The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-10-15
MISSOURI, STATE NEWS.
The Baumi.y murde.

The Baumley MurdeA
The murder of Mrs. John Baumley,
which occurred at Arkoe, october 9,
seems at last TO be in fair way Of
being fevenged. On the yth 1s-year-
old boy was arrested and charged with
the crime. Three days before a young
woman was taken in custody for the
murder, but subsequent events. how.
ever, showed that she was ipneeen &;
and that confession was obtained while
she was hysterical.
a mob was organized during the
night near Arkoe. and it was to movs
on Maryviile at .tyso 5'clock in tho
morning. But for the interference of
oUhn Kirk, brother of Mrs. Baumley,
who Is q prominent business man in
Mary vile, and relatives in the vicinity.
OF Arkoe. the jail would have been as
seulted: The tender years of the boy
and the pleading of the boys parents
and Mrs. Baumley's relatives finally
swayed the mob.
The nerve displayed by the Rasee
boy Immediately after the murder and
up to the time lie confessed was re.
isiafkable in the extreme During the
three days the body Of Mrs Baumley
lay at the family house awaiting burial,
the boy helped around the house and
conducted the visitors in and out. He
talked freely of the murder, and was
loud in his condemnation of the muir
derer.
The Yelled Prophet
On the evening of October the
Veifed Prophet visited his beloved city,
st. Louis, and was greeted by fully a
quarter OF n million of his loyal SUBJ
jects.. Through thiclsly-crowed streets
the prophets pageant pursued its way,
succession of bewiidesing Scenes,
illustrating tn. gentler arts OF life;
the rich glow of colored lights tllum-
mating the pauoramic PROCESSION, the
crash Of music accompanying it.
The brilliant and regal bail was the
climax of the night begun by the inn
posing parade. Poetry has not died
out OF life when such evening Of en-
chantment are possible in the closing
years OF the nineteenth century. The
august Yelled. Prophet is the master
conjurer of the ages. lie defes the
prosaic present, and carries grateful
mankind back back to the days when
the race dreamed and was happy in
its dreaming.
Called Him q Liar.
The belligerent qualities of the Nom
bers OF the st. Joseph bar was mani.
tested again the other day, when Judge
Willard 2. Hall, in the course of a trial
before Judge Henry Ramey, called the
defendants counsel, James NJ. John.
son, liar in open court. Judge Hall
was on the witness stand. Mr.. John.
eon objected te the court TO the man.
ner IN which Judge Hall was testify.
Ing; and said he had no right to things
just related by the witness.
''He is liar" came the clear-cut re-
spouse from the gray-haired judge on
tho witness stand, as he looked straight
at the court.
Judge Ramey was startled, and At.
torney johnson arose from his chair
in threatening manner, but a half
dozen attorneys inturfered and pres
vented personal encounter. Judge
Ratney reprilnanded Judge Hall and
adjourned court.
Saline County Ia ptfsts:
The Saline Baptist associate held
its fiftieth anniversary meeting at Nap
ton, Saline county, where the first
meeting was held. The place was then
called Jonesboro, and was the county
seat. At the first meeting nine
were represented, with
me IN bership of 435, and So was collect
ed. At the semi-centennial meeting,
recently, 20 churches were represented.
with a membership of 3.Oa7. The
amount spent for district work during
the so years was SIS, 42S. 50. The num-
Der of baptisms was $1,000. Rev.
George w. Norvell. of Glasgow. is see
retary of the association.
Was Not Tramp.
Says a dispatch sent from Arkoe,
county: The murder of Mrs.
John Baumley, supposed to have been
killed by tramp. has been traced to
a young woman who has been in love
with the dead woman's husband.
Bloodhounds tracked the nurderess
into Franklin county, where she was
arrested and made a confession.
On q Bad Charge.
John j. Ford and Peter Scally were
arrested in Pettis county. charged
"AeAA ing h"ay 10 oiiCESN
that they represented themselves as
officers and induced l. R
of Green Ridge, to accom-
pany them to an unfrequented locality,
where they held him up and robbed
him Of S12.
Indicted for Fratricide.
The Pettis county grand jury in.
dicted Alonzo Renbaugh for murder
in the first degree for the killing Of
his younger brother, Harvey, last
April. They had quarreled and it is
alleged that Alonzo slipped up behind
Harvey and split his head open with q
hatchct.
Drowned in n Sewer.
John Scott was drowned in a pecu-
liar way at Springfield. While exca-
waiting for a sewer a water main which
had been uncovered burst and filed
the hole in which he was working. 1t
was an hour before his body was re-
covered.
Lectures on horticulture.
Messrs. N. F. Murry, of Oregon, No.,
and L. A. Goodman have been author
lied to deliver lectures in the short
course of horticulture, state university.
Burglars Use Chloroform.
3. A.. Falk' and wife, who live at 7Os