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The vlesrloss suesrinss Il Allies Palmer, Q
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The vIesrloss ssssri.ss It Allsa Palmer,
BrsthsriaIAw q tAsJanss Boys.
Mr.. Allen Palmer, citizen Of Clay
county, went through the war. under
Quantrel. enlisting at the age Of thir.
teen, surrendering with the remnant
Of his command, ten in number. at
Samuel's Depot, in Kentucky. Palmer,
then seventeen years old, went to st.
Louis and entered commercial col.
lege. After short session he became
member Of the firm Of Shawhan &
Co., of that city. During the year Of
1867 the bank OF Richmond, No., was
robbed, and soon after Palmer was ar
rested as a party implicated. At his
examination o number Of prominent
business men Of st Louis came for
ward and proved his daily presence on
change for period covering the time
Of the robbery mentioned, and he was
turned loose. BE subsequently be-
c,me q book keeper for ]. g. Greer &
Co., with whom he remained two years.
In 1870 he married his former school
and playmate, Miss Susan L james, Of
Clay county. Mo-, sister Of the well
known Frank and Jesse James. Dur
ing the following year Palmer and his
wife moved to Texas, and settled at
Sherman. He afterwards learned that
while there he was under the constant
surveillance of detectives. Mr.. Pal
mer came to Clay county with his fami-
ly in 1876, and settled on the Big
Wichita, where he now lives. 20
The train robbery at Glendale, No.,
occurred on the Sth Of September, 1879.
Palmer was arrested at his home on the
I'd of November, on warrant returna-
BILE to the the district court at Sher-
man, whence he was taken and put in
Jail, charged with being concerned in
the above mentioned robbery. He
sued out writ of habeas corpus, and
proved by fifteen citizens of Clay
county that on the day of the robbery
he was in the field raking hay, and on
the next day was in Henrietta. In the
meantime requisition of the COVER
nor Of Missouri. approved by Gov.
Roberts, had arrived, andhe was taken
off to Kansas City and thrown into pris-
on. There he remained nine weeks.
The grand jury at its meeting failed to
find bill against him. Before he had
left his prison, however, he was rear
rested by the United States authorizes
on a charge of obstructing the mails,
and kept in Jail six days longer. He
was released on examination before a
United States commissioner on the
United States attorneys statement
that there was no evidence against him.
Returning to Texas, he found his ex-
penses had nearly eaten up his small
fortune. He was forced to sell his cat
tie and rely on his farm for liveli-
hood. The crop failure of 1SSO-Sl
induced him to seek work on the ex-
tension of the Missouri Pacific railroad,
below Fort Worth, where he was work
ing at the time of the Winston train
robbery in northwest Missouri. This
took place on the Is of July of the
present year. On the 10Th Palmer
was arrested at his work and taken to
Cleburne and thrown into Jail. The
next day he was liberated on writ of
habeas corpus-proving by the contrac-
tors that he had not been absent a
day from work in the last two months.
The detectives were once again foiled
of their prey, put left with threats of OBJ
tanning requisition and carrying him
back to Missouri.
Mr.. Palmer is quiet, law-abiding
citizen of this county, holding the es-
TEEN of his neighbors, and the respect
of all who know him.--Henrietta Shield.