Missouri Outlaw History (Kansas City, St. Louis, St. Joseph: private school, probation, worst)

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Cape Girardeau Democrat August 1, 1891

A WIFE BEATER

John Edward Brady, of St. Louis, wound up a course of neglect and abuse of his wife by a deadly assault with a hatchet. He is in jail and his wife may die.






On April 4, 1901, Hood Harryman, a lineman, living at No. 1719 Pendleton avenue, St. Louis, was shot in the groin by Barney Whitelaw, one of two highwaymen who tried to rob him on Twenty Third street.





Weekly Intelligencer (Lexington Mo) March 26, 1892 Pg3

CRIMINAL COURT NOTES

The grand jury ignored the bill against Bate Douglass, who robbed the Odessa post office of 88 copper cents.

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The County Paper (Oregon Mo) September 29, 1882 Pg2

Frank James, the notorious outlaw, was recently the traveling companion of a Michigan merchant, to whom he states that a project to rob a bank at Blissfield, in that state, had been abandoned, and that his mission now was to " get even " with the Fords for the murder of his brother Jesse.





Sundry Stealings 1888

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Marble Hill Press September 22, 1910 Pg2

RICH SLAYER HANGS SELF

Trenton, Mo.--James Humphreys, the wealthy young farmer who had been convicted of the murder of James Hatcher, committed suicide in the county jail in Trenton. He hanged himself with a piece of his bed clothing tied to the top of his cell.

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The Farmington Times September 18, 1913 Pg2

WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDER

Sedalia.--Mrs. Cora Cramer Evans, daughter of a minister at Florence, Morgan county, shot and killed her husband, William Evans, a restaurant man, in Sedalia. She was held for murder in the first degree, although she is herself in a dangerous condition from a gunshot wound.





St. Louis Republic January 23, 1904 Pg16

KILLS HIS ASSAILANT WITH A SHOTGUN

Everton, Mo., Jan 22---James Reich was shot and killed tonight by George W Hamick after having fired at Hamick because of an old grudge.
Reich went to Hamick's home, forced his way into the house, and fired at Hamick with a revolver. Hamick seized a shotgun and shot Reich through the heart. Hamick immediately surrendered to the authorities.

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Jasper News May 7, 1903

LAFE KIRBY ESCAPES

One of the prisoners who escaped from the county jail last week was Lafe Kirby, who formerly lived in Jasper and who was known as a reckless character. He and the other two prisoners have not been recaptured thus far.




Columbia Evening Missourian July 12, 1921

Gypsies will be tried Thursday in preliminary hearings for the theft of a $1,000 diamond ring Saturday afternoon from a jewelry shop. They were brought to Columbia last night and will be charged with grand larceny in Justice Bicknell's court.

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Marshall Republican April 17, 1914

THREE ARRESTS MONDAY

Sheriff Sterling Price's deputies, John Riggins and John H Mitchell, made the arrest Monday of Raymond Johnson, Bill Harris and George Hopkins, all colored, charged with unlawful sale of liquor. Harris plead guilty in Justice Ferril's court and was assessed a fine of 100 days in the county bastille. Johnson and Hopkins also plead guilty in Justice Mason's court and were presented with 100 days free board and lodging in Sheriff Price's East Arrow street mansion.





St. Joseph Observer June 24, 1922 Pg5

Some thief stole $12 from the home of Mrs. Alice Knight, 2232 South Tenth, Tuesday.


F.M. Miller, a fisherman, was attacked on the river bank Sunday and robbed of $65.



E. Alden's car was stolen Sunday night, and also W.E. Moseby's Ford.



The Tolin grocery at 2122 South Sixth street was robbed of a considerable amount of goods Wednesday night.

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Sedalia Weekly Bazoo June 26, 1883 Pg4

BURGLARY

A small burglary was committed at the Rich Hill house last night.
Last night a man applied for accommodations at the Rich Hill house, which he secured. This morning it was found that the stranger had departed during the night and had taken a watch valued at $16 of $18, and two or three dollars in silver belonging to Dr. Adams, a boarder.
He also took three dollars belonging to another guest of the house. It is probable that the slick young man has made his escape, as no trace of him can be found.





