The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-04
THE RoAp-RoBBaRs' DOC
TOR.
Strange 0lotoOOntD 0ado By the
Female Physic,an Of the Black
Hills 0taeO Robbers.


Htlls' sage 1obboE0.
Cheyenne Sun.
So much mystery has clouded the
work of the gang Of highway robbers
who have infested Wyoming during
the past Eve years that It Is doubtful
whether today . correct versiou OF
any of the numerous stage or train
robberies committed between the line
of the Union Pacific and the Black
Hills has - vet been published. Ooe
of the boldest robberies Of the season
Was that committed on the Sd Of last
July, some distance this side Of Dead.
wood. when the outward-bound stage
Was stopped and robbed. A. two Of
the men out Of the three engaged in
the robbery are now captured and in
the Jail in this city, and the third 10
dead. there can be no harm in making
public such details as may prove in
teresting to the public.
Learning that . person intimately
connected with the Road Agents"
organization WAS in the city. lying
seriously iii. and DESTROYS to make
public certain facts connected With her
intercourse with the gang, . Sun re-
porter sought an interview.
A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
Guided by her medical attendant.
DR.. j. j. Cook, the S'm found its way
into q snug, quiet little concrete Of
adobe cottage in the suburbs of the
town. In. q small room. ut the
top q narrow, tortuous fight Of
stairs, lay, almost ut the point of detah,
one of the most remarkable women of
theWest. Young and handsome even in
her extreme illness. with commanding
physique. sharp. searching. black eyes.
the invalid 1t once impressed the in
terviewer with curiosity, - we'll -
with interest. A few words exchang-
ed, and it was discovered that che was
one of the lost bellies of Kansas City,
No., aud q daughter of one of the
wealthiest families. The southern
portion of the city new bears the name
of her uncle, now dead. while three Of
her uucles are to day leading citizens
in jackson county. Mo. She Vas At
one time one Of the reigning bellies Of
Missouri. shining alternately at the
state capital at Jefferson City. St.
Louis and Kansas City. She speaks
of the journalists of St Lsuis, Kansas
lCity and Sedalia with the freedom Of
old acquaintance, and eagerly alb
sorbed every item Of news concerning
old acquaintances.
HER CAREER.
She appeared indisposed to allude
to her career since she % suddenly
left her home in the states. Frag-
mcntary remarks, dropped in the brief
conversation. showed that she bad
been married to- surgeon in the army.
with whom she had studied surgery
and medicine. and. according to her
own statement, practised anatomical
studies At the dissecting table. Her
husband died, and We next find her at
the Red Cloud agency. . tutor among
the Sioux Indians. Then - . reign
ing queen Of . fashionable gambling
place IN . frontier town. where she
set behind her table dealing what is
familiarity known in English -
"twenty-one." Again she appeared IS
a favorite serio-comic singer 10 . we'll.
known variety theatre. and lastly in
the character she now appears, - the
doctress of the secret organization
known as the Black hills road agents.
1t was in this character that she was
introduced to the San last night.
Why SHE MADE A STATEMENT.
Il have sent for you, Mr.. San. "
said the invalid. as she half raised her.
self upon her pillow, "tor the purpose
of telling you what / know about
Charley Ross, who has just been AZ
rested and is now here in Jail. had
not intended to say anything about it,
or to mix up myself in it. but - one
of the three robbers engaged in the
Finn shooting affair IL dead, and one
has confessed, don't think my oath
binds me to silence. I am familiar
with nearly oil the member of the
gang, and there l learned much con-
corning their actions. But l paid
little or no attention to them or their
conversation. 1t was about the middle
of last July that / became reluctantly
connected with the gang. and it hap
pened in this way:
IN A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE.
zone night . particular friend Of
mine-a young carpenter named Billy
Mansfield, poor boy be has been limo
Gently hung eince then-came to my
restaurant and told me that he must
see me ut Q certain opium smoking
house that night, rs . friend Of his was
sick. I had been in the habit of spend.
ing pleasant hours in that opium house
with parties of friends, and thought
nothing of the appointment. ] told
my husband ~here / Was going and
Why, and At the time appointed I Was
there. Billy Mansfield then informed
me that his friend Was sick and that l
must 20 and SEQ him. After some
expoetulation and argument on my
part, I accompanied him down the
main street Of Deadwood to . email
house near the bridge. where I met
Mclaughlin and another member Of
the gang. and in the presence Of these
men / Was made TO tske q solemn oath
of secrecy. l vas afraid 70 refuse, for
. persons life 10 not worth much in
that region"
IN THE Tolls OF THI GANG.
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