The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
THEY RUN EN- IN.
A Couple Of Slick Ones Cap
tured by the Police Yes
terday Afternoon.

They Are Committed Until Wed
nesdsy, in Defsnlt Of $3.50
Tvo click ones vers rua in hy Marshsi
Smith and Officer Gosasss . fs~ Dinuts~
before Elk O'Clock last evening. The. gave
their names % John B. Aiexan 'cr ano W.
II. Smith, end we're arTestsc uud.r sic
following circumstances
TIE msn ~Lo slsims lie name 10 Alex
sndsr came 20 esdslis little mere th.a
too weeks ago aud comm. ecsi boarding a
the Pacific houss. With 40 abundance o:
4 CLICK roSSrE,
hs lost 60 time in forming EGG Is inlaeess
on every hand. aid AZ ons re suH ~,
nsss. - Ia sompssy sitn one OF Ihess. tWo
wesks ago last night. Alsxsndsr called II
the BAzOO of6cs aud inserted 81 SEVER
tissmens. to the eject that be s.nii deliver
q lecture during the next week GO the
Benefits to b derived from building rail
says 10 Missouri" Tpis lecture was 70
explain to The people Of Peitis cousty ths
necessity of constructing a s.,seh road
from Sedaiia to eoansct With the Chicago
q Alton, and % this ices The sen;iensn
talked isarnsdiy. He was driskInH Il sne
time, hut this Va overlooked.
The Monday following Prcf. % Alsx.
asder spent the greater ortion =. his .iGs
in the gin mile and far, rooms cf the city,
and il i. said be vas I" d ,~psd +" ;or quite .
anux little cum in one of the l,' ef place.
On the evening appointed for the lecture,
the professor failed TO appear, bat :"sissd.
WAS DRUNK,
and this hs has kept up p:e:i- much 81!
the time since coming &c SeGaiia. He Cen
,inued boarding st the Pacific houas until
Friday evening, and during The time made
cnr6dents Of several Of his feii,s be.rdere.
Friday night be changed iror. tbs PscifS
houss to the Jay Gould ho,s;, shsre he
met the man Who vss arrested si,h hin
last evening. and gisss the name VI W. n.
Smith, aud claims Roscoe, 81. e. air eoun-
Y, ~ his hoos. Tie men e;si.A to have
met some two months sgs Q; She'll City.
for the 6rst time. aed on mestinG here
their old acquaintance was reserved.
On coming 10 the Jay Gould hotel, Tues
day evening last, Saith had - bsegsgs
Q email morocco vslise, worth probably oos
dollar, which be left With The els /, reeeiv-
ing
AcHDcx soR IT.
A, eseh visit - the hotel 6m.t., IL 10 said,
would step 10 20 the counter ssd icok &c
80 il his vAliss Was stiii here, ate. which
be would depart.
Come time during Friday the ss,i.e wss
removed from bebipd tbs coar,er, ii her
BY Smith or . coniedera,s, enc trs. esc-
ming Alexander claims ks sd,snoei s..i q
one dollar on il, and was 20 hoij is until
the Dosey was returned. Yestssdss
Smith called At the Jay Gould srd asked
for his property. but . shoroagh search
failed 10 producs il. Smith claimed 10
know nothing - 70 in Wherearouts, ard
said he had sevsral dolisre' wor.a OF medi-
cines, etc.. 10 tie valiss. al Of which he de-
nsoded pay for.
In tie meantime, . man o, .aed ". II.
Garner, of this city, had bssn approached
BY Smith. who
MADE a coNFIpkT o. HIN,
ard told the c'rcumstsaoss of renewing
the va!ise from the hotel and transferring
il to Alex ander, all Of which lad hsen
dcLe for the purpose Of making . rai.e
from the proprietor OF the Isy Gould.
Garner heard him through, and efter sosns
hesitatior, advanced a sms!. sum o! money
ard received the va;ise a. secar;:y. He 81
cncs informed tie police Of What wss go
ing on, aud they 10 fnra iniorc,ed Nr.
DevrsUx, Of the yay 8"aiA, &nd told bio.
to have Smith make sf6da@it ~ 30 the con-
tents Of the valise, after which IL would 10
~xsninsd. srd il be lad lied, . snsrge Of
perjury could Be made to stick. Smith
vss taken before Fquire Fisher. end made
TER FOLLOWING AFFIDAVIT:
This 18th day Of March, A. D. 1881. per-
sonaily appeared before sand Justice. ". X.
Sa,i,h, Who, being daily sworn, "a bic oath
SAYS that he 10 4 rseideni OF Roscoe. St.
Clair cousty. No. snd ,kst hs 10 ste idsn.
ticsi Smith Who, On Or about the loih al
March. 1851. reg,stsrsd q . CUES: at ms
Jay Gould hotel in S.dsiia, No,
add then and there Gepositsc with the pro-
prietor Of said hotel, vaiiss eon,sieirS
tWeafy.thrse boxes OF worm candy, seur
bottles Of ps;n destroyer, ,wo hoxss Il iei
povdsr, and thinks eight boxes al pills snd
eeseo or eight phial- nj eye va,sr. 81 she
sggrgsts value Of $40; tas. the sane
hes bssn lost iron said honee: and, fur
Their, that he did not take ssid val,se sad
contents from SAID hopss or esUss i, 10 b
done by bis procursoset or WITH sic knosi.
edge or consent.
". n. enrrs.
On the strength Of thi. sfsh.vii, Mr.. +.
r Lewman, clerk Of the Jay Gould. 49,
Peared before Squire Fishsr end made the
following sGidssit, On which = varsan,
Wss Issued and both Smith asc Alex auGsr
wERn ARRkTkp:
Z. r. Lewmaa, being daily sworn, e.
h,s oath, says shst on the 18th dsv OF
Nsrcb, 1881, in the ccusty cf fsitis, ]. P
Alexander and ". H. Smith die thea spd
there cnnspirs and confederate together
With intent 10 deirsud and cheat A. L.
Desreux, proprietor of tie Jaw Gould
house, Of Sedsiia, Mo-, BY stealing from
the possession OF Sid Desrsox q va!iss and
consents that had been lsf, at said hose hy
said w. Il. Smith, when registered ~
guest of said house. and did thes ard there
steal said valiss And con snts viih the TO-
tent to charge said Dasersux With the
value Of said valiss and coa,en:s, seaies:
the peace ssd dignity Of the s,ai..
e. r. LswMAu.
Smith We fousd st The Jay Gould and
Alexander in front Of ro~s.S SELDOM.
Both were taken before Squire Fisher,
whsss they were searched and o. the fsssoa
Of smith Vas found
DIRK KNIFE
Of huge di0sssions. Both we're ssxious
for . speedy examination, bot % il ess
late. the Squire committee then Ia jsii. IN |
default Of $3.50 bond sseh, until Wed |
pesdsy next. smith seemed terrisly q. |
e'cised over the rseuIt, but A,sxsndsf "a, |
perfectly cool and collected.
After they he'd been resolved to j.il, the /!
vaiise in question was opened !. the BAzoo
Office and found to coni.in tbs following
articles: Blk bottles imported liver pills.
ten boxes worm candy, ihres bottles pain
destroyer and seven bottles Of eye vster-i
only these and nothing more.
It is evident that both men ere not what
they claim to b. The police have hesu /
"n to" Alexander Tor seversI dsys past.
nad hia AvopV novA kas 49,