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Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01

THE REDMOND HOUSE, AT 26l0 STATE STREET.
the loss of his girl. Doubts came into his
beclouded mind He even began TO think
that poor Mrs. Redmond had something to
do with it So al last it became necessary
10 have the poor man confined. He was ad-
Judged insane. Even the eyes of the Judge
were moist when this terrible sentence was
pronounced.
And what Of the wife and mother during
all these Garksone daysl Poor womaui II
ever any one bore q heavy cross it was Mrs
Redmond. Her beautiful daring was-she
knew not where. Possibly dead. but more
possibly suffering ing death. Her hus-
band worse thar deas No wonde the poor
wtman broke down. No income now, and,
tyo heart broken to work, had it not been
for the kind offices of friends and relatives,
sad. indeed, would have been her fate.
And whatef little Anniei Her story is
one to wiring the heart of the most callous-
Stolen from her cheerful home and her play
mates; compelled to wear boys clothes; her
beautiful ringlets clipped from her head; if
she happened to speak Of mamma" OF
papa blow descending on her poor little
suffering head: at last beaten so brutally,
bound with cruel. cutting cords, thrown
into a damp cellar and a ladder placed
scross her weak little breast TO prevent her
escape, Is it any wonder that her cries were
such as TO attract the attention Of the
nelghoorss She is rescued and taken from
her cruel abductors, and all the time she is
so termed BY their threats that she is
AFRAID 70 tel new-found friends that she is
none other than little Aanie Tessie Red
mond.
The story Of Armies recovery, and of her
lvanderings and adventures while 10 the
hands Of her kdnaners is as fnllnus. -
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01
THE AsDucroas.


Johanna Gurley, the woman who stole the
child. together with her husband. B. Cur
ley, were arrested February and taken to
the station. The woman denied taking An
ME, and said that the little girl was given
TO her by q Mrs. Maggie Gordon. She said:
'Mr. Gurley and l were married May 16,
1888. We took rooms at No. 2131 State street
I had net Mrs Gordon and was quite well
acquainted with her. She said she had two
little girls, but was too poor to take care OF
them, and asked me if / would take one and
bring her up. said would and the next
day she brought this little girl to our home.
That was Thursday, May Is. She was a
sweet little thing and said her name was
Flossy Gordon
The woman then detailed the story Of their
wanderings, exactly corroboratlng the tale
told Friday night by the stolen child. From
No. 2131 State they moved to Sixty-third
street, near Honore, and from there to
Sixry-ninth and Throop. They then went
to live with the Parsons, at Sixty ninth
and Throop. About q month ago they left
this place and rented q house near Seventy.
second and Throop, where Gurley was ar
rested for cruelty to the child. They then
moved to No. 3237 State street, where they
were living when arrested.
The husbands story differed from the
wife's. He said:
81 met my wife at Mrs. Stevens board.
ing-house, No. 2122 State street. about May
!, lSSa She was rooming there and Mr..
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01

Stevens introduced her to me as widow.
We became acquainted, and l proposed,
and she accepted right away. We were
married May 16. Her maiden name was
Johanna DriscoiL She said she had been
married to man named Hin, who had
two children when she married him. They
had little girl who was living at 'the
Sisters on Wabash avenue. / supposed it
was all right, and, after we were married,
told her to bring the child home. She
said she would, but failed to do so.
thought it was strange, and asked her
mother about it. She laughed and said
Josie was joking with me; that she was
never married and had never had child
went to my wife and asked Ter what she
meant by such talk She then confessed
that she was never married, and that the
child was illegitimate. told her that she
should have told me that before, but that
would forgive her and try to forget it The
next day she brought the little girl home.
She seemed fond of Josie and called her
mamma After awhile she called me
papa. She was contented, and we got
along nicely together until my wife was
taken sick. She was cross to Flora, and
often punished her. She would not mind,
and whipped her two or three times.
tied her up downstairs just to scare her."
D. P. Parsons and his wife, the step-father
and mother Of Gurley, were also arrested
and taken into custody. 1t soon became
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01
A brilliant inguist she speaks and writes
LuentlY English, French, German and Ital.


