Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-02-03
The Criminal Calendar.

VII - 4NA4N &A&- A@-As
The Criminal Calendar.
The notorious Hamp Drew was
tried by jury in Justice H. A. Wheel
er's court at KeytesvllIe last Saturday
and convicted of the charge of cutting
to pieces a set of single buggy har-
ness belonging to DR.. w. T. Drace,
one.half mile west of this place, the
night of the seventeenth of December
last. Frank Gamble, Drew's pal,
was convicted of the same charge in
Justice DeMoss' court few weeks
ago and was fined $50 and costs,
which he is nov serving out in the
county Jail. Drew took an appeal to
the next April term of circuit court at
Keytesville, and gave an appeal bond
in the sum of $4,000 with F. A.
Burlington as security. At Drew's
trial in Justice Wheeler's court last
Saturday, Prosecuting Attorney ]. A.
Collet and his assistant, J.. F. Pratt,
appeared for the state, while the de-
fendant was represented by Ed T.
Miller of Brunswick.
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L. R. Haggard, the whited sepulchre
of Keytesvllle, who is so chock full of
religion q that he doesn't make an
honest effort to pay his honest debts,
is in jail. The first offense with which
he is charged is that of obtaining
goods under false pretenses from W..
G. Agee & Bro, wellknown grocery
firm OF this city, and when Constable
F. M. Veatch went to serve the war
rant on Haggard he met the officer
at the door with a double-barreled
shotgun, and by resisting arrest Hag-
gard got himself into more trouble
and another warrant was subsequently
sworn out for him, charging him with
resisting an officer. When Mr.. Veatch
went to make the first arrest and
found that Haggard had the drop on
him, the officer backed out of the
house as gracefully as possible and
came hack down in town to get re-
Inducements. Upon reaching the
county Jail Mr.. Veatch happened to
look back, saw Haggard coming, and
stopped, and when the would-be des-
perado came up and surrendered to
Sheriff Dempsey, he was promptly
turned over to Constable Veatch and
marched on down to Prosecuting At
torney Collects office.
On the charge of obtaining goods
under false pretenses Haggard was ar
raigned before Justice D. H. Han
cock, pleaded not guilty and his pre-
lIminary trial was set for Wednesday,
February Ist His bond in this case
was fixed at $3.50, which he gave with
B. H. Smith and John Knappenberger
as securities, but he was Immediately
arrested on a second charge. The
case of resisting an officer came up
for trial before Justice H. A. Wheeler,
the defendant having taken a change
of venue in this cause from Justice d.
H. Hancock's court. The testimony
adduced conclusively proved the
charge of resisting an officer, and the
defendant was held in the sum of
$500 to await the action of the grand
jury at the next April term of circuit
court, but he could not give bail on
this charge and was sent to Jail.
When the case of obtaining goods
under false pretenses was called up
for preliminary investigation in Justice
Hancock's court, Wednesday after
noon, Haggard asked for and was
granted change of venue to Justic e
7. NJ. DeMoss' court, but no date has
yet been set for the trial owing to the
illness of Judge o. F. Smith, who, with
Col. o. P. Ray, is Haggard's legal
adviser. Judge DeMoss placed the
defendants bail at $25o, and in the
absence of bond in that sum he was
taken back to jail. So he is now IN
jail on the two charges named above,
bondsmen being conspicuous for their