Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-08-08
SEEK REVENGE.
HUKKRwELL YOUNG LADIES
MALIeHKR Is IN DANGER
OF HIS LIFE.
WIEN ARRESTED, BE TOLD TALES.
Said He Was Accustomed to Put His
Arm About Thsm-This Charge
Il Indignantly Denied and
Reward Of SO Gents
is offered for the
Young Man.

MACON, No, Aug. 3.-The young
ladies Of Hunnewell, a small town a
few miles east Of Macon, on the Bur
llngton road, are looking for a young
man named James Keithley. Keith
ley is about 20 years old and good look
ing. But there is no complaint on
that score. The indictment against
him Is far more serious
He recently visited Quincy, Ill.,, and
while there fell ia with a couple Of
young lady friends, with whom he
chatted gaily and ~promenaded the
streets. So greatly did Keithley be-
come interested in his fair compan-
ions that bis arm involuntarily stole
around the waist Of one-and remain
ed there as they walked along. An
unromantic policeman saw them CON-
ing down the lane; rubbed his eyes
and then hauled the trio before the
court. The judge asked the young
man If 1t was the custom where he
came from for the boys TO slip their
arms around their lady friend as they
walked the streets Keithley said:
Certainly; we all do that way over
in Hunewell, No, where / live, and
don't think anything OF 1t. It's the
regular thing there, you know, and /
supposed it was all right anywhere"
The court had heard 70 many yarns
about Missouri that he thought it had
gone to the bad, like Kansas, and was
half inclined to accept the defense
offered as an excuse. To be on the
safe side, however, the costs were
taxed against the young man and he
was told he would have to conform to
different customs TO Illinois
The matter might have terminated
there, but a Quincy reporter got hold
OF the story and, Of course, printed il,
and the Hunnewell girls read it. Then
there was a mastering In hot haste.
The air at the indignation meeting
was 80 hot that the girls hair curled
without the use Of irons.
A motion was seriously considered
10 boil the offender In oil. In the
resolutions to which ever0ne suhserlb-
ed they insisted they had never been
Rugged in public and never would be.
That as to the alleged custom q walk
ing with young men In the attitude
suggested-why, they never dreamed
Of such a thing.
Young Keithley was roasted In 10
different paragraphs, every line OF
which was UNDERSIGNED with red ink.
A reward Of fifty cents was offered for
his apprehension, dead or alive-the
former preferred. 1t was discovered
that he never lived in Shelby county,
nor had he ever been to Hunnewell,
much less walking the streets in the
way be said he did. AS he WINS out Of
gunshot range it was voted to express
him a set OF the resolutions as soon as
be could be located, and TO get the
editor Of the home paper. the Hume
wei Graphic 70 print something real
severe against the audacious young
man. And that is why the Gruphic
this week contained the following:
ave wish TO say that the statement
made about young men walking the
streets Of our city with their arms
around the girls is not tFue-and it
would not be very good for young Mr..
Keithley OF any other young mar to
try to do such a thing. We have as
nice young ladies as you viii find in
any town or city in the United States,
and young ladies who have more pride
and respect for themselves and their
parents than 10 walk the streets in
any such manner as ne says they do.
Our young ladies are very indignant
over the charge