The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-05-14

Story Of the Peddler and His
Friend, Who il Missing.


disappearance Of . passenger
had taken place on board the steamer Ex.
change. during the trip from Pittsburgh to
this city, reporter Of the Globe Democrat
hurried to the Levee, and interviews sith
the officers Of the boat developed the fol-
lowing facts, which are likely to prove-if
the slight clue to the survivor can be
traced, and the full chain Of evidence
forged-a tragedy, probably a murder. II
Il murder. then one Of the foules, on record,
done in the dead Of night, and Tor the
mesnesi and bsssst OF purposes.
About 10 o'clock Wednesday night,
landing about two miles above Ste. Gene
We've, two passengers came aboard the boat,
from their appearance taken TO be German
Jews. One Of them carried small black
bag, and the other
PEDDLER's PACK.
Both had been drinking, and the one with
the pack vas apparently much the drunkest
Of the two. Paying their passage money as
deck passengers. and declining To pay extra
Tor tie use OF bed in the cabin, they
walked forward, and throwing down their
baggage arranged themselves for sleeping
~ comfortably as possible very near the
siarboard side OF the deck the only remark
made being that 1T Was cold" This vas
tie last seen vi them together.
The boat landed during the night but
once, then only for few moments. and
the male 10 Pos tive that no ore got III.
In the morning early the peddler--or At
least the one taken tn b. sUch-appeared
by the furnaces for the purpose Of warming
himself. bus said nothing until some one
asked him were his.Psrn,sr was. Merely re-
plying. IL thought lie might he hack here v
he again relap-ed into silence. Nothing
being then suspected Of the disappearance
o: the other man, no further questions were
asked. nor was he again noticed until after
breakfast. About ills time he turned mp
on the guards with his pack spread out, en-
deavoring to sell the contents, not only Of.
ieriny the DDS at much below usual prices,
but even when refused at his own figures
demanding unfortunately how much they
would give.
During the morning, before dinner, in
answer to the mates question. he stated
that 'hIs partner" had been cutting wheat
in the ne;ghborhood Of Ste. Genevieve, and
coming To- this section ior the same purpose
but Just before reaching Caronde!et again
remarked that he had only met the othe,
man short time before coming aboard. A
Mr.. Wheeler, u cabin passenger, had soms
little conversation with the mar, and state:
that to him abont the same time. he spoke
OF his comprnion a. being an old friend
both having lived in 81 Lonis for years.
In the hustle Of preparing to land. The
psdHer vas lost Sigh, of until after leaving
Carondeiet. where the boat touched on heI
way up the barhor. immediately. however
after she go. under way, j, was discovered
that he had
"JrNPkD' The BOAT,
and that the bag of the ouher msn had MOI
been taker. Capt. Wykoh and the Clerk
George A. Mcknight. were then notified o
all the circumstances Of the case, and BE-
gan to think that something was wrong
although il wss not until some time aitel
the boat had reached port, and the links o
circumstantial evidence had been joined to
eether that the matter took trsg,cal a.
pect sand the Coz clusion vas arrived a
that during the night the unfortunate maj
had lost his life. either by accident, OF
what is more probable, by the hand Of I
murderer. is such he be, sec ming frietd.-
/ GLIDE Democrat