The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-30

Vile, in Morgan county. has been shaker
from center Ia circumference during the
past few DAYS over scandal case which
recently developed itself there. and it In,
proven a rich morsei, indeed. ior the PEG
pie oi that neighborhood. It's true IN.
wrcnged party in the case, woman. III
course. is nothing hut
POOR COLORED GIRL,
whiI.. her >educcr has occupied prominent
position in society and was looked upon Il.
the pink Of propriety. From a gentleman
conveTsant with all the facts i'm the ease !:
BAzco reporter learned the particulars a.
follows:
At the locality above stated reside a,
ncighbors Two farmers, named Joseph Cor
ncr and Robert Gilbert, the former being
a man III family. while the later is.not 81
fortunate. or unfortunate, in this respect.
Also living in close proximity I" these
gentleman is a comely mulattO girl, named
Ellen Hubbard, who, until some months
ago. bore All excellent reputation. But she
has
FALLEN FROM GEAcE
in the estimation of all good people.
Although not the po>ses>or OF a nus
band, she recently gave birth To IN illegi,i-
mate child. which WAS conceded by all Ia
have Caucasian blood in its veins. al
course the circumstance created not little
talk. and many were the conjectur> as To
who was the father Of the ''niggcr baby. y
IL il Was spoken Of BY all.
of those who expressed an opinion on
the subject were the two farmers above
spoken oi-COrner and Giibert-whp have
not been bo>Om companion, for some time
past. Corner, it seems, had his suspicious
IA to who was the father of
THE ILLEGirINATE CHILD,
and had no hesitancv in expressing his
opinion. ilc even went So far as I" say
in public that Gilbert had been too intimate
with the dusky damsel OF course Gilbert
heard Of il, and the next time they met a
war Of words was inaugurated, which cul
minated In blows. and Corner received a
The next step was the arrest oil Gilbert,
Oh warrant sworn ont by Corner. charged
with assault and battery, and the accused
was taken before Squire Starke. Of Otter
willie. Saturday last, To answer the charge.
lie knew that the whole matter would he
investigated and
THE CAUSE or THE TROUBLE
so. in order to clear himself of
the charge preferred against him BY Corner,
he, in the meantime, visited the
mother Of the illegitimate babe and pro-
cured from her the following affidavit, set
ting forth that he was innocent Of the
charges preferred and placing the guilt
where j, belonged:
ELLEN SPEAKS
STATE OF MISSOURI, Affidavit,
COUNTY OF MORGAN. ~
Now. this day, comes before John II.
Wendlecon, a justice Of the peace for and
within said comfy Of Morgan, Ellen Hub
hard, and declares, under oath, that the
father of her last child, the one which she
now nurses, is Rufus Ross, and belongs to
no one else and l further say that any
one else accused Of being the father Of nv
child is innocent. her
ELLEN y HUBBARD.
mark.
ROBERT GILBERT. Witness
Sworn to and subcribed before me this,
the 18th day If August, 1881.
JOHN H. WIMBLEDON. J.P.
With the above affidavit in hi, Posses
sion, Gilbert appeared before Justice
Starkc, Saturday last, and
PLEADED GUILTY
to the charge preferred, after which he paid
his fine and departed for home, but not
until he had shown the affidavit To number
Of persons and the denOuement had been her.
aided throughout the village. To say that
it created the widest excitement does not
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from mouth to mouth until even the chill
dren on the streets discussed it like men Of
mature years, while the old women. look
ing over their specs, exclaimed in horror,
do tell: Who'd thunk it ?"
However, it is no wonder that all Otter
vile was on the qui vive, for Rufus Ross
NOT OF THE SMALLER FRY.
He is about twenty-five years OF age. and
the son Of highly respected tiller OF the
soil residing something like two miles east
Of Otterville. Nor is this all. He is .
young man of fine education, having
taught school in that vicinity; is menu
Der of the Southern Methodist church of
besides being Sunday school
teacher and class leader in the same.
When the facts were first made public,
4 majority OF the people Of Otterville
we're inclined to the opinion that
ROSS WAS INNOCENT
Of the charges preferred against him; but
The more the matter was investig ated the
worse il looked for him. and the BAzOO's
informant saws il the guilt or innocence
IF the accused was left to q vote Of the
people of that section the verdict would
be guilty By majority of nine to one.
In justice to Ross il is hut proper to
state that he denies being the father Of the
child. and says that job has been put up
,n him for the purpose Of
RUNNING HIS HITHERTO GOOD NAME.
This is the first time anything Of the
kind has been limited at regarding him,
md the BAzOO hopes he may be able to
prove to the world that he is an innocent
nan and the victim of as vile conspiracy
Is was ever concocted. In the meantime
he social atmosphere may be said to be
ed hot, with the chances in favor of the
going several degrees higher