The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-15

He is Arrested on a Most Hor-
rible Charge.
If They are True He is Certain to
Stretcn Hemp.

| Sedaila was thrown into tuEore oil ex-
ci'ement yesierdsy by rumors that Henry
Warner, the wel-known ex convici, had
been guilty OF a serirs OF nameless crimes
that surp.ss In horror aGd beastliness any
thing ever before recorded In the annals of
the state, and which If true. must end in
his punishment uIon the scsfiold, aud even
then III re will Be few who will look upon
the eIpiation ss ;d,quste to b 5 mons;rous
dc eds.
Arp r.er was esrly sent to ascertain
! the facls ana found Warner under arrest In
| Justice OBrien's court upon q charge Of
displaying knife and threatening to
CARVE HIS soN-IN-LAw,
Louis Keller, tailor at Mr.. Lsmy's Ohio
street establishment, who vas married to
Warmers thirteen year old daughter the
Sth Of August last, which wedding before
its consumation was pronounced as IN out
rage by the BAzoo. When Keller appear
ed in court Warner sprung from his seat
and proceeded to pummel him in good
shape saying, "yOu - stole my daughter
from me-" The officers interfersd ant stayed
Warmers h nds before any serious mage
was done and second charge for sault
and battery was placed against him. He
gave bond In the sum total of $500
with two we'll known East SedalisDs as his
sureties for his appearance on the charges,
and was released.
When approached by the scribe in re-
gard to the rumortd more serious charges
likely to be brought against him, he bitter
iy denie them and said
HIS WIFE WOULD BEAR HIM OUT
- L., ,.o,a,,.n,s TIL. noa,tar bouayar Doe
Investigated by Attorney Lamm, who last
night issued warrant, charging Warner
wi the rape OF bis own Is year old daugh-
r previous to her marriage with Keller.
But the terrible story does not end here.
Warner has TWO other little girls about 10
and II years of sge and it is asserted that
he committed the same crime upon both
of them and has given them all three a
loathsome disease. Warner WIS sent 10
the peniienIiary from Cas- county several
years ago on a charge of rape and since
that time until his release from prison this
spring Warmers wife has struggled along,
KEEPING her family together snd
msking living for them by the labor OF
her own hands Since his return Warner
has been living with the family and ooca-
sionally roaming about the country pre-
tending to be carrying On first one calling
and then sno.her,
THE COUNTY RECORDER
yesterday stated that bo.h parents had
come to him and gave their cons mt for
Keller, who is about fifty yesrs of age, to
marry their daughter Maggie, aged thir-
teen. He stated that Mrs. Warner gave as
an excuse for consentirg to the marriage
that she was afraid that Warner would
ruin her uLless ste was married out of his
reach.
1t is hard to believe any human being
could b. capable Of such a'rocious crimes
as those laid to Warmers door, and it is to
be,hOped he viii be able for the lair name of
OF humanity TO prove hisinnocenoe, but the
matter viii be fully investigated and if he
is proven guilty there is no punishment
known to human ingenuity IS sd quate
TO be administered to so diabolical a fend.
STILL ANOTHER CHARGE.
During the past winter il will be remem-
bered that the house In which the Warmers
lived was burned TO the ground with Its
coltsn's, and il was strongly minated at
the time that Warner did the deed In order
TO secure the insurance, which amounted
to much more than his property was
worth. The mater was passed over, how
ever, and about forgotten. Yesterday sn
officer informed the reporter that Warmers
daughters were willing to swear that their
father had burned the property, and The
chances are this charge will also be lod Led
against him.