The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-22
SOMEBODY HAS LIED,
And It's Either John B. Alexander
or Walter II. Smith.


Yesterday afternoon . BAzoo reporter
in company with Marshal Smith, called aI
the county Jail and had . briei talk with
John 3. Alexander and Walter H. Smith,
the alleged confidence @en Who we're ~
rested Saturday evening, detailed account
of which appeared in the SUNDAY MORNING
BAzoo. Alexander YES 6rst interviewed
He sas found in the corridor. of the Jail
and did not hesitate to talk. He com.
menced his con,ersation BY saying the pa.
pers had dealt With him pretty roughly,
and without csuse. He Vas innocent oil
any crime, a he would show upon exami.
nation. When under the influence Of Liquor
snybody could put up job On him. and
Smith had done that eHectually. He said
be did not beat young Nashall out Of f.
only borrowed it of him. Az to having
svindled farmers near Houstonis out Of
$l7S By representing himself IN agent for
the Globe Democrat and other papers, be
denied it emphatically. and said be had
never been II any point along the branch
road outside Of Bro~nsville.
He had lectared upon the subject Of i'm
migration, and - mis- views upon thst sab-
jet agreed With those Of Col. Jos. Green. be
had consented to address the citissus Of
Sedalia, but only Ut Mr.. Green's earnest
solicitation.
He never had . certificate of deposit
from the Fint National bank in his own
name. and never 80 represented to anybody.
He did have, though, certificate belong.
ing 70 friend, which be exhibited to sew
sral persons. He disrIaimed having
known Harry Norman (supposed to be an
other Of the gsng) before he met him FRI
day night, and said be knew nothing about
him. He claimed to be the owner of .
hotel in Iowa, which be has lesssd, and
said he was intimately acquainted With
Governor Crittenden. He still sticks 10 it
that he did not steal Smiths valise from
the Jay Gould hotel, but received it in front
Of saloon on Main street, having loaned
smith dollar and took tine vslise - &C.
curity.
Alexander is evidently crook, bat he is
. slick one, and no mistake.
Smith vas found in the south corridor
Of the jail, smoking . pipe. He said be
was badly broken up, - it wss the first
time he had ever been behind the bars. He
il married man, and bis wife and chill
dren reside In St. Clair county. He says
he stopped ID here on his return from 81.
Louis, and wss waiting for . letter from
his wife. Although he had met Alexander
At Schell City last December, their &C.
quaintance was only of . few hours' dura.
ton. He met him again here, but knew
nothing Of him. A. 10 Harry Norman, he
had met him last summer 1t Mouegaw
Springs, but knew no more about him than
he did about Alexander.
As 70 the valise, he said Alexander stole
it from the hotel. and if he had said he
did not be simply lied. Alexander had
never loaned him q dolisr-instesd, had
borrowed one of him, whichfhe had failed
to repay. He denied that he had ever
been implicated in any cutting scrape At
Scbell City, but admitted he had been in .
row there, upon wh Oh occasion he placed
. revolver against his antagonists nose.
He said his father wss one-eighth In
dian blood, and he himself had resided in
the Chickasaw nation up 10 June last He
il not a. good talker as Alexander, and
if he is playing the part of a"g.eener,"
he does it we'll. He sage he could give
bond If be would notify his people of his
trouble, but this he will moi do.
Both Of them will be taken tefore Squire
Fisher Wednesday morning.
Dining Room Girls on . Strike.
There was music in the cir at the Coates
house yesterday, sure enough. The pentup
fires burst forth With the fury Of full
grown volcano, and the employees 10 the
dining room, together with the head waite,
and her Official assistants, left the employ
Of the establishment. The immediate
causs of this summary action va the
fact that the waiter girls had been order. |
ed to wait on the members OF the Boston
CoIored Ideal company, Who were the
guests OF the hotel.
The girls quit their posts about o'clock |
the hour for dinner. Fortunately, very |
little embarrassment resulted. BY active |
. force sufficient to answer |
the demands OF the gussts 1t the table Was
and BY supper time an adequate |
number OF walters had been recruited. Col. |
Coates was present in person, and saw
that the wants Of al patrons OF the hotel |
we're attended to.-Kansss City Times.
The Latest Svindle.
The latest swindle hes just bssn unsarth.
ID, and it il q liable 70 be prssticeA in Sc |
dalia as elsewhere. A reporter o: the
Kansas City Journal ran scross . faded,
specimen Of humanity, who
makes living BY feloniously sppropriat.
ing the major portion of that article Of .
|ady's toilet known - . Switch" The
sublime chaek of the scheme 10 worthy the
talent OF . freight bill man. The melan-