The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-30
MISSOURI INCIDENTS.
A NOVEL MILITARY COMPANY.

NOVEL MILITARY COMPANY.
A movement has been inaugurated
at Kausas City, No.. for the organi
zation ola novel military company
intended to be one of the military fea
lures of the Worlds fair. The com.
pany is to be called Company A. Let
Regiment United Blue and Gray. L,
is to be composed offifty ex-uuion and
fifty ex.confederate soldiers, the for
mer uniformed 10 blue and the latter
in gray. The company is nearly full
and the officers have been elected a
follows: w. F. Wilkins, captain,
an ex-union soldier of Company C.
125th Illinois; John T. Ebbs, first
lieutenant, an ex-confederate and q
member of old 10 Shelby's famous
brigade John Pigeon, second lieuten
ant, an ex.union veteran who fought
in the 18th Michigan; Joseph NJ.
Haszett, orderly sergeant, and ex'
confederate who served in the secret
service ali through the war.
NOT soPER.
The man held at West Plains, Mo
the last two days on suspicion Of b.
ing E. r. Soper, the Archie. Mo-,
murderer, was released yesterday
morning. Sheriff White, Of Cas-
went down, but did not find
the much wanted fugitive. While
closely resembling Soper, there were
several marks missing that the muir
derer had on his body.
FoULLY MURDERED.
Theodore Smith, q merchant Of
Agency, . small town in Buchanan
county. fourteen miles southeast Of
St. Joseph, was foully murdered Fri.
day night, and the citizens of that 10.
cality are in fever of excitement ovel
the cold.blooded affair. Mr.. Smith
was shot down without the slightest
warning in bis place o.
business about 10 o'clock. He VA
preparing to close his store and had
extinguished all the lights but one
The front door was wide open, wher
suddenly three men stepped into the
store and commanded him to throw
up his hands. Smith did 80. exclaim
ing: For Gods sake don't shoot.
As he spoke one Of the trio fired
the bullet taking effect in Smith
leg. He fell, and almost Immediately
another shot was fired, with deadly
effect, the bullet piercing the WOUNDED
mans heart.
A7.year old son of the dead maj
was with his father in the store at tn
tune, and when the first shot wa
fred, he ran along the counter ant
passed the trio of murderere, WHIT
were crswding into the doorway
One OF tho men noticed the fleeing
lad, and quickly drawing a revolver
fred at him as he was crossing tn
street. The night was dark, how
ever, and the bullet sped vile Of tn
mark. The boy made his way to BIZ
home ami fell !aipting on the door
steps. Just over the store there is ,
lodge room, and the members Of tn
Agency band were engaged in ,
rehearsal. As soon ass the shot
were heord the crowd rushed dowl
the stairway 10 the street below. A.
they reached the sidewalk they caugh
q glimpse of the three murderer
rapidly disappearing down the stree
in . southerly direction. When they
entered the store they found the deaf
body of Mr.. Smith lying outsiretchet
on the floor in . pool of blood.
cRosEN ESCAPED.
A prisoner named Crossn, who va
being taken to the state penitentiar,
Friday night bv Deputy Warren
made his escape at Upton. He man
aged to sip of the hand-cu8, and lef
the train unobserved. As soon as b,
was missed q searching party wa
raised, and he may soon be caught
He was going to serve three years fol
breaking into cars on the railway q
Jasper City.
KILLED NEAR SLATER.
..E,iday afternoon Brakeman L B
DCSA "oc sASss>.--y -
run over by q train on the Chicago 4
Alton. Twelve miles esst of Slater. Sa
line countv He fell betvoen III.