Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-04-01
NEWS FROM MISSOURI.


Three prisoners escaped from the
city jail at Sedalia. They are William
Austin. John Williams and l.. Bogard,
strangers, who were arrested for va
grancy, pending Investigation as to
their past movements. They were
given the freedom OF the corridor and
made a hole with an iron poker and
A shovel. Bogard was captured later.
There was surprise at Mexico when
IL a learned by a brief line in a
Kansas City newspaper that Oscar
Lewis, formerly Of Mexico, but now
Of Kansas City, had brought suit for di-
vorce from his wife. Annie Lewis. They
were well known young people of Mex
leo, Mrs. Lewis being the daughter OF
]. A. Potts, president of the state Fair
association, and Mr.. Lewis the son OF
Judge James Lewis.
In the criminal court in st. Louis
Judge Moore discharged John J. LAWN
4 politician, and the eight members
Jf the police force who were recently
indicted on the charge Of having in.
timsiated voters at the primaries or
March ~. The dismissal was based or
the grounds that the indictments were
defective in not naming the voters
| alleged to have beer intimidated and ir
what manner they were intimidated.
]. o. Maddox was taken to Hanni
bal on the charge of numbering Rich.
ard =. Moss at Huntington, lG miles
southwest Of Hannibal. The arrest
was made by Benjamin l.. Walker, q
passenger conductor or the Missouri
Kansas e. Texas railroad, who noticed
Maddox beside the track, five miles
from Huntington. Conductor Walker
stopped the train and compelled the
man to climb on board at the point
If a revolver.
A significant question was sprung al
Niece ~prcsbytcry at Macon BY the
resolution Of Elder X. S. Matthews
TO instruct the delegates to the gen.
rral assembly to vote TO present thf
union proposition between the Prcsby.
lcrian church of the United States ana
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
to the several pr"sbytcri"s for iina
action. The proposition elected the
l'erncst discussion and was defeated
by two votes.
with the object of getting sent TO &
reform school where he could learn q
trade, Andrew Vandi%, aged 10, stole
81 from "A patron OF his mothers
boarding house at Macon. That l.
the story he told Judge Shelton and the
Toys mother cOrrObOratcd il. She said
her son had used the money to buy a
coat for "A poo boy Of KcOta. Andrew
eaid he wanted to learn "A trade 50 "a
10 be able TO support his mother. He
was sent to jail for 20 days.
Elizabeth W. Plat and others flee
suit in st. Louis against members OF
the brokerage firm of y. K. Francis
Bro, Il co. ana Charles K. Plat In tho
circuit court to recover the yalu" Of
stocks of a fac" value Of $l3i 900 be-
longing to the estate Of Henry r.
Plat. II Is stated that the stocks
were deposited in a safc-dcpOsit boy
to which Charles K. Plat had access
and hat he hypothccatcd the stocks
with the brokerage firm. II Is further
claimed that the firm used the stock:
in liquidating Losses made by Charles
X. Plat. The latter Is "A son Of the
leading plaintiff.
A disappointed groom in MOkane
Galloway county, was wondering why
his bride did not arrive in time for
the wedding. Miss Lydia A. Potts
asked the ticket agent in st. Charles
for a ticket TO MOkane. The agent
believed she said Macon and gave her
Macon and was a bit Chagrined to SEE
no n to meet her. She waited in
the depot an hour and then took a
hack 10 a hotel. There sac learned for
the first time how far she had wan
dercd from the route. She then tried
to explain 0ver the long distance tel
cphOne. Miss Potts has a complete
nothing except a groom She refused
10 give the name of her hancc. She
said the Joke was on her, and he
shouldn't become notorious through
her mistake.
John II. HarklerOdes, who is living
with relatives in TopcHa, Kan. Is
now 90 years Did. He came to Missouri
In 1910. locating at Lexington. He
cost his first vote for Andrew Jackson
tor president and has since voted fol
every democratic presidential candi,
date, II In all. In lSi3 Harklerodes
and "A companion loaded six wagons
with merchandise and crossed tho
plains to California, returning in two
years. He established and operated the
FIRST lead smelter In Jackson county
IN 1856 He did his smelling with