The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-31

A Brief but Brilliant En9AGe-
ment Played.
Lite Insurauce-Local Board
LADY 9isser"-Wine euppers-
Etc. HtC. Ito.

Life Insurance-Local Board
LADY eis'sr"-Wins soppsrs-
Etc. Bto Ito.
Taelve or thirteen years ago . youni
man appeared in Ssislis - . solicitor 70
life insurance. He vas . goOd tslies
dressed veil and conducted himself -
young man should. How long hs remsinss
here 1t that time is moi definitely known
but at all events il vas long enough Il
Leave IN impression upon the people n
that time living m SedAlia that BE- was ,
very
GOOD SORT OF MAN,
and worthy Of the coS6dence Ut the com
munity.
Thirteen years 10 . long time. Whit,
men ch.nsss in thirteen sears-sometime'
Oftener.
About the middle Of April, 1881, ID,
hero Of this story. ''Siicky" Ryan appearet
in SEED .lia 70 Renew his scqusin;snce viii
the boys. lie met them, introduced him
self - The aforesaid J. Volney Ryan, end
las very ~eil received BY those Who had
known him.
He represented that he VA connected
With the Connecticut Mutual life insurance
company aud his business wss 10 orgsniss
. local bOsId Ia hsdaIIs. 10 org .nise thu
board he must have some gentlemen TAKE
policies in the company, ss none could b
on the board Who were mot policy holders
fine duties Of this boaH Us u p.ss ca
loans TO b. na1e BY the insurance CON-
psuy in central Missouri, whsr. they were
anxious 10 place money.
THEY INSURED.
A number Of gentiemen-enough Ia
form local bo.rd-wers found
who took policies. And tine
board was organized by electing p'esi.
dent, secretary, suryena aud attorney. All
th,nxs went along swimmingly, and The
Sedalia gentlemen casbed their policy re-
ceip.s to the amount Of ssou, 81 900.
DASH AND DRINK.
About tins time Ryan cowmepced Ia
spend his money freely for carriagea
drinks, etc. There aiso arrived shou, this
time a 'l.dy" Who Ryan registered ~
"Mr-. Allie Carter" who be represented a
hi. darling sister," ~ho Vas beresved II
few months ago by ioring her husband.
TIE "-is;er" dodge worked welI-yss, to q
charm, and some OF the young gentlemen
ven, into I'll over the charming "siritr"
and bestowed upon her b, quets and various
attentions, which all nov seem u have
taken the proportions Of . mountain
in place Of . mole hill.
THE EXPOSE c,MEs.
The local board" and policy holders
did not receive their policies end the gen.
ersl ssent Of the Company was Intercepted
He pronounced Ryan . freud, . cheat, AID
q gay d-ceiver.
J. II. Boihw~ll was <mpl, Eyed BY the
IDEAL board" 10 hunt Up, and arrest
Ryan. He was found in Mexico, No.
ESCAPES rROM CUSTODY.
Ryan was taken to 81. Louis aud while
left alone for few m0Wsnts Saturday
evening lac skipped" aud Was no where 70
he found. Monday morning he turned up
and Was placed in dursnce vile al the
Four courts.
Sheriff Corners cent deputy for Ryan,
and he is expected here tonight.
ARACY LETTER.
The following letter vas s-cursd BY St.
Louis detective and seni 10 the BAzoO, and
is published to show what sort of masher
our hero ir:
SEDALIA, Mo-, April %.
Mss KiGie Waldo, 9Oc Ifae ST., -. LOWS.
Ny OWN DARLING TINS 10 the most
delightful April aurning. IL has rsined .
growing AMI refreshing shossr e.rly th,s
morning, then clearing ID. the sun rays
never shown With more briliaDcy or
lovely effect than nov. But ! sm vers
much out Of health to-day, and am sorry
to admit that my rpirits are not in uniron
With the weather. I retired very early
last night. hut my rest vas very broken,
sleeping but little. and nov I am litlls
more than able 10 cit up. However,
shall not yield to indisposition. .. feel
confident il will aeon pas away. Darling
] missed aad wished for you 20 much last
night, IL did ~eem TO me that l could not
remain in my rom without you. and then
when fell asleep il VS. only 70 dream Of
you, sometimes being With you IN sweet
copmunion, sometimea something would
occur that would pain and distress me.
But am anxiOusly awaiting and implor-
ing time TO speed the day when can truly
claim you mine own treasure, when anx-
iety and heart reading suspicion shall
become things that were, and we shall
both he happy and content. each enjoying
The undivided aud unreasonable love Of
the other. No name on earth seems -
good, 20 handsome, 70 lovely to me % ny
own darling Kittie. Am feeling too bad
TO write long, and a. l expect to get Q let.
ter from you to-mosrow / will cay good
bye for the pFes~Dt
Ever your own devoted
HAIRY.
The above, although not signed by Ryan,
10 in his hand writing, and the original
can be seen at this OGics.
The following 10 from The Mexico Intel.
ligeuoer of May 81:
THE INSURANCE MIDDLE.
MarsI,si C,nns received . telegram yes.
teddy from the authorities at Sd .lia, IN.
forming him that man named ]. Volney
Ryan, Who has been registered 1t the Gen.
trail since the 10th, wss wanted ct that
city on . charge of obtaining money under
f.lAe prst~nses. These are the facts 10 the
case: Ryan came 10 Ssdalis representing
himself - an agent for the Connecticut
Mutual Life of Hartford, and By this
means obtained about 81 100 from several
parties. From one Of shom. J. II. Both
veil. who - prosecuting attorney OF
Sedalia, sworo out Q warrant sGainse
hin and came here 70 arrest Rysn,
claiming that he Was not IN auihor-
lied sgsnt Of the company. Ryan claims
that be is. and shown letter from the