The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-25
Mrs. Turley HostIer Todd
Caught in Very Hot Water
by Her Husband.
Two Husbands Living and a
Paramour Named Brans-
field in Jail.
Warrant Sworn out for the Ar
rest of Mrs. Todd Charged
With Bigamy.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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Brans6eld and Mrs. Bette Todd were
arrested, the charge being lewd and
lascivious conduct. The complainant
was james w. Todd, the husband
of the aforesaid Bette. The arrest
was made by Constable Gossage and
Officer Howell, and being unable to
furnish bond of 5000, Justice Fisher
remaDded Bransfeld and Mrs Todd
to the county Jail, to await the trial,
which was set for 10 o'clock this mOrn-
ing.
PLEADED GUILTY.
Exactly at the appointed hour the
accused appeared before the justice
and pleaded guilty and was let
off with the nominal fine of
81 and costs each. The
costs in each case were s11.95.
Bransfeld telegraphed to his home in
Leavenworth for money and is in the
county Jail pending its arrival. Mrs
Todd paid her fine and is at liberty.
THE HISTORY
of the characters connected with this
case and the facts leading to the ap-
prehension of Mrs. Todd and Brans-
field, make an interesting tale,
which shall be now unfolded.
James w. Todd Is a barber and
halls from Kansas City. He
arrived in Sedalia last Thursday and
went to work. Mrs. Todd had
arrived here some time previous
" and temporarily they took
up a residence with Mrs. TOdd's sister,
Mrs. Jessie Parker, 112 Fast Main
street. Saturday,
MIKE BRANsFIELD,
of LeavenwOrth, a plumber by occu-
patton, arrived in the city. He is an
old friend of Mrs. Todd and Mrs.
Parker. He was paying visit to his
lady friends.
LATHER AND SHAVE.
A barber has late working hours on
Saturday. Todd laid away the mug
and razor at one, Sunday morning,
and departed from the shop and ar
rived at No. 112 short time there
after. His bed was empty and his
wife was away, SO he was
informed, by Mrs. Parker.
Justhere the stories ofthe prosecuted
and prosecutor diverge. Todd al
leges that by leaning over a board
partition separating the rooms he dis
covered his wife and Bransfield in one
and the same bed. Mrs. Todd, Mrs.
Parker and Bransield of course deny
this. But the fact that the two
pleaded guilty this morning does not
very strongly support the denial. All
parties concerned agree, however, on
the point that Todd became very
much incensed at something and with
an axe in hand. he threatened to
make things interesting on the
second floor of Ne. 1l2 East
Main street at about l:30 Sunday
morning. The fear of the law deal
ing unkindly with him in case he did
something rash, doubtless appea>ed
Mr.. TOdd's wrath to a considerable
extent and he decided to Law down
the deadly weapon and let the law OF
the state do the chopping. Todd at
the break of day sought the assistance
OF Justice Fisher and Constable Cos
sage with the result detailed above.
MORE HISTORY.
OF Plumber Bransfeld, very little
can be ascertained, but Todd and his
wife have histories that have been
written on the police court dockets be-
fore. Todd is originally from Holden,
Mo-, and was for some time in the
regular army, from which he was dis
honorably discharged. Mrs. Todd is
the daughter of Jim TurIey, years
ago police officer in this city, when
Bacon Montgomery was mayor. She
and Todd were married at Leaven-
worth, August 10, 1892. At that
time Todd was in the regular army.
DOMESTIC INFELICTY
ensued in a short time. The cause
alleged by Todd is that he found his
wife in a house of i'll fame. Todd
chastised his wife severely and threat
ened man whom he thought was in
innate with her. On complaint of his
wife Todd was arrested and placed
in Jail. As counter charge, Todd
had his wife arrested for bigemy. He
alleges she was the lawful wife of
Will Hostler, a conductor on q Kan