The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-05

on horseback for Indspendeoce, aceompa.
InSed ~ policeman Collopy and Hynes, and
hickman named Curry, Who volunteered
hs asissases. They arrived 1t I.depead.
ence between three and four O'CLOCK Sunday
morning. Hyne and Collopy going down
the river to warn ierrynen and boat owner.
TO aPpsehend the fusitives, should any At.
tempt be made By them 70 crosa Nuner-
Gus other messengers With Instructions "a
arouse the farmers we're despatched IN Ill
directions. To awaken the people Of In
dependence was not needed; indignation
and excitement vas visible in every face,
and the ensuing Gun threw iis nornins Light
upon the figures Of scores Of armed, watch
full men, hurrying westward toward the
state line and northw.rd to the river to in
terceps the escape Of the pursued.
These energetic measures having been
taken,
MARsHAL LIsGErr AND CoLLOPY
set out for the hut which had been the
scene Of the murder. From this place they
sent their horses forward, and, following on
foot the tracks left BY the boots Of the Hee-
ing men, succeeded in tracing their fight
to . point about six miles further east.
Here the Marshal paused and wrote note
to w. g. Deshler, residing near Pink Hill,
telling him to give the alarm and arouse
his neighbos to assist in the search. II
WAS this precaution that resulted in the
final capture. Liegett then found hand
car and some men, who took him On the
narrow guase to Napoleon, just across the
Lafayette county line. They were inform
ed that two men had that morning taken .
boat and started down the river. Still fol-
lowing the railroad, they consinusd down
the river to Lexington, leaving the alarm
as they passed through Wellington. At
Lexington two men anwering the descrip-
ton Of those they were seeking.
had been seen crossing the river in boat
early that morning, and had since been OBJ
served skulking along the opposite bank.
This information carried the pursuit on .
false scent, across the river into Ray county
The men were followed, and proved to be
fishermen, and the marshal re-
tsrned to Lexington. Meanwhile
THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF
had sent information Of the murder and
Of Green and Miller 10 all parts
Of this county; srmed parties o: citizens
were orxanised in Wellington and Napo-
leon; the neighboring farmers began the
search hand-bills offering revasd Of $500
for the capture Of the fusitives were
sent ~ far east a. Jefferson City, and
the evening of Sunday found in e1-
issencs such organized effort to pre-
vent escape, that the authors Of
The crime were unable 70 evade detection
beyond the hours OF the night The circle |
Of the puEsuen in the eastern portion Of |
Jackson, under the lead Of Deshlear, had
gradually contracted until they found them
selves concentrating in the vicinity Of Pink
Hill. the closing Of Sunday bringing them
within hearing Of each others shouts The
same evening man named Kavrick, Nv
ing Eve miles south Of Buckner. discovered
two men stealing through his corn6eid.
Their appearance coincided exactly With
the description he had received Of the
and be hastened to inform his
neighbos. Chase was at once begun
the trail Vas found, and the pnrs0ed
were tracked for about . mile westward,
to the farm Of one johnson. There they
TOOK REHvaE IN a STRAW RICK,
standing in the middle Of field, and soc-
ceeded in passing The night undiscovered.
But the farmers surrounded the field, kssP.
ing careful watch during the night. and
when . little after sunrise, the hunted men,
unaware Of their danger, descendsd 70 the |
ground, they rereivsd . summons to sur
render. Not knowing the number Of their
pursuers, one Of them shouted: "Ssand,
back, there, We don't intend to Be taken |"
and they then ran to tie top Of . little hill
near at hand. They reached il only to 6nd
covered By the nuzslss Of
twenty rifles. A second demand 70 sur
render, and On order to drop their weapons,
move away from them and hold up their |
hands W. then given, and obeysd. and they |
we're at once taken into custody. The pris-
oners were then taken to the houae Of . |
Iarmer named Meadows. and after breakfast |
bound on horses. to Buckner.