The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-03-01

A crime was committed within the
confines of Sedalis last night thai
withal is without parallel or precedent
IN the history of Pet,is county. The
gravity Of the odense was consum'
mate. The devilish daring required
to perpetrate the damnable deed could
only have existed in the breast of an
arch-fend.
1t was shortly after II o'clock
when Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Taylor
were sauntering homeward comment
ing on the happy occasion just enjoyed
ut the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
g. Clark, who had given a party for
the entertainment oftriends, that they
vere rudely arrested at q point in
front of o. A. Crandalps residence
on west Broadway BY q reckless
robber, who, brandishing a dirk and
revolver, commanded the husband to
hold up his hands.
As Mr.. Taylor was unarmed, and
the menacing weapons stared him in
the face, no alternative was left him
nave to comply with the demand and
quietly submit to the outrage to which
he was subjected. Quickly going
through his pockets the negro brute,
(for his heart was so black that it
hardened his hide) Invested his victim
Of fraction less than SIS and q
silver watch, which he scornfully
returned 90 soon as he had ascertained
its metal. .-----
In the meantime the trembling
wife, who stood hard by, with rare
presence Of mind removed her jewel
~ and cast it into the yard of the
yard of the residence that fronted
them. She neglected to remove her
earrings however and these the rob-
Der took.
And now comes the soul-harrowing |
blood-curdling part of the calamity. |
No sooner had the higwayman robbed |
his victims than he stepped behind
and ordered them to march down |,
South Usage street, himself following |
close behind and compelling the couple |
to walk at rapid gait under penalty
of death.
Proceeding in the vicinity of the
old NJ, K. & T. hospital the
6end forced the poor man
and woman to bear off to the east on
the commons. Pursuing this course
till distance would prevent any out
cry from being heard, the devil st
length halted and taking a hempen
cord from his pocket securely tied the
husbands hands and feet and then
selling the affrighted woman dragged
her away in thu darkness where with.
In stones throw of the spot where
the husband lay writhing in impo-
tence, the women was raped. The deed
accomplished the black brute returned
the outraged wife to her husband =,
whom he unloosened by cutting the j
cords that bound him with q murder I
Gus knife. Then with hideous threats {
of instant death should they make any I
attempt to call for help. the Thing Of G
Darkness ordered the parties to flee q
for their homes, himself in turn van. '
ishing in the night. Fastening :
frantically to the residence of William .
Latour at the corner of Fourth and e
Ohio, DR.. Evans was hurridly sum-
moned to attend the suffering woman Q
who by this time was undergoing the 1
miseries nervous prostration. q
Such are the facts relating to the b
hideous crime.
The alarm was given the police as q
soon as possible and IN less time than il
it takes to tell it, . score of Infatuated n
men were securing the city. Sheriff Il
Smith, his deputies, Constable Ram. q
,ey and his men, Chief Of Police a,
Prentice and his force-these together
With hundred volunteers searched t,
through the remainder of c
he mig int. |st
By two o'clock a perfect army ],
If enraged men-fathers and brothers S
mad with the thought that the sex to sc
which their mothers and wives and
listers belong had been polluted by IL
he infamy of black hearted demon So
-surged forth in all quarters Of the vi
ity on a mission that has as vet
,roved fruitless. W
The search has not lost any of its d.
Tired and worn out d.
hough they are the men are still
the hunt with undimin. m
shed vigor. ii,
Several arrests have been made re
nth the hope of getting . clue but in
ach instance has success been baffled. on
A mass meeting was held at the DO
ourt house at II o'clock. Not only