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Subject: [Mo-Absts] (#2) 24 Aug 2001
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:58:55 -0500

(#2) 24 Aug 2001 MO-ABSTRACTS READ-ONLY LIST
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4 June 1909--Jas. R. Kirby and wife, of Carroll county, are visiting their
nephew, J. K.
Warford and other relatives in Randolph and Howard counties. During the
war, Mr.
Kirby with twelve other citizens were arrested and cast into the Federal
prison at Alton
Ill, where they were tried, convicted and sentenced to be shot. When the
men learned of
their fate they planned to make their escape, and with a butcher knife dug a
passageway
under the prison walls and all made their escape. Mr. Kirby is one of
fifteen children,
and we believe the only one living.

4 June 1909--Born, near Yates, on May the 24 to Wm. Baker and wife, a son.

4 June 1909--Born, on May 28th, to Emmett Dennis and wife, a daughter.

4 June 1909--Born, on the 2nd, to Chas Cable and wife, a son.

4 June 1909--Born, on the 30th, to George Comstock and wife, a daughter.

4 June 1909--The little son of Moses Stevenson met with a painful accident
Thursday of
last week. While swinging with several other children he fell and struck
his head against
the edge of a board, cutting a gash about three inches long.

4 June 1909--DEATH OF MRS. JENKINS--Mrs. Susan Jenkins, 76 years of age,
died at
three o'clock this morning at the family residence five miles northwest of
this city.
Death came as a welcome release from a stroke of paralysis which occurred
some time
ago. She is survived by a husband, J. C. Jenkins, two daughters, Mrs.
Turner, of Excello
and Mrs. Carver of Cairo; five sons, Green of Huntsville; Arthur, of Callao
Gerth, at
Shannondale; James of Keytesville, and William, of Clark. She was also an
aunt of Rev.
A. M. Buchanan, of this city--Moberly Democrat.

11 June 1909--Morgan Finnell, one of the best known citizens of the county,
died
suddenly at his home near Roanoke Friday of last week of heart failure.

11 June 1909--Clyde Williams, who has been studying telegraphy at the Alton
depot for
the past year, went to Kansas City Thursday to take an examination as to his
proficiency.

11 June 1909--While out spinning in his automobile the other day, A. B.
Guerin ran the
machine into a fence, damaging it more or less. Dr. Dinwiddie also had bad
luck with his
machine, tearing the top off of it while running it into the barn.

11 June 1909--Fred Mikel who is held in the Huntsville jail for the murder
of Elmer
Magruder at Higbee, has broken out again, this time with the measles. His
case is a
severe one. He is receiving proper medical attention--Moberly Monitor.

11 June 1909--Born, on the 6th, to James Slaughter and wife, a daughter.

11 June 1909--Miss Grace McDonald, one of Huntsville's popular young ladies,
died at
her home in that city on the 6th, after a lingering illness.

11 June 1909--Several from here went to Moberly yesterday to attend the
funeral of J. H.
Babcock.

11 June 1909--Miss Lillian Bradley attended the marriage of Mr. Chas. C. Hon
and Miss
Carrie Tymony in St. Louis this week.

11 June 1909--WELCH-HONAKER--Mr. H. Scott Welch of this place and Miss Agnes
Honaker of Kansas City were married in Boone, Iowa, on Wednesday, June 2,
1909, at
the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. John Hodgson, by the Rev. J. T.
Houser, of Ames,
Iowa. They will occupy the property just south of S. M. Hirsch's residence
and will be at
home to their friends after July 9. The following is taken from the Boone,
Iowa, Daily
News-Republican of June 2:
Wednesday noon, June 2, 1909, a wedding ceremony was read by Rev. J. T.
Houser of
Ames which joined by the bonds of matrimony the lives of Miss Agnes Honaker
of
Kansas City and Mr. Harrison Scott Welch of Higbee, Mo. The bride is a
charming
young lady who has been here some time on a visit, and the groom, though not
personally
known in the city, is a newspaper man of the town of Higbee, and reported to
be a man of
excellent qualities.
After the ceremony an elaborate five course luncheon was served. Several
out of
town guests were present, Miss Maude Lauderdale of Ft. Dodge and Misses
Nelle and
Jenne Honaker of Kansas City, sisters of the bride. Many and beautiful were
the gifts
received. The couple left for Higbee Thursday evening.

11 June 1909--John A. Davis and wife have returned to Elliott after an
absence of seven
or eight months. They had left their household goods here thinking they
were securely
locked and perfectly safe, but on their return, and much to their surprise
they found that
their house had been ransacked by burglars and goods to the amount of $60 or
more had
been taken--Elliott Items in Huntsville Herald.

