The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-08
SMITHS SAY.
He Rises to Explain His Con-
nection with the Childers
Case.
He Thinks He Had a. Much Right
TO Make Q Fee % Had
Attorney Heard.


Ia the Denccrst Of yesterday nssrnins
sp,se. red tnree quarter column article Sc
d~ciiny Oh CITY Marshal S4n:tas sciion ia
tie ChiIGs:s case. in which u VAs al;sIet
thai the officer I'd neglected the INTEREST
al the court: Hnd ssste iu order ,h.i b.
, m,sat be enabled 10 make Q ice for him
reii.
Yesterday morning . BAzoO repos,eI
called GA Smith NJ the caisSoOse AMI IN
quir~d II be had read the article ia que.
non, ~b.n ae sa-v~rsd that he bed MT
He s,epp+a TO drawer, hosever, aHd &c
cured . cory q! the Drmorr.i, a1d, atI-,
seating Lirr-e.f. Commenced peTus.ny II
Carefully. B~f re he h-d read tve.ls lines
lie ,-usri.c 10 tee ,pvr.er, @i.ss IL
i.e," ,,uo &c Ted coca ion " repe Il the
expression some hall dvs-L times before
he had finisi,cd.
Ii will be remembered BY BAzoo reader-
that Walter q. Chili.rs wss arre-ted On
the 18Th uit. for ceiling s0od without .
i,cenre, for which $40 En-, was aseeA Cd
sgainss hun, shich. together with the
amount Of The lIces.r, made total VI $2V
tie had lot Zoe u,"nsy 10 pay The 6os, snd
Was locked up la the csiab"ose.
A. the same time evidence had been pro-
duc-i pointing s'ni,.st cJa.iss: ssiy Ia
Caiidsss - the Psriy VIC lad oa.y. ar.1-d
ibe P.cs6e house, . lev days beiorc. end .
warrant We sworn out Tor hrs arrest 90
that charge. Marshal smith ~ss motif ed,
but he refused 10 turn tie pris"oer over io
the state until the city Was through With
him.
While ChildsrS Wss eon6 ned in the Gala.
bose, il wss also discovered that he hsd
violated tie United States revenue laws by
peddling cigars without . license. and il
was detsroinsd TO give him . benefit on
that charge.
Cailders remsiued in the calahvose until
"Wednesday ai,ernooL, when he vas die.
ch srsrd By the city, aud come ten 1iGu: e.
later vas rsarresied b. Marshal Rmlth,
shsi. on tie charge Of violating the rsss-
tion sith tie whole care.
The DsmocrAi's article intimated that
Saith acted ia bad fsi,n with the county
authoriii+s, which ih.s gentleman eophaii-
c.i:y cesizs. He says hs Went % Mayor
Evans ard informed him that Chiiders "a.
no: bensS ting the city in ANY wsy, hut
was simply eating his head "a BY remain
,rg in the csIsboase. He informed the
% .yor also thst there were two warrant.
oui for he arrest - coon ~ the city re-
leased him-a etnte and United
States warrant Ga THE information Masor
Evans RENTED the remainder of the 6ne.
end ,n!d ihs MARSHAL 10 zee thai he YES re-
leased, sud sbou, : O'Clock Wednesisy Of.
,ernoon Csilde,s was brought fnrth from bic
cell, m the prrssnce IF Officer Tarnss, vheo
Smith remsrked: "You are free man ..
far - the city IL concerned" They then
tslked together for nearly ten minutes,
when ChiIders aaked chat the Of e PRO.
,as.d 20 do with hin On the burglary
charge. Smith then esid: Il hsve .
United States warrant here for yOu," AMI
took him 10 charge and placed
him in The counis jail.
Che Democratic article saws the Informs.
ti"n against Child~n wss fled ~ D-pat,
United States Collector Wheeler, and il j.
.up,seed at the mitigation and a. the sug
sesiion Of Msr-hsi Smith," This Mr..
smith pronounce. false. He says ,hs,
United States Commissioners Scott end~a-
vored to hsse him 6'e the inform siicn. but
he declined % 10 50, spd he ccver had
Ubsu VI CguvpbosSsou WIN Nvss w UcrsWb ou
the subi-ct. Subsequently, Mr.. Scott
talked With whreler. and the latter gentle
man filed the information on his own r--
sronr'hii,ty. When the srsran; va L.
-ued Mr.. Scott r'=csd il in smiths hands.
81 deputy United Siairs nsnhsl, and re-
.;u. s,~j that he .<rse il. Even then Mr.
Smith id rot wish IN e~rse
il. and before doin: 80 ne consnlied with
City Attorney Fe:;I. who told him 70 GO
.h~ad. ~ he sas simply doing his daiy, ..
The Whole transsc,iOn yes . legitimate
cne. Smith says he cou.idsred the matter
pe-srsi hours befors taking any action,
and then took hold Of it knosine tl,st he |
had .. good right TO make lee out Of
he case % had the state and county Of /.
6cer-.
Mr.. Smith ssys he never told County A. |
'crnsy He.rd ihnt he guessed he you'll /!
'iurn Chilaers over tn The United States I;
sn.horitie-. ~ he wsntsi To NIX sop.-- I
hing ont Of the csac Tor hi,nseii.' lie
.sys he I'D no idea thst . case would Re
made seainst the prisoner on the cigar
,n.ine,a, and f.V minute before Childers'
took place before Scou ne
old Joe PeltIer 10 90 and ees the constable
md have him prpeent, ~ b thought il
more than likely that ChiIders would he
Joe did - requ,sted and IN
,fficer vaa present. but contrary 10 ex
pecs alton. Chiiders vsa bound over.
Mr.. Saiih does not feel that be kas bern
yuilt. Of shy wrong in the premises. hut
links no acted Just - NJ. Heard or any
,ther man vould have done under the chr
,umetarces. The BA1o0 does not chem
r.. 0-ssA k.sa e - H.
idea of the case given. which u the only
'eason the euhject l. referred 10.
The man Who beeds not the warning
Il pain or su6esing, which always pre-.
,edes mslsdies, often becoees, through in
lolence. the victim Of incarable dieesee
.assisude, wesriness, ssdoeas, aching of the
limbs indicate nervous disarrspseoent, the
orerunner Of many organic and fnnctica.I