The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-12
CUNNING COOKIES.
The Desperadoes Killed and
Caught at Moberly, Prove
to be the Thieves
Who Stole Browns and 0entry'e
Hogs and Sold them to Judge
Baker, Last Month.
The Judge Identified Them at
Moberly, and has Attached
Their Money.

| MONDAY afternoon Inc BAZOO contained
q special, from Moberly, giving an accoun
of deTrcrate 1t which occurred ther,
that day between the sficers and cirizen
and three men, named respec
lively, Richa.d, Nicholas ant
John Cooke, in which fgh
Richard vas killed outright and the othel
two more or less danger ously wounded.
Never before in the history Of the city, hac
Moberly experienced such sensation and
| il is still the ruling topic of conversation
there, as we'll as big thing for the papers
On the afternoon Of the 18th of las
north, the BAzoo contained long tele.
gram from Topeka, Kas., detailing the in
cidenss of fight in that city with these
same Cookies, the night previous, and si
their e. Gaping from the officers.
On last Saturday these men arrived in
Moberly, stopping at the Grand Central
hotel, registering as William and ]. Cur
~ and g. Smith, Ottumwa. ows.
THEY WERE IDENTIFIED
on Monday as the Cooke brothers, and an
attempt made to arrest them, which re.
suited as above stated.
Yesterdays Monitor contains and inter.
view with one of the Cooke, which con-
tains the following statement:
my father died about ten years ago and
my mother married John Shehan. She
lives ten miles north of Mt. Sterling,
Brown county, Ill. sent her dispatch,
yesterday, but have received no srswer."
"How did the trouble come up, yester-
day ?" asked the reporter
"Well, we were walking up street" said
the wounded man, "and met the officers.
L was in front when / heard the officer say
to Richard 1.-THE man killed) you are my
prisoner / knew trouble had begun
and stepped off the pavement Just
about that time an officer fired and l
received a shot in tine right breast. As
stepped on the pavement Igot another shot
in the right side, just above the hip. /
then started with my brother John TO run
west Richard took different route, and
you know the result"
ibid you or any Of your brothers fire on
the officers before they shot?" asked the re-
porter.
"Eo, did not. and 1 don't think any IF
the Other boys did. The marshal had his
hand on his pistol when he ordered Rich
ard to surrender. Firing began immedi-
ately. / could easily have killed all the
officers. but was solicitous Tor the safety
Of my brothers, being the eldest"
How old are you, and how old is
Johu?'
II am thirty-one, and John is sixteen.
My brother James is fourteen. He is still
IN Topeka, where our sisters, Misses Johan.
IA and Lizzie, are keeping house"
This much for the Meberly account.
sEDALIA INTERESTED.
On the 18th of last month, Judge John
Baker was called upon at the county |
Jerks Office. by man who told him be |
lad twenty hogs for sale. Thr Judge ac-
the man to East Sedalia. where
we're the hogs, In charge of Two other
men.
A bargain was soon struck and Judge
Baker bought the hogs, aud that night
hipped them to St. Louis, minus one,
which got away.
Living near Dresden is DR.. Brown,
rho, on counting over his hogs on the
norning of the 18th, which was on
found that twenty of
hem we're missing. He at once started for
edalia, to see if he could find the lost
wine. and on the road met a strayed one
vi
e found that Judge Baker had bought his
ogs, and that they were then in St
,ouis. The doctor went to that
ity Saturday night and identified bis hogs
the stock yards.
Shortly after this, Major Gentrv was
allod to pass through the same experience
s was DIR. Brown, Judge Baker again pur-
hasing some more hogs iron, The same
len.
The fact that both droves were stolen.
the jud &c to that extent he de-
.rmined to capture the thieves if possible.
lie kept his eyes open and read the BAzoo
'guiarly and when he saw the account of ,
re MOberly fight, he at once surmised that
he fellows who caused it were the
MEN HE WANTED.
I'D, last night, he went up to that town to
Ike look at them That it proved wise
ling on his part, the following dispatch, G
ceived by Frank Landmann, this morning, :
'oves:
MeBERLY, Mo-. Dec. 6, 1882.
Frank Landmann Found men, and at
ched all their money. Come right up.
(Signed,] JOHN BAKER"
This shows that the men have been q
entitled as the hog thieves, and that :
e two Who are alive. and, from last &C Q
UNITS, not at all Likely TO die, stand the
st sort of chance to spend several years q
Jefferson City. v
The amount of money attached does not i
gin to repay Judge Baker for his loss, t
hich was somewhere near $500, as there
IRE found only $l05 on one of the prison s
3 and S. on the other. "
Mr.. Landmann goes mp to more fully d
entity one of the men, as one of them b
lied on him to ask where Judge Baker v
uld be found. He will 30 up to Mober-
tonight. "