The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26

There ives no help for it, though, 20 they
turbed to the new safe. Finally they
broke it open, and she wss Just
GRAINED FULL OF GREENBAcKs
and county warrants! Jack took the
swag and tied it up in red silk handke''
chief, and the two lit out and made tracks
When they came to Grand River, 1t VA
Just frozen thick enough not to bear them,
90 they had to wade through BY pounding
the ice ahead of them. The money in the
handkerchief got vet through, and when
they got across the river the stuff froze in q
lump.
Reno and his "pard" then struck out fol
. corn6eld full of corn shocks. and picking
out the fourth row they went down it .
piece until they came to shock that suit
ed them. They parted it and fixed place
night in the center. They took look
at their pile before going in and saw that q
good lot of it Was warrants. They
entered the shock, carefully conceallng
their tracks, and here they lay snug and
tight for two or three days. while the
whole country around them was
UPIN ARMS
and red hot. At last Reno and his pal
started and struck Chillicothe, on the Han
nibal and St. Joe Il. 4. A cattle train
came in and stopped . few minutes, and
a fat old dealer, who had several cars OF
stock, was fussing and Tuning with rage
because his cattle were down. Reno took
in the situation at glance, and being an
excellent mimic, he assumed the air Of q
countryman and went up to the old deale'
with:
"Look hyar Cap! Me an my pardne'
are eenamost busted, and We want ter 60
to Chergarger, whar we've got kinfolks. FL
yer'n take US, we'll keep your steers up all
through"
The old cattle dealer was vastly pleased
with the proposition and took them gladly
So, supplied with long, sharp pointed poles
and carrying the stolen money tied up in
the red handkerchief, which looked as if il
only contained couple Of extra shirts
Reno and hie friend went on their journey.
At every station where they stopped, men
were on the alert for the robbers, but they
never dreamed that those two rough look
ing chaps, who were busy prodding and
swearing at the cattle, were the veritable
men they were after. or that that dirty, in
significant little bundle contained
$4,000.
But it was true, nevertheless.
When the train got to Quincy they
jumped it and went straight to Indianapo-
lis. Dressing themselves. upthey went to .
6rst-clas hotel and ordered room. Here
they divided their plumber, which
amounted to S27 900. less 5000 in county
warrants, which to them, Of course, was Of
no value. Here Reno and his confederate
parted-the lattergoing to Omaha. He soon
ran through his money, and made Reno
give him more. And it was through his
opportunities and through his threats
to "equeal" that the affair was "blown,"
and
RENO WAS CAUGHT
q month afterwards in Indianapolis.
When Reno was arrested there was
another man arrested with him who was
perfectly innocent. When they. were taken
back taken to Gallatin the whole county
turned out armed with shct-guns, etc. The
people were intensely excited, and things
looked dangerous. When they were put in
Jail, they found it half full of men who had
been arrested on suspicion. After they
were sure that they had got the right man,
dozen of armed men would come in, take
out squad of innocent men, and let them
go. Then the guards would shoot off their
guns, and enter the Jail again and tell the
balance of prisoners that they had just
SHOT THOSE FELLOWS
outside. and were going to kill the balance
of them. The fellow with Reno was scared
70 death, but Jack kept stiff upper lip.
The Jail was old, and it took seventy live
men to guard il all the time Reno was
there.
Reno had his trial, and the jury brought
in verdict of guilty with forty years in
the penitentiary! They offered to reduce it
If he would restore the money, but Reno
wouldn't do it, and he got twenty-five years
1t has been said that Reno restored the
money; but Jack told me they never got a
cent, except the warrants, which were of no
use to him."
Reporter--The pardon brokers and
others made Reno bleed pretty freely when
he was in the penitentiary, didn't they?
Wilson.-Yes, you bet they did.
Reporter.-Who was the State Senator
hat was mixed up with Cox in procuring
Renos Communication?
Wilson.-Why, don't you know? 1t was
OLD BENEKE
IF Charlton county. He's got Reno's gold
watch and wears it, or did wear it. And
Cox, of St. Joe, has got Reno's diamond
ross.
Reporter.-whats your opinion of par
lon brokers?
Wilson.-I think they are set Odd
harks, ten times worse than the fellows in
he pen, whose places they ought to fill.
Reporter.-Well, good day Wilson.
Wilson.-Good-bye; come again.
DANIEL.
The reporter had q little chat with
Daniel, who still retains his irmnes and
omposure, although he appeared to be .
rife paler, and more thoughtful. He was
ngagsd in drawing consolation from his
'ipe, and talked freely and cheerfully BE-
ween whiffs.
Mr.. James Bruce is doing guard duty in