The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-10
SENT UP FOR RAPE.
A Prisoner Sixty-0ne Years Old on
His Way to the Pen,teu-
uaTy.


train, hsviae in charge james Anscough
an En:lishmsn, aged sixiy-on~ yesrs
whom he vas taking to the p nii<ntisry
where he has betn senis need 10 sssve
term u four years for . rape commiits,
upon 10 ,ixieen-year-old STEP daush,er.
The prisoner ss- interviewed by Rszs
reporter and said il va true be- hsa been
cunvicte,i of rape. but be vss not guilty ol
the crime. His vile. he said. bad q
daughter BY former husband, and it v.s
q pu, up job between them to get him on,
Of the wsy and then secure his property.
Sheriff Sprins<r's version Of the trouble
vas thea obtained, - folIovs: Anscou:h
~ss possessed Of considerable property, and
resided on . farm, three miles from Lamsr,
With HE wife and family. HE wife hsd
two daughters By her former husband, one
Of whom, ased eighteen yean, wss married.
while the other. sse,i sixteen, Was unm,r-
ried. These two. together With AncousA's
fourteen year-o!d daughter, vers the only
female children. Ga the sixteen.year-old
girl, his s,sP-daush;sr, Anscough commit
ted the Outrage. and also attempted Elm.
ilsr crime UPON his own daughter, aged
fourteen. He vas tried ON the fret charge
and convicted, when the latter fact vas
brought to light.
Anscouxh admits having hern criminaliy
intims,e sith the married siep-daughier,
bot empbsiicslly denies the charge Of
which be "a. convicted.
Grand CommaDdery.
At the annual concIave OF the Grand
Comm and~ry NJ knights TempIar Of Mis-
souri,. held in 81. Louis yesterday. the fol-
lowing officers ~ere elected for the ensuing
year: Wm. G. Hall. St. Jo-<ph. Grand
wm. J. Terrell, H4rrison-
vile. Drpntv Gr.ud Commsnder John A.
Sloan, 81. Louis. Grand Genersli.-imo;
F. J. Tassar'i. Butler, Grand Captain Cen
erai Rev. Geo. W. Penn, Fulton, Grand
Wm. r. Mullen. ST. Louis. Grand
Treasurer; VIM. II. Mays. St. Louis. Grand
E n. Nix, N,berly. Grand
Senior Warden Geo. +. Roger, Hamilton,
brand Junior WARDEN.
In the statutes Of the Grand Comma and
Try the words STRAND Drill Master sud
Inspector wc.- changed 10 "Grsnd Lee
urer and ln-;,<s'or," and All III McI.xel:,
Il ST. Loui-. Ss- appointed Ia ths, position.
Too Loving for Earth.
Al the depot wsi,'ng room. from six un-
IL bsIi-past ten o'clock this forenoon, MAS
! bridal couple fro,n Jefferson City, ON their
say 10 Boonville, who attracted not liz.
lie attention by the msnn-r in which they
lid their billing aud cooiny in public.
They wsre young, psssably good looking.
mi Sere "blivi"u- ~ all surroundings, 80
nfrrcs'e! weis they IN each other.
first he would plsc. his srm ssound
,er slender waist, then draw her
emily 10 him anl siuLber IN over
Ter lace. Al iast Russell McRofey,
Harry Henikeu, Bob RE. Der, Richie.
Price King and dozen others caught on.
r;.ey stood in tie AdsMs express Office |
or. where the; could observe every move !
through the open windows, sud 81 the low |
ng couple embraced for the one hundred
md twenty time. the boys yelled: /
Hey. stronger! Give the old girl . rest ~
D.,n'i you want TO give il QUIZ Yum.
'Ym, boys; III bet its good." and many
ther ex IMPRESSIONS. but il fsi!ed TO have any
G-ci.
A EAzoo man too. in the situation for . !
% minutes. and then left them in company
nth Conductor Andy Brown. on whoss |
rain they Proceeded 10 Cooper county,
there they should keep out Of the way Of
be cattle.