ian, and she is now
tryin g to master the
modern Greek Ian
guage, so as to be
able to speak to her
future subjects in
their own tongue.
Her favorite Ian
guage, however, is
English, which she,
like her sisters, uses
nearly exclu sively
when at home.
Princess Sophie
has, like her eldest
,.-4a- d., q G
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01

the child, but Mrs. Parsons would not allow
it. 1t was on account Of this that the Cur
legs had finally left
''She told the child to go downstairs and
curse it's father" said Mrs. Parsons. 81
told her would never allow the child to be
taught to use profane language. This made
her furious. She sprang up and asked me
whose child it was and if she didn't have a
right to do what she liked with it. told
her no, that the law wouldn't allow child
to be taught to curse. She told me she
would slap my face if l interfered. /
threatened to take the child away from her.
1t was on account of this that they moved
to Winkler's in October last.
"Often at the table, when she would not
oil ha child RI DOT oh 7 cr,l9 ipSo
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01

fere and say that it
must be allowed to
eat. Then she would
ask me whose child il
was. hers Or mine.
"She drank brandy
al the time, for her
health, she said. The
doctor, when he came,
allowed her to use il.
She was sick about all
of the time, but never
lost her appetite. She
really suffered from
an ailment of an ag-
a,ri-O q = ~
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01

sister, Fri c e IS fhiNCESo Soihic' We
Charlotte, hered- PRUSSIA.
itary Princess of SAKE Meinin gen, inherited
the good looks and amlable disposition Of
her father. the late Emperor Frederick. She
is tall and graceful, and her charming man
ners have made her a great favorite with
every body. Added to her other acco m
plishments, the Princess is an excellent
and fearless horsewoman., During the last
weeks of Emperor Frsderick's life the
Princess used to accompany her fathers
carriage on horseback while driving in the
Charlottenburg Park.
Princess Sophie is at present with her
mother, the dowager Empress Frederick,
in England on a visit TO her grandmother.
Queen Victoria. The date for the wedding
is not yet definitely fixed, but it will not
take place till the court mourning for the
late Emperor is over. There is at present
great GOODNESS between the Processes and
their brother, Emperor William, Of whose
unfilial behavior toward their mother, En-
press Frederick, they thoroughly disap-
prove.
The bridegroom, Prince Constantine, OF
Greece, is grandson Of the King of Den
mark and nephew OF the Princess OF
Wales and of the Empress Of Prussia, and
through his marriage be will become re
lated to the three most powerful countries
il Europe-Germany, England and Prussia
Another of his aunts is married TO the Duke
of Cumberland, son Of the ex-King Of Han
over
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01
GREEcE'S FUTURE QUEEN.

Princess Sophie, Of Prussia, to Wed Prince
Constantine-She Is Eighteen Years Old,
Tall and Graceful-Art and Languages
Her Fayorfte Pursuits.
The Berlin Court Journal not long ago
announced the betrothal Of the third sister
Of the young German Emperor, the eight
cen year-old Princess Sophie, Of Prussia, to
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apparent, n o " 9 yer,
that neither Of them
had any guilty knowl-
edge of the child's abb
duction. Speaking of
Mrs. Gurley, her sons
wife, Mrs. P ars on 8
said that the child was
never treated badly at
her house. She said
she had taken it rid
ing almost every day
in her carriage, and
she had clothed 1t.
Mrs. Gurley had fire.
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01

SO-scAANAARD NA.O"-> L iliASO @1AOAoAoOhs VI
PRINCE OF GREECE. Battenberg, whose
betrothal to Princess Victoria, Of Prussia,
Emperor William IL and Prince Bismarck
so bitterly opposed.
Although Emperor William has never
shown great love for his sisters, whom he
accuses of being too English, still Princess
Sophie is his favorite sister and her be.
trothal to Prince Constantine has always
been a pet scheme Of his, q scheme that has
been heartily Endorsed by the Iron Chan.
cellor, for the future King of Greece, as
brother-in-law of the German Emperor, may
prove useful to German diplomacy, as a
barrier to Russian progress in the direction
of Constantinople.
Princess Sophia was born in Potsdam On
the 14th day of June, 1870. She has been
carefully trained for her high position In
life under the watchful eye Of a loving
mother, herself a brilliant woman. Brought
up like all her sisters on the principles OF
the strictest simplicity. Princess Sophie has
also inherited her grandmother Queen Vic.
toria's habits of methodical economy and
love of needlework; like her mother she is
an enthusiastic artist and sits for hours at
her easel.
A brilliant inguist, she speaks and writes
fluentlv ENGLISH French German and Ital,
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01

