The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 3 Col. 1-3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron.--(Edited by compiler)--It is quite amusing to hear Deputy Sheriff Steve Jones tell about how Sheriff McCanne and he arrested Bob Ezra, who was recently attacked with insanity. Some months ago Bob was in court, charge with being of unsound mind and incapable of attending to his own affairs, but a jury pronounced Mr. Ezra of sufficiently sound mind and capable of attending to his own affairs. Recently he was again in court and tried by a jury under the same charge, and their verdict was the reverse of the first. Mr. Ezra got on a rampage and threatened to kill a lot of his neighbors, and it was up to the officers to do something with him. Mr. Ezra has two small farms--one north and the other south of Moberly. Tuesday Mr. Ezra rode horseback to Moberly. It was known that he was armed with a pistol. Deputy Sheriff Jones saw Bob go into a business house and he concluded to follow him, having known him for a long time, to have an "interview" with him, and "borrow" his gun, if possible. Mr. Ezra had an idea that the officers were going to take him to an asylum and he determined not to go. When Mr. Jones stepped into the store Bob placed his hand on his gun, which was in his hip pocket, and with a stooping position told Mr. Jones not to come any further towards him or he would pump hot lead into him. Mr. Jones tried to argue with him that he did not want to arrest him nor to take him away. But Bob could not see it that way, and continued to warn Mr. Jones to stay away from him, and acting all the while as if he was going to shoot, and making humorous remarks with a wild and determined look. Mr. Jones thought it best to let Bob "hold the fort" a while, and went out on the street, but kept his eyes on Bob's movements. In a short time Mr. Ezra got on his horse and started for home. Later Sheriff McCanne and Mr. Jones went to Mr. Ezra's home. Bob was at his barn and as soon as he saw the officers he pulled his gun and bade them not to come any closer to him or one of both of them would die. The sheriff and his deputy, to appease Mr. Ezra, told him that they did not intend to do him injury in any way, that they only wanted to talk to him and treat him nicely, etc. Every time they made a step toward Bob he would take a step backward, and all the while threatening to shoot. Step by step, they finally crowded Bob into the barn and he jumped into a corn crib, and warned the officers never to attempt to come in the crib after him, as he would sure open fire on them, that he would die before he would be taken to the asylum. The sheriff told him that they were not going to take him to the asylum, but wanted him to go to jail. "We..," said Bob, "if that's all you want, I'll go with you," and handed over his gun. The officers had no more trouble with him. On their way home Mr. Ezra said to Deputy Sheriff Jones: "Steve, I came near killing you, and if I had you would have been dead a long time." Mr. Ezra is very religious and does a great deal of singing and exhorting in jail. In fact, he is quite noisy in his padded cell, and doesn't seem to be getting any better. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 3 Col. 4--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Hazel Lynch has improved nicely. She gave her new son the name of Harold Mitchell. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 3 Col. 4--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Wm. Warford made his usual trip to Moberly Sunday to visit Mrs. Warford, who is in the hospital, and who has not been so well since Thursday, not being able to sit up yet. We are very sorry for these good folks, for their trails are lingering much longer than we had hoped for, but yet, if all goes well, in a short time there will be much to be thankful for, which we truly hope will be the case. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--William Lloyd of Marissa, Ill, was the guest of Higbee relatives during the week. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Roy Richards is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Evans, in Chicago. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Joy Kirby, who was called home by the death of his father, John Kirby, returned to Kansas City Friday. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Jas. Harriman returned to her home in Marissa, Ill., Monday after a visit with Mrs. Helen Harriman. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. John Harriman and children of Marissa, Ill., are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Goin. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Dollie Miller of Excelsior Springs is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Rhodes Burckhartt. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Whitsett of Akron, Ohio, left for Kansas City Saturday after a visit with Mrs. Whitsett's brothers, Stewart, Clarence and Lyle Cubbage. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Maxfield and children returned to Moberly yesterday after a visit with Mrs. Maxfield's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rolie Jones, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Bagby and two sons, Arnold and Billy, of Redbluff, Calif., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bagby last week. It was Mr. Bagby's first visit back to his old home in fourteen years. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Goldie Pitney, who was employed to teach in the Renick Consolidated District several weeks ago, has since been employed to teach the eighth grade at Salem, Missouri, and has accepted the offer. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Golden, who have resided at the home of the former's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Griffin, since their marriage two weeks ago, have decided to return to Moberly, where Mr. Golden has employment in the shoe factory. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Will Owens returned to their home in Wray, Colo., the first of the week after a short visit with Higbee relatives and friends. It was Mr. Owens' first visit back to the old town in more than thirty years. Of course he found great changes and only a few he knew. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Joe Hackward returned Thursday of last week from a visit of ten weeks with his sisters, Mrs. Sam Taylor, of Fallon, Nevada, and Mrs. Will Richards of Avila, Calif. He reports a delightful time and was very much in love with the West. He had hoped that the trip would give him some relief from asthma, from which he has been suffering for a year or two, but it failed to do so, we are sorry to say. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. R. H. Williams and children of Vandalia are the guests of her father, W. D. Edwards, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Little Miss June Kirby returned home Tuesday from Kansas City after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Susie Foster. She was accompanied by the latter's little daughter, Elmona. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Dan Jones is spending the week in Moberly with her mother, Mrs. Wm. Durnil. The latter, her many Higbee friends will be glad to learn, is recovering from typhoid fever, from which she has been ill for six weeks. Thursday, 16 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 6, Pg. 2, Col. 1-6, Pg. 8 Col. 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--George Potter and sons, George and Arthur, Millard Lewis and Wm. Naylor attended the sale at Mrs. Caleb Lynch's Tuesday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. 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