The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-03-17
TO BE RELEASED.
Smith, the Alleged Train
Wrecker, to Give Bond
Mrs. Smith Talks.

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teresting article on George Arlie Smith
and his wife
Mrs. Smith, wife of the man Smith
who is confined in the Cooper county
Jail on charge of train wrecking, is
in the city stopping at the Mahan
house. She is about % years of age
and is attractive. In July last, Smith
and his partner, Lawrence, were mar
ried at Oyster Bay, New York, and
shortly after they were married they
left their brides and hied to Missouri
for a purpose best known to them
selves. They were bosh married the
same night and left the state of New
York together. 1t will be remem-
bered that the grand jury found an in
dictment against Smith and Lawrence
for wreeking passenger train at OF
terville. Lawrence plead guilty and
is now serving a FIVE years sentence
10 the penitentiary. Smith pleaded
not guilty and his case was continued.
A correspondence sprung up be-
tween him and his wife which lead to
her coming to BOouville. After con-
siderable communication it was ar
ranged with New York parties to re-
lease Smith from jail on a $4,000
bond. The necessary papers arrived
Monday, but the alleged train robber
still languishes behind the Jail bars.
The fact became known to the rail-
road company that bond was to be
furnished and for several days past a
stranger, with seemingly nothing to
do but walk around and view our lit
tie city, has been noticed in town. 1t
has leaked out that the aforesaid in
dividual is detective in the employ
of the United States mails and when
Smith is released from Jail he will be
rearrested on charge OF stopping the
mail,
Smiths attorney has nothing to say
in regard to the latter charge, but
signifies his intention of offering the
bond this week and if his client is re-
arrested he will institute q writ of
hsbeas corpus.
The proceedings are being looked
forward to with some little interest.
On Thursday evening a representa-
tive of the Democrat called at the Ma
han house and asked to see Mrs.
Smith. After waiting a few minutes
in the Office of the hotel, a proposes
sing and very stylish lady of about %
summers was ushered to the press rep.
resentative, when the following inter
rogative was put forth;
nned IL IL FEGG s t6oPsf e5dhdht 5 Jail On
charge of train wrecking?"
Yes sir, l am"
"Where do you reside"
"In New York"
"Do you think Mr.. Smith will give
bond in the morning."
"Well j am not prepared to answer
hat question; but l hope he vii"
"Do you think Mr.. Smith inno-
cent?"
"As matter of course, / do. This
whole affair has been magni6ed to
a great extent. Mr.. Smith or Mr..
Lawrence never any more wrecked
hat train than you did. They are
both of good families and are well
thought of in the east. noticed a
Boonville paper during the last term
Of court made the statement that
Smith had plead guilty l don't see
why the paper don't tell the truth
once in awhile. or keep quiet alto.
gether. i noticed another statement
going the rounds of the press to the eff
feet that MIR. Smith left me the next
morning after We were married. This
is not so. We were married in July,
AS was also Mr.. Lawrence, and We al
lived happily together until August
when my husband and Lawrence left
for Missouri to seek employment when
they were arrested for wrecking q
train
severe they together when they
left New York, and did they not re
main together every day and night
until they were arrested p
"Yes, they we're together"
Don't you think it will be a pretty
hard matter to convince a jury that
Smith is innocent when Lawrence
plead guilty"
"No, don't. As | said before
neither of them is guilty. Lawrence
could have furnished bond if be haC
let his relatives known where he was
but he said he had rather 60 to thu
penitentiary than for them to know
his disarace. / have bond for my hus
band and he will be here in July mex
to stand trial"
Mr.. Smith was in good spirits, anC
while rather odd, Is very good con