then not quite six years Of age, left heI
fathers house at No. 2610 State street, and
with little playmate went to play IN va
can't lot not far away.
The two had played there about half an
hour when a stout woman, dressed In
black hat and cloak and yellow dress
came by and stopped to caress little Annie
as your mother at home, little glrl!" she
asked.
Eyes" responded the child
"Come along with me and I'll buy you
some candy"
The child willingly accompanied her, and
the little boy noticed that the woman
bought Annie some candy and then gave her
some money. Then they went off north and
he saw them no more.
The child was not missed at home until
her little brother Johnny, seven years old,
came home to dinner from school Not find
ing his sister around the house he made in
quiries of the children in the neighborhood
and learned from little Otto that Annie had
gone off with strange woman. Johnny
FASTENED to the lot on Spring street and
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01


which might have something to do with her
violent temper. She kept my SON thor
oughly afraid of her. He is Of q naturally
timorous disposition, and she was of most
aggravating disposition She would threaten
him in all kinds of ways. When he tied the
child in the basement of the house she
had then threatened him In the worst kind
Of way if he didn't do il / believe firmly
that whatever he did was through the fear
of her When angry, and this was often
the case, she would curse and swear and
use awful language"
When Gurley and hrs wife were first ar
raigned in the justice court little Annie.
who was present with her mother, Identified
the woman at sight, saying: That's her,
mamma, that's her, that's the woman that
took me-"
The child had pulled her mothers dress
till Mrs Redmond stopped TO catch her
child's words, and when the long-suffering
mother stood erect again she was within 3
few feet of the woman who had stolen her
child.
There was a moment Of intense silence
In the courtroom, during which the two
women took look at each other that must
have seemed very long TO them, 50 deep
Vas the feeling produced in the mind and
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01

~
Crown Prince Of
Greece, always pro-
vided that the Greeks
for a sufficient period
will tolerate the reign
of the present dynas-
ty, the second since
1880.
The Duke is a tail
rather gawky young
fellow, and physical
ly decidedly inferior
to tn Q h a n d S o me
Prince Alexander, Of
Battenberg, whose
Victoria, of Prussia,
and Prince Bismarck
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-01
pailsRsg eagle
LOST AND FOUND.
The Thrilling Adventures Of Annie
Tessie Redmond
kidnapped by Female Fiend-After Near.
ly Year of Suffering and Abuse
She Is Discovered and Re-
stored to Her Parents
sEHE pages of fiction

HE pages of fiction
tell no stranger story
than that surround
ing the case of Annie
Jessie Redmond, who
was kidnapped from
her home in Chicago
May %, 1888. About
ten o'clock on the day
above mentioned lit
tie Annie, who was
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-09-06
Order of Publication in Vacatio !

August 2lst 1850.
STATE OF MISSOURI,
County of Adair, BE
In the circuit court of Adair county, Octobe,
term, leS9.
Samuel NJ. Pickler and Thomas j. Decker,
as Hayes: and Rhoda Payton minor heirs OF
Thomas Hayes decd and Daniel Payton hus.
band of Rhoda Payton, Plaintiffs.
band, = johnson if living and her unknown
heirs if any and Sarah Paulding and her hus-
ban band I Thomas B. Paulding and Hester Craigen
and seT husband Cragsn 5 if living and her
her husband - Post if living and the
unknow heirs if any and William Hayes and
Caroline Reynolds and her husband F.. Rey-
noids mol 81 II living and her unknown heirs if any,
AT this day come the plaintiffs herein, by
their attorneys, before the undersigned clerk
OF the circuit court of Adair county, state of
Missouri in vacation this Aug 2lst lSs9. and
file their petition and affidavit, among other
things, that defendants are all non residents of
the state of Missouri: SO that the ordinary SER
vice cannot be had and asks that an order of
publication be made notifying them of the
pendency of this suit.
Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in va
cation that said defendants be notified by pub.
lication. that plintifs have commenced suit
against them in this court, the general object
and nature of which is to obtain a decree and
Judgment of partition of the following de-
scribed lands situate, lying and being in the
county of Adair and state of Missouri. to-wit:
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter
and the south half of the southwest quarter of
section no twenty one, 81 and the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter of section
twenty nine, 20, all il. township sixty one. 81.
range sixteen, 16. The plaintiffs and dcfen-
dants being the owners of said above describ-
ed lands as children and heirs at law of Thom-
as Hayes and Jane Hayes his wife both de-
ceased, and that unless the said defendants be
and appear at this court at the next term there
OF, to be begun and holden at the court house in
the city of kirksyille in said county, on the
second Monday of October 1889 next, and on or
before the sixth day of said term, answer or
plead to the petition in said cause, the same
Will be taken as confessed. and Judgment will
be rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered, that COPY hereof
be published according to law, in the Weekly
Graphic newspaper published in the county
OF Adalr and state of Missouri fohr weeks sue
cessiyely the last insertion to be at least four
weeks before the commencement Of the Octo-
Der term 1850, of said circuit court.
OF MISSOURI,
County of Adair s.s.
i, j. b. Dodson clerk of the circuit court of
Adair county aforesaid, hereby certify that
the above is true copy Of the original order
d publication, in the cause therein named, as
.he same appears In my Office Witness nv
land as clerk, and the seal Of said court Done
II my oilice in kirksville this 2lst day of Aug,
Ssy, JB DODsON Clerk
Seal
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-09-06

