The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-11
Was What Mrs. Kate Jones
Wanted With Which to
End Her Life.
Officer Holland Summoned to
Take a Package of Poi
son From Her.
Her Husbands Failure to Provide
for Herself and Children is
the Cause Thereof.

IL Also duuiCttu 10 PtIfoulSai splet>, anu L
Is alleged al such times he makes no pro
vision for his wife and children, allowin;
them to care ter themselves.
For some wears past peace has not reign
ed in the Jrnes household. and som,
months ago Mrs. Jones left home and tool
her children with her, permitting
WILLIAM To LOOK OUT FOR HIMSELF.
Ii would have been better for her, N,
doubt, had she remained aloof from him
but This she did not do.
For a time William braced up, as i
were. and then il was that he longcd fol
the good old days when happiness and con
tent,nent reigned supreme under his roof
So he determined TO make an effort Ia re
claim his wife and little ones As l. nj
WAYS ,he case with worthless. dissolut,
man, he was successful i'm his mission, and
again they took up their abode together
William vowing that in future his better
half should never have cause Tor com
plant.
But BILL LIED
For some time past Jones has worked
Tor Chris Alday, and has lived in 4 room
in the court house building, over Smith
saloon. On visiting the place the most
ablect poverty was TO be- seen on every
hand, but the patient wife was content Ia
endure this a. long as her husband let
whisky alone.
This he did for brief period, but grad
ually fell back into
HIS OLD HABITS,
causing Mrs. Jones to become Respondent
and wish she were dead. During exposi-
ton week Jones went on another spree.
and his wife alleges that he squandered the
money that should have been spent in buy
ing victuals Since that time be has done
badly, and she, thinking death preferable
to life, concluded 10 suicide, and decided
upon the morphine route.
Yesterday morning Mrs. J. told Mr.. J.
what she thought of his conduct and in
formed him that life was not worth living.
SHE TALKED OF SUICIDE
until Jones became scared, and left the
house for the purpose of warning the
druggists of the city against selling his
wife poison with which TO end her career.
He says he notified every dealer i'm Soda
liza. but his efforts TO prevent her procur-
ing the means of destruction proved futile.
Last night when Jones went
home he made the discovery that his
wife had succeeded in purchasing enough
morphine 10 kill half dozen people. He
endeavored To ascertain where il was Sc
creted, but for several hours was unsuc-
cessful. She admitted that
SHE HAD PROCURED TIE POISON
and said that she vas determined To
shuttle off" At last Jones ascertained
that her trunk was the hiding place Of the
drug, but it was locked and he knew not
where to find the key. He informed
woman who resides in the same building
of his wife's intention. and asked her il she
would not watch and see that the poison
was not swallowed while he went i'm search
of a policeman. She replied that she
would, and at one o'clock this morning
Jones sailed forth in search Of blue
coat.
HE RAN ACROSS OFFICER HOLLAND,
and after relating the whole circumstance
to him, asked him TO visit the room
where his wife was and take the poison
from her. Together they went 10 the
place, but Holland remained on the out
side, according TO understanding, while
Jones went in and for the twentieth time
demanded the secreted morphine. He met
with the same stern refusal, when Holland
stepped i'm and said she would be COM
PEELED to give up the poison, even though
the trunk
HAD TO BE FORCED OPEN.
Seeing that further refusal was useless, she
l.. Ill TO
Holland a paper containing the morphine,
There's more where this came
from, and | viii vet accomplish my OBJ
lect."
She then related to Mr. Holland 4. tale
that should have caused the brutal hus-
band to hide his face in shame. She took
him % the cupboard, barren of victuals,
an4 asked him to look upon it and then
say whether il was any wonder she did
not care 10 live. III il was not for her
she said, she could easily make
her living, but the thought OF being sep
arated from them in life
ALMOST DROVE HER MAD.
The officer talked with her a few min
utes, until she became cooler, when he left
the house, taking the morphine with him.
The misireated wife still insists that she
will end her life, as she has nothing to live
for but her children, and if she is dead she
thinks homes will be provided for them.
Bill Jones is a brute and deserves the
OF this community. He is capa-
bic OF making a good living for himself
and family, but prefers to spend il in riot
Gus living. Mrs. Jones made mistake
when she returned after having left him.
She is better eff without him, and if he
still fails 10 provide for her and the little
ones she should leave him for good, and
give up the idea OF shutting off 10y the
or any other route.
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
This morning Jones again commenced
bowling up and consulted prominent
lawyer on the propriety of bringing suit
oipst tha dr,,uu;ct who had sold his wifi.