The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-07-28
THE HUGHES CASE.
The Prisoner Brought to the City
Yesterday-What He Says
About 1t.

The reading pubic are fully aware
Of the various charges that have been
brought against Mr.. Charles Shelley
Hughes.
1t has been announced before, thai
Constable Ramsey had gone to Iii.
nois after Mr.. Hughes. Yesterday
afternoon the officer arrived with his
prisoner OH the afternoon west-bound
passenger train.
Hughes was attired in a black
Prince Albert coat, light pants and
vest and wore in q careless, but easy
manner, the soft, SLOUGH hat of a
Mississippi planter.
As stated above, Hughes recen,
troubles have been chroniclei in the
BAzoo. but it may be of interest to
some, to briefly retrospect them again.
His career seems to have been a
checkered one. He hes. 50 it is
stated, tried his hand at almost every
thing, having worked at the compos-
itor's case. reported little on news
papers. and lsbored as a Metto dist
evangelist. 1t is also stated that he
has been married a number Of times,
but this may turn out to be false, as
be came clear of the charges pre-
fered against him in Illinois OF bigamy
and fighting.
The charge upon which Hughes
was brought to this city is bigamy.
That upon which he was taken to H.
linois was for assault with intent TO
kill, but it all turned out to be a
boomerang, as did the charge of big
amy preferred against him at that
place.
Hughes a few mouths ago was
stranded" in this city and worked
awhile on the repor;orial staff of the
BAz9o. He was not the city editor as
has been said, by those who have
not sense enough to know
that everybody who works
on the local staff of a ally paper i,
not ''city editor" While here he
won the bend of Mis- B ,rngresser, a
young lady Of st. Louis, AMI she
came to this city and Justice Milo
Blair made them husband and wife.
For some reason the union did not
prove a happy one an hi, wife left
him.
A reporter Of the BAz 70 was at the
depot upon the arrival OF
the train and the pris-
oper and accompanied the latter to
the Jail. Hughes seemed in excellent
spirits, espt cislly under the circum-
stances aud talked of the familiar
appearance of Sedalia, to him,
freely.
"What about the tro, bic you hal
in Illinois Asked the BAzoo re-
porter.
"Well, the charge o. attempting to
kill, placed against me. vanished int,
chaos, and then they charged me with
bigamy. After hearing the evidence
the authorities dismissed that case,
add then not satisfied this one Was
taken up and l will come out all
right 10 it firmly believe"
At this iuncture the jail was r. acheI
and the reporter of another p up, 7. went
in with the prisoner. but the man
in charge Of the prisoner told the
BAzoo reporter that he could not
come in. Bur The BAz1o REPORTER
WENT IN.
When the prisoner was u ken in the
Office of the Jail he was searched in
the most critical manner, but not
even a pocket knife was found on bis
person. The prisoner gave Mrs.
Smith a little vial Of morphine, and
in a very polite manner told her that
he used it, that be could not live with
out it, and wanted ten grains q day.
Hughes has been a fine looking
man, but sad to record is the fact that
the appetite for that damnabIe drug,
morphine holds with a cinch-like grasp
lis victim.
When asked if he had anything
more to say he replied that be did not
and repeated those well-known liue,,
"Speak OF me rs | am, nothing extern
uate, nor write down augh. in mall
ice."
The reporter then babe him good
day while the prisoner stepped man.
fully into bis cell, and the great iron
doors swung shut.