| Is resident Of the state of Missouri, SO
that the ordinary process Of law cannot be
served upon him and prays that he be sum
| ed by said Clerk In vacation that publication
be made notifying said defendant that an ac-
tion has been commenced against him and the
BY petition In the circuit court OF Adnir county
Missouri, the object and general nature of
which is to obtain n Judgment against said de-
| fendants for the sum or nine and sO-1O0 dollars
and levied upon and against the real estate
hereinafter described, owned by the defeh-
dants. said taxes due and delinquent on said
land, with interest thereon as provided by law
together with commission, attorneys fees and
costs of said proceedings. Also To have said
iudgmen declared lien In favor of the state of
Missouri upon the 10 flowing described lands,
lying and being situate in the county of Adar
and state OF Missouri, to-wit:
10 II center part of lot No six, 6, block No
eleven, II, town of kirksville commencing 20
feet east of N w corner of said lot, thence
south los #. east lG #, north los f., west .G IT
to beginning.
And also to enforce said lien and to obtain q
decree for the sale of snd real estate or so
much thereof rs may be necessary to satisfy
said Judgment interest commission fees and
costs. And unless you William Edwards the
said defendant be and appear at the next reg
u1ar term of the circuit court of Adair county
Missouri, to he begun and held at the court
house in kirksville, on the second Monday in
October, lsss,, and answer or plead to said pc,
tion on or before the sixth day of said term of
court SHOULD the term so long continue, and
IT not, then before the end of the term, the
same Will be taken as confessed, and judg-
ment rendered us asked for In plaintiffs petit
ton. 1t Is further ordered that q copy of this
order be published in the weekly Graphic
weekly newspaper published in said
Adair comfy, for four weeks successfully, the
last insertion to be at least four weeks before
the commencement of the next term of this
Seal. j. b. DoDsoN, Clerk.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-09-06
The September Century.

The September Century contains
a paper on Napoleon Bonaparte OF
unusual interest and Importance,
being contemporary accounts, by
British officers OF ex-Emperor's
exile to Elba; his voyage to st.
Helena and life on that island.
Not the least valuable part of this
record consists of the couversa-
tions here preserved with Napo-
leon on some of the most promi-
nent passages Of his career.
The Lincoln installment is
crowded with absolutely new ma
terial, and has to do mainly with
Lincoln's triumphant reelection.
The authors quote freely from un-
published MSS. by Lincoln, and
their own letters and diaries. The
sketches of Chase's career is con-
tinued to his death, and includes
an account OF his appointment as
Chief-justice. Apropos of the
latter portion of the Lincoln his
tory is theS article by Justice
Bradley of the Supreme court on
Chief ustice Marshall, accompa-
ny1ng rare portrait of the Chief
Justice by the French artist
Memin.
An article appropriate to the
season is Mr.. Hamilton Gibson's S
ingenious and original study of
butterfly and plant life, accompa-
MED with illustrations by the
author. This paper is entitled
Winged Botanists,'' and shows
the remarkable botanical knowl-
edge of the various butterflies in
selecting allied plants for food in
the caterpillar stage.
Ballot Reform Progress and
Eight Hours a day. are treated
editorially.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-09-06
Sunday School Convention.

