The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-23
A HIDDEN LEAF
From the Ot'erviiio Train Robbery
Brought to Light For the
First Time.

In the brain of the chief Of police.
that n ceptacle for inany curiaus things
arr strange stories. only to he obtained
~h,n an idle moment creeps into liz
busy lie, and finds him ready Ia talk ;
a very rare combination. Ii occurred
the oil.er dav, and AN Evening tar
reporter WAS RECALLED with u curinu>
story, proviny truth stranger than fic-
ton. oi :hc recovery of two valuable
b,rsss which were lost thousands Of
nils apart. tie one in Texas aud the
Other M Missouri. and both strangely
recovered together ia q very queer
n,nnnrr The recital also includes the
puh,icaii. n of 4 hidden leat from the
history OF line
OTTEGvIL TRAIN ROBBERY.
S.m. time before that robbery, Ma
j"r Buck. Il prominent Texan, lost a
very valuable thoroug hHred horse.
The animal was fine racer. possess
ed Of g"'i Shaving qualities. and in
AL prizA ahDve all others Tor u horse
thief. Mi" Buck thought s" much
Of the h"rse that he determined To
recover him. Ut time. money or P-rs.
veranc. could accomplish il. With
this object ia view he started with
two friends IN pursuit ami rode night
and .isy, ,hrcugn Texas, Indian Ter
r;tory and Missouri. straight on Oh.
trail of the thieve. to Kansas Civ. re-
covering on the WAY two Ut the stolen
horses, but filling TO get the thor
oughbred Warrior. He lett a de-
s-rip;inn OF the horse with Chief
Speers and returned home.
ANOTHER RACER RUN OFF.
About The time M.jor Buck return
ed hnme. another thorourbbr.d horse
was stolen from JUICE Nelson in the
suburbs Of kansas City and Gisap
peared a. completely As did ''Warrior.'
Shortly afterwards the O,terville rob
berry occurred. and one morning after
this "Warrior aud Judge Nelson's
thoroughbred were f,u.d standing
side BY si.ie in a field jus, southeast Of
tie city, and no trace visible 10 show
how they got there.
THE MYSTERY.
however. WAS som cleared up in this
wise: One night Cole Younger and
Gel Miller rode down from the ren-
d.zvous in Kansas. passed through
W,andoi:e ani, riding along the river
bank. ent.red::s small shed in the rear
Of Molly O'Brien's house OF prostitn-
ton an Main street, and tied their
horses. They entered the house AM
visited two sisters named Black who
were known in the men, having been
raised near Independence. (Bhh are
still living as prostitutes in Kansas
City.) While they We're in the house.
Ell. Bnandenburg. a weil-known man
about town. came along, aud. seeing
the two horses. united them out If n
spirit of mischief. and, giving them q
cut with whip, sent them gsl!oping
of.
THE DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
IN Moliy's ranch snnn discovered their
l.ss and Immediately began search for
the horses. In the cnurse of which
they went 20 the police station and
made inquiries of Sergeant Snyder
and two officers. They were not re-
ccgnized and failing to find the ami
mails they gave M the search and left
the city. Those horses were the ones
that were found in the field next day
and had been stolen from Major Buck
in Texas and Judge Nelson in this
city.
ANOTHER INCIDENT
in connection with this il worthy OF
mention. Warrior" when found
under the peculiar circumstances
wore a very fine saddle.
The horse WAS recognized by Chief
Speers. by Msjrr Bucks description.
but no owner could he found for the
saddle IL laid in the p'.iice office for
A month. and during that time the
f, orthfieM bank r"bbery occurred.
Shortly af,erward DR.. iwymsn. an
uncle Of the Younger boys. came in.
claimed the saddle AMI proved the
property. He explained that he had
oaned il To- Cole Younger. This vas
he missing link and showed that Cole
Younger and his gang We're the horse
.hieves who stole Bucks Warrior and
hat after reaching Missouri Gel
Miller took Nelson's horse while the
est of the band replaced their jsded
,orses with six III the finest thorou. h. !
,reds to be found in the country and
which were used in carrying out the /
)tiervilIe train robbery. Such is the
tory of facts.
An exchange speaks Of DR.. Graham
f Louisville, now in in his seventy.
inth year as ''the only living fort