The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-14
The Fascinating Power Of
The Man From Kentucky
He Has an Oily
Tongue and q Bra
zen Cheek.
He Deserted his Devoted Wife, and
Is To-Day q Refugee From
Justice -Sedalia' Sym
pathy Wasted on q
Villain.

Guceu q OeclucU SeESdtlOn. Alert reporters
soon got on" to the arrest and were not
long in hieing themselves to the station
house to interview the arrested man.
He was found in a cell, and from him the
story of his crime was learned. That story
was published, and it created vein OF
sympathy for Monkey, as it seemed that he
was prosecuted for one of those deeds which
was the result of the hot passions aroused
by the war.
Then there was his young and pretty
wife. She was SO crushed and yet so de-
vo.ed, clinging to her husband with a true
wifes consistency and love. She believed
him innocent, and sat at the door of his cell
tenderly caressing him.
The aid of the law of this state was in
voked and Monkey was released, the Ken
lucky authorities failing TO come after him.
He went back to his work, and the little
wife was happy.
IN LESS THAN WEEK
that woman's JOY was turned to grief mos,
bitter and the last ray OF hope that lit up
her heart that all would end we'll,
fled froll her. Last SUNDAY morning the
man she SO ardently loved fled from her
before the breakfast she had prepared for
him had been placed on the table, and he
is to day again fleeing from justice.
ALMOST CRAZY
with grief at this treatment, Mrs. Monkey
went to the house of a friend in East Sc
dalia who had known her in Chamois be-
fore she became a wife, and there told her
sad story. Seeing the young wife's terri
BILE agony, this friend at once telegraphed
for Mrs. Monkeys mother, living at Cha
mois, to come for her daughter. The
mother came and took her daughter
back to the home of her happy maiden
hood, leaving here Sunday night.
STRONG EVIDENCE.
To-day a BAzoo reporter sought out this
friend, a pleasant lady, and from her
CLEANED the following:
81 knew Mrs Monkey in ChamOis, before
she was married, and purer, sweeter, more
modest girl, | never knew. She and Mox-
lev were married last June. No inquiries
as to Monkeys character were made by her
family, as he seemed such q nice man. But
after a while her step-father. S. W. Laugh
lin, began to grow suspicious Of the man
from stories he had heard, and he wrote a
letter to Monkeys grandfather, living
somewhere in the east. That letter was
answered by Monkeys aunt, and | read it
the 18th OF last month: IL was sent here
to me by Mr.. Laughlin."
''Can YOU tell its contents ,"
81 can and will. The letter said that
there was a woman in Baltimore who is
Moxley's wife that she has one child, of
which he is the father. This woman has
been recently visited by Monkeys sister,
and was told that no divorce had ever been
granted to Monkey or herself; that she was
still his legal wife"
NUMBER TWO.
ANY other wife,
eyes there is a widow with two chill
dren living in Springfield. Ohio. Her
name now is Nancy Sheppard Moxley.
Moxley turned up there and soon ingratiated |
himself i'm her favor. She was in quite !
circumstances. They were |
married and in little while he had squand |
cred her property and then deserted her. |
She now works for her living. Her people |
are diligently looking for him.
DANGEROUS SCAMP"
In his letter to Monkeys grandfather,
Mr.. Laughlin asked what sort of a man
Moxley was. The reply was: HE is a
dangerous scamp. Once he was his moth
er's idol, but he has long since been dis
carded by the whole family and is consid-
cred dead. If you know anything good
about him, let us know it"
"That letter is in Mr. Laughlin's posses
sion," said the lady, "and can get it for
you if you want it."
The reporter thanked the lady and, after |
not to publish her nam e as she |
did not care for such notoriety, babe her |
good morning"
LAUGHLIN's LETTER.
81 understand" said the reporter to City
Longan, "that you have received
a letter from party at Chamois, in refer
ence to Moxley?"
The attorney admitted he had.
"Will you let me have it?"
The request was cheerfully granted and
il was found to be from Mrs. Monkeys
step-father. As the writer consents to its
publication, it is herewith appended:
CHAMoIs, Mo-. Feb. q, 1852.
CRY ATTORNEY, SEDALIA:
DEAR SIR understand that SYM
pathy runs In Monkeys favor i'm your
city, and a talk of a writ of habeas corpus.
have, in nv possession, positive evidence
that he has three living wives and can ex-
hibit it any time if necessary. You will
please exhibit this to the parties concerned.
and publish it if you wish.
$. w. LAUGHLIN.
Thus ends another chapter i'm Monkeys
career. He has fed from Sedalia and
,luded once more the grasp of the law.
The Kentucky agent was in Jefferson City,
asst Saturday, with requisition from Gov.
Blackburn upon Gov. Crittenden, but as
he document was not regular, the agent
had to return to Kentucky to secure
straight papers. He promises to return,
put the bird has flown.