The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-12-16
LA WEEKLY BAZOO TUESDAY, DECEMBER I6 1884.

have resulted in blood but for the interior
ence OF friends just as the deadly six shoot
ers were being drawn. Realizing that they
had done that which wss likely to bring
them into rather expensive notorie,y, the
C. BIS retired from public notice before the
police could be notified ard all efforts to
learn their names, proved unavsiling.
Neither was badly hurt but both were
somewhat bruised.
A SCHOOL TEACHER IN TROUBLE.
Joe Jiles, a colored man, was badly beat
en- by a colored school teacher named Robt.
Edwards late LAST night. II seems that
Jiles visited Edwards house for the pur-
pose of collecting money due him for work.
On his arrival there Edwards was having
some kind of trouble with his WIFE, Jiles
interfered and received severe cash over
the head from pistol in the hands of Ed.
wards. Deputy constable Andy White ar
rested the school teacher and he will be
taught lesson In law by Justice O'Br:en
TO morrow.
RUNAWAY BOYS.
Two boys. aged about fourteen years
were arrested by Officer Gossage last night
for keeping late hours. They gave their
names as Edward Hecker and Andrew
Skeen and their parents reside on the cor
ner Of Fifteenth street and Brooklyn ave-
nue., Kansas City. They admitted to the
officer that they had run away from home
and were on their way to the exposition at
New Orleans. They were both without
money and intended TO beat their way to
that point.
BECK, THE BEAT.
Sebastian Beck, the old man who claims
TO have teen captured by Sitting Bull and
his tribe OF warriors and whose story was
published in Yesterdays BAZoo, was run
10 by Officer Gosssge las. night on charge
of vagraLcy. On being searched at the
station an order for a pauper's ticket to
Upton, signed By the mayor, was found on
his person. He has been around town
three Gays begging money from charitably
disposed citizens on which he kept about
half drunk all the time. Later in the
night he was release d from the cooler and
plsc, aboard No. 4. It is thought now
that be is frst-class dead beat and that he
has been telling the Indian story for the
puapose OF gaining sympathy.
POLICE CoURc
Seven saintless sinners stood MP before
the recorder yesterday and received sem
fences for deeds done by them the previous
dsy.
Jerry Mouehan smiled sickly smile,
and said he was surely guilty of Tie charge
of vagrsncy which had ben placed agains,
him by an officer. He was 1T off with so
John Wilson, an ngly looking moke,
pleaded no; guilty to being drunk AID
vsgrant. He was found guilty of the
charges and fined So
John Butcher, charged wish making an
indecent exposure OF his person, had MS
case cont nued.
A Mathews and Vim. Devine pleaded
guilt TO being out in the snow at an un-
seasouable hour, and was let off with SO
each.
Edward Quinn pleaded guilty to in
dulgiDg in too much coffin yarnish, ard
making an inGecent exposure OF his per-
son. He was let off with $40.
Herman Bosner vas slated for drunken |
ness. He is a regular Saturday night |
patron of the cooler.
Officer Tom Prent:ss went hunting ducks
instead OF thieves yesterday, and now
Mayor Hickman wants to know who or
dered him out on that duty, and what kind
of ducks be was hunting.