging ia business. She va
accompanied by her youngest CHILD,
Birdie" bright, interesting little girl o.:
some tour years. She stopped at tn.
f. Windsor hUu-e, where she Iegi stored a.
MI,. Fannie Sinclair. The following iav
she rrlied Of Mr. H. Il. McCieveriy, dry
goods merchant, business room on Main
street ,Lat I'd fo, merry been used a. bil-
lizard hail. HAPPY in the though, th.t h.
had secured good t-nsn,, Mr.. McCleverty
placed the ,oom in ir-.-cl as order, With .
partition in the center, thus allowing a
store room in front snd
sLEEPlNG APARTMENT IN THE REAR.
To NJ. McCieve,ty the woman stated
that her name xis Black we'll. but .he Va.
compelled tn assusne that OF Sinclair, IN
oi'ier that her husband, whom rhe re,r-.
seci.i - ~1r.h,--, dis-uiuie .ell.v
GiIght ',o. ssceriain her wheIest ,u;s AMI
thus seek &c take fran her their child. Be-
/ ing possessed %: more ;h an ordinary intel
li:ence, and convessAtion.li-: such rs one
rarely meets, she had no difficulty IN ~ Ak.
1 ing The ieopie Of Windsar sw allow all sine
cared e. tell them. To no one outside Of
Mr.. McCieverty, though, did she iu,part the
7 information that her true name Vas other
| fuan Sinclair.
After a few DAYS preparation .h. had
completed all Arrangements aud opened ont
a s.nai! stock OF Candies. c.g.,s, etc ard
aided thersf. an ice cream dep ,rimra'
She sdrer.Is Iced in the Win,isrr H-view IN
Ger the "sm- of Fannie Sinclair and cor
a time shs seemed To- b. doing = thriving
business. E-l ec;ally did she receive the
PATRONAGE OF TIE Young MIN
ii tie place, aud 80 elegantly did size Ell
terrain them thst il created rot q little
Talk. She was at that time moving in the
best circles. aud vas receiving kini words
on all sides. a. tie Windsori,es, xho ale a
generous people, were desIrous Of doing all
in their po~-r 10 assist her She attended
church regularly and visited some Of the
fist families Oi the iown, receiving 3 coz
dial welcome.
She W ~ tsaen sick shortly nj er with the
fever, and n she had no one to icuk s.r.r
her, IL developed upon The people o: the
ROWE, and ihey did their wh ale duty IL the
premises. She received every attention nj
their han.!s, and Oh her recovery she seemed
most grateful .nd said she shouid ney..
forget lie kindness they had extended 10
poor lone ~idow in her hour of trouble.
his Was Nil we'll enough. and il We duly
swallowed bv her beneiacior-. Sire soon re-
CARED her usual health. and - q. ~ rnIer-
;aining a. ever so her gentlemen customers.
YOUNG wIDDwER
of the place, VINO had shown ter m sny at
;entions from the staff, and es,,ccisily dur /
ing her illness, w-s - intiu ate with her
that Suspicion wss directed 10 them, ari /
their everv movement was closely watched /
Ard commented upon. But he MAS not
alone. for i; got 10 he a bv-wori Among the I
bloots Ut the place ,bst she widow "ewas q /
trump" u; Course under such circuu,.
stai,ce- the go-sip- had their sss ard il
SOON became q s-;sted conviction that Fan I
ME was not ex scily what che should he
in fact, taat IL Va. hardly proper for her .
10 entertain her male friends la her sl~ef.
In. apartments. /; created net = little .
talk end the fraii Fannie noticssi ihst che .
Was 5eine snutb.d in the circle where she |
had At fi'-t reigned supreme.
Aboni that time she msde bu-inasa trim |
10 S.Iziia, and while here Q EAZco re
porte.
TCNBLED TO HER RACKET,
and the Sunday following her d st his
tory Vas written 0p in the EAzon aud
the people Of Windsor were informed lh,, 4
they were not entertaining an ange! IN dis
auise. When the article va read by the
Wi6dsori'es there was = diversity Of opia-
ion, q msj,risy c,siming that they b ID
Away. suspected that she vas an impfop-r
while some Of her most intimate
friends. and especially the male PARTON
thereof, -aid that il was nothing but .
BAzoO lie, something senss ion.I gotten
mp 10 cell papers. But they soon learned
their error. In the Windsor Review If
thz. week Mrs Sinclair ss abe Was known
BY thers) published a card, in which she
admitted that she going under an alias, but
said s,e had assumed the name Of Sincisir
cereiv TO keep her husband from ascer-
IainIng her wher.annu's. She appealed 10
he people of Windsor To s;and BY her, and
S.s most bitter In her denuncisi alton Of the
BAzOO and the reporter Who had ventilated
HER PAST HISTORY.
BIZ " .lker, the r view man, also came ,
Onward ard took hand, and paid HE
10 the BAZoo. and said tina, the
wo.nan had aiwsys conducted herself in .
,et oming manner since her advent in the
own. But his ssy did not convince the
,eople Of Windsor that all va right. On
he contrary, they believed what the BAzoo
lad published, and from that time she vas
considered . woman Who would dispense 4
Ter fav,rs for q monied Confederation
Notwithstanding thI-, abe hsd the audac-
~ to push her-elf forward on every oppor-
unity, although she received the irowns q
md condemnation Of the good people q: .
ne place. At . festival given for the h~o. =.
q, of the Windsor band, held 1t the b q
,ou-r, a short time after the above events,
fannie appeared. srrsyed in IN elee ,n' c
oilet. and tried her best to mingIe With the G
merry throog.
HER ENTRANCE TO THE ECON ,
sas noticed, ard . few minutes later some q
4 the elite of the town took their depart. 4
ire, voving that Il 80 scandaloue to allow
that woman" to participate in the fesilv,.
ies.
From that time Fannie vas doomed
roman With the eentler sex Of the tosn. a