The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-02

Gov. Crittenden's Opinion Of Train
Robbing and the Capture of
the Robbers.


Governor Crittenslen arrived in the city
last night from jefferson City and regis
tered at the Southern. His Excellency is
here pursuant to request for cOnsulta-
ton with the superintendents OF the sew
eral railroads in the state concerning the
suppression Of Outlawry, which consulta-
ton will be held to-day. The train rob-
berry ut Winston has excited universal
comment, and renewed the old inquiry
why the administration is incapable or in
competent To stop such performances
That the executive finds himself called
upon to take some active measures i'm the
premises is evident from his extraordinary
call upon the general superintendent and
managers for consultation, but what i'm
mediate results can be thus accomplished
is matter to be determined Every gov
ernOr Of the state since 1870 has been
called upon TO struggle with the problem
Of train rObbing, a species Of crime which
seems 10 have grown peculiar to Missouri,
and all OF them have come out Of the con-
test more or less defeated. In order to OBJ
tain Gov. Crittenden's opinion OF the sub
ject, q reporter OF the Globe Democrat
called upon his excellency last night at
the Southern and requested An interview,
which va: kindly granted. Responding
to an inquiry,
THE GOVERNOR SAID:
Il have called this meeting for the pur-
pose Of expressing to the railroads my sym
pathy and hearty cooperation With any
movement tending TO secure the capture OF
train robbers, and 10 receive whatever sug-
gestiOns they may have to offer in return"
"Whv are you comparatively helpless in
such cases."
I'm consequence OF the express provis-
ions Of the law, of which am the execu-
tive, not the maker. The section Of the
statutes concerning fugitives from Justice
declares that the governor may, ii he think
proper, offer q reward of not exceeding
$500 in cases where fugitive is legally
charged either by name or description
with the commission Of felony. In this
Winston case nobody il able to tie an in
formation against anybody, even BY de-
scription, and hence l am inhibited BY the
statutes from Offering even the ordinary
reward of $500. Governor Phelps expert
enced the same difficulty in the Glendale
robbery. True, we have an ample fund
for the suppression Of Outlawry, out vi
which We pay rewards and the expenses oi
but that fund can only be
drawn upon under the statutes. This !
think, completely shows the helplessnrss Of
the governor in all such cases.
will YOU propose some new method OF
getting at the difficulty when the superin-
tendents meet tomorrow
Nothing, except that shall suggest i,
is advisable for express companies to be
more cautious in
THE SELECTION OF AGENTS.
These crimes are not always committed
from the outside. Then. believe il would
be = good idea for express companies to
seal up the safe after leaving an initial
point, because the way receipts are gencr-
ally small. 1t would perhaps be OF some
avail if the railroad companies would COM
bine to establish an ou,lawry fund for the
and detection OF train rob-
bers. You know the state can not employ
a detective, and offers no Involvement
whatever to secure the apprehension Of
criminals. The state only pays its $500
for an arrest. This might work the speedy |
capture Of some fugitivss."
"What is your latest information con-
corning the Winston robbers? ?"
II telegraphed to the sheriff Of Lafayette /,
county this morning, asking ii the report
vas true that the robbers had passed Ber-
lin in boat, and whether ANYTHING had
been done to effect their capture. The re-
ply was that the report was true, but the !
lact had been discovered too late To effect !
q capture. ! think il is rather singular |
that nobody in Berlin or Lexington !
thought to telegraph the sherifis of the |
counties. II this had been |
done the sherifis and marshals OF Raw |
and Saline had received prompt informa- |
liOn-the men might have been hemmed !
in and captured"
IL presume that Clay county is active in |.
the pursuit? -
"You don't presume anything OF the sort. |
but il is true, nevertheless. ! received |
letter to-day from q prominent citizen of |
Claw county, in which he stated that the |
county officials we're earnestly engaged i'm |
working up the case, and he thought the |
county was doing its entire duty in the |
premises; he wished, however, that he !
.ould saw as much for Jackson county,"
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