The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-12-04
Another Chapter in the His
tory of a Cowardly
Scoundrel,
Whom Good Citizens Should
Make Sedalia too Warm
TO Hold.
A Brief Extract from the Lib
ertine's Former
History.

! afEiNeu ~ the pOlice station, nd as soon Al
he recovered sufficiently 10 arIicnIate in
formed Officer Barnett that Doc +, sler hsc
been
| TRYING TO hill HIS WIFE.
Officers Barnett and Wentzelm m AT ones
proceed tO the residence of Fesier, the
first door east of the Southern NJ. thodis,
church, where they found quite a large and
excited crowd gather,d in front of the resi-
dence
The officers, pushing their way
through The excited multitude, en-
tered the house, where they found Fesler,
his wife and Little girl all in q STATE of
great excitement.
Fesler declared that ne had not used vi
olence toward his wife, but upon being
questioned by The officer, Mrs. Fesler
stated that her husband
HAD ASSAULTED HER,
and the little girl who is only seven wears
old, said that she thought her papa had hit
her mamma over the head with his cane.
For time there was intense excitement
in The neiShborhood, especially among the
femsles, some Of whom expressed a desire
20 enter the house and chastise the cswardIv
r ,scal, as they sly ed him.
Fsser was taken to the police station
where his penonsl recogniz1nce was taken
Tor his appearance this morning.
A BAzoo reporter visited The Fesler man
sion early In the afternoon with a view 10
Obtsining a statement from Mrs Frsler. but
was unsuccessful in gaining sdmittsnce,
both front and back doors being locked and
the blinds closed.
The reporter then paid visit to Mrs. |
smith, who lives next door to Fesler, aud |
who gave a recital of
woNAN's WRONGS
lot at all calculated to relieve Fesler from
he alresdy unenviable reputation he besrs
n the community as a libertiue and un-
'rircipled scoundreL Ms. smith, who,
y the way, enjoys the reputation Of being
most respectable lady stated that while she
nd her daughters were at dinner y. sIerday,
er husband being absent, she heard scrr ams
proceeding from Fesler's residence, and by
ast experience had reason to believe that
his inhuman wretch was again beating his
lie, who has been an invalid for the past
1ur weeks. Rushing out she called for /.
lev. ID. T.. Browne, who rooms in the vi !.
unity, and also calling the names Of other !
rntlemen, at the same time shouting i.
HELP MURDERl
Rev. Browne at once answered
he cry of distress, and rushing c
the Fesler residence, but upon his ar
val found everything quiet c
Mr. Browne In conversation with the re-
'rter, said that on ent-ring the house he i
ind Mrs. Ftsler sitting IN a chair some &
hat agitated but exhibiting no signs OF
olence that he could notice. {
Mrs. Smith says that she was standing
! her side porch when the door of Fesler's p
sidence opened and that Mrs. Fesler s.
BLACK IN THE FACE, ~
identity from choking administered by
sler who had just relinquished his hold n
his wife when Mr.. Browne entered. e
Mrs. Smith as well as other neiehbors W
tie that Fesler bss long been guilty of
Isl ishuman cruelty TO his wife, and child 70
en- leaving them without food in the
use, although sbuIdsntly able to pro- SC
lie for their necessities. n
Fesler was called upon By the reporter
his version OF We affair. OF course he
lied any &C of violence toward te
wife. and attributed all Of his domestic ii,
ubles TO the an
INTERFERENCE OF sEIGHBoRs, 81
when dilat;ng upon this point, his Ian
ige was so utterly vile and filthy rs to
gust even the officers and reporters, &C.
toned as they daily are to desling witn m'
most abandoned specimens Of men and sa 50
Men. M
he sesrcher after news made several at. all
pts TO interview Mrs Fesler, but as
not succeed In gaining We
nittance to the chamber WI
re she lay prostrsted. until he was ac- wa
lpanied thither by Fesler himself, and no.
D he rePented of bis visit. for the lam tne
&c OF the wretch was so vile that the nir
sring woman was compelled to send her oai
e girl from he room, and in q feeble
e begged the reporter TO excuse her, I'D
turned her head TO the wall that she
ht not betray the unuttersble anguish ayr
] which use
HER HEART WAS BREAKING. -
here are many phases in this domestic 7E
ma which cannot be given to the public use
her party is perhaps blameless, but hsv
hin it is that this dssIardly scoundrel, j.
has long sgo forfeited all claim to re B. ]
/, should have long since been driven Drs
the community by an outraged pub ID
nan
has been q long time since the cOmmu-
has been so exercised over any event Ia.
was by Fesler's conduct yesterday.
'erywhere could be heard snaihemas W.,
he'd against the unnatural husband
Iather, and some of the more indignant Cloc
ed threats of "N
TAR AND FEATHERS. Gle
will be well for this beast If he adopts
re modest, or at least more temperate il
amor than he maintained yesterday, or iewe
~ find himself at the mercy of a mob. is $
e the BAzoo strongly deprecates mob 300