Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-08-19
The Criminal Calendar.

was here last Wednesday and took
back with him Sylvester McAllister
col, who was wanted in Howard
county for breaking into a house and
stealing some clothing at or near
Glasgow. McAll1ster IS the same
darkey who served sentence in the
Charlton county jail few months ago
for stealing pistol from Walter Scott,
col. three miles south of Keytesville.
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Col. 0. P. Ray went up to Sumner
yesterday afternoon to represent the
the state in case against John Nc
Kean, who was tried in Justice Lyman
Andrews court for some fracture of
the law growing out of an alteration
with Jack Lloyd. Col. Ray did not
return in time for us to get the result
of the trial. McKean had Lloyd ar
rested upon charge of assault and
battery, but Prosecuting Attorney
Collet dismissed the case against
Lloyd last Monday, beng satisfied
that he could not obtain conviction
under the evidence.
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George McClair, the negro living
near Shannondale who was charged
with feloniously assaulting Ural
Twyman, COL, with pitchfork handle,
had his preliminary trial before Justice
II. M. DeMoss at Keytesville last
Tuesday, and was held to await the
action of the grand jury at the October
term of circuit court. McClair's bond
was fixed at $500, but he was unable
to furnish the required bond and
was recommitted to Jail. Twyman was
able to attend McClair's trial, Tues.
day, but is still in bad shape, his skull
being fractured for several inches
across the forehead. McClair, in JUS
tification of his assault upon Twyman,
claims that Twyman had attempted to
rayisl1 his (Mc6lair,sA- wife but pofi-
49, =. aEeyclope II flie z2.stl1 1ral'lary
hearing of McClair to indicate that
Twyman had attempted to outrage
Mrs. McClair. On the other hand,
it is generally believed that NcClalr's
attack on Twyman was the result of
jealousy and was entirely unprovoked.
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Deputy Sheriff L. A. Magruder went
| up to Linn county last Wednesday
and arrested VIM. Sportsman near
Bucklin and Fred Wiley in Marceline
on capiases issued from the last April
term of circuit court at which Sports
man and Wiley were fined, the former
$40 and costs and the latter $40 and
costs, for illegally selling liquor at the
Marceline fair grounds, which are
Just over the line in Charlton county,
in July, 1897. The defendants had
previously paid the costs, but in de-
fault of payment of their fines they
were arrested and brought to Keytes-
vile and lodged in Jail. VIM. Ster-
nitzky, another one of the Marceline
fairs, illegal trafficers in the juice
that cheers, has not yet liquidated his
two fines of $40, and as he is now in
ST. Louis, Deputy Sheriff L. A. En-
bree was sent to that city after him
yesterday afternoon, and unless Ster-
nitzky pays up he, too, will be brought
to Keytesville and given quarters at
Hotel de Dempsey.
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w. T. Rice met with some sue
cess in "bucking'' slot machine
in Keytesville last Friday, and as
"Toole" was somewhat under the in.
fuence of John Barleycorn, Clark
i Ward was given So of the money
to keep for him. 1t was not long,
however, until Rice begun to get short
on cash and long on thirst, and went
to Ward and demanded his money
but Ward refused to disgorge unit
Rice got sober. Rice made some in
sinuating remark to the effect that
Ward was. trying to hold him up for the
money, whereupon Ward handed him
. couple, not couple of dollars, but
! a couple of blows with his fist. The
next morning Rice went before Justice