The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-19
THAT sBURoLARY."
Preliminary Examination Of Nor.
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Al ten o'clock this morning. Judge Kirb
opened his court in the Circuit Court room
to hear and examine into the case Of th,
Ssaie vs.Joho q. Morsoa. charged With bur
slsry.
Prosecuting attorney Geo. p. B. Jacksos
appeared for the State. and S. 4. Wardsz
for the defendant.
At least three hundred people were in at.
tendance ATTRACTED there By curisoity d
seea
REAL LIVE BURGLAR
the man the community has been anxious
to catch for monihs-yea, yean.
After swearing the witnesses. they were
all put under the rule and excluded from
the court room during the hearing of the
testimony. excepting Gen. Montgomery
representative Of the Demo-rus.
Attorney Jackson read the affidavit
charging burglary.
r. Z. Ruby. Sr~1.-I know the defendant.
l 6ns met him last SATURDAY, February 9Th
inst. saw him in Quinn's saloon. He
was talking to Burreas. He pretended to
he cripple. Waa in his presence about
IN hour. Houx, Burress and myself vere
talking 10 him. I next asw him on Mon
day-jon't remember where. Mr.. Kelly
and ! sav him near the market house.
| told Kelly ] thought he was . suspicious
character.
Jaeksos-Never mindvhas you told Kelly.
I next saw hin in Morrrvi. saloon, about
nine o'clock that night He asked me how
basiness VA. l told him il Vas dull.
He called me out. I think the back v.y,
md told me that he thought he saw an Up.
10 make raise. That he thought
Burre~ and Houx both carried eonsidrra-
DE money, and also that probsbly Eurk-
sars store would be good place 70 tap. ~
Burkhart vss At the m.sque bali, and ih.,
y the banks we're breathing. business
nen left their money in their sales.
lie also spoke Of being in Brown. store
md said that he had seen them open their |
ale, and he thought he could, after seeing |
hem open il tw0 or three times, catch |
be combination and open il. then vent |!
0 NJ. Kelly, the Marshal. and Mayor
lark, also to Gen. Montgomery and told
hem what had occurred. I met de-
rndans again end he told me
bat he Wa in Browns again,
nd stole . Globe Demoera and sat
own reading it and watched them open the
ne sgaia.
I GOT cHEEL
iamond cutter and bulls-eye lantern from
Isnshsl Kelly. and gave them tn him
bout 1920 p. ~. on the night Of the rob
Try, near Whites lumber yard. We then
emit through the alley in the rear Of
ichera When ve arrived in the rear Of
rovn's store. He gut up on . dry goods I
y and with chisrl opened The tr.nsom.
e cssvled through and opened the back
,or. He turned the gas down and turaed
too Low, end turned il out gave him . (,
.sch, and again be turned il down too =,
y, and is sent cut lit il them
He turned the lantern on the lock and
en the next thing Jaw he was lying on I
E door. Il
Mamhall Kelly, Gen. Montgomery, the .
10 Mr.. Browns and his clerk were in the
,re and talked to the defendant. They
re there % surprise him.
Cuas esoniaed-Mr Ruby have you told
e whole truth in this case?
have been asked. He then
niinued: have received some pay for &
h job-a little more than il cost me. I ,
nothing until after the arrest was made I
THEN GOT Sl3 G
"a Brown brothers. gave Nudder IS
Wednesday. Nudder told me he vas q
sioa hand on the ~. X. TT. have
,yed cards With him. I don't know % he
lkes his living By card playing. ] never
d anybody ihst the defendant proposed
take Houx out on Monday night ~ he
d $l60 gold watch and rob him.
treated the defendant in Morrov's sa-
n. He va not drunk any time Monday
Tueaday nights. ] never told John
rkhart, that the defendant was too drunk
20 through the store. =
{ We did not raid his store that night -
, because ve saw somebody watching the y
re, and for that reason We declared the Ii
b6esy" of L.,
treated defendant twice in all. He
that Burkhart was . Dutchman and
the Dutch were st the masquerade ball. ct
he thought Burkhsrt was there, and II
Va, they could rob the store. lighted =,
ga ior him in Browns store l WA
e.. The defeudent VA sober. Il was ~
iag under the direction Of the Manhal.
Id the Narshsl Of the case after he gave b,
way. h,
IcARRIED TIE LANTERN m
he defendant 1t the lumber yard. h,
have no regular commission have acted :.
pecial detective 1t di6erant times BY au-
Fity Of the city. ~
think that I only gave the defendant on
drinks In all since Saturday night and i'm
WA on Tueaday. a.
ioeos Montgomery. ssW1--A little after :.
a on Tuesday Ruby come to me and se
ID me il VA veil scquainied with the u
IN Bros. I told him ! va. l under ma
d it Was the same man that Was TO -.
Burkharts store Monday night, -,
Oh I knew all ab01t and nOw ~
,ropo.ed to rob Browns. Iapprised the be
vns Of the matter and they recollecsed an
man - being in the store. IN
.ellev. Browns. the clerk and myself ae.
ed ourselves In the store. 3"
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y raped on the front door and asked AL
- ALL WAS RIGHT. III,
10 witness then detailed where and how he
defendant made his entry into the store
was at the sale csouched down when I
ID him.
be defendant said. ~ surrender" id
could hear him turn the combination be-
incsly. ii
know nothing Of coordination locks my. So
Men in the printing business have no I'M
for such thing. LaushterI Al
acted upon the Information that Ruby ps
} ne and information heard from 9TH =.
that . suspicious character Vas in the $50
" Brosn. aos..-Mr. Montgomery ia
in oar store on Tuesday 1t ten O'Clock, iol
said there Wa . proposition To bur vh
ise our cafe. The defendant wss in the =,
} that morning and probably ssaid there 49,
our. He cane again and "o
WATCHED NJ 0PEN THE SAFE. IN