The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-11

Another Story of Trusting
Love and Beastly
Perfdy.
The Seduction Of Young Woman
at Green RidGe-The Seducer
Came to Sedalia,


Came to Sedalia.
The old, old story of woman's trust and
mans perfdy again repeats itself. No
matter how often this sad ending OF a
woman yielding that which she should
prize above the price Of rubies Or the
wealth Of Ind, is told in the papers, there
is NO warning taken and con6ding girls 60
down into ruin and shame before the fair
promises and strong vows of men whose
hearts are as black as hell and whose pur-
poses are rs beastial as lust can make
them.
The BAzoo again is compelled to chron-
icle the ruin of another fair girl, living ct
Green Ridge. Her name will not be given,
for the reason that she already has enough
to bear, as she sits in the shxd-
ows of her shame, without the
further burden OF having her name
published to an unfeeiIng public.
suffice it to say that in this wreck she
was an innocent victim to the machina-
tions of one whom she trusted, believed
in, yielded to. Let the mantle of charity
and protection fall about her, while the
strong and swift hand of the law strikes
with sure justice the brute who wrought
her ruin.
Two weeks AGO, q young man by the
name of Thomas, came TO this city from
Green Ridge. He was searching tor en-
pIoyment in the railroad shops and went
TO board with Thomas White, who lives on
Ninth street, just east of the X. 4 L.
track. He was not successful in finding
work, but lived in hope that something
would turn up. He was gentlemanly sp-
Fearing fellow, with glib tongue and in.
sinuating manners, and impressed Mr..
White with the fact of his thorough hon.
esty which, however, proved a myth, as
later developments showed.
SOMETHING DOES TURN Up.
Most unexpectedly to the landlord and
Thomas fellow boarders, something did
turn up last Friday, which greatly aston
ished them. 1t is not even probable,
though, that Thomas was in the least
surprised. He must have been
on the lookout for just that
very thing, since his subsequent
movements indicate that he had made
preparations to meet such denouement
to his stay in Sedalia.
On last Friday Deputy Sheriff Philips,
of Green Ridge, made a sudden appearance
at the White domicile. He was armed
with warrant for the arrest of Lew
Thomas, charged with the crime of seduc-
ton. When the officer arrived at the
house, Thomas was out and Philips went
into the next house to watch for his prey.
AS he could not watch both ends of the
White house at once, he chose to keep his
eyes on the front gate, not thinking that
Thomas would enter by the back door.
Here is where he was "off," for the latter
did that very thing and thereby managed
to elude the officer, as Mrs. White told
Thomas the sheriff was after him. This
information put the fellow on his guard
and he gave the officer the slip.
SILENTLY STEALS AWAY.
The sheriff, finding that his game had
left for secret quarters, tucked his little
warrant in his vest pocket, sorter hung his
head in chagrin at the way he had been
done up by Thomas, and returned home.
Mr.. Deputy Sheriff Philips doesn't seem to
be an expert at his business.
About six o'clock the same evening,
Thomas returned to the house and went
into his room, where he changed his
clothes and packed his trunk, pulling the
into the yard. After supper he went out
While he was away Mrs. White, who saw
the position of the trunk, asked William
Britt, a roommate of Thomas, why the
trunk was 50 close to the door; Britt
said he supposed that Thomas wanted to
better see how to get something out of it,
This satisfied Mrs. White.
When Thomas returned, Britt was in
bed, but not asleep. He dropped of to
sleep, however, soon afterwards and then
Thomas grabbed his trunk and started of
with il, taking also Britt's new hat, leav-
ing his old one in its old place.
The noise he made awaked Britt and he
gave the alarm. Mr.. White gave chase
and caught up with Thomas at the
Garrison house. He asked him where was
the trunk. Thomas said he had sold it to
q secondhand dealer on Main street.
White did not QUESTION this although it
was then eleyen O'Clock at night.
ofurther inquiry Thomas declared that
he was not going away all that he:wanted
to do was to keep out of the way of the
officer. Satisfied with these statements,
White left him and Thomas, of course, left
town. Where he is just now, no one here
knows.
Mrs. White, who was seen by BAzoo re-
porter, this morning, and from whom the
above facts were obtained, said that
Thomas left owing them two weeks board,
she not wishing to collect it in advance, as
she did not require it from her other board
ers. She now wishes she had.
Thus ends this chapter in Thomas ca
reer, SO far as his little stay in Sedalia is
concerned. But he has yet to face the
music at Green Ridge.
Died.
Mary Shields, wife of James Shields,
car inspector of the K. & T. railway, died
at her residence on St. Louis street, Fri
day, March 81, after a lingering illness.