11 June 1909--J. H. BABCOCK DEAD--J. H. Babcock, one of Moberly's most
highly
esteemed citizens, died at his home in that city on the 8th, aged 66 years.
He was born in
Bristol, England, and came to this country in 1844. His parents settled in
New York and
at the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted and served throughout the
war. Just
before Lee's surrender at Appomatox he was seriously wounded. He came to
Missouri in
1866, locating at Atlanta, Macon county, where he engaged in the mercantile
business,
later moving to Macon and establishing the First National Bank. Eighteen
years ago he
moved to Moberly, engaging in the lumber business, which he shortly disposed
of to take
up banking. He organized the Bank of Moberly of which he was the president
at the
time of his death. He was a very prominent Mason and at the Knights Templar
conclave
at Carthage recently he was elected Grand Senior Warden. Interment was made
at
Macon Thursday.

11 June 1909--HON-TYMONY--Mr. Chas. C. Hon and Miss Carrie Tymony of this
place
were married in the Union avenue Christian church, St. Louis, on Thursday,
June 10,
1909, and following a reception at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Geo.
L. Williams,
left for a trip through Colorado and the west. They will return to Higbee
about July 1.
The bride is the daughter of J. B. Tymony, formerly of this place, and is
one of our most
charming and prepossessing young ladies. She is educated and accomplished
and
possesses every womanly virtue that goes to the making of a happy home. The
groom
has been a resident of Higbee for two years, and has proven himself a young
(man) of
worth and integrity. He was born and reared at Pleasant Hill, Mo, and comes
of one of
Cass county's oldest families. He has been in the banking business for the
past nine
years and is the cashier of the Citizens Bank of this place. This worthy
young couple
have the hearty congratulations and best wishes of the NEWS and a host of
friends for a
long, happy and prosperous life. We hope to give an extended notice of the
wedding next
week.

11 June 1909--PETE CREWS DEAD--Grant Connell received a message Tuesday
conveying the sad intelligence that Pete Crews, formerly of this place, was
dead at
Mineral, Kansas. He was employed as a driver in one of the mines there and
was kicked
by a mule on Monday, from the effects of which he died Tuesday night. The
deceased
was about 30 years of age and his many Higbee friends will hear of his
untimely death
with genuine sorrow. He was a brother of Mrs. Jas. Shafer of this place.

11 June 1909--The funeral obsequies of Thos. McGinnis took place at Mt.
Salem Church
Sunday last at 3 o'clock. He fell from his chair Saturday at 5 o'clock
while in
conversation with his neighbor, Willard Wright, and died immediately with an
apoplectic
stroke. He was born in Ireland Dec 22, 1843, and emigrated to this country
when 7 years
of age. By industry, economy and good financiering he left a good estate.
The vast
concourse of people that came to his funeral evinced the respect and
sympathy of his
neighbors. He was married to Miss Mary A. Tompkins in 1876. Of this union
were born
two sons, Taylor and John, both married. A mother, aged 93, two sisters and
three
brothers survive to mourn his loss. The funeral services were conducted by
Rev. S. Y.
Pitts--Clifton Hill Rustler.

11 June 1909--Harve Smith, colored, who, for the past ten years, has been
turning white,
died at his home north of Paris on May 16 at the age of 74. He was black
originally, but
several years ago white spots began to appear on various parts of his body,
spreading
rapidly. Doctors could not explain the phenomena. Smith refused a number
of offers for
circuses to travel with them--Paris Mercury.

18 June 1909--Born, on the 10th, to Jas. T. Rennolds and wife, a daughter.

18 June 1909--The case of Baker vs. Baker, wherein Oscar Baker of this place
is suing
his wife, Susie, for divorce, did not come up in the circuit court at
Moberly yesterday.
We learn that the case will be compromised, Mr. Baker giving her 80 acres of
land and
the possession of their daughter. Mrs. Baker has been in Colorado Springs
for about two
years. She arrived Tuesday with her lawyer to fight the suit.

18 June 1909--Last Tuesday morning while Eddie Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis
Meyer, of four miles west of town was playing with Paul Stokeman, a neighbor
boy, he
was accidentally shot in the eye with an arrow. Paul Stokeman had the bow
and arrow
and just as he shot the arrow at a blackbird on a stump, Eddie Meyer peeped
out from the
corner of the smoke house and the arrow, which was pointed with a nail,
struck him
across the eye and made a very ugly wound, destroying the sight.
Eddie was taken to the Van Ravensway hospital at Boonville, Sunday, and on
Monday morning while he was on the operating table he died. The operation
was
thought necessary in order to save the other eye. The remains were brought
here on the
early morning train Tuesday and taken to the Meyer home west of
town--Armstrong
Herald.

