Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-06-18
a Remarkable ProSeeo M.

recent proceedings in this county by'
no harsher term.
Mrs. Eta Hereford. ree Castle, c.
l. Castle and J. b. Foster. in ApuA
1894. were living together in Green's
burg. village ten miles north Of Eds
na, Knox county, Mo. Foster had
come there from Michigan to collect q
debt from the Castle woman. Fostef|
suddenly disappeared and it was give
out by the Castles. brother and szstef 1
that he had gone to California Soc 1
thereafter Miss Cas,le married ~ 4
Hereford Ga the 7,rd day%0>
March 1896 the dead body of G -
Castle was found, near LaPiaia, Mace
county, with iss<<fs in his pockes5
oonfessE G, ,hs A;Iing Of Foster ts6|
(zz11es.ouS- 81
1b;s "eoufes<ion'i put the. Kn1s
county officials on the hunt 70. evi1
dencSWthe' case The Grcensbus
premises were searched and on tb1
Irth dav OF June 1897, buricd undc<
a woodshed connected thefewith. wa
found a dead body, supposed to y
that ofthe missing Foster. The SKID
vas crushed, and under the body were
his clothes and over it bloody shirt
shoSing that he had beef murdered
Further eviderce showed that in al
probability others than c. l.. Castle
had a hand in the tragedy. n
Suspicion strongly pointed to the
sister. now Mrs. Hereford and living
in this (Chariton) county, as either
being a consenting or acting party to
the killing or of having guilty knowl-
edge of the same.
The grand jury at once took up the
case. as was their duty, and ordered
the sheriff Of the county to apprehend
the woman and bring ner before that
body. Here is where the strange
actions Of the sheriff appears. I
4tf6l ffefeford wa7Ssfving near
Guthridge's Mill, a posr-office seven OF
eight miles almost due north Of this
place (KeytesviIle) the couuty seat and
the Official residence of the sheriff OF
the county. The general rule and We
might say the proper course to be
pursued whsn a sheriff goes into an
other county to make an arrest is for
him to take into bis counsel and as
sistance, either the sheriff of the couu-
ty OF some local constable. This,
however, our Knox county sheriff did
not do in the present case, nor did he
even come TO the county seat. the pro-
per, and in the present case the most
accessible posot to Guthridge's Mill at
which to leave the train Instead he
went to Brunswick, a, mikes beyond
on the Wabash railroad and more than
twice as Ear from the residence Of the
woman in whom he vas ia search.
Nor did he there call to his assistance
the local constable IN making the ar
rest, but procured buggy aud driver
xt one of the livery stables OF the town.
Marx Grikmacher Was the driver.
And when he had arrived If the home
Of Mrs. Hereford the sheriff would not,
himself, put the woman under arrest
but requested Gritzmachcr 90 perform
that service for him, giving as an ex-
cuse that he was not aooustoned TO
sEvesung women. Griznscher, wbeth-
on account OF his superior experience
N such af-irs, or on account OF his
accommodating spirit or Tor the novel
ty Of ap,ug the airs OF a sheriff does
not appear, assumed the authority thus
unlawiully conferrei and made the ar
rest. The woman vas then loaded IN
to the buggy by the two mea aed all
drove To KeytesvilIc, where they ar
rived about = O'Clock N the stterooon-
Sun the Knox county sheriff refused
10 communicate With our sheriff OF
seek the assistance OF an local officer
IN guarding his prisoner until tram
uaie- Oo the contrary he went to
the Brown House and after the party
bad secured dinaer, the sheriff took 4
puvate room ia which he kept the
woman locked. with no one present but