Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-04-24
as Stephen J. Smith, twenty-one years
of age, laborer, and locked up on sus-

IS Stephen J. Smith, twenty-one years Gu
Of age, laborer, and locked up on sus- CO
plcion. MI
Lieutenant Devine being informed OF NJ N
the nature Of the arrest and the points 10
gwen to the detective by Mrs. Wyman, \.
OF No. 81 East Fourth street, that official o,
accompanied Hart to the
above number, where they met tne
Iandlady, and, after short converse
ton, they concluded to make vlgor-
Gus search OF the room, in the hope OF u
recovering the stolen money. Lieuten- O
ant Devine, in Il polite manner, asked b
Mrs. Smith few questions IN regard to
her relationship with young Smith. sne N
stated that she was married to him IN
Missouri last fall, and he was her law 4
fully welded husband. There was sui \
ficlent noticed IN her action to betray to
the officers that the couple were the
identical parties alluded to in the letter
| to the chief, and the next thing Was to
ascertain. if possible, some clew OF tue
missing money. Lieutenant Devine
asked permission to look into the lady's
trunk, which was granted. Alter a
Thorough investigation of the trunk and
contents. nothing was discovered look
inp to a final solution OF the mysterious
i dlsaspearauce OF the stolen money. AL
last it was determined, as the only hope,
to search the bed upon which the SICK
woman was lying. Mrs. Wyman was
called into counsel and asked II the IN
valid was able To be removed. Mrs.
Wyman stated that she thought SO, as
she was up in the morning while the
bed was being made. Detective Hart
then asked Mrs Wyman to go into the
room and to tell Mrs. Smith that she
wished her to change roems Tor a while,
, to which proposition she rather re-
t luctantly consented. Mrs. Wyman
nassed a knowing wink to Lieutenant
!, Devine lust as Officer Hart had entered
the room, and pointed to her breast,
q which cue the lieutenant soon toek.
j. Going in where the patient was the
! lieutenant asked her in q polite manner
to let him see what she had In her
l. bosom. Her extreme mOdesty forbade
J. compliance with such a request, but
e alter some parleying she consented to
n draw forth what the officers were In
search of, which was a red morocco
~ pocke book, which she with sigh OF
& relief handed to the lieutenant. upon
l. opening it he found the book contained
a $3.50 in ten-dollar bills and one twenty
= dollar bill Mrs. Wyman upon behold
~ ing the wealth jumped up and down the
a. room, capping her hands with JOY.
IN The lieutenant stated that tnere was
he $3.50 IN the pile The sick womaf
stated that she alone was the guilty
at one and no one else. do not blame
at Mr.. Smith, as he knows nothing abou'
he it, she pleaded. The money, amount
IT. ing to S137 %, 81 20 OF which wa
-, aiierward found iu the woman $ trunk
~ which was also identified by Mrs. wy
ais man as a portion OF her money, wa
3 taken in charge by Lieutenant Devme
IN, to be used as evidence Ia court. De
he tective Hart was placed in charge oi In
-. woman until her ply stefan could
vi. heard from with Il view to her reihoNa
ley to more secure quarters. Lleulehal
got Devine procured from young sm't
oar his freely confessed story. lie stated
~ the lieutenant that his proper name wa
',e Stephen LaMere, and that his age wa
al; twenty years, and that his parents 1 II
md sided at Troy, New York. On the 2st
II. dav of March, 1879, ne arrived at tt
homestead OF his only uncle, Stepht
'ry LaMere, who was wel-te-do iarme
red residing about six miles south
lied Lexington, Mo, blessed With all I!
,atb comforts of good home, and, as
,ot thought, i pleasing vile. Your
'po' Stephen was made welcome at Il
lds. home, where he began the pursuits OF
lear farmer, working regularly every III
des. on the farm Matters went on charl
,,s ingly tor q while, until the old une
began to grow jealous of his nephe
ans and often chidea his wife IN language
Or. wise complimentary or polite about b
the course toward young Stephen. lie $;
,sar he was determined to put stop TO IL
his nephew had to abandon his hoi
n L. and 20 back to Troy to his paren
lew, The fair Ida, who, by the way, IS sol
cath four wears the senior of her lover, ct
,;a cluded to elope with young Stephen
F'0 fore her liege lord would have an
portunty OF putting his plans into
] he ecution.. so one day the subject
3 cut mentioned to the nephew by Airs.
cad. Mere, who proposed running away 6
living elsewhere Tar from the belstert
oy and rate elder La Mere. oung Stepi
Is no listened attentively to her tales OF
you future and how she would plan ev
a sill thing tor their rapid transit to SO
r,;d more cengenial cline, where they CO
live unmolested us man and wife.
plan was adopted and quickly put
fine execution. The event took place IN
obits, month OF November, lo''' o'ep
N he cong On Iho Pi"eo a,,ar 1 ~, smsn;n;o
time, their % M fntnrs intentions. The un
He when he was informed of his nephe
long, sudden disappearance, was oVerJoJe
of it Ihe stranse .ulu nuS.. a.,h.na aa,.s anj +,
Wills guilty once reIgned supreme.
}, and But a few days aiterward he retur
, coat to his domicile, to find that the par
bo Of his besom had also fled, with
atoga trunk we'll filled with cloth
She joined young Stephen at Lexing
Mo-, where they took the train TO
coun- LOUIS, thence coming direct to Cir
olden natl. where they took rooms as man
sands WV .: wv ',I,,. u l;,s;,aJ roung Ste,
ana started out to look isr employn
d one which he found at Snyder 81 Anders
thew bakery aud cracker factory, on T
street, at which place he worked
Christmas. Afterward he obtained
again nIovment at the shoe factory of S
IT the & Payne, on Lock street, wher
worked for short while. Since he
Ret the shoe factory, Stephen has
rather unfortunate, SO he had to
little jobs wherever they could be 10
Mrs La Mere is ia figure Il I;
stout, plump woman, good-io0king,
Her mas nlahy ca N".'h 'nAi ~, ''o"
which would be likely to cntice III
sophisticated youth to do her bid'
The woman will be held on a char
'"ery. grand larceny. She was very sic
the Hammond-street station last Il
'oi suffering from fever.
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