The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-08
PALMER PULLED
And Hustled of to BoOnville
by One of Sheriff Con-
nsr's Deputies.
Where He Stands Enlarged
With Obtaining Goods On
der False PretenSes.
He Says He is innocent Of the
Charge, and Will Make IL Hot
for His Prose curOr.

Considerable excitement 49, cl-,;.C III
business circles YESTERDAY morning Nv th..
arrest Of w j. Palmer. he music nan.
wcll-known in tti- ciiy, by Sheriff: on
ucr. 4 BAzoo man who. 20; wind I'll the
arrest .ariy IN The morning. ard who
knew THAI the man u: music had b>.n
wanted III R""nvillc for :. .nc-tain alleged
crooked transaction H.: >-yrr.l DAYS past,
a. unc~ 80 on; 10 a>,,r.air II II VA TINS
>amc charge on which he AL arrested. In
This he was successful.
The ;rurblc which cau>sd the ar-s-:
grew out oi a btiSipe>s lr..R-acl.on t-tu.-en
the accused and Jno. 4. H-lcn. car
riage nj anuiac,urer doing business IN Boon
willie IN 1872. The affidavit made by Mr..
Weich saws that the prLspv.r ubis u-o
from him one spring wagon uDds. !ai>'
pretens,>, the defendant ~ tLe lime ia.
purchase wss made having told the a:iiani
that he Palmer Wa the pU>s.ssor q:
$1,000 worth oi sewing machines and othc-
property at Marshall, Mo. This stats
men,, the affanr claims. ws- untrue. Nr
WEIGH further states tina, Palmer has no'
up la this time paid for the vehicle.
The warrant On which Mr.. Palmer
WAS arrested has bcen I'm the possession oi
Sheriff Conner for several days, having
b,en semi la him from Bonnvili-, but the
officer iai,e 10 serve il uEii. ye!.rday morn
ing, owing 20 the al-<ncr uf The man
wanted from the city.
The man oi news. alter learning The
above, started Oh, to find she prisoner FOR
the purpcse OF obtaining his side cf The
story In this he experienced ~ome
trouble, 49, Palmer WIS walking about
the city in charge Of Il dcpu;, sheriff. and
the possibilities art III. prisoner would
moi have had a chance 10 tell hi side OF
the story had The train which uas 10 con
vey him Ia his destination Dot nav. been
about three hours late. He WAS found.
however, just alter dinner in sheriff Con
uers parlor. where M was engaged in CON
versation With the sheriff
After being seated the reporter informed
the prisoner what he had visited him for
to obtain hi> side 81 the transaction
which caused his arrest.
Why, SIR. I've not been arrested. I've
merely been summoned 10 BoOnvilie 10 al
tend 10 . private business transaction.
replied the prisoner TO the reporters que,-
ton.
On seeing that The reporter did not
swallow his assertion very readily. and on
learning that he wa. cogni1snt of the al
legations made by Mr.. Welch, the prisoner
then inside the following statement:
In the year 1879 | purchased from John
A. WEIGH, OF Boonyill-, a wagon valued al
sll0. For the payment Of this wagon
gave him nav note for that amount. When
the note Tell due traded him other NOTES
ior the payment OF IL. Thee Notes were
signed hv nv customers residing in ;h,
ii Hannibal and were placed I'm the
Farmers snd Merchants bark oi that CITY
for collection. Re never pushed the col
lection al the notes, and. of cour~+, failed
la grt hi money. A short lime ago hr
iunned me far the money, saving That !
had given him worthless paper i'm paw
mcni for the wae"n. He also. al the s1mr I
time. contracted with me for a $3.50 piano
told him tina, il he would buy the piano
would take the old NOES back. He /,
agreed Ia this and ordered the piano. IL /
arrived here several DAYS ago and la, been :
awaiting his order. | never bought tia.
wagon on the pretense that | had $4,000 .
worth of goods at Marshall. made no (.
promises OF any kind when made ia. .
purchase, except that ] would paw h:m. .
aiih NV ilsIi ii't% III ~ tb 1t XVII
ider that | have paid him and 10 not owe /
lim 4 cent. Ii will only take me a lea
minutes to straighten the matter up when ,
arrive i'm Boonville | will give YOU !
full statement of the facts in
with nv arrest when return"
On obtaining this statement the news
,atherer took his departure.
The accused is well known all over Mis-
ouri, having carried on business in most
Il the principal towns in the state
For the past year and until quite &C.
antlv he had music store IN this city,
'ut for the past month be has been acting
IS general agent for The kimbsll Piano
o., Of Chicago.
The BADpo hopes ,hst the statement
made by Mr.. Palmer l. true, and that he
rill be able 70 vindicate himself Of the Sc
ious charge on which he was arrested
ie Wa taken TO Boonville At go p. 10. on
be delayed north-bound K. & T. train.
Since the above was pu: in type Deputy
heriff Conner, who conveyed the accused
D Beonville, has returned. He states
bat the matter Was compromised imme-
lately upon their arrival their, by Palmer
aying for the wagon and each paving
ali OF the costs. after which WEIGH pur- ,