The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-12-04

euilt. The nssdes bad occurred oaly
eleven days subsequent to The Sc.
Elmo horror, asd trampe Wers the
natusal ezplanalion Of such an oeesr-
reuceat that tin. But Mr. Taylor
had seen this particular tramp before
st Coultesville descircumeaanee that !
LEFT Rad IMPRESSION
Of the man "a his mind. Certain lit
tie matters n they were closely scrn-
tinted seemed to give further ground
al suspicion. bnt nothing positive
could b learned. and the tramp never
reappeared in that part Of the country.
Mr. Taylor was positive. however.
that he shnulA be able to recognize the
man IL he saw him again. and he
further conceived the idea that the St.
Elmo murderer and the Sparta assassin
we're one and the same man. NJ q
eomsequ nee he was naturally anxious
when be heard that the supposed st
Elmo man WA taken tn ASCERTAIN
whether he might not be the tramp
who was expelled from the Sparta fair
grounds. Yesterday Mr.. Taylor ar
rived in this city and. on application
to Chief Mclhnouxh. Was admitted to
the calaboose. On being brought
face To face with Rande he stated
positively that the bandit and the
Sparta tramp we're one and the same
person. After q little talk Rande AL
mitted that he was at Sparta ut the
time named and also that he had met
Mr.. TAYLOR in Coulterville some weeks
before the murder. Not content wiih
this he even went ~ lar Is tO tell Mr..
TAYLOR Of another time he had met him
under certain tree by the ruatlside
and tie better to refresh Mr.. T.'smem-
ory he t~.k a pencil AMI paper and
DRAW CPA Plot
If the country around. Mr.. ]. was
forced to admit that in many respects
the bandits knowledge Of the hcality
was much more accurate than his own
though he bsd lived in il all his life
aud incxlents recalled by the prisoner
removed all doubt az tn the fact Of
his having been present at the places
he 80 recklessly confessed tn visiting.
In regard to his movements about
Coulterville. Ramle SAYS that in July
last he worked . few days f"r DAVID
Hannah in the harvest field kr two
dollars AMI half u day. Hannah's
plsce he described as being about
three miles northwest of Coulterville.
Then he went To- VIM. Tyhurst's,
North Of Til.len. then TO 'Tiklen, where
he remained q few days, then went Ia
Marissa on the train. He worked
half day for Robert j. Hemphill.
then went ON James Andersons farm
near Marissa. That was about the
irst Of August, and about that time
time he left that part ofthe country.
This is probably true in the main.
Mr.. Taylor says lhe knowsa number Of
the farmers named by Rande, and it
seems probably he may have gone
about from one house to another
working Q little, and thereby gaining
knowletige of the houses. the chances
for burglary. etc. In regard tn his
leaving the Coulterville part Of the
country in the latter part Of July. u it
probably true - he Was
IT AT GIBSON
on the third Of August. 1t may he said
there is nothing in all this to connect
Rande with the murder If the Sparta
merchant, but it is not difficult to
trace probabilities at least. In Randes
pocket ou the day he was captured
we're found slips Of paper on which he
had written down the dates and
places at which he had pawned or de-
posted for safe keeping various boxes.
lots Of goode, etc. These memoranda
which were published in these
columns some days ago, contained
also the aliases under which the de-
posits were made. Among them was
one which read as follows:
adams Express company. Green
castle. Ind, September %. 1877, one
package money. Frank Sanders.'
The RPsbl;can suggests that if Mr.:
Taylor would find out how much and
what description VI money is in the
package described, it might throw
some light on the question where that
money came from. For it will he OBJ
served that when nearly all Of the de.
posts are "box. 'guns." "valise, etc..
this package Is money and Was de-
posted only two days after the Sparta
tragedy. While willingly admitting
80 much, Rande nevertheless firmly
and positively denied any knowledge
of The robbery or assassination at
Sparta.
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