The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-30
SATURDAY SENSATION.
The Rather Rough Romance of
a Young Couple From
Green Ridge.

burn and a young woman named
Lizzie Ridenour. To follow out
The statement made by Glasburn to
a BAzoo representative, he and the
young lady had been engaged to
marry for some time. Both resided
at Green Ridge aud when they left
there Friday afternoon they did so
with the full consent of her father.
Upon their arrival in Sedalia Glas-
burn and his sweetheart went to the
Merchants hotel, where they
proposed to remain the rest of the
night until the early morning train,
which they would take for Kansas
City. Glasburn says that, for
some reason hardly known
to himself he registered as j. Jen-
nngs, Kansss City, and that some
other person added to it Sand wife,"
The young man AMI woman were then
assigned to the same room there were
two beds in the apartment and they
were occupied separately by them.
No criminal motive, he says, actuated
either of them in going to the SINE
room. They expected to occupy it but
few hours, at best, and being muse
to hotel ways of doing, and TINS being
about their first experience abroad,
they saw no harm in what they did.
At the proper hour they were
awakened by the porter AMI came
down to breakfast. After eating
they went to the Union
depot, purchased tickets, enter
ed car and were alb TO leave
Sedalia, when officer Mooney, who
had them spotted and who suspected
that everything was not all right, ap-
preached the couple and after
a brief conversation with them. ia
formed them that they would have to
90 with him. Glashurn and Miss
Ridenour were very much sur
prised and asked the policemen
what he proposed to do. They were
told to 90 along with him, that they
had probably violated the law and
would have 20 answer for it before the
proper authorities.
The three came up town. The
young lady was temporarily left at
the hotel and Mooney aud his other
prisoner proceeded up the street, Glas-
burn saying that he wanted to see
bis attorney, Hon. w. ID. Steele.
At Be pgley's saloon they went 10,
and Glasburn claims that the officer
then took him down into a cellar and
proposed that if he, Glas-
burn, would give him money,
he would release him and hush the
matter up, that he would not tell
about him and the girl occupying the
same apartment together, aud
that nobody would be the wiser for
the previous nights escspade. Glas-
burn asked the officer how much
money he wanted and Mooney re-
piled that SO would do. The Green
Ridge gentleman. badly frightened at
the turn affairs had taken, consented
to put up he "hush money" and
gave the officer a ten.dollar bill.
Afterwards, Attorney Steele was
seen and consulted by Glasburn,
and the latter was advised to ask
Mooney to return the ten dollars. on
threat of legal steps being taken TO
procure it. The officer refused to do
this aud at once had a warrant sworn
out for the rearrest of the Grsen
Ridge couple, charging them with
adultery. Justice Fisher issued the
necessary papers and they were served
by Mooney, himself.
| The case was called Yesterday
in Justice Fishers court, Hon. w.
d. Steele appearing for the defend
ants, and Prosecuting Attorney Lon
gan for the state. After a consulta.
ton between the justice and the
states attorney, and a talk with
some Of the witnesses, the court enter
tanned the motion TO dismiss the case
al d the prisoners were released.
Mr.. Steele Immediately there.
upon stated to the court that
some civil rights were involved
in the case, and that the defendant,
Giasburn, wanted to recover the ten
dollars claimed to have been extorted
from him and then in the possession
of Mooney. The latter acknowledged
iha the had the money, but made the
statement that GIasburn had volun-
tsrily given him that amount to keep
the hotel adventure quiet Mooney
denied demanding or extorting the
amount from the prisoner, but
took it because it was freely offered
him.
Attorney Lsngan said: "Mooney,
you had better give up the ten dol
lars; it is not yours and you have no