The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-07-14
How Miss Squires, the Balloon
list, Saved Her Money.
An Exciting Race Succeeds Court
Proceedings -"Pr0f." Frank
Squires's Efforts to Keep
His Money Away
From His Id.
vOrce-Seeking
Wife.

Professor Frank Squires and Miss
8quires, who are mentioned in the
following article from last evenings
Star. gave several exhibitions at For
est Park in Sedalia about two weeks
ago:
"Prof." Frank A. Squires, the
parachute leaper, appeared at an
early hour this morning in Judge
Henrys court, accompanied by At.
torney Milne. Attorney Taylor was
also present to represent Mrs. Maggie
B. Squires, the bxlloonist's wife, who
is se.king to have her husband sup
port her.
Attorney Taylor drew up motion
to have Squires taken into custody
for contempt of court for leaving the
state during the first of last January
and ignoring an order Of the court
that be should give his wife $3.50 q
month temporary maintenance.
Before filing this motion Attorney
Taylor allowed Attorney Milne to
read it. Milne had a hssty confer.
ence with the balloonist, Who immedi-
ately made himself scarce about the
court room.
Attorney Milne then moved the
court to qussh its former order to
Squires to pay his wife temporary
maintainance pending her suit for
support on the ground that Squires
had not been Sin court" when The
order was made since there had not
been q return made to the summons.
The court quashed its order and At.
torney Milne smiled VIGOROUSLY.
Then Attorney Taylor took an in
ming. He wanted a new order to be
made against Squires, because it
could not be claimed that Squires was
not 'now in court" Judge Henry
ordered Squires to pay his wife $3.50
in bulk and $3.50 a month until the
trial. Attorney Taylor wanted more.
He said that Squires was about to
leave town and he wanted the balloon
ist taken into custody until be paid
the money. This the court refused to
do.
Mr.. Taylor then explained the bal
loon incident at Washington park
when Miss Squires had expressed O.
desire to take him up in the balloon
with her.
"Why didn't you go?' asked the
judge.
"Because she wanted me to 20 up
at the end of a rope" explained the
attorney.
Continuing he said that the sheriff
had not succeeded in attaching the
balloon because Miss Squires had
claimed it a. hers.
After some delay Miss Squires had
confessed that 500 of the 1925 the
seroenauts were to receive for their
accents belonged to Squires and the
sheriff was given an order on Walton
Holmes for that amount. Judge
Henry ordered the sheriff to collect
this 500 for Mrs. Squires and that
an immediate execution for the $3.50
be issued.
While this execution was being
drawn up Attorney Milne fastened to
bis Office in the American National
Bank building, where the male and
female balloonists were anxiously
awaiting him. He told Miss Squires
that she had better hurry up to WAL
ton Holiness Office If che wanted to
save the $125 due her.
Then followed the most exciting in
cident of the morning, race between
Miss Squires and Deputy Sheriff Geo.
Granacher for $125, with odds on
Miss Squires.
At the expiration of half an hour
Miss Squires came putting back to At
torney Mines Office.
"Who WONT" aeked her attorney.
81 did," she replied, smiling and
jauntily shaking her short curls which
the high winds have 80 often toyed
with. In proof she waved a check
for $125 signed by Walton Holmes.
Prof. and Miss Squires are wrathy.
Miss Squires is preparing to sue the
sheriff for $500 for attempting to levy
on her balloon and money, and thus
bringing her into professional disre-
pute. She will also sue for 500 col.
iected by the sheriff. She claims that
she contracted with Walton Holmes
for the entire 1925 and that she, not
Mr.. Holmes, should have been
levied on.
Attorney Taylor has located Mrs.
Maggie Squires, but for the present
IL keeping quiet about it.
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