The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-06
A Case Which Will Create a Sen
satiOn When Ventilated
in the Courts.
The Unenviable Part Played by
Col. Will Work Somebody
SnOddy.
Divorce observation-disclosures
of the Wife-Marriage Of
Both Parties.

Croft, a young man of less than thir-
ty years, was arrested early yesterday
forenoon by Deputy Constable Wal
lace, charged with bigamy. He was
at once taken before Justice Marvin,
by whom the warrant was issued,
- siIv f's~aiIIri----- l--.-e-.as set
for Wedne sday next, and the defend
ant entered into bond in the sum of
$500 for his appearance on that day.
WHO KRoFT Is.
Kroft is in the employ of Henry
Amber, the South Sedalia florist, and
was attending to his customary duties
when taken in custody. He prompt
| ly INQUIRED who had instigated the
proceedings, and the information not
being volunteered by the officer, Kroft
became quite angry and said:
Il know the man. 1t was old Bill
Moore, the saloon keeper. / caught
him in a compromising situation out
ON the banks of Flat
Greek last Sunday. and | sup
pose he wants to get me out of town
so that / may not tell what | know.
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
The history leading to the present
prosecution is of interest and is pre-
sented in three chapters, the first of
which, given above, should be last.
The second is as follows:
February 22nd, 1888, Kroft was
married in this city to Miss Rosia
Yarber. and they lived together until
December 31st of the following year.
A few days later Mrs. Kroft, through
her attorney, Col. Will Work Some
body Snoddy, filed at the January
term of the Pettis county circuit
court a petition for divorce. This
petition, after setting forth the fact
of the marriage and separation, al
meahed fferseaiIff iqltiHff. uf faithfully de-
time and discharged an her duties as
a wife, but the defendant offered her
such indignities as to render
HER CONDITION INToLERABLE;
that about week after their mar.
riage defendant threatened and tried
to push plaintiff on a hot stove
shortly afterward he pulled her ears,
and during all the time they lived to-
gether defendant would become angry
without any cause, and while so
angered would take plaintiff by the
hands and bend them back, almost
unjointing the fingers and causing ex-
cruciating pain.
On Christmas day, 1883, defendant
struck plaintiff with his hand. Habit.
ually defendant threatened to leave
plaintiff, stating that he was ashamed
of her, and afterwards he would leave
her for days at time that defend
ant refused and neglected to provide
plaintiff with the barest necessities of
life and she was
COMPELLED TO SUPPORT HERSELF
hat defendent cursed aud swore at
plaintiff, called her vile names and |
1arrassed her almost to death that
plaintiff bore said treatment as long as
and finding that he became
worse, she left him on the date stated.
Plaintiff therefore prayed to be d.
Torced from the bonds of matrimony
md restored to her maiden name. |;
Sosia Yarber. II
On the above petition Sheriff Muir
ay made return as follows: al here {
y certify that [ have made diligent {
earch for the within named defend :
mt, Charles I'll. Kroft, ard that | j
allied to find him in Pettis county," 3
he return bears date of December |
0, 1884.
DISMISSED THEaCASE.
As stated, Col. Will Work Some: r
Ody Snoddy was Mrs. Kroftis attor- n
ey In the suit. And now comes the 4
range part of the story. The case a
as never taken up, but was permit a
d to drag along until the last term II
court, when it was dismissed. In W
lie meantime Col. Snoddy had held a
inference with Kroft, and, accord Is
g to the latter's statement, he was al
duced by the colonel to sign some Ell
nd OF a document which, W
e colonel said, answered every pur- IN
'se of a divorce and would permit hi
m (Krof) to - bt
REMARRY AT HIS PLEASURE. Il
This is the story of Kroft as related
the officers Yesterday. He is a sa
rd-worklng, illiterate man, and Il h
aced the utmost confidence in su
loddys advice, he said, to which tn
It he attributes his present deplora- ha
: condition. be
Now comes the third chapter. In J j.,