The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-17

Explanation Of tho Supposed
Motive that Actuated the
xcGregors.
They were Probably Victims OF .
Diaboiical Conspiracy TO Oh
tain the Reward.

eessS sssS -
Among the nesspaper men At O,veeo ."
take in the suppo-ed Bender circus wss
w. L Campbell, city editor Of the Ks"sss
CITY Mail, vho returned home yesterday
and wrote zap the following for his paper:
"Aboul four o'clock Tnesday afternoon
the old man end woman we're taken into
the c.urt room. Judge Perkins. Of Osve-
60, and other per>ons Who 80 desired a'ked
questions of the pr,aont As usual the
old man stormed and svore, while the wosn-
an cried. After leaving the court room
they were taken tn the South Side hotel
and told the trouble vas all over and thst
they we're nov out Of the serape. They
have not received . dircharge from any
judicial tribunal. Their board is paid at
TIE hotel and tie object OF the present
kind tn atment IL To sOothe the rufiied
feelings Of the old couple, gain their con-
fidence and Try to learn about the motive
IN the background Of the mysterious affair
in which the McGrexors hsve appeared 20
prominentiy. The supposition most gen.
erslly believed il that these old people
we're made to play their part in = conspir-
acy to get the rewards offered for the niss-
ing muraerers. John and K ate Bender
hsse been per-ona,e,, and the minds Of
Nc(;res,r and wife su filled With the de-
tails, or maybe sp'etended rehearsal OF The
deisi,s, that they are made plant ioois.
Had some Of the con.pirsrors been on hand
to do tie recognizing and others to do the
lvnchinx. the scheme would hsse been a
success, and the reward prob ably obtained
Circumstance, howeve-, prevented THE
from hing done.
Thn-c uho advocate the theory that the
McGIesor- wer- to be made the -caPe goats
in = reward claiming plot, say that the
c,n-pir .tors relied on the assumption that
there would be no one st Oswego Who
could positively cay that the old man var
not Bender. Old Mc(;regor h.d the crook
ed finger, the scar over the lett eye, Is
about Renders age. il an old tramp Who
could give no account Of hicseli, var an
awful aud inconsistent liar, and knew just
enough about the buicherics to probably
criminsie himself in the eyes Of m excited
mob. Then the coniedersies in the crowd
could take advantage Of the state Of Attain
10 hang old MCt;resor On the spot. In
this Wy . reward would be obtained.
Condor, the man Who captured the old
couple in Nebraska, Was about i've O'Clock
yesterday afternoon the most d,sgusted
man in O.weso. Mr.. Condor sve.rs BY all
that j. holy that he il confident the old
man taken il the one wanted. Many 9TH
era in Osweso affirm that old NcGregor ID
q, pres-n, nearer the Bsnder place than be
ever was before in his life. Mr. Condor
came in on the Fort Scott and Gulf train
this morning. He thinks that the reason
shy no witnesses from Ossye township
we're suI onaed and no Preliminary ex-
animation held, wss becsu.e the state .coun-
y and per.ons Who had offered the rewards
did not nov want to pay out 20 u,nch mon.
ey for dead men. NJ. Condor 10 very EN-.
phaiic in what he states aud alao ssys that
the next Renders who are caught in Ne
br.ska will be iynched without the cers-
mony of going to Lsbetse county. Mr.
Condor claim. ths' last night . mar
climbed to the ransom Of the old couples
room after the latter had retired to heal
what they had to saw to each other. HI
reports that the old man said tn the WON
an: We fooled them nice to-day, dldn''
we, Nsnc~7 C-wesc people end No fsul
With the officers Who made public exh'
h,,;o,, If The nr;sooers in Ansxs Citv