The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-09
EDITOR PLANTIN TROUBLE
A BOOnville Editor and q Hand
some Young Lady.

Plants escapsde:
Shortly after noon yesterday, but
in time for dinner gentleman'y ap-
pearing man accompanied by neatly
dressed good looking lady entered the
Arlington and registered as Charles
w. Deane and wife from Denison,
Texas, and were assigned to room 30.
In the afternoon they took a stroll
around the city inspecting the sights
but conducting themselves in cir
cumzpect manner. At LA p. m.
Marshal Lynch received the following
dispatch.
BooSvrLLE, No., jane 4, 81.
CITY MARsHAL,
Moberly, No.
A,rssi B. W. Plant dressed in grey
clothes AID Maggie Kloethe l6 years old,
black caue aud dress and bl ,ck straw hat,
on NJ, K Il T. train.
W. w. TALIAFARo,
| City Marshal
Our city officers at once went to
work on the matter blu. could find no
parties answering the above descrip-
ton, which proved to be entirely
wrong as to the clothing worn by the
fugi'ives. The parties calling them
selves Chas. w. Dean and wife we're
walking the street and were seen sew
eral times by Marshall Lynch and
depalies but eithar hal changed their
dress or never lift Boonville dressed
as described in the d.-patcb, hence
the police made no arrest.
Last night the brother Of Maggie
Kloe,he alias Mrs. Dean, Of Denison,
Texas, arrived, and in company with
the police started out on hunt, and
soon found the following entry on the
Arlington register: ''Chas. W. Dean
and wife. Deni.on, Texas"
Going to the room, No. 80, the
parties were walked up, and were by
the brother at once recognized as his
sister and B. w. Plant, of the Boon
vile Star. The young lady was taken
in charge by her brother and taken
back to her home on the morning
train.
Mr.. Pant is low in charge Of an
officer waiting for the arrival Of the
Cooper county sheriff.
The name of the young wOman's
brother is d. A. Kloe;he, and he was
accompanied by friend named j.
w. Ii y. Mr.. Kloethe recognized
the hard wri' 'ng on the registe. Of
j tie hotel and rushed frantically up to
the door of room No. 50 ami demaded
admirtauce. He was refused when he
began to raise regular old-fash.oned
rumpus. Drawing his pistol he tried
to break the d ,or and TO kick it in,
making such noise th-t he soon had
all the b -arie-s al the hotel up and
ip the halls. M. B.nne.t hearing
the disturbance went to him and com.
PEELED him to desist and acting under
Mr.. Benefits advice he got the city
officers and they maize the arrests for
him. He and his friend Lloy took
the early Kay for B1onv;lle.
An interview just held with Mr..
Plant, who is in charge of Officer Os-
born disclosed the fact that his real
name is b. W. Plant, that be is a
married man and editor of the Boom
vile Star. He says, ''Three days
ago. in Boonville / saw the girl
Kloethe and she told me she was 60
ing to leave home-that her brother
treated her so brutally she could not
stand it. / advised her not to do so
but che persisted in her determination.
The next day l saw her again and as
The result of a conversation with her
1 went up to her house, but failed to
get t. see her. 1t was so stormy and
raining that / did not stay around
the house very long bu. went back
home and went to bed and thought
no more about the matter. Yester.
day between eleven and twelve
o'clock, she came to my office. and l
again saw her. She told me she had
passed the Office several times that
morning, but il she did / did
not see her. She again said that che
was going to lesve-that she was 60.
ing to Ohio. again tried to dis
suade her from so doing. but my eff.
forts were useless. She is q very
pretty little girl. She said she could
no longe. stand the treatment at
home end would under no circum-
stances 20 back. She had no money.
a,ked her how she would 60 without
msney. She answered that she would
walk if necessary, and then said ''you
have plenty of railroad passes" l
walked to the depot with her when
abe proposed that furnish the passes
and go as far as Moberly with her. !
did so. Of course / registered under
IN assumed name ss any one would
hove done and von know the rest. -