The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-23
Statement Of James Francis,
Father of Mrs.
Taylor.
In Which Plunkett Dorsey is
Not Shown up in a Very
Enviable Light.
Nro. TaylOr's Honor Vouched for
By Men Of Undoubted In
tegrity.

Dorsey, was publlehed, which purpOrted to
snow the true inwardness of the trouble at
Georgetown, and in which Mrs. Taylor,
wife Of w. K. Taylor, vas charged with
having been criminaily intimate With
Piunkett Dorsey, brother of the man who
furnished the news to the faber shower, he
claiming that the charge of burglary was
only blind.
This statement met the gaze of Mr..
james Francis, father Of the lady in
question, and in order to show the "true
status of the matter, he this morning
sought an interview with "A reporter OF
this paper, in which it is shown plainly
that every question has two sides 10 it.
FRANCIS STATEMENT.
w. K. Taylor is the owner of Q green
house in Georgetown. Some weeks since
it was fired and suspicion rested upon
Plunkett Dorsey. Since that time circum-
stances have arisen going far to sustain the
suspicion, hence a vigilant watch was
maintained
On the night Of the 9Th of January, w.
X. Taylor went TO Lexington ON business
for one Rod Gallie. Mr.. WIN. B. Francis,
. boy 20 years VI age and brother of Mrs
TAYLOR, was left in charge of the premises
10 FIRE up in the green house during the
night.
About IL o'clock he heard footsteps in
the north end Of the house, and when be
went around to q north room a noise was
plainly discernible on the inside. He re-
turned for his lantern and told his sister
what he had heard He then went to the
room in question, bnt found that nothing
had been disturbed aud no signs of tie re-
cent presence of any one was visible. He
the door. found il locked, and
returned to his sisters room where the
family slept young Francis occupying
. bed in the same. room. He was
by his sister that there was role of money
in the room he had just left, hidden in
water pitcher. Francis then returned to
the room, secured the money, turned it over
to his sister, who was in bed She placed
the money under her pillow, and Francis
retired, still impressed, however, that he
had heard some one in the room, conse-
qHently he slept but lightly.
About four or five o'clock, young Fran
els arose. to attend 10 his duties in the
greenhouse. Having finished his work
there, and as he was returning to the house,
he heard his sister call him, and Just as he
reached her he heard sudden crash on
the window of the same room from which
The money had but recently been taken
This CT ash was followed by two or three
more in rapid succession. He immediate
" ran around the house, pistol i'm hand,
and when At the northwest corner, about
six feet from the window, he collided with
Dorsey, who was bare headed,
With his hat in his hand. The faces of the
Two men were in such close proximity that
was certain. Dorsey
'ucceeding in passing Francis,
however. who as soon as
he recovered from the shock, raised his
pistol and fled, the distance being only
he pistol. Dorsey fell and began to make
! noise that would indicate he was cry ing.
Francis thought he had killed Dorsey and |
ceased firing. But when he started to re-
urn to the room occupied by his sister, he |
noticed the supposed dead man rising |
rom his position, whereupon another shot |
vas fired, bat without effect, and still an
,ther shot was fired at Dorsey as he ran He |
unged against the gate, which was rather
lard to open, but succeeded in getting
through, and at this junciure another shot !
vas fired, since which time nothing has |
,een seen or heard of Plunket, Dorsey.
Francis then returned to MS sisters |
-oom and found her almost in a swoon
rom the excitement, as she is lady OF !
nervous temperament, and il was with diff |
icculty she could collect herself sufficient. /
y to speak. As soon as she recovered |
hey went and examined the room /
lnd found that every place where it was
likely that money was secreted had been 1
ansacked, even the trinkeis on the mantle !
,iece. The window was broken out, sash !
md SILL
When Mr.. Taylor returned home the
ase was laid before him, and on the evil
lence set forth In this statement a writ |
vas sworn out for Piunkett Dorsey charg-
ng Kim with burglary.
Mr.. Francis informed the BAzoo re-
'Orter that as 10 the character of the
harges against his daughter, it was cas- lily
explained. Several families in George
own contain the hoodlum element of the
place. This, he says, is the fifth case of |
of these parties in crime during
he past ten years, and they have resorted !
o SANDER In every instance against the
parties detecting them. He claims that
Dorsey belongs to that gang and has been
Any and worthless and suspected char
'cterfor years.
Some of the best citizens of Sedalia
1euch for the honor of Mrs. Taylor. and
Idhere to the opinion that she is a much
lbused woman.
Circuit Court.
In the case of Joseph A. Hughes VS.. j.
" Burress, ct al, tried before. the Peilis
onnri ny, <,n - x-a,,,,, 1