18 June 1909--On account of the death of his only brother, Geo. Waller of
Liberty, Judge
A. H. Waller adjoined circuit court at Moberly Tuesday and called Judge
Davis of
Marshall to the bench who will finish the term for him.

25 June 1909--HARRIS TRIAL IS NOW ON--The trial of Geo. Harris, charged as
being
an accomplice in the murder of Tom Bagby with Irwin Carter, who suicided, is
now in
progress and is the center of the attention of nearly all of Randolph
county.
The case was opened this morning before Judge Waller by the defendant,
through
his counsel, filing his challenges of the jury panel and the prosecution
filing information
that they would prosecute George Harris for murder in the second degree.
This afternoon the case is being tried before the following jury: J. E.
Rogers, B.
S. Overfelt, O. S. Patton, B. H. Huntsman, Henry Thomas, M. F. Hook, F. M.
Blackford,
L. T. Creed, G. A. Frazier, Jonathan Haines, J. E. Wirth and Charles Bowen.
Judge Gill of Huntsville was the first witness called to the stand. The
judge
presided over the preliminary hearing of the case at Huntsville and the
points of the
hearing were rehearsed.
Coroner W. H. Adams of the same city, who was the first officer of the
county
called to view the body of Tom Bagby, was next called to the stand. Upon
the testimony
of Mr. Adams hinges most of the state's case against Harris and the
attorneys for the
defense are striving to break through his testimony in order to prove that
Geo. Harris had
nothing whatever to do with the killing. The prosecution is endeavoring to
show that
Bagby was shot twice and by different parties, once at the side of the house
and then he
ran around to the front where he was shot again.
Marshal Ryals of Huntsville was next put on the stand and underwent a
strenuous
examination at the hands of the counsel for the defense. He and Mr. Adams
were called
to establish exactly before the jury the state and condition of things about
the Carter
home immediately after the murder of Bagby.
The courtroom this afternoon was crowded with a throng of Randolph county
citizens, both men and women, anxious to hear the proceedings of the case
which has
stirred the whole county. The Sheriff an his deputies had much to do to
keep the crowd
orderly and quiet.
The case is probably the largest and has the best legal talent on both
sides that has
ever been tried in this county and every move of the attorneys is watched
with interest.
The prosecution is represented by prosecuting attorney of the county, J. W.
Wight, J. H. Whitecotton, of Paris, and Robt. N. Bagby and are opposed by
the defense
with M. J. Lilly, of Moberly, and Sam C. Majors, of Fayette--Moberly
Democrat.

25 June 1909--The case of Fred Michael, who shot and killed Elmer Magruder
here the
night of December 18, last, and seriously wounded city marshal W. Frank
Cain, which
was to have come up at this term of the circuit court, has been continued
until the next
term. We did not learn the grounds for continuance. If Michaels lives long
enough he
may get ten years in the pen with the hope of a pardon after he has served
two or three
years. Poor Elmer, he has gone to his long home, and there are no
continuances for him.

25 June 1909--J. Linden Crews, who was admitted to the county farm some
months ago
as a county patient, died there Wednesday of last week with consumption.
His remains
were taken to Clark Thursday following his death, and laid to rest in the
family burying
grounds--Huntsville Herald.

25 June 1909--Born, in Moberly, on the 19th, to Oren Lessly and wife, a
daughter.

25 June 1909--Born, near Ryder, on the 23rd, to W. B. Harris and wife, a
son.

25 June 1909--A daughter was born on the 10th to R. A. Reynolds and wife of
Inola,
Okla.

25 June 1909--Jeff D. Wilcox of near Elliott and Miss Holly Brooking of
Huntsville,
were married in Kansas City last week.

25 June 1909--Mrs. J. D. Robb is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Rennolds,
near Inola,
Okla.

25 June 1909--Dr. T. H. Dinwiddie, Clabe Dougherty and Ernest Mobley went to
St.
Louis Sunday, the two latter to buy automobiles. Mr. Dougherty purchased a
car similar
to Dr. Dinwiddie's, which they drove through Tuesday. The fever left Mr.
Mobley before
he could make a purchase and he will stick to his horses and carriages
awhile longer.

*Source: THE HIGBEE NEWS newspaper

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