The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-23
Wesley Jackson.

Hull, J. N. McKeeben and
Wesley Jackson.
Warrensburg, Mo, Sept. 15.-
News of what appears to be one OF
the most dastardly outrages that
ever occurred iu Missouri has reach.
ed this city.
James Hull aud j N McKeebeu,
two young men living in Jefferson
township, are under arrest charged
with abduction, criminal assault and
robbery. Wesley Jackson, who lives
in Henry county, is wanted for com
plicity in the crime, and officers are
securing the country for him.
Andrew Stills, young. ignorant
but honest boy husband, is frantic
ally searching the country for his
stolen and outrag, d wife, and the
indignant and excited people Of the
southeastern part Of Jefferson town.
ship are giving him all the assistance
in their power to find his wife, and
prove the criminality of these brutes
who abducted and outraged her
sandy" Stills, 20 years old and his
wife, 16 years old, were married last
April at Warsaw, where they lived
until last week.
Then they left Warsaw in cart
to 60 to Knob Noster, where his
wife's sister. Mrs. Mayes, resides
At Windsor, the horse which the
couple we're driving died and the
young husband went about the town
trying to get some one to take hiu
and his wife and cart to Knob Nos
ter. James Hull, j. N. McKeeben
and Wesley Jackson were in Wind
sor Monday drinking aud carousing.
They offered to take Stills and his
wife to Knob Noster and he paid
them a dollar to do SO. They tied
his cart onto their buggy and he and
his wife got into the cart and the
three young men got into the buggy
and drove out of town towards
Knob Noster. This was about 8
o'clock Monday evening.
Once out of town the three young
men began cursiug and using the
vilest language Stills asked them
to stop and they told HIM to let his
wife get in the buggy and ride with
them He finally consented on con-
dition that they leave the back cur
tain Of the buggy go he could see
what was going on. No sooner did
the three men get the woman in the
buggy than they began to abuse her
and make advances which terrified
her. She screamed and her husband
cut the cart loose from the buggy,
jumped out and running around the
buggy caught hold of his wife and
pulled her out. The three men
cursed them aud drove on.
Stills aud his wife, deserted in the
night in a strange country. built a
fire and prepared to go into camp
About IL o'clock the three men came
to the camp and swore they would
have the woman. The husband re
sisted, but was overpowered, and
the three fiends carried the scream,
ing woman to their buggy and drove
of with her. The enraged and ter,
rifed husband fred after the buggy,
one shot went through the buggy
top Then he rushed from one farm
house to another imploring someone
to 60 with him and rescue his wife,
but the farmers were afraid that his
story was trumped up to get them
out where gang might rob them
and it was some time before the dis.
tracted man could get assistance
Once he returned to the camp aud
two of the young men came up and
offered to take him to his wife. He
went with them and little ways
from the camp they grabbed him,
took his revolver and $3.50 of his
money aud left him, mocking at him
in his despair.
All that night young Still search
ed the woods and hills for his losi
wife. Almost crazed he was finally
persuaded by kind farmers to take 6
little rest. To them he told his
his ctvo;rbkforvorI c,or,