The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-10
SKIPPED.
How Two Warrensburg Land
lords Beat the Town.
Williams and Rufty from the
Sucker Slate. Play the
Little Game.


The Simmons House xas unoeremo-
niously turned over to the owner, Mr.. f..
X Simmons, last Saturday night. Mr..
Simmons MAS eating his supper ut his resi-
dence on west Culton street. when the col
opd porter At the Simmons house rang the
hell and announced that Messrs. Williams
4 Rufty, the Ls~ees OF the hotel. had de-
camp.i, leaving the house full oi company
MIR. simmons went over and took charge
He found number OF guests at the house,
bet no dianOnd-stu clerk stood be-
hind the counter handing out the weekly
stipene of the menials. The rubicon face
oil Jim Williams was not visible, and che
oeaming Ru:ty beamed TO more. Yes, the
link tkSt stood between Rrocers, butchers,
printers, ha-h-slingers and penury ~as
missing
The last fsrewelis were never said,
Bat gone were the faces, bloated and red"
James Williams, the senior OF this inter
Getting firm. plumej his pinions and took
his flight Saturday morning, stating that
he vas going tn Sedalia To collect money
due the house for board Of railroad en-
ployes. Williams was from Nation, Ills,
and IN conjunction With man named
Phelps, took possession OF the simmons
house in April, 1881 About three months
ago Phelp, in some way disposed of the
lease to Link kuitv. who also hailed from
MattOon Ills. For several months the
hon-e has enloyed sn un-ayory reputation,
rumor having it that liquor was being sold
over there illicitly and other questionable
practice. being INDUCED in. Whether or
not the runiors are true. the business oi the
hotel degenerated and run down until
little as left. Mos; of the regular board
ers had already lett or we're preparing 10
do So.
Williams sent hi wife off Monday
night o,tcIr,ibiy ON visit To her OH home
at Mat,oon, and IL Is believed he has ioineti
her there
Ruity managed tO keep up APPEAR
ancrs all day Saturday. and with heroism
worthy Of = better Cause, resisted the i'm
Isortunities Of hungering creditors. When
the Is O'Clock west-bound passenger train
pulled out, however. it had aboard the ro-
tund and hunted person OF Link Ruity
His flight vas -oOu discovered. and Mr..
Simmons notitiei az above stated. Ruity
went ~ Kansas Civ He Ii unmarried.
The hotel furniture belonged tO Mr. Sim.
mons. sBt $ good deal of 1t L. supposed to
he missing. What little property
Williams q Ruily left was attached bv
creditors Saturday night, and the
money due them from boarder. gar
nisheed. New creditors have beeu coming
TO light ever since the denoument. 1t is
estimated that they got away with differ
ent parties IN the city to the tune of 81 500.
Even the printers did not entirely escape,
and We tske this opportunity of rendering
the standard cur heartfelt coincidence. One
Of Ruity'. smallest tricks was in borrowing
- irom a boy, a nephew OF Williams,
from kuobnoster, having him ~i,hou, the
~herewith "a iiquidSte for his nights
lodging II is also stated that Rufty had
borrowed gold watch from . married
lady. which he forgot TO return before his
departure The house is now being opera
ted by Mr.. Simmons. who loses largely by
his graceless tenants. He is in feeble
health, and states that the hotel will be
Tor rent. IL is fine building, aud with
-ome good man in charge will pay hand
somely.