The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-01
Until He Had So Stolen, and
Then Me "Tumbled" to the
True Situation.
He Claims He Was Dragged, When
His Wife and Her Paramour
Robbed Him.
The Man Taken Into Custody, but
Discharged for Want OF
Evidence.

f'3:i flNai Jbt!tl>,'n lpr ~'5f!'lii CASES. tft'
BADoo ha> not heard of IT, knobnosicr
/ has heretofore taken tia. lead I'm this par
ticular direction; bat Warrcnsburg is
| crowdin. her closely, and. with anything
like hall a show. vii! come uu, 4 winner
i'm good ,haIe.
4. During the past week the town was all
/ agog with excitement over the dnings oi n
Young man named Charlie, Leach. =
! painter by trade. ami Mr.. Florence Pitts.
vile OF Frank Pitts. i iramstcr. VIII" has
( psided i'm the Quarry City inr something
( over two yrars.
Six wears ago Frank Pitt, va, residing
. on farm near Dunksburg. in this county.
on ih. line of Johnson. 4, that time ne
was i,a>sably
GOOD LOOKING YoT-NG FELLOW,
twenty wears of Yse Residing "n an adj
Joining farm WIS a family named Fisher.
and Al this household PHI, Was frequent
visitor, being attracted bv Fisher :
fiieen-vear-"id daughter. named Flor
cnce. who MAS an own cousin.
They had known each other long and
we'll. and before the girl had reached her
sixteenth wear Pitts had won hcr for hi>
bride. She was the belle OF the nciglih"r-
hood. and il WAS universally remarked that
Frank had secured 4 Jewel IN tn. lair Flor
cnCc
! For time they resided At nunk>hury
when they removed 1" iIoust"nia, i'm this
county. where thev remained until little
more than two wears asu. They then 81
! lectcd Warr-nsbur- a. their future rlacr
of abode. and on arriving there Pitts fixed
up COSY little home ami settled down i"r
"a gnie, life with
THE WOMAN III LOVED
| Four wears oil married life hal only add
ed To the beautv of Mrs. Pitts. No chill
drrn had blessed their union. and ~ her
household duties required hut a small p"r-
ton OF her time. she was At ,ca as how To-
! employ the remainder. She WIS remarka-
bly fond III dress. and when she Appeared
upon the streets her costumes were such a,
TO attract the attention ri all. and >irau-
ger would inadvertently turn "n his heel
and ask, who Is that splendid booking
woman?
Tpto thi, time no word of suspicion
had boen uttered against her. and Pitt, was
happy in the thought that he held her
whole love. But he was fool. and reck-
oned without his host. Residing in the
residence adjoining that occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Pitts MAS
YOUNG DRY GOODS CLERK
who had not vet attained his majority. lie
was iavoritc with everyone, Tor he was
both handsome and agreeable Just the
lad 10 attract the attention of a vain wo-
man He WAS dranw To Mrs. Pitts. and his
little attentions were certainly apprcCia-
ed. Tor ii soon became moi scd around that
the clerk was fast snpplanting the hus-
hands love. For weeks things ran on
thus. until their conduct was the talk of
the town. aud the husband only
could see nothing wrong. Al last. how
ever. friend gave Pitts pointer"
him his wife was unworthy of him. n her
affection, had been won by another. For
time the blinded husband refused io be-
licve her guilty. but AT last the wool WIS
drawn from over hi eyes and he saw hcr
in her true light. lie vowed that the de-
spoiier of his home should
FAY THE PENALTY OF Ills SIN,
while the woman who had violated her
marriage VOWS should 30 forth from MS
sight forever.
The affair was soon known throughout
the Burg, but the woman. a. i ALWAYS
the case was blamed with il all. The
clerk. pet of society. had been led from
the path of virtue bv the seductive smile.
of the siren. But Pitts Was on the war
path. He wanted bl-u-d. This came Ia
the ears of the clerk. 30 he concluded To
seek pastures new. He threw up his posi-
ton and went west To- grow up with the
grasshoppers, and peace and happiness
once again re gned supreme with Mr. and
Mrs. Pitts. Mrs. Pitts was penitent and
assured her husband that he should never
more have cause Tn point the finger Of sus-
picion at her, and he, "gilly' that he was,
swallowed il ali. and they agreed tina, they
would in the future
LIVE ONLY FOR EACH OTHER.
This concluded the first chapter, and al
though Mrs. Pitts was talked about bv
those who knew oi her former liaison, no
proof was brought 10 bear that she was
other than true To- her husband until the
opening Of the second chapter.
Something over 4 year ago 4 Young man
named Leach, alias Williams. arrived i'm
Warrensburg from Indiana. lie WAS Il
painter by trade and secured employ
ment in Miller's shop lie boarded
in different places for the first lev weeks.
until ne made the acquaintance oi
Frank Pitts, when he transferred Ia. bag
gage 10 Pitts residence and b,came one III
the family. He had also formed the az
Iuain,ancc "i Mrs. Pitts. and those who
were up to snuff surmised at once that il
was
THE WOMAN WHO DREW HIN
thi,her. Pitts was absent from home
considerable portion OF his time, and
during these visits Mrs Pitts and. Leach
enjoyed themselves in . manner PECULIARLY
their own: b.; witho-. ,aus:E, the husband