The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-12
THE GHOULS
A Strange Story Of the RssuFreo'
ton.

A Strange Story Of tho Resufreo'
ton.
Hvss . strange story that two reporters
heard this morning, and one which We have
everv reason to believe il true. The facts
a. elected, after careful and persistent in.
auiry are - follows:
While the BAzo0 and Demoout reporter
we're standing on the Garrison depot plat
form yesterday morning, At train time. .
darkey approached them and said: Il kin
tell you gemmen whar you kin GIT big
item" As matter ofcourse, he was quick
" INTERCEPTED Is to the Whereabouts and
the nature of his item, wheE the darkey
looked furtively around MIN, and then
whispered:
"Does yer see dat black man ober dar
leanin agin the corner of the ticket ONCE,
wid sogers obercoat and de fur cap"
The reporters looked in the direction in
dicated, and sure enough there was the in
dividual described.
"Well," said our informer, dat man kin
tell yer, mebbe
wHAR DANIEL WENT TER
after he was dug up BY de doctors. Only
doan let him know I tole yer-kase he's .
bad niger"
Astounded BY this information, the 10
porten approached the black man with the
"soger's overcast" and engaged him in con-
versation. By little a5roitness and ju.
dicious application Of the reportorial pump,
the fellow revealed enough to assure the re-
porters that they were on the right track.
After another consultation IN arrange
ment was made with our first informant
that he should keep track Of the Knob Nos-
ter darkey, and at three O'Clock in the
evening the reporters would meet them in
small frame house near the gas works. In
the meantime he was to get the Knob Nos
lerite in . good condition to talk, and dol
lar was given him for that purpose.
Punctual to the hour, the reporters made
their appearance At the designated Plaee,
and sure enough found the two darkeys &C
cording to agreement. The Knob Noster
fellow had evidently got the best Of the dol.
lars worth, and after little questioning he
relaxed his cautiousness BY degrees, and
finally gave up
THE WHOLE STORY.
Which We give substantially - follows:
He said that last Friday, . week ago, two
well.dressed men got of the special train at
Knob Noster on its return from Warrens-
burg. He was standing around looking at
the tram and the people. listening to the re-
marks made about the hanging of Daniel
when he noticed these men regarding him
Finally one of them came to
him and asked him if he could drive .
team. He replied that he could. They
then asked him If he didn't want . job.
Az he was out OF work, he told them that
he did. They then told him that they
might want him for two or three days, and
that they would pay him literally. They
did not say what they wanted him to do,
but told him his pay would 80 on from
that time, and when they wanted him they
would tell him, At the same time handing
him dollar.
The men stayed around the town, that
afternoon, but kept near the depot -
If waiting for something. When the train
came that bore
DANIELS BODY,
hey watched its disposition very attentively,
md hung around the depot in which it was
placed, very close. The next day, Satur-
lay, he did not see but one of the men, but
hat night he was told to meet the two men
It the depot by daylight.
Sunday morning, he went to the depot
Ind there found one of the men seated IN
/ two-horse wagon, and the other mounted
IN horseback. In the wagon he noticed .
'ox about seven feet long. The driver
old him to jump up and of they started,
in southeasterly direction, the man on
riding in front leading the way.
1t had rained the day previous and the
Dads were very heavy, and sometimes the |
nan on horseback would be out of sight |
head of them, and then he would wait By |
he road side until the wagon came up. |
Their progress was very slow. and at din |
'er time they drove to one aide and had their
Inner, which they brought with them, and
ed their horses with corn.
When they started nom Knob Noster
hey told the darkey that they were going
mt to look At some land they had bought
nd that
THE BOX In THE WAGON
fruit trees. When they eat dinner,
however, the two men began talking about
low soon they would get back home to
Amer Harbor," in old Michigan. One Of
hem said, "if they'd only buried him 1t
Narrensburg. Is We thought they would
o, We would have been home with our
tiff BY this time" Then the other one
aid, "yes, or il that id station agent
adn't watched 20 close We wouldn't have
ad all this trouble" The ether replied to
his, "Well, we'll make them pay us 20
,uch more for our trouble, 30 it will be
,at much more in our pockets."
By this time their sable companion began
D have his suspicious, but he did not dare
, say anything. for he knew both Of the
Zen were heavily armed, and he had been
18th them long enough to know they would
land no trifing.
About dark they came in sight Of . farm
nd they halted and fed their horses again.
y this time they had gone. the daEkey