The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-12

HE WRITES A CARD,
Does Charles Allen, Which VIII
Prove of Interest.

Nh. EDITOR: Permit me to intrude or
your time and . small space in your paper.
L will take this occasion to make mention
OF the more than kind treatment received
from II ID. Stringer. No man, woman, or
even detective could have suspected that
he had me in charge As prisoner. Thank
ing Mr.. Stringer would be no considera-
ton; owe him lasting debt of grsli-
| tude.
And / cannot pass over without making
mention of the very gentlemanly treat
ment received of NJ. S Conner and his
family. he did all he could to make it
pleasant for me. / will not forget those
iavors. He must accept my grateful
thanks AS the only remuneration at this
time.
And to those parties who have stood by
me from first to last on my bond through
all the pr-judiced reports coming through
the press | must admit that it is y surprise
10 myself. But let me say 20 you who have
never deserted me, L have come home to
stay. Let the tond be 81 GOO, or $4,000
or 500, it will be all the same in the end.
There issuch thing possible that some day
might be placed In circumstances to
return, at least. = part Of your generous
acts, but friend in need reaches beyond
all common courtesies, and that in the re-
lation in which you have placed your
selves you have given me nv liberty. You
all know by this time how much / value
that, In saying TO you that myself and
family feel grateful to each and all of you,
don't half express it.
To my brothers in the secret orders, that
l still have full membership in, feel
very grateful 10 YOU all through all my
darkest hours. / could look to you a.
the protectors and support of nv helpless
family. l have paid hundreds of dollars
to the widow and the orphans, and never
paid out dollar that / regretted knowing
in some future day that nv family would
receive it back tenfold from your human
ana noble orders
To the press. of Sedalia: In some in
stances you have been cruelty bitter, but
can not afford to war with you, especially
one paper. Personally, did not care,
but nay family have undergone q daily
torture. If you had of con6ned your
articles to the truth, it would not be so bad
OF Mr.. Steele will say here that if I'M
firing energy anu constant vigilance
will make Il successful attorney, w. ID. |
Steele will be one.
Now, in referring to the last act in Jail |
/ will substitute some one in nv place |
there. Word comes to him that his prin- |
cipal bondsman has refused to sign his
bond he can see nothing in the future but |
a miserable Jail life. And to have four
blocks from that Jail lovely, and. at the |
same time helpless family that he loved
better than he does his life, not provided
for q week in advance, and to imagine TO
himself that little family that never real
lied heretofore what it was to want for
in the way Of necessaries of life
Picture to yourself your little boys, prob
ably forced to take the streets to beg their
bread, and you eating prison fare. when, on
he other hand. by few minutes suffering
you could secure that family home,
competency to last them the balance
If their days. No man that loved
MS family, but what would have done inst
what did You can call it cranky or
Tou can call it what you please. Men on
he outside should be slow in summing mp
heir verdict.
l am like the fellow who made a wager
hat he could eat q crow. After he CON-
ueEced he said lac would eat the crow, but
lie did not banker after it. II / have lib
rty, don't banker after the other ex-
RENE.
l know / have SOME friends left. To
hem will say that am going to my
flee ahd 60 to work to get a footing; will
Tork early and late. ask you to use
oar influence in helping me, when it is of
10 detriment to yourselves. would ask
1y creditors to do the same; it is to their
interest. Respectfully,