The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-06-24

A House Broken Into Near Green
Ridge

Ridge
Two Crooks from 0edalia 0obblsd.
On Sunday evening. the house Of W..
Lewis Ssnckman. faroes Who lises about
one and half miles from Gsees Ridge. On
the n. K. h 7. rosd. VA broken into dur
ing his ah-eoce and the following property
taken: Two revolver soos clothiag. and
some money, the exsct amount Of which
vas not ksovn.
The thieves. (for there yer. ivo) effected
an entrance ~ hsesking out pane Of g!ars
in the window. and reaching in through
the aperture. raising The catch and opening
the aash.
M. St0ck man IL . bachelor and had
left the houas about 10 o'cl.. ok in The nom.
ing, after locking it securely. IL was q
bold sct. certainly, % the broad light Of day,
and beioksoed earslessness and desperate
disregard for results that could oaly spring
froa utter recklessne@ OF extrene want.
Az sooo - M. Stockosa discovered his
loas, he informed Mr.. Philips. constable.
who. With M. J. X. Thooa~. Immediately
started Ous in Pur.uit u The barglsm. Pre-
vioas to the robbery two young and rather
veil drsssed men had been met in the
vicinity going in The direction Of
|6tockmans, and IL vss soos rendered
certain that they wers The parties Who did
the oct.
The pursuiag party i@0ediately sacer-
tanned the couse Of the fugitivea, and. after
. parsuit Of shout too houra sontkvest Of
Green Ridge. caught up With them, about
8 O'Clock.
M. Philip rude up and demanded their
surresder. and though saarned, placed his
hand in has hip pocket The "boys" vilssd
and gave in. The stolen property Vas
found 10 their poass.ioa and they vese
brought back to Gseen Ridge. where hey
had . preliminary exaninaiioa before Jrs-
lice Vssghan.
A plain case Vas established against
Hayes and Barley. - they gave their
naoea md they were committed "a Jail u
Sed.'ia, il default Of 81 600 boads. 70 swat
the action Of the grad jury.
They were brought to Sedalia this morn
Jag and placed in Jail.
About one O'Clock . BAzOO reporter
visited the Jail TO inierview the prisonen
After they bsA eaten their dinner hs sas
admitted and found them seated on The floor
Of the cage busilv engaged IN the wysserie'
ofssves-sp. Barley n . young mas. about
twenty yean Of age. Of lively nercurisl
temperament, and very tslksiive. Hayes,
though bat fev ysass older in yesr., il
evidently Barley. superior IN sin and
in the vays Of the world. He is veil
made young man Of shout q or "a. rather
rrticeni and Of cloae, suspicious deposition.
When they were brought into the city
they objected TO coming down Ohio street
because they said they we're known here,
Barley claiming to be . painter.
When the reporter entered he asked Bark
ley IL he could s6ord 10 Ieave his game =
tew minutes. He promptly replied that be
could, and walked to the end Of the corridor
for . private convenation. In answer to
the reporters inquiries he told the follow ing
story:
belong in Pennsylvsnia, and left there
when Vas boy eleven years Of age. Eos
some year have followed the occupatioa
Of cowboy, and have also been connected
with the army ~ . scout used to hang
around F. Sill, and served under Gen
Davidson. Some time ago ] came uP "a
Kansas City. got on . spree and got
.'busted." From there ] came 10 Seialia
and put up Al the German Hou.e. met
Hayes here. knew him three years ago.
We resolved to 20 to Texas and got drunk
before ve started. elae should have jumPed
. freight and never attempted to walk. L
il trne ve vent into man's house and
took the things that vere found With us. 4
ne had not been drunk ve would not hav,
done il. We had some sort Of trial and
they aens ~ up hese.
And that il al I know about it.
Rep-How long we're you in Sedalia be-
fore you started South?
Barkley-About week az ten days.
Rep-Whst do you think Of Gen. David
son ?
Barley oh. he r. . good soldier, I
brave man, one If your Custer fellow, bn
be amt NO Iagis fighter. 1t takes Nc
Kinsie to get away With tlsose ID
Apaches.
The reporter left B.rkley With the 6rs
conviction that be hsd told the truth. m,
equally convinced that be and his compan
ion would 70 to the peniisntiary.