The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-07
SEVENTEEN YEARS
Hendrix Moxley Arrested Yes
terday for a Crime Com
mltted Seventeen Years
Ago in Kentucky.
Inc charge Is That Of Murder, for
Which tho Prisoner Has
Twice Been Tried.

Marshal Shy, with Officers Joe and jim
Gossage, went to the freight Office of tn,
Missouri Pacific and arrested a bill clerL
IN that office by the name of Kendr;,
Monkey. The arrest was made on the
strength of letter received by the mar.
shal from John Scott, sheriff of Bath
county, Kentucky, which asked for the ar.
rest and detention of Monkey until an OF
nicer, with proper papers, could reach here
from the blue grass state.
On arriving at the office the officers
found their man sitting at his desk en-
gagged at work. Going up TO him, Marshal
Shy laid his hand on Moxley's shoulder
and said
IL WANT YOU"
| What for ?" was the instant reply.
| 10 go back to Kentucky" said the
marshal. "Ges, this is the same old
charge" was Monkeys quiet answer. as he
arose TO accompany the officers to the STA
ton house.
A few moments after his Incarceration
a BaZOO reporter was admitted to the cell
I'm which Monkey was confined and made
known his mission to the man behind the
bars. The prisoner is a man some thirty
seven years of age, with piercing ewes.
slight frame and face which does not be-
token murderOus nature.
monkeys STATEMENT.
what have you to say about the charge
against you?" asked the reporter.
Only this, that am not guilty of the
crime of murder"
But You have been arrested before this,
haven't you. The letter Marshal Shv re-
ceived asking for your arrest says that vo,
are a slick one and Jail breaker and
from this 1T is to be inferred that you have
been arrested before this time"
WELL" said Monkey, ''I'll tell Won
all about this trouble, for there is nothing
to conceal" The reporter produced his
pencil and note book and, seating himself
before the grated door, wrote down Mox-
ley's statement, leaving out such parts oi
it as would prove of no interest.
Just this month, seventeen wears ago. /
was In Bath county, Kentucky, in the
town OF Owingsville. There was a great
deal of bitterness all through that section.
owing to the war, and there was danger all
around. In the same town was a man bv
the name OF James Smithers, a captain of a
hOme-guard company. This man had
made himself obnoxious to a great manv
people, among them being some of Nor
gan's men. One night Smithers got into a
row with these men and he was killed.
was present but had nothing to do with
The killing, either as principal or ac-
,eSSOry.
Three of us were arrested, Ellsworth.
Boyd and myself, and tried, but the jury
hung. One night a crowd broke open the
all and let us out. A year later | was
again arrested, but was released on a writ
If habeas corpus. / went to places
working for my living and finally
anded in Kansas CITY. / was there
arrested, but as no one would identify mel
vas let out. Then went back to Kentucky.
where was again arrested and put in Jail
It Flemingsburg. / broke out of that
all, and have been free man since til
O-day. / have never tried to conceal nv
elf. | am not afraid to meet nv accusers;
ut am poor man, and / have been
founded by these parties for years, on
count of killing which was purely the
esult OF politics and the state of the
ountry in 1863"
what became of Ellsworth and Boyd?'
sked the reporter
II think Ellsworth is in Colorado OF
'oyd's whereabouts know nothing"
HIS MARRIAGE.
During this conversation, Mrs. Moxley
1t holding her husbands hand as she
cached through one of the CRATES of the
oOr She was bowed down with grief but
as bravely bearing up for the sake of her
usband. AS she sat there, as she still sits
lere, words of tenderest love and cheer
III from her lips, even while the tears
ell up in her eyes. She is a petite woman,
oung, and wife of only eight months,
esterday completed the eighth month of
er married life.
Mr. Monkey stated that they were mar
oy of the railroad company, and that he
Id his wife all about this trouble before
ey were married. This statement Mrs
oxley confirmed, and she is heroically
I'd nobly standing by the man she so
ncerely loves.
"When did you come to Sedalia 81, in
Tired the scribe.
Just six weeks ago, and have been in
e employ of Mr.. E. j. Edgar as bill
,rk for three weeks.
Mr. Edgar was seen by the BAzoo man
Ter in the day, and he confirmed Mox-
rs statement, adding also that ne was a
cd clerk and faithful worker.
During yesterday several of Moxley's
ilroad friends called on him to tender
cir sympathy and help. Capt. L. L.
idges has been secured by Mexley as his
orney, and to-day a writ of habeas cor
S was sworn out and placed in Sheriff
nner's hands, who served it on Marshal
".
Judge Lacy, before whom the prisoner
II be taken, has set the hearing of the
e for tomorrow morning at eleven
lock.
Marshal Shy telegraphed to Kentucky
terday of the arrest of Monkey, but up
the hour the BAZOO went to press this
ernoon no reply to the telegram had
N received.
Important to Know?
That i'm all throat chest and limo tronh