The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-03-01
thronged with men who strove in vain

The court room presented scene
suggestive of bedlam.
Councilman Carroll acted as chair.
man and addressing the crowd urged
that the dignity of the law be moi
ignored.
The object of the meeting was t.
effect systematic organization and
thus more surely obviate the possibil
| ity of the fiends escape.
A motion to offer 81. 900 reward
was seconded and carried in . few
seconds. Then followed volunteer
subscriptions which came faster than
the secretary could record.
In required but . few minutes to
realize even more than the necessary
amount. Then followed subscriptions
to the fund to be used in defraying
expenses incident to the search. Five
hundred dollars were contributed in
jiay.
In the midst of the meeting q tele-
gram was received from Mayor Stevens,
now in Jefferson City. ordering the
chief of police to spare no expense in
the search. 1t was vociferously ap-
plauded. Among the subscribers to
the funds were several colored men.
They were greeted with shouts of ap-
plause.
By this time committee
duly authorized reported that Mr.. Ira
H;nsdale has been chosen as the cap.
tain of posse of 100 men to scour
the country. Then ensued . scene
of the widest confusion, the very
walls ringing with shouts Of approval.
The meeting was informally adjournd
and the hunt has begun in dead
earnest.
The town is flooded with posters
1900 to the party or parties
who shall effect the negro bruteis cap
ture. Public sentiment is at q tension
most alarming to the conservative.
1t is feared that the fiend
If caught will be literally torn
to pieces.
Certain it is had he been captured
last night he would have been killed
On the spot.
1t is 70 be hoped now that the PEG.
pie have had time to cool their heat
I'd passion that no violence will be in
1ulged and that the Law will be allow
ID to take its course, though should
The dignity of the law be ignored who
AN declare that the act is uDjusti.
led?
The following is a copy of the cir |
.ulars that have been scattered |
broadcast:
$500 REWARD $500
Will be paid for the arrest and
Of the party Of the follow.
ng description, who committed rape
o Sedalia, about IL o'clock on the
light of February 23rd:
MULATro, Is to 80 years of age,
feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches in
eight, weight about $50 pounds,
ather slender build and peaked face.
When last seen wore dark clothes,
lack cap fit close to head with vizor
rawn down close over eyes.
Leather belt with scabbard and two
evolvers Of them 45-calibre-Il
nd knife, and had $500 in coin
nd q snail pair Of diamond earrings, |
'hich he had stolen. IL
ELLIS R. SMITH, Sheriff.
LATER.
The excitement in reference to the /
mirage of Tuesday night has in no /
Use subsidized, and parties are scour. b
q the country in all directions, and o
oti6cations have been sent to every a
ty and village in this section. All r
'at money and untiring vigilance
IN do will be done, and it is safe to q
y that the work being done now
i'll not be without results. The peo- n
e are most thoroughly aroused and B
can business in the search for the v
md.
Mrs. Taylor, who was so brutality
is of course suffering great I
from nervous prostratioD, but at
ION to-day was reported as some
tier.
Fred Robertson, John Hartshorn D
d Billy Payton, came in this morn. :,
9 looking like mud demons. They =
yer closed their eyes last night but 8
lveled from the time the search be- \
n till late this morning when they a,
ain took the hunt. D
Last night a squad composed of the u
o Just mentioned and g. d. Minter, =.
'arles McCarty, and j. w. Gilker, -
,ured that section of the country ~
ng around Otterville. At 7:3O
,ithton was entered and every house
Irched. :,