Tie Morrow township Sunday
School convention on the 29th inst
at Stahl was efficiently presided
over by Bro. I. j. Capps. The
several schools formed in process
sion and marched past the grand
stand making a very fine display
with their regalias and banners.
The address of welcome was de-
livered by Rev. Bruner, and the
response by Rev. G. W. Sharp,
followed by other addresses by
Rev. c. 81. Whitehead. of Macon,
Prof. Muir of Kirksville Normal
and the County Secretary, and the
recitation of a poem by Miss
Saunders. The services were held
in a beautiful grove and the grand,
majestic trees cast their friendly
shade over the vast audience, and
people seemed to he of one heart
IN reference to the occasion. After
a bountiful repast and rest at noon
reports were given as seen below.
Prayers and praise and sacred
mingled with the Interest,"
ing exercises.
The services over, the large con-
course of people dispersed to their
homes with the consciousness of a
we'll spent day. We cannot close
this report without saying that
this was most enjoyable occasion
and we were truly proud of the
people of Morrow township for the
interest shown Sunday School
work. Liberty and Nineveh con-
trlbuted to the exercises, and the
committee on grounds, water, etc.
lad Goue all that was possible to
make it perfect success. For the
'ize of the gathering it WAS the
most orderly we ever attended
md we hope to meet these schools
It some future time. Schools rep
esented We're: Spring Valley, Il. I
apps, Supt., so scholars, 6 teach
rs; Nineveh, A. Shoop, Supt., IS,
cholars, 5 teachers; Noyinger, T.
I. Capps, Supt., S5 scholars, 7.
aachers; Bald Knob, d. Capps,
0 scholars, s teachers; Union, w.
|onny, l64 scholars, II teachers.
THos. BRIGHAM, Co. Secy.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-09-06
Order of Publication in Vacation,

In the circuit court of Adair county, Missouri
October terra, 1889
The state of Missouri, at the relation and to
me use oi Jacob Sands, collector of the revenue
for the coonty OF Adair, state of Missouri
piainti1, against John n. Wilstack, de- cpdupt
62li-Pt titiOn for Taxes
:, NOW on this 20 day of August, lSS9. comes
the above named plaintiff, by his attorney be-
fore the clerk of the circuit court of the county
oil Adair and state of Missouri, and files his
petition in the above entitled cause alleging
among other things that the defendant John A.
Wilstacs. the owner of said land, is n non
resident of the state Of Missouri, so that the
ordinary process of law cannot he served upon
nalion n, 'ia 1hgs That he be summoned by publ
In vacation that publication be made, notifying
said defendant that an action has been COM
mehced against him, by petition IN the circuit
court @ OF Adair county, Missouri, the object
lneht against said defendant for the sum of
liree and lj-l0D dollars. aggregate amount Fl
taxes or The years 1855. lsS7, and levied upon
and against the real estate hereinafter deserib-
ed, owned by the defendant. Said taxes due
ana delinquent on said land, with interest
thereon as provided by law, together with
commission, attorney 5 fees and costs of said
proceedtngs. Also to have said judgment de-
ciareu lien In favor of the state OF Missouri
upon the following described lands. lying and
being situate in the county of Adair and state
northwest quarter section eighteen [lsI town
snip sixty one 1911 range fifteen (l5.l And
also TO enforce said lien and TO obtain a decree
for the sale of said real estate, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said
Judgment, interest, commission fees and costs
And unless you. John A. Wilstack the said de-
fendant be and appear at the next regular
term of the circuit court of Adair county Mis-
souri, to begun and held at the court house In
hlrksville, ON the second plonday in October, |
lss', and answer OF plead to said petition on or
before the sixth day of said term OF court |
should the term so long continue, and il not
Inen before the end of the fprm | thl mo vii
be ia ken as confessed. and judgment rendered
as asked for in plaintih's petition 1t is fur
Iher ordered that copy of this order be pub |
ished In the Weekly Graphic, weekly news |
paper published in said Adair county, for 1our
weeks successively, the last inserti on to be at
least four weeks before the commencement OF |
.he next t rm of this court. true COPY. At
est. J,B DODS(iS tiiert