St. Louis Republic April 4, 1901 Pg3

STOLE LIGHTED LAMP

Oscar Lehmann and his wife surprised burglars in their home at No. 3420 South Eighteenth street.
About 11 o'clock they returned from church and found the house brilliantly illuminated. When they left they turned all the lights low.
Lehmann left his wife on the sidewalk while he crept into the house to see who was inside.
In the front hall he met two burglars, who were taken completely off their guard. As he entered one of them was leaving the parlor with the large parlor light in his hand. They both became so frightened they ran from the house. The man with the lamp carried it into the back yard where he dropped it on the ground, it exploded.

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Morgan County Democrat (Versailles Mo) August 12, 1904 Pg2

W.T. Mitchell, 43 years old, and his brother, A.W. Mitchell, aged 47, were shot in a saloon at 801 Southwest boulevard, Kansas City, by a man unknown to either of them. W.T. Mitchell was shot in the abdomen and is said to be mortally injured.




Fair Play (Ste. Genevieve) November 12, 1892

AN OBSCENE LETTER

Lester Walker, 19 years old, was arrested and jailed at Sedalia to answer the charge in the United States district court at Kansas City of having sent through the mails an obscene and threatening letter to Nimrod Cligler, a merchant of Longwood. The obnoxious letter contains all manner of vulgar epithets, and the writer threatened to burn Cligler's home if he ever made the letter public.




Iron County Register October 15, 1914 Pg6

CONVICT FREED FROM ROAD WORK

William Bates, colored, sentenced from Jackson county for a term of two years from May 6, 1913, for destroying property, was released by Gov. Major. Bates got 30 days off his sentence for road work Aug 18 and 19.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch July 18, 1917 Pg15

UNION BOULEVARD FLAT ROBBED

Burglars ransacked the flat of William Henckler, 3111 A Union boulevard, while the family slept last night. Jewelry valued at $100 and $27 in cash was taken.




Columbia Evening Missourian July 14, 1921 Pg4

J.J. Rochel of Reed Springs, said to have been the character whom Harold Bell Wright wove a minor part in his novel, " The Shepherd of The Hills," has been convicted of robbing the mails and sentenced to five years in the federal penitentiary.





Rich Hill Tribune May 26, 1904

Robert N Feeley who killed Martin Hoots, at Burdett last September, was tried at the present term of the circuit court, and the jury failed to agree. The costs in this case have already amounted to something like $700,00, so it is stated, and the end is not yet.

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The Farmington Times October 2, 1913 Pg2

WOMEN QUARREL, ONE SHOT

Springfield.---Enraged over a dispute with a neighbor woman concerning the latter's chickens, Mrs. Ilo Steadman, a well-known resident of Springfield, shot and probably fatally wounded Mrs. Ira Patterson.
The shooting was done with a .44 caliber automatic revolver, which sent a steel bullet through the victim's head. Mrs. Patterson is still alive, but physicians say there is no hope for her recovery. Both women are about 25 years of age, and the victim of the shooting has six small children. Mrs. Steadman is the mother of four.
Immediately after the shooting, Mrs. Steadman undressed and went to bed, and when the police arrived she feigned illness so well that the officers arrested another woman and were about to take her to jail on suspicion of being the assailant, when one of the children of Mrs. Patterson declared the crime had been committed by Mrs. Steadman. The latter refused to leave her bed, and it was two hours before the officers were able to persuade her to dress and accompany them to the police station. The prisoner is in the county jail.




Weekly Intelligencer (Lexington Mo) April 9, 1892 Pg3

SENT TO JAIL

Justice Price had Ed Talbot, colored, before his altar of justice Monday, for cursing and swearing on the streets, and fined him $1 and costs, making $10.95 in all, in default of which Talbot was given a choice room for nearly two weeks in the Hotel DeWade.

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Ripley County Democrat (Doniphan Mo) January 1, 1909

A duel with knives by two women in a lonely spot in the Ozark woods near Gainsville resulted in the death of one and serious injuries to the other. The women had quarreled and met by appointment for the duel.





University Missourian (Columbia) February 9, 1912 Pg3

HIS WIFE THE ONLY WITNESS

Because the only one who could give evidence against him is his wife, Turner Bass, a negro, was released yesterday from a forgery charge. Bass was arrested Wednesday, suspected of having forged the name of J.H. Hill on three checks and passing them on the grocery firms of Point & Tyson, L.C. Smith, and Baker & Robinson Company.
The use of a rubber stamp with the name of a firm that did not exist caused the discovery of the forgery.