The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-02-24
"Thst ;Taik"-The Naughty Men
ard tho
Little Ones that Will Come Yaw.
Yawlng Around.
A Stormy New Year-Asked to
Step Down She Sticks
Don't Lay on Hands.
The Miss 0eta tS20 sugar" for
Her Coffee.

THE CASE. -
The trial of the civil scsion ot Mis-
{. N. J. Cook, OF Holden, W. Jn". G. Cope.
1. c. Bst,es. {. c. Tesis. J. ". Wright,
". c. Taylor and Geo. s. Young, who
comprised the Board OF Education. 81
Holden, in January. 1873. vas called, cd
Wednesday is-i. 4" a.. Johs-..n county
Circuit; Cru-. ui.~ y. II. t;i.an sn the
bench.
Land and Spsrk-. s,,,sn.y> for the
plaintiff.
Geo. +. Il. J.cksnn. Il Sei,lia. and A.
Cominso. 81 Independence, a.,"s"eys fox
Ihe School Board gentleman.
This care was oncr before ia curt. Thai
time Mi-s Cook sn-1 she >clroo: Board ~
.,oard. Ii was taIown rU' a.! court an the
GROUND tina, the plaintiff lad .,n contract.
Thi- time M,Ss Goa: sued',h- gentlemen
named e. individuals. She -ues 10. 81 ,OOo.
THE CASES
Miss Cook ~. employed 10 icsch in the
Holden public .choci. She Commenced her
work in September, 1877 I.,.e ia D.-c~m-
Der the board bee In,- f';ssa,i.iirl with Ter.
and sent nntic. III dismissal ~ h.r through
the po-tofice. Miss Ink rfnseri 10 vacsie.
give mp or quit. Un the morning 81 Janu-
arg "a, 1873, The Schcol Bo.'d emi!"yej =
new teacher. and pnt her in the srI,,-.i Ia
teach in the place o: Mics Cook; hence The
suit.
EEEECcA COCK
appesrd in court in eomp.ny wish h-G
friend. Miss Ida Todd, of Holden. xh" ~.
one cf her pupils 10 sooIn No. ). u the
Holden public school, in 1S..ss. Misc Cnok
is q young lady, probably about iwen,y-t~o
years Old, and as sharp ~ ''chain lightning.
She hss keen black eye, good form, and
. face Of more than ordinary attraction
She is intelligent, vivaciou.. aid hs. .
large element OF s;rongminsiness in her
comp0si,i "a. Her toilet. a. she al,,-..rs.i
in the co0rt room, 10 very easily dsscrin.,l
a. il is quite plain, although neat. sud !.s-
. nobhv appearance.
FER DRESS
was al a!pacc, =, cut q Ia princes, trimmed!
with blue siik velvet in q sunce-, ., o n-.ly
adorned ut the bottom With knife pirsiinps
Of tho original material. She constantly
wore u heavy black cloak, trimmed with
black velvet-the garment bu,toning civ.r
10 the throat. AT the wrist rome SOW.
white lace showed TO . good advantage
over JET black kids. which we're nicely fitted
over = small and ahapeiy hand. Around
her throat was . ruchine, entwined with an
ash-colored ribbon. the whole being fastened
at the throat with an EIruscsn gold pin.
She wore earrings Of . fashionable pattern.
Her shoes were of glossy pebble goat.
This Wa the makeup Of the school No ,rm
who has figured in the johnson County
Circuit Court for the pat three years in
this iamous snit.
Mis- Cook il
SELF rOs.E,ssED WITNESS.
She gave answers 20 the questions OF the
counsel promptly. in a clear ringing voice
rarely At loss for words 20 express her
meaning thai she desired to convey to the
court and jury.
When interogated closely about maiter-
which che coti;ended weTe private, .he
evinced her di-pieasure very decidedly b.
her locks more than by her words, al
though at times both we're used 10 Q god
acCounl
rHI DEFENDANTS
are VI the hest men al Hrld-s, sui every
thing they have done in ihis case, they have
ende.yor~d to spare Miss Cook o. much a.
they could, aod do justly BY the people
whom they represent and Themselves. II
Is quite evident that Whist they b,ye done
has been done from q e-nse Of duty. AMI not
becsu-e il was any pleasure. The, bear
this young lady no malice. They have
done everything in the past that they could
10 spare her feeling, and the position they
occupy in this suit - = very irksome one
xDd certainly not one OF their own aelecsion.
The following named grn,I-msu x-re
sworn
As JrROKs,
IN iry and determine the cs.~:
J.J Welshans. S.W. CSa,s,
John t},sssit, ID +. C,a;s,
Joseph ". Smith, Geo. W-iiemeser,
Ja.. A,ior. = p. Williams.
Levi tiger, Thos. Ersns,
Iho.. J. Eu.,j, james Stone.
THE TESTIMONY.
Mis-. Cook sworn.
Oup.tion-Where do you live N,s~
Cook?
Ansver-Holden No.
Q-What Vac your occupation on "
about the D Of AuguAt 1877
Al WA following school teaching for a
livelihood.
Q-Were yon employed BY the defend anita
TO teach in the public school in Holden B.:
The defeDdsnt's attorneys objected To the.
question. arguing lhst the Law required Q
contract IN BE- in wrisisg, snd the best evi.
dence Of auch . contract Va The copirsc,
itself.
The cnnrt overruled the objection.
The records Of the school hoard Of the
town ii Holden we're read % the Jury chow
ing that Miss K N. J. Cook v.s elected on
Aug the % 1877 to teach in The public
school Of said town.
Miss Cook-I commenced IN teach in
room No. 3 Of Holden schools on the I; If
September 1877. / attended to ny duiio
until the morning Of January the 2 1873
when Twas ejected from the place by the
School Board.
WHAT THE NAUGHTY MN DTD.
Jno. q. Cope and Prof. Loogss came 10
the school room on the morning Of January
2 1873 and asked me IL I ~. MT going IL
resign. ! replied that Il did not think
had been regularly dismisaed."
Prof Lonxsn told me that the School
Board thought 1 had been rrgulssly die
mi ssed.
Mr.. Cope said that IL ] desired to remain
10 The aehonl room - IN oessmeoi, could
do %. but must not undertake 10 teach.
Prof LonSan made about the same remark