The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-18
Is the Character George D.
Ellis is Playing at Bar
ry, Illinois.
Another Chapter Regarding
the Most Consummate
Villain Of the Age.
Now Let Him Deny That He
Deserted His Wife and
Child in This City.
Lot tho People Read the Evidence
and Judge as to the Truth Of
His Assertions.

LAST SUNDAY AoRSINs's BA1oO gave q
brief account Of the doings Of George u
Ellis. at one time resident OF shis CITY
but nov engaged in the insurance business
at Barry. Ill. A bundle of BAzOos were
sent to Barry. aud found ready sale. Re
sides this, the article in question was
copied in the Adage, of that place. which
caused Ellis to publish card In that pa
per. denying the charges in every particular,
and asking suspension of public
opinion until he had time TO
procure the evidence 60 establish hi, iu-
nocence.
This all sounds very we'll, but when
Ellis wrote hi. carl hc knew he was pen
ing lie. i"r ii never was nj, intention
TO summon ~itne,se, VINO would certify
that ne Va, rot married man, and
WIFE uEsERrEK A. WELL
The BAn,o considers the showing up of
this wretch 3 portion Of Its mission, and
will prove conclusively tn the people Of
Barry that Ellis Is even q deeper dyed
villain than they hal ever surmi-ed.
A. previously stated. he first came 70
Sedslia IN ISIS, representing himself Is a
private detective. He boarded while here
in the family OF Richard Clark, "a hard
working honest mechanic, who. by the
thrift vi himself and ambitious and ami
able wife, had gotten enough together to
have u comfortable home. Mrs. c., in
order To lend helping hand To her hus-
band. proposed to board Ellis. an thereby
assis, in maintaining the table. Thi, was
commendable. Ellis. after boarding sew
eral months. and paving but little, cheated
them out OF the balance and left
Hs woOEs AND WINS.
While boarding ut Clark's he formed the
acquaintance of Miss Mary Clark. sister
OF the host. Clark was opposed to the
match and TIE sister was, too, but Tor
some reasOn-mysterious and strange as it
NAV appear, ON the Goth of June. 1873,
they went to Kansas City, and were mar
ried there on the morning of the 3Oth at
the fremont house They were there but
q short time when he returned to Sedalia
with hi. bride, impecunious and poor rs
the veriest pauper and mendicant that ever
tramped the streets of the city. He wore
good clothes, but he paid nothing. and
very soon Mrs. Ellis, nee Mary Clark, WIS
working in q kitchen north oil the Pacific
railroad TO pay the board bills of her
worthless husband
TIME SPED ON,
and the next year a child-s blue-eyed
baby giri-was born TO them. This trans
pired at California, Mo-, where Mrs. Clark
had some friends. They remained there
only a short time, when Sejalia was again
cursed with his presence. This time he
did little work. He taught the negro
school five DAYS In the place of Prof
Bowles, who was sick or absent from the
eitv.
When their child was about FIVE months
old Ellis lett, and has since never put foot
in Sedalia or provided Tor his wife and
child, ~ho, As stated in last Sundays
BAsOO. are nov living At Boonville.
WHERE HE WENT
The next heard of Ellis was at Washing.
ton, Mo-, where he remained only q
short time and then he was seen at New
Florence, Montgomery county, Mo-. and
from thence he went to Montgomery City
where he presented the following card:
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