The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-02
CAN THIS BE TRUE?
Has Frank James q Written
Promise From Gov
ernOr Crittenden
That he Will be Pardoned in
Case He is Convicted of
Any Crime |?
The Meeting of Gen. Shelby, Jno.
T. Crisp and Others at
Independence.
Special Correspondence Sunday Morning Bazoo.

KANSAS CITY, No., Sept %.
The intelligent composition and the less
intelligent proof reader made me say, in
my letter of last Sunday that had met a
prominent republican and pumped him On
The treasuryship question, especially as 10
Gates candidacy. What, in The name Of
Dorsey, has republican to 10 or say in
electing state officials in grand cold Miz-
zurah?" / wrote it politician" and /
want the BAzoO TO take the laugh of me.
"Nuff sed."
THEY STRIKE BACK.
When Dick Liddips confession was pub
lished there was a breeze raised in these
parts, which nearly eliminated in u cy-
clone. There we're men published rs hay
ing harbored the gang whom people crei-
tied with degree of responsibility and all
the elements IF good citizenship which
would never allow them TO SD tarnish
their good reputation and be-
foul the r character. But il that
confession be true, and it looks very much
as if it is, then certain hitherto prominent
and conspicuous men will most certainly
be condemned and dsspised By all good men.
By his own statement General ice Shelby
Is one VI THESE iuSH LII Ltutttil SOi
John T. Crisp, lat. candidate for congress
in this district, Is another.
Now, what say these men? There is
something in the wind, and muttered
threats against Gov. Crittenien and other
prominent officials are hear,l by the at;en-
tive ear. Col. Crisp is sealed book to
reporters. He vows he will never give TO
The press, Only as he does it by his own
good right hand, his side os the story. But
there was a meeting between these gentle
men, and some Of their admirers, in hotel
in Independence, one day last week, and as
was in that city tae same day, and saw
the gathering, ] obtained, no matter how,
a pointer or two as To what Was going on
II vas learned, and the information came
pretty straight, that Shelby and Crisp, mad
because OF the alleged exposure in that
confession. though they declare it to be a
lie, have determined To expose Gov. Crit
tenden, by making public statement, that
Frank James mss the
GOVERNORS WRITTEN PROMISE
OF pardon, in his pocket, in case OF any
conviction. Not only this, but that there
is another man who has the same sort Of a
pledge TO which T. I. Criitenden att xed
his name.
This is certainly a grave charge, but
then-who believes it? Who does not
recall the dirty lies Of Charley Ford as to
what he and Bob were promised by the
governor, even before he ever saw them.
Col. Crisp hates Gov. Crittenden with an
intensity perfectly burdensome, and would
not stop to consult the moral law lin order
to get a lick at him Why? Well, Crit
tenden hOnored requisition from the gov
ernor of Texas once, WHEN the obese Jum-
bo of the Kaw jungles was wanted down
there Tor a murder. Crisp, one hot Sunday
afternoon, eioGuently declared to ME that
that arres, ami trial was deep laid plo:
on the part Of his enemies II kill him off
as candidate for congress, Gas it was their
only hope to defeat me" Was ii?
Just when this expose OF Governor Crit
tenden is to startle The country and swing
him forth or the gibhet OF infamy, could
| not be learned But of one thing you may
be certain. Crisp, shrewd snd develisi.,
ne,tled with positive uEeasiness, and with
hate ranking i'm his expansive bosom, will
| never rest until he can stab Crittenden
There is this TO he said as i sort of palia-
tive or ointment. in advance Not one
man in a thousand, in this country re-
specis Crisp IN the least, nor would believe
any statement he might make. The bes,
men this way believe Dick L;d,iel told the
truth about Crisp's hospitality to the
James gang. What Shelby may saw | do
not believe will have any weight only with
that certain lew who still damn the
Yankees"
THE PoLIrICAL POT
is on the fire out here, and the calOric un-
der il slowly increases. The Times whis-
pers about Jackson county's rights and
privileges, and sickiy intimates that in the
next convention very larze plum must
be given her. But as DR.. Mumford is in
Europe, or New Jersey, have forgotten
which, j; is not known 10y his minions
whether he wants 10 be governor shadower
plenopotentisry over all the judges in the
state, including the supreme court COM
mission.
There is, however, one man, in this city
VINO will be pushed forward
by his friends, either for a
seat on the supreme bench, or the attorney
generalship. That man is Hon. John C.
Gage, a man of splendid talents, broad cul-
ture, and profound and brilliant lawyer
A recognition OF these gifts and graces
found expression at Sweet Springs this
summer, when he was elected president OF
the State Bar association. But we are all
for Phelps and "Dick" Gentry, against the
field.
IN A THEATRICAL WAY,
Kansas City seems to have lost her grip
The new Gillis opera house hasn't proven
the dazzling success prophesied of it, and
such artists Is Mccullough and Rhea had
to draw on their reserve fund in order to
get ont Of town. A St. Joe chap runs the
ellis, and his ideal Of good theatrical
company does not go beyond s tina; TO, Of barn p
plain, there is very little of that culture in
this city, which gives hearty welcome and
applause to the truly artistic. Money
money. money, Ellis the soul and eye o.
al v>oorvo