The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-09-25

. ond Term in the Penitentiary-
His Exploit ct Decaturville.
There srr icw men better known in Ger
trail Mi~s"nri than Mel. Foster. late q
Wsrr~n>i'ur.. ard ns"r~ r-s<niIy of Oh
( Is.nii<nIiary. lle xss convicted in Johnso
rr.',nsy, ~" yeats .s". an = charge IL iorg
ing E"r:y -ihrs~ il.osl>and ,!o.lars in count,
i.nd-. anal >-ni Ia tie leniieniisry. Som
six n,"nihs .e" he MAS released under th'
ihr~c-iourils rule, and went 10 ST. Louis
wier he sui~. qu-nily became engaged il
the LaDsi Department Of the Hannibal 1
-. J"- Railrn.d, possibly through the in
auencr ri his brother, Mr.. Emory s. Eos
ter, wh" is the editor Of the 81. Loun
.!.s.nni AZ all events, he has been travel
ing over the country considerably 81 late
s-~ien:ibly in
THE INrERHT as THE ROAD,
ard in c"n,rsny ~i'h william J. Boden'
h 'mmer, VII" MAS formerly commissioner
Il the Springfield Land Office. and who
Wa sl-" convicted ard sem tn the penn
Tertiary al..ui the same time that Foster
Vas. for crDkrsiue-s. ard whose term oi
--svicc expired about the same time. Las,
week Issienhsmmcr appeared at the little
village Of hcsiurvillc. twelve miles north
of IAbano-. and va. the guest, Tor the
night, cf Mr.. james Rogers. xho is a
wealthy farmer and n,s reliant. lie j.
generally supposed to have Il rra, dial ci
". ncv. Rn,lenhamnier pretended ,o lie
ALAMO K,YEK,
and made many inquiries concerning the
people sud the county. lie h.it the next
morning, with the understanding that he
would return .ssin. lie did, tia, night,
IN cuml.anv With Mel Foster ans; diSre-
I,,,tahIe character n.m.sl James Rhodes :
but they cansc late nj sight and nolssly
saw them. They came To rub, and not {"
purchase lard. ls.dcnhan,mcr had, in his
previ"n. visit, go, the lay al the ho,ise, and
krcx how la enter il il. the easiest and
mot nni,clc-s mariner. \ little after mid
nigi.. the burglars go, at their work. Mrs.
Rogers, who was in sound .lcep. WAS
awakened bv her slrr.S, which she always
put
UNDER HER PILI.Ow
al night, being drawn from under her
head. She awakened with scream, and
al.rmc,l her husband, who vas sleeping bv
her side. Someb4,ly Was in the room. >I,c told
him, aud her drcss had been taken :rom
under her head. Mr.. Rogers got up and
struck light. I'm examination he !o,,nd
that the bureau drawer had lcen opened
and his pockeibooA, containing over three
hundred dollars in money, and thousand
doll.rs in valuable note. Was gone. Mrs.
Roger drr-, Was also gone, and with it .
hundred dollars in money. which il con-
laiacL. Immediately, the villsgc was
amused, and the neighbors
VuSs-NNtlsb - H>tSts
by this time il vas daylight, and the
lhiever were easily tracked. The trail
showed that three men had h~en engaged in
The robbery. n, = short distance from the
house Mrs. Rogers dres~ Was found, the
pockets ride.l AMI the money gone. Push
ing on In Linn Creek. they succeeded in
Foster aud Rhodes, who had not
yet separated. Near ;he crossing Of the
rr~k was al>o found paper with Bod~n-
hammers nsmc on II, and a small wallet.
which had heen used tn carry provisions. Il
seems that early in the morning,
AFTER THE ROBBERY,
aad while the party had stopped on Lynn
lteek Z" divide their plumber, Bo.lenham-
mer vent up ." the residence of Mrs.
Wynie. near by, anil had purchased some
Thing In eat. lie wralr-i mp some 81 the
provisions in the paper and put the hal.
ance in the wallet. After the meal was
eaten these things were thrown careles~ly
M the ground. where Foster and Khales
werr subsequently captured. Bo.lsnham-
mer explained tn Mis- Wynde that he lett
lkecainr in the night hecanse the hid hugs
Troubled him and he vas unable In sleep.
F.~ier and Rhodes also hal in their
possession htsse which
THEY MAD SrolEN.
and which was taken possession 81 by the
pur.uer. Pushing On. Mr.. Roger party
som struck the trail If Bodenhs mmer, aud
succeeded in overtaking him. In his
possession Was found Mr.. Roger
pocketbcok. which was readily
identified ny himself and the Wallace
hruil,ers, of Decatur, Who had some time
before made him pre-ent Of il. As soon
~ the men were brought together, and con-
ir,n,ed with the evidence Of their guilt,
Rhodes weakened and made
AcLEAN BREAST ~ 1T.
He said that Bodenhammer entered the
UsSsssS WV Nb~S uC SsWu GSeCI WCbC ueS Az
complies. They hal planned the robbery
On lsienhammsT's statement that big
pile of "oney was to he got; hat that after
the burglary had bccn committed, tina,
Eodenhsmmcr had refused Ia divide fairly
and hal only given him and Foster small
share Of The plumber. lie was therefore
di<ls'sr.i Ia tell al he knew aIs.ut II. anal
gladly turned states cvi.lcnce. II will !.
seen that il,e evidence against BUienhau,.
nser anil Foster is conclusive, and that
they boih stand spleniid chance u re.
turning Z"
THE PENITENTIARY,
from which place they we're 80 recently rc'
leased. Foster, il will be remembered. j.
The son Of Rev. Mr.. Foster, now residing
in waIrensburs. lie was . captain Of a
cavalry company in the late unpleasant
No. and ma sfiePvsruis male co,,rtv clsrl