Man Manigal on Trial for Murder of Captain Young
Long trial opens in Pettis County with James H. McManigal charged in the September killing of Captain Thomas Young. Prosecution outlines the crime at the Tivoli saloon and the one armed victim, while defense emphasizes McManigal as a peaceful citizen and Young as the aggressor when intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. McManigal
Thomas Young
E. P. Ford
John Wickline
R. H. Payne
F. H. Schenck
Robert Shaw
William Parsons
Samuel Claybaugh
S.A. Hyatt
D. E. Winfrey
B. F. Ramey
J. E. Wood
H. C. Satterwhite
Ford
P. H. Sangree
P. D. Hastain
John Cashman
Henry Lamm
Col. T. P.hoy
Noonan
St. Louis
Steele
McManigal
Main and
Lamine
Tivoli
Young
Anoth
Percy Bulware
Saline County
Bulware
Capt. Young
John Godley
Saturnalia of murders shocks Dexter Missouri audience
A wave of killings sweeps Dexter area with Rev Jesse Moore murdered and William Huff hanged by a mob in Bloomfield. Elijah Huff is jailed amid a coroner verdict of death by unknown assailant. Sheriff Evans faced a mob as 100 masked men seized Bloomfield jail keys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyle
Jesse Moore
Ardeola
Andy Campbell
Bell City
William Parker
Elijah
Missouri
Evans
Bloomfield
Huff
Death of Richard Welch Buried Near Cole Camp
Richard Welch died suddenly and was buried near Cole Camp. He had been in the furniture business in Sedalia and was well known in the area. A friend recalled that he laughed heartily at a remark before dying without any prior warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Welch
Cole Camp
Sedalia
Professor Robertson to Speak on The Better Half and the Other Half
Prof. E. A. Robertson, president of George R. Smith College, will deliver an address tonight in the college hall on marriage titled The Better Half and the Other Half. All interested in matrimony are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Robertson
George R. Smith College
Morgan County Mines Seek Seller and Smelter Fight
A Morgan county shaft near Versailles is being sunk by a drilling mining company led by McPeak and Uncle Jack Williams. Dr J D Hubbard and W W Moore drill across 400 acres for coal and cannel clay discoveries while Missouri Kansas zinc mine owners push toward cooperative smelters and rolling mills with plans to buy gas and coal lands in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPeak
Jack Williams
Morgan County
Versailles
Tuscumbia Road
Versailles Statesman
Missouri and Kansas Zinc
Zinc Miners’ Association
Missouri and Kansas Zinc Miners’ Association
Joplin
Webb City
Galena
Kan
Kansas
Wheat sowing prospers after rains across Missouri
The Missouri crop bulletin reports favorable sowing conditions for wheat in eastern central and southern areas though northern regions faced drought. Rain on October 25 26 and 27 aided wheat and pastures, with seeding largely complete and insect damage limited to some eastern counties. Cotton picking progressed in the southeast and corn harvest continued with half to three quarters remaining in fields. Pastures remained dry but improved after rains. stock water was scarce in many locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture, Climate and Crop Service
Missouri
Drouth
Kate Ives Dies After Long Illness at 65
Mrs Kate Ives aged 65 died at 5 15 pm Thursday at the home of J L Babcock where she had lived for a year after four weeks of bed confinement due to consumption. An aunt of Mrs Babcock she made many friends in the city and was born in New York and an Episcopalian. The funeral was held this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Ives
J. L. Babcock
Babcock
New York
Episcopal Church
Funeral Services at Central Presbyterian Home
Noon service at 2 o'clock at 907 West Seventh for Rev. A. A. Boyd of Central Presbyterian Church officiating. Local attendance noted at Mr. Babcock residence.
Painter’s Cash House Shipped Over Three Thousand Bushes
Mr. J. S. Painter, once a Dresden merchant now leading Rockville trader, runs the Cash House and buys farmers’ produce. Two months ago he advertised for Hickory nuts and since then has shipped over 3000 bushels, exemplifying Pettis county commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Painter
Dresden
Pettis County
Rockville
Painter
Kansas City Officers Testify in McManigal Case
Two Kansas City policemen testifying in Sedalia report Faulkner held in the calaboose on a suspicion of being a bad man. They say they have seen him in Kansas City at times but know nothing linking him to a safe blowing gang. Leon Jones of Texas acts as route agent for the Pacific Express during Morseman’s eye trouble layoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sedalia
McManigal
Faulkner
Calaboose
Leon Jones
Texas
The
Pacific Express
H. E. Morseman
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. H. McManigal
Captain Young
Pettis County Bar
East Third Street
Metropolitan Street Railway of
Warrensburg
E.G. Cassidy
Roy & Mulford
Andrew Melton
Meltons
William Huff
Thomas Melton
Merchant Parker
Dexter
WM. Huff
Jane Tettaton
J. H. Tettaton
Kentucky
Bae
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