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

THE RIrcHEI (No. } MURDER MYSTERY.
A breathless suspense is brooding
over the community and town Of
Ritcbey, where young Miss Campbell
was 60 brutality murdered last Satur-
day. 1t seems that the only suspect
is old man Fleck, who was walking
Just ahead Of the girl Is she left town.
Yesterday quite . number Of parties
were in attendance at court in Neosho,
among them Fleck, who was made
drunk by parties who thought he
would tel something, or volun.
tarily got drunk and could not talk
at all. On his rounds he lost bis
coat, a navy blue, and some of the
parties found it. On close examina.
ton it vas discovered that the coat
had just been washed, and had dim
spots on it, which are thought to be
blood stains. One button was half
gone, showing that it Was freshly
broken. The old man says it was
broken when the coat was washed, but
90 strong is the beliefthat it was broken
in q scuffle with the murdered girl
that the people focked to the lone
some spot by the roadside searching
for the broken button. 1t is said that
Capt. Ritchey has offered q reward to
the party finding the button at the
scene Of the outrage, and that Mr..
Terry Campbell has offered Q reward
for the capture of the murderer. The
coroner's jury has not rendered . YER
dict yet.
LOCAL OPTION IN AsPER COUNTY
The saloon license is still the all |
absorbing question in Carthsge, and |
the advocates on either side were anx.
ious TO hear the decision of the Judge
Of the supreme court, before whom
the matter was argued yesterday. The
county court Was represented by |
Judge E. o. Brown and Prosecuting
Attorney j. H. Dryden, who quoted
the law in favor of the courts posi-
ton, showing that the local option
law is not repealed BY the new dram
shop law. The saloon interests were
cared for by Messrs. Haughawent,
Green and Perkins, who msin!aioed
that local option is now dead every
where. Judge McGregor did not
render q decision, but took the mat
ter under advisement until Saturday.
The interest in this case is very deep,
and all parties await with much solic-
itude tine opinion Of the court.
FATAL NINE ACCIDENT.
An accident occurred at the shaft |
of the Caldwell Coal company's mine,
two miles east Of Hannibal, at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning, in which
one man lost his life, and four others
received serious, il, nat fatal, injuries.
The men were propping up the roof.
when . rock weighing q ton and
half, fell, killing Paul Bloise in
crushing Robert Stewards
back. breast and right arm almos.
scalping Frank Dooley, and crushing
John Lewis and VIM. Hall more or
less severely.
THE DuTIEL DAMAGE SUIT.
Hon. F. L. Scho6eld is in Sedalis,
while there he expected to have a
with Messrs. jackson and
Montgomery regarding the case of
Jock Dutiel vs.. the NJ. K. & I. and
10 set the date for hearing the evil
1ence. II will be remembered that
IN NJ, X. & 7. switch engine passed
over the body of Dutiel, on the levee
It the foot Of Center street. The ex-
vet manner Of the killing was never
known, He may have been dead be-
ore the engine struck him. He may
nave been knocked down by the en-
zine OF he may have been asleep on
he track. Dutiel was tie contrac-
or of Troy, Lincoln county, but he
had been in Hannibal several days
prior to his tragic death. The dam.
lge claimed is 35,00O.-Hannibal
Journal.
KILLED By HIS HIRED MAN.
Samuel Reeves was killed at Bates
Jity, small town about four miles
asst of Oak Grove in Lafayette ,
county. yesterday morning by hired
.and By the name of Blagg. They
md went to a spring near by for some
water. Blagg Gays when they were
from the spring he was in
ront Of Reeves ant he (Reeves) :
truck at him with Q knife and cut a
mail cash on his face, and in self.
lefense he got the knife away from ,
Reeves and cut Reeves throat and
tabled him five times in the body.
After he had killed Reeves he ran ,
lcross the field and told Harry Lane, !
Who was working in the field adjoin-