The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-01

been done elsewhere and the body
brought there.
HER UNCLE's STATEMENT.
One strange feature Of the case was
that the body was found just across
the street from the girls uncle, NJ. A.
Honeyfelt, a carpenter, who said to a
BAzoo representative
Johann was not my niece but was
related to me by marriage and called
me uncle. She was in the habit of
coming to nv house every Sunday and
sometimes during the week. had
not seen her since a week ago yester-
day.
Four wears ago she was seduced by
-Shure who worked for Major
Beck. He was sued for seduction and
paid her s125.
A child was born which is now at
the girls fathers house. He lives on
my farm in Benton county.
HER LOVERS.
Eyes she had lovers. She was a
good looking girl and dressed well.
Her lovers were Richardson, who
lives near Association park and man
named Taylor. / do not know others
first name, nor do l know where Tay-
lor lives or works"
eyes the two had some trouble.
Once Taylor came to my house after
her when she had gone out with
"Dick' as we call Richardson. 1t
made him angry"
"She had another lover whom |
think she would have married. His
name is Henry Carries and he lives
somewhere in Nebraska. / do not
know the name of the place. l have
seen letters from him, and he offered
to send her money to take her out to
him, when he would marry her. She
was in her twenty-fifth year"
MAYOR STEVENS STATEMENT.
Mayor Stevens was called upon by
a BAzeo reporter and made the fol-
lowing statement:
1.-The murdered girl had worked for
me about six months. OF late her con-
duct had been so bad that we found it
necessary to turn her off and / adver-
tised for another servant. She went out
late at night and was running with
colored men. The other girls in the |
house had warned my wife of this sew
eral times and one of them suspected
that she was in the family way.
Sunday, after dinner, Johanna told
NV wife she was going to leave. She
packed her trunk, leaving it for nv
colored man Dick" to take To her
uncle's to-day. She said she was going
there last night.
THE FIRST CLUE.
From my house she went to Mrs.
Miller's on the corner of Web
ster and Grand, and remained
there until about o'clock.
when man called and took her away
in buggy. When Mrs. Miller went
to the door the man turned his head
away so that she could not identity
him. NV man, ''Dick, called there
Il short time atterward. He wa> at
home last night so that | know he was
not implicated in the affair
TRACED TO AN ICE CREAM PAILoR.
About half past nine the girl en-
tered Frank Avanaino's ice cream par
Tor at 224 Ohio Ohio street. She was
accompanied by voung man and
they ordered ice cream. The girl ate
hers but the Young man did not seem
to care for his.
This morning Mr.. Avan>ino identi-
fed the remains rs the girl who enter
Ell his parlors and he il certain that he ,
would know the young man if he
should see him.
The remains were also identified by
Geo Stetter of the BAzoo lis those of Il j
yirl he had seen i'm the saloon last ,
night and he thinks he would know ,
ier companion if he should meet him. +,
THE BLoODY BUGGY. q
\ buggy vas engaged at Farnham'> I
livery stable ky James Yunt a Young h
nan pretty we'll known here, but who t
las been working in Clinton lately.
t WAS brought back a. II o'clwk at
light and there was blood on one of
he hubs. IuHt was at the stable :,
his morning and laughed at the su>- /
icion that he was a murderer :,
aid his nose bled while he was out =
irving. h
THE GIRLS FELLOWS. J.,
Mayor Stevens saws that the two f;
,vers of the girl, mentioned by Mr..
were his colored boy,
Dick, and a colOred teamster, Tay-
n. Dick had taken her out to her ii
ncle's sometimes. IN
THE MURDERED GIRL, !"