The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-14
OSG0OD-KREBS.
The Famous Krebs -Osgood suit
Assumes q New Phaze.
How the Little Game of Kidnap.
ping Kidnappers Failed

How the Little Game Of Kidnap.
ping Kidnappers Failed
The readers of the BAzoo will remember
the famous Kribs Osgood suit brought at
The last term OF the circuit court, in which
George c. Osgood attempted 10 gain pos
session OF bis SON, Charles Osgood, aged s
years, which Mrs. Krets, its mother, had in
possession. The case Was long and holly
contested, but ended in Mrs. Kr.bs, nee
Mrs. Osgood, beirg awarded the permanent
custody of the child with her present hus-
bsnd, Charles Krebs, IS guardian. Osgood
at the time was very indignant over his
failure and swore be would
GET EVEN
or sperd his last dollar, and ever since
then the Krebs have been expecting to hear
from him, and yesterday afternoon their
expectations found fruition when Deputy
Constable Waller, of Labette county,
Kan, Osgood's home, appeared at
the the Krebs msrsiou, on Ohio
street, backed by posse commitatus
composed of Marshall Barnett, Chas. Bar
nett. Chss. McGhee, Doc. Grsham and
Osgood's valiant attorney from Kansas.
Entering the presence of Mrs. Krebs, a
requsition for her arrest, duly endorsed by
Gov. Marmaduke, and charging her with
kidns piping, wss read to her by the valiant
deputy, while his chivalrous aids stood
ready to prevent any hostile demonstrations
on her part. 1t wanted but
FIVE MINUTES TO TRAIN TIME
when they appeared, but she demanded the
right TO send ior her attorney, and did SO
In spite of their demurrers. Fortunately
Messrs Samrs son and Smith we're at their
Office, and realizing the situstion and the
cunning attempt to kidnap their client
under pretext of law, they FASTENED to the
court house just in time to catch Judge
McClupg preparing to leave. A hdboas
corpus writ was quickly msde out and pro.
violence again favored them by causing
Deputy Bowers to appear, he having just
returned
ON HORSE BACK
from serving the replevin in the Sburr-
Castle case. In a moment the new writ
was in bis hand and his horse speeded him
TO the scene of the attempted sharp prac-
lice Just in time TO prevent the forcible con.
veyance of Mrs, Krebs to the derot. The
ssIonisbed and non-plussed officials having
10 other way for it proceeded to Judge
McClupg's. Osgood's attorney skipping
out for Kansas while Osgood in person
came round the corner to assume his place.
Judge McClung demanded their return to
the writ and the Kansas outfit agreed to
have it ready by 10 a. m. to-day and Mrs.
Krebs was ordered into the custody of
Deputy Bowers.
Il hayea very great responsibility in this
matter and want 10 know that she
Is in the hands Of parties who will not al
low her TO 60 out of the city" said Consta-
bic Waller.
He was politely informed that Mis-
souri sheriffs
KNEW THEIR DUTY
quite as we'll and were fully ss responsible |
as Kansas constables, and 80 the matter |
ended until the court shall meet to-day.
The BAZoo when this sad case was be- |
fore The court made mention of the fond
ness of the child for its mother and its
dresd of its father, and when the decision
of The court wss reached there was a uni
verssl EXPIRE ssion of approval among the
citizens over the result, and il was hoped
the matter was ended, but it seems other.
wise.
MRS. KREBs' STORY.
Areporter visited Mrs. Krebs last night
and she made substantially the following
statement:
That al the age of Is she ran away from
home to marry Osgood against the wishes
of her parents, coming with him to Mis-
souri, 10 get the ceremony performed. They
then went to live with Osgood's parent is at
Parsons. Here she found herself sadly
mistreated both by them and Osgood. A
year and half after marriage, the son,
who is the bone of contention, was born
Finding life with them unbearable, not
being SLOWED to see any of his friends,
snd not being furnished any money on
which to subsist, she told him
SHE WOULD LEAVE HIM.
and they aparated, the infsnt being left In
her keeping, il being agreed by Osg0od that
she should have the custody of him until
he was twelve years Of age. Osgood she
also claims gave her note for $50 to be
paid to the boy, bat he afterward got her to
return the note, promising to deed the
child house and lot In lieu of it, but al
though this was tive years ago. and two
years after they parted he had failed to do
SO. About the same time she claims he
got possession of the child by
DECEPTION AND FRAUD.
and TOOK it to his home, where he bad ,
aRo.her wife whom ne had married ,
after being divorced. This woman she
says was widow who had a son named ,
Willie Loveland who badly mistreated her ,
boy, and she instituted suit in the Kan
sss court for the recovery of the child. =
Osgood then spirited the boy away and !
she finally found him in the possession of ;
osGooD's sIsTER-IN-LAw, i
near South Mound, Kan, aud after much :
persuasion she induced her TO give him up i
and took him TO Oswego, where prelimiu-
airy trial was had, after which she had the {
child brought to Missouri in order to pre- .
vent being bound over not 10 leave the t
state with him. Since she has been in this i
state she married Mr.. Charles Krebs. who s