The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-25
.RASCALLY RYAN.
Sheriff Conner Visited Him in
Jail at Jackson, Ten.
neSSee,
But Was Too Late to Get the
Prisoner on the Requisi-
ton he Had.
Volney Made Another At
tempt to Escape on We'd
nesday Night Last,
And Would Proba bly, Have
Succeeded Had His Saw
Not Broken.
An Interesting Interview With
the Sheriff as to How the
Prisoner Looks and Acts

Sheriff Conner left Scdalia last Sa,ur-
dsv night. and when he appeared 1T the
depot. dressed in his 'De>t bib and tucker"
not les, than hall a dozen pencil pushers
stepped up ana intcrrosatel
Where are you going, pap?'
oh, To- 81. Louis, On ba,inc,N,' replied
the courteous official.
Well, he did go To- 81 Louis, but tina.
was not his true destination, nor WI, any
news gathercr permitted To- Know WHO'RE
he went, or Tor what purpose, until ne re-
turned Yesterday pnorninS. He arrived on
the Mi, s0iri Pacific from the east, and a
BAZoo rvpr.se ntative met him during the
forenoon. Ii wa, learned Tor the first time
that he had been
WAY DOWN IN TENNESSEE"
and his trip was fer the purpose of again
getting J. Solney RYAN, the notorious ins
surance swin,!ler and confidence man. i'm hi
clutches. The recent exploits Of til Is
criminal are familiar To all our
readers, hence no detailed account NJ, 81
again bc given. Suffice ii to say. after
IL was found tina, nothing could he done
with RYAN by the Louisiana authorities
for his ihieving operations at Shreveport.
me was returned, on a requisition, To the
authorities of Jackson, Tenn, where he
practiced the same device TO obtain money
that he did in this city. The indignant
citizens Of that place have IL in Tor the
oily iOnSued rascal. and If he does not get
y long term of years in the penitentiary it
will not be their fault. RYAN escaped
from the Sedalia Jail on the morning OF
July 18th AMI since that time Mr. Common
has been untiring in his efforts to effect
his capture and have him
RETURNED To HIS OLD QUARTERS.
When it was known positively that RYAN
was III custody at Shreveport, Mr.. Conner
procured r,quisition from the governor
of Missouri upon the governor oil Louisiana
ard private detective of ST. Louis,
named Charles Bennett, was sent e.
Louisiana To see ii RYAN would not u,
turned over 10 the Missouri authorities.
Had his man attended to his business as
he should have done, RYAN would now he
here. But he didn't He arrived AT
Shreveport dav too late, and. as a con-
sequence, the Tennessee people got in their
work first and Bennett returned home.
Sheriff Conner was not little disguised,
80 he determined TO make the next effort
in person. knowing that no indictment
had been found against Ryan, and
that the grand jury would be in ses-
sion during the week just closed, he arrived
in Nashville Monday night, with his re
auisi;icn In his pocket. But luck was
against him, for the governor was in
Washington and his private secretary was
absent at some point 106 miles distant He
at once telegraphed the private secretary,
and, receiving No answer, autographed a
second time on Tuesday morning, but
THE NECESSARY WARRANT
was not issued until o'clock that even
ing, consequently Mr.. Conner did not have
an opportunity of leaving Nashville until
$50 O'Clock "Wednesday morning.
On arriving in Jackson he was not lit
tie chagrined to find that RYAN had been
indicted that day, and as a matter of course
he could DO nothing further in the
premises.
During that day RYAN was brought into
court to answer tn the indictment, and AZ
ter IL was read To- him he entered q plea of
court room. but RYAN was not aware of the
fact, as the sheriff had requested that his
presence should not I've divulged 10 the
prisoner.
After pleading not guilty. Ryan made
few remarks, and asked the court TO ap-
point an attorney To defend him.
The court replied that such proceed
ing would not be warranted unless the
prisoner was unable to employ counsel
Ryan replied that in his present situa-
ton he was unable to do so, SO the court
appointed an attorney To defend him, and
granted foriy-eight hours time in which
tn examine the indictment and
THE TRIAL Is SET FOR THE 3lSr INST.
After all was through, Mr.. Conner step
ped out IN plain view of Ryan. The pris-
oncr gazed directly n, Mr.. e.. and then
turned pale, but did not exhibit anv sign
of recognition. Twice did Mr. C. have to
nod To the prisoner before he returned the
and then he motioned ior him
to come To where he was. Mr.. Conner
stepped across the room and the two had a
lengthy conversation, during which RYAN
stated that he would rather go any place
Rise than Ter return To Missouri
Sheriff Conner again called on him q;
the jail, in hopes of having a few cloudy
points cleared up, but the prisoner was re-
,icent and refused to divulge anything.
lie said il was not so much for himself
hat he broke out of the Sedalia Jail as for
his friend, Charlie Moore, the convicted
murderer. He had sympathized with him,
md rather than see him stretch hemp, had
ASSISTED HIM TO ESCAPE.
On Wednesday night Ryan made an at |
empt to escape from Jail and came very
nearly being successful. He was confined
n large room, thought to be secure, but |
he willy Ryan had in some manner pro-
'ured a couple of saws and with them he |
awed hole in the board floor above him.
Before he had completed his task, one OF