The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-21
CREWS CRIME.
He Deserts His Wife and Takes
With Him Their Little
Boy Baby,
Going, it is Supposed, to His
Old Home at New Al
bany, Indiana.
The Sequel to q Marriage Consum
mated in East Sedalia Three
Years Ago.

Another case OF wife desertion was
unearthed by BAZOO reporter, Yesterday,
i'm East Sedalia. after not little work, the
facts CLEANED being about as follows
About three years ago Charles Crews, a
blacksmith by trade, and employed at the
railroad shops here. was married to Miss
Sarah Jewell, who, at the time, was ell
gagged as domestic i'm the family OF Mr.
White. the engineer. The ceremony was
performed by the late ParsOn Brown, in
the East Sedalia Baptist church, in the
presence of a number of friends of
THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
Crews was nearly forty years OF age,
while his wife was considerable younger
and possessed OF passable fair face. For
more than two years they resided in this
citv, and during that time son was born,
being now twenty-one months old.
About six months ago they removed to
Parsons, kan. where crews secured work
i'm the n. IL L. shops, and Tor a time they
thrived. But Parsons did not prove as
attractive tn them as had Seoalia and they
longed to return.
4 couple of weeks ago Crews wrote to
Mr. Mills, foreman OF the n. x L.
shops here, asking for employment,
and On receiving satisfactory reply, they
commenced making arrangements for
their
RETURN To THE QUEEN CITY.
On Monday last Mrs. Crews had concluded
all the preparations for her departure.
Her husband, however, had not received
the money due him from the company, So
persuaded her to precede him, and he
would follow rs soon a. his wages were
paid him. This she concluded to do. and
was about To get the child ready TO ac-
company her when Crews said:
Newer mind the boy, Sallie. He will
be considerable trouble to you, SO leave
him with me and I'll bring him when
come Thursday morning"
After much persuasion, Mrs. Crews Con-
sented to this arrangement, and Monday
day night last she left Parsons, arriving
here Tuesday morning, when she proceed
ed to the residence OF
HER BROTHER-IN-LAw,
Mr.. Hester, Just east of the Missouri
/ Pacific shops. Here she awaited the
arrival OF her husband and child, but they
came not at the appointed time She sur
missed he had probably missed the train
and would be here on Friday, but again
was she disappointed, and when Saturday
came and he was still missing, she COM
menced making inquiries, and was
not long in learning the lamentable truth,
and now is almost heart-brOken.
From a railroad man she ascertained that
Crews arrived i'm Sedalia Friday morning
with his child. and instead of going to his
wife, took the east-bOund Missouri Pacific
train, saving he was going to his old home
at New Albany, Ind, and Sedalia would
know him no more forever.
When BAzOo reporter interviewed
Mrs. Crews, yesterday, she was in frame
of mind almost bordering on distraction
over the loss of her child. Her husband,
she said, might GO where he pleased but
To
LOSE HER BOY BABY
was more than she could stand. She is
left without dollar in the world, and her
people here are not able to provide for
her. Ii was her intention to call upon
Mayor Cravcroft and see ii he would fur
nish her transportation to the point where
her husband is supposed to be, and, in case
he did. she would go there and secure her
child. She saws she can make living
easily enough. as she has been accustomed
To hard work all her life.
Crews, according to her story, was kim
and indulgent husband until a few months
ago, when he commenced
srRAYING AFTER OTHER WOMEN.
He is a first-class mechanic, not given to
dissipation, and until recently has always
provided well for his family. OF late,
however, he has neglected his wife, and
even gone so far as to beat her in the pres
ence of Others He has a wife from whom
he has obtained divorce) and child living
in Kansas.
Last summer he deserted her for a few
weeks, but repented OF his action and re-
turned. III all that Mrs. Crews says Of him
is true, she is certainly better off without
him.