The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-27
Emmett i'm Chicago.


in reference to Emmett's downfall:
"See that girl in the center of the
stase-the one with golden hair and
big corsage bouquet"
The question was asked by a prom
inent business man Of Sedalia, Mo-,
on business trip to Chicago, and who
took occasion to visit one of the down
town theatres. The one to whom the
Iguestion was put, after recovering
from the sudden and severe nudge in
the ribs-a mild way the visitor had
of calling ones attention to what he
had to say-replied in the affirma-
tive.
"Well," continued the friend, "the
sight of her recalls the name and fate
of young man who tonight Is locked
up in cell i'm states prison. That
girl, so innocent-looking, so demure,
so artless in speech and manner, was
one of several of her sisterhoOd who
reveled and rioted on the money this
young man so prodigally lavished on
them after the play, and who directly
or indirectly lured him to ruin. Wait
till the performance is over and III
tell you his history, or part of it, at
least, and, as it has a local bearing, its
publication will prove interesting to
the readers of the Inter.Ocean."
After the play, cosy retreat was
found, and the friend told the follow
ing story:
THE fate of the fast young man
was never better exemplified, nor
more terribly emphasized, than in
that which has just Overtaken young
Emmett King, of Sedalia, Mo-, who
Is now wearing
\ FELoNs STRIPES
in the state prison at Jefferson City,
where Ne was sent on a SIX years SEN
tence after pleading guilty to robbing
the State Savings bank of Sedalia of
SIS, 900. Ii is the ending Of career
which, if fully written out, would |
read like chapter from the Arabian |
Nights and which fearfully illus
trates the ancient maxim that the |
way of the. transgressOr Il hard. King |
occasionally broke away from the
somewhat dull life and surroundings
OF his home town and took run up
here, and he always made things |
lively when around. He was a vel
come visitor to the elegant lairS of
the tiger on Clark street, and more
than one dazzling star in the theatre
cal armament or pretty sOubrette ex-
perienced sensations of anticipated
royal good times whenever the hand
some and generous Emmett flashed
his diamonds from the highest-priced
box in the house. He spent money
like an English lord of the days of
Queen Bess, always demanding the
best the market could afford. For
five years preceding his downfall
King was the book-keeper of the
bank named, having the unbounded
confidence of his employers, one of
whom was Major William Gentry,
who came near being elected governor
of Missouri on the greenback ticket.
The young man had free access to
THE MONEY VAULT,
and that he used this opportunity to
his ruin is now matter of record.
King is handsome young fellow,
some % years of age, smooth and affa-
bic in conversation, and as dresser
he was the Beau Brummel of the
West. His wardrobe was always
richly supplied with the latest and
most fashionable styles, and it wa
nothing for him to appear every few
days in a new suit OF the finest ma
terial. The diamond he spOrted on
his immaculate shirt front filled with
envy the soul of every hotel clerk on
whom It flashed Its rays, and was
large enough to be easily seen from
afar. Once King invited me to his s
rooms, and after | had crossed the
Threshold | just stopped in utter
Richly furnished? They
were gorgeous beyond description.
Rich pictures hung upon the walls, /
ones footballs were hushed in the lux I
urious depths of costly rugs, and in ;
one corner stood Il magnificent upright 5
Steinway grand piano, from whose :
keys the bejewelled fingers of many a
pretty actress had called forth bright a
and catchy airs. Ii was a revelation. b
that apartment, ana one never equaled c
by any other Observation-Disclosures v
year clerk with no rich father to help 7
swell the income. \ colOred lackey a
was kept by this young swell, and if n
that darkey would talk he could tell II
Of some racy dOings in his masters 4
rooms. Did King wish for outdoor o
There was fieet-footed a
roadster and a nobhy road wannn d