The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-16
G0BBLING The GRAY"
Two Young Men Att mpr to Decoy
Farmer Out Prom the De
pot to Rob HIM.

An attempt 80 usde last evening TO in
veixls IN unsu.prct'ng gray" from The
depos TO p! sce o0 the sare~ts north of the
railroad, where he could have bern robbed
10 safetv. The gray" sAs . middle age 4,
good os'ure,i 10 'kinx farmer. who .ss hi.
n.@e to = BAzoO reporter a. Jame. o.
WIlson, and said ne had been living near
Anthony, k,n.s-..;; that he wss enrocre TO
hanslbai, near which city his son lives
aud where he - intending To buy . issm.
A BAz 20 reporter uho COW, rsesi With
HIN sss ,nfo' m-d bv hun that between
3 and 10 o'clock Last night, while visiting
Tor the north bonnd NJ, K. 4 +. train, he
sss approached BY tso yo,,nx mrp, one II
whom i,~g.n talking With him. lie in
formed them. in the c,ar-e ii he CONVEX
.~'soo, that he vss on hts way no~ 70
Hannibal Ia hny farm that he Wa tired
1T living in X .nsAs and n Il h. had . farm
selected near II .nnihs: th.t woaid j ut .u u
hun, and thai be paving cash he c,,aid Oh
tain verv chssp rates on the land. About
the time he hal informed them of his in
'ention ~ 10 purch ssing the farm, the Sec
ond one of the coupie said, addressing ma
companion: "Weil. le, u. % ant csr,y
mother across iher~g He then said to
The gray" stranger, our mother y -
taken Vers sick this evening in Q hou.e
nesr our home. snd se want to get . little
assistance in carrying her over home. A.
your trsin viI. not be along Tor upwards OF
IN hour YET, will you he - Kind NJ 30 %
along, and give u . helping hand: Our
home l. ],Ist north est of the depot Q iev
s,sps. We w"uId only have 10 carry her
about hall block, aud il will take bat
fev minutes. j will pay You for your
time snd trouble. ~ going down tosn W
could, Of course. e, plenty Of help. but I
merely ask you b~csus~ il is 40 much more
convenient, yon know"
The Old fsImer said he took q GOOD
straight lock 1t both of them. snd then ,s.
'or'esi: We'll, I hardly think IN give
you l'st. ID, yoI take me tor d.
Tool? and turned on his heel vent into the
depot.
The old man heRsn thinking over il, and
The more he thought the ansiier he became,
because he felt sss1red that .hey merely
wanted 70 get him out from the depot to
rob him. He ven, out and hunted for them,
intending II he found them 10 inform the
police and have them arrested. hut they
were not to be seen. lie s,,erva,ds wsn,
With the reporter down 10 the vest end ~
the derot platform and looked across the |
dark open place. siih i's ragged back GROUND |
nj negro re.idences, where the click Young
men intended TO take him to assist them in |
carrying tn ir nosher home" but Iesliv !
to roh him. After looking over the ground
he lsughin9lv sid to the pencil! pusher |
J. Thst would he handy place to knock q
man dosn and rob him" He desc, bed the !
Young men ~ both having been ssy:ishIv |
dressed. b',h wearing ulsters and black I
slouch hats. one aged ahnut twenty, aim |
fAerd, black mustsche, .Goaov cnmpl. ION,
me front tooth gone and vhp talked Vith .
nasal iwang. The other VA aged ahou,
lsen,v Eve, we short, heavy set sith red |
nn.tsehe. talked in . coarse tone, wore |
,shv rines on his finger. = swish tres.t |
pin, and limped s'i-htly when Walking.
They we're probably strangers in the civ, |
sho ihns Attempted to .iecpv the old farmer !
and 'oh him. Ps,s,ns while travelling can
mt he soo c,refnl 81 ssrnnee's who desire \
IN hccome acquainted with them on short \
notice