Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1900-09-21

his assistant, J. F. Pratt. went up to
Cockrell township yesterday morning
to prosecute NJ. F. Mcdonnell and
Bart Smith in Justice E. A. Chapman's
court for selling diseased beef. At
tcIney L. N. Dempsey of KeytesvilIe
appeared for the defendants. The
COURIER goes to press before learning
the result of the trial.
Henry Blake and Walker White,
two Charlton township darkies, are
serving out a sentence of 0 days in
the county Jail, assessed in Justice F.
W. Colvin's court at Forest Green last
Saturday, for shooting craps. Three
or four other sons of Ham were con-
victed at the same time and of the
same offense as Blake and White, but
paid their fines and costs in prefer
ence to going to jail
The cases OF the state against J. T.
Perkins, Jr.. and Hamp Drew, charged
by the formers brother, John Q.
Perkins. with discharging a pistol at
random along the public highway,
were called in Justice J. NJ. DeMoss'
court last Saturday, but a continuance
was taken by the state owing to the
absence of Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
neY J. F. Pratt, who had gone to ST..
Louis to hear Bryan speak Saturday
night.
VIM. Bush and Joe and Lee Gains,
all gentlemen of color. were brought
to Keytesville last Friday by Consta-
BILE ]. H. Lee of Charlton township,
turned over to Sheriff J. R. Dempsey
and lodged in the county jail to serve
out RSentence of 10 days, imposed by
justice F. NJ Colvin, for disturbing
the peace of Jordan Ferguson, col.
Joe Gains will also serve out a SEN
tence of IS days for carrying conceal
ed weapons.
"Burk" Burrus, better known as
"Tobe" Burrus and who formerly lived
at Salisbury was lodged in jail Tuesday
ON a commitment, issued from Justice
VIM. Clark's court III Clark township, to
await the action of the grand jury at
the next November term of circuit
court on the charge of forging the
name of B. A. Guyer to a promlssory
note for $35.75. The forged note
was in connection with Burrus' agency
for a Colorado insurance company.
There are two or three other victims
OF similar forgeries by Burrus, among
them P. J. Gladbach Of Salt Creek
township Burrus was lodged in jail
at Llnneus about three weeks ago to
answer for his crookedness, but 1t was
afterward learned that the forgeries
were names of parties who live
in this county, hence his prosec ution
in Charlton instead Of Linn county.
Burrus is about 4 ? or 43 years of age,
and has three children by his first wife,
who was a Miss Trent of near Sails
bury, now deceased, and a second wife,
by whom he has one child about II
months old. He was, We believe,
living at MarceIine at the time of his
arrest.
]. T. Perkins, Jr., of near Scribner
came to town Sunday
and went before Justice J. M. DeMoss
and made complaint against his be-
owed? brother, John Q. Perkins, |
charging John Q, with disturbing his
3. T.'s) peace last Sunday by loud
and unusual noise, by indecent and
orotane conversation, by quarreling,
and threatening to fight.
Attorney J. A. Collet has
since requested that the warrant issued
On the complaint be not served, and
We presume John O. will not be prose
,uted. 1t Is said that he and J. T.
lad regular parrot and monkey of
ime in front of VIM. Dooley's house
asst Sunday, and that In the rounds J.
T. slashed John Q, across the back
With a knife. cutting a slit IN his coat