The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-21
PITMAN AND PAL.
Run in by belong and Barnett
at 10 O'clock Last
Night.
Two Slick Ones Who Have Been
Doing the Green Ones Down
In Arkansas.

Night, Officers John belong and Charley
Barnett arrested John Pitman and A. Z.
STACEY, the former well-known crook who
has. i'm times past. PLAYED not few engage
ments in this city land all OF them of shady
character They came in from the south on
q freight train, arriving about9 o'clock, and
a little later were inmates OF the calabOOse
Pitman. it will be remembered, little
more than a year ago, was indicted 10y the
grand jury of Pettis county for playing
the confidence game on cOuntryman, his
confederate being the notorious ''kid,
Frank Barber, who is now confined i'm the
Polk county Jail at Boliver, on charge OF
swindling. Pitman was bound over to the
criminal court i'm the sum of $500. his
sureties being Bob Morrow, Capt. Bridges,
Conrad Killing and others. On being re-
leased from Jail, he jumped his bondsmen
and since then has been a fugitive.
In conversation with a BAZOO reporter.
this morning, he said he had
made the state OF Arkansas his home
since he LETT Sedalia, stopping al
Eureka Springs, Sloan Springs, Little
Rock and other points. He Was dressed
I'm the garb of countryman, evidently
thinking it would prove beneficial in his
business. He said he had no idea of re-
manning i'm Sedalia longer than over night,
when it was his purpose to visit his father
at Higginsville.
Stacey, Pitman's pal, claims Indiana as
his native state, but he, too, was returning
from the southwest When searched at
the calabOose, two new revolvers were
found OH his person, also two pocket
books, containing an aggregate of S52.15.
n info tn
pany Pitman as far as Higginsville, from
which place he would proceed to Colorado.
In his possession was found letter from
another pal, evidently a crook, congratu-
lating him on his success in swelling the
heads of the Arkansans, and wishing him
good luck i'm the future.
At nine O'Clock they were arraigned be-
fore Recorder Fraker, charged with being
found roaming around at a late hour, under
suspicious circumstances. Both pleaded
not guilty, but afterwards Withdrew that
plea and the recorder fined them SlO
each.
Stacey's pocketbook, containing So, was
handed him, and Pitmans, with % cents.
was given him Stacey was asked if he
wanted to pay both fines, and replied that
he did. He handed the marshal $40 bill
and both he and Pitman were about to de-
part, when Stacey said he would paw only
one fine, and Pitman would have 10 look
out for himself. His $40 was returned TO
him, and he gave Marshal Shy a ten dol
lars bill, which squared him with the city.
The marshal then ordered Pitman lock-
ed up, when the prisoner called the officer
to one side and gave him the amount OF
bis fine. Where he secured the so, is not
known, but it is reported that he had near
" 500 concealed about his person.
As Stacey turned on his heel to leave the
court room. Constable Barnett stepped for
ward and arrested him on a state
warrant for carrying concealed weapons,
which took him completely by surprise.
He was then asked if he did not have a
couple of valises at the Adams express
Office and admitted that such was the case.
In company with Constable Barnett and
Officers belong and Barnett, Stacey pro-
ceeded to the express Office, where he pro-
cured the valises, and they were taken
charge of by Charley Barnett and carried
to Squire Webber's Office.
Immediately on being released, Pitman
secured the services of Capt. Bridges to de-
fend his friend Stacey, who was taken be-
fore Squire Weber. Prosecuting At
torney Heard appeared for the state and
after hearing the testimony and arguments
of counsel, Stacey was discharged. He
subsequently took his valises, which had
not been examined by the officers, and this
evening will bid long adieu to Sedalia.