The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-07
LOST TIME.
That is to Say, j. 81. Mertz Lost
his Gold Watch by a
Burglary of his House
Friday Night.
And Then the Burglars Visit the
Homes of Col. A. D. Jaynes
and d. H. Smith, but do
not Bankrupt Their
Owners.

eve open, and both ears cooked and
primed for the slightest sound, which
might be- other than the gentle wind idly
toying with some lO0sened shutter. have
not Is vet proven safeguard against the
stealthv tread and feline I'LL G movements of
that class of society who pay no regard TO
the scrlptural Injunction To gain their
bread by the sweat of their brow, but who
deem every mans property theirs, if they
can get ii. And added To- these personal
precautions neither does the ever wakeful
watchiulness of the vigiiant cop prove a
time-lOck against these marraiers into the
quiet ZONES OF our citizens
These wise observations have dropped
from the erd of the BAzoO philosophers
pencil because the sac.ed precints of the
palatial tOmiciliarv III one of our most
esteemed and important citizens was van
dalized Friday night last by wretched
carcass in human form divine.
That i 10 say. the residence Of j. III
Mertz was burglarizcd. and the burglar is
still Il, large. From Mr.. MertZ the scribe
cleaned the following statement: The
gentleman had gone home about IL O'Clock
aI night, and Immediately retired. His
bed room is in the second story, and on a
chair AT the loot of the bed he put his
vest and pants. Nothing disturbed his
slumber, and not till early dawn had
broken from the Orient did he know that
his dOmicile hail been entered and burg
larry perpetrated. Rising, the master Of the
house sought those habiliments which are
necessary To lit man for publicity, but
he sought III vain. Suspicion flashed all
through him, AMI he began search. In
his walk around he found one of the back
doors open. Passing out on the porch he
there saw his lost garments. They were
secured AMI their pockets searched. The
contents. consisting ct fine gold watch
aud So or 81 in good and lawful money,
were gone and, perhaps are gone forever
After making his toilet Nr. Merit ven
turrd out in the ward ior further search
There AT the gate he found his pocket
book and snusly resting in it one little
ten cent piece How lonesome IL looked
and vet il seemed real glad To be once
more in the hands Of an honest man.
TINS j. ali there Is 10 this last story OF
house invasion by the bad burglar. No
wIu1Ow> were Open, no NOISE heard, M
nothing but lost gold watch, lew dol
lar>-ard the front door KEY: the latter
probably taken Tor u second visit.
Ii there l. house In the city supposed
To be hurglar-pr0of that one is the resi-
dence Of Col. Javne>. But into and all
through that house also went the burglars,
though they acted on the adage, Man
wants but little here below" for they took
only q lew dollars out of John Jayues'
pants pocket. There were some very line
watches In the room but they were lett
When the family arose in the morning
they found all the doors open and burnt
matches scattered over the floors. Two
costly seal skin caps were taken, wrapped
In paper and then left on the floor. Evil
IDENTIFY the thieves thought the winter was
over. Down in the basement they found
two Jugs of what they supposed was the
flowing beverage. but which were onlv YES
sells of settler water. Their disgust at this
discovery led them TO break these Jugs
over the fence. Entrance to the
house was effected through q cellar door
which had only a common lock on it, All
the rich Silverware and other costly ar
ticles are kept in burglar proof room
and 80 are safe.
AT ID. II. SMITHS.
Mr. Smith was also cOmplimented with
a call the entrance To- his house having
been made by forcing open a basement
window. Here the callers Toasted on the
good viands with which Mr.. Smiths
larder is supplied They did attempt,
however, to get upstairs, but bolted door
prevented this. Then they went outside
and forced open an upper window, and
were in the act Of crawling into the room
when one of the ladies of the house heard
them called to her brother, and he put
the rascalS To flight, without, however,
having an opportunity te perforate their
hides.
The burglars are supposed to be only
trampS, and not experts in the business, "a
they only took small articles and left
many valuable ones untouched. Be this
a. IL may, no one wants his house broken
into by greenhorn any more than by a
professional.
PROBABLE CLUE.
About 1o O'Clock last night Detective
belong and a couple of assistants found
five tramps in n. Il L. boarding car
south ef the Broadway junction. The
tramps had broken a window of the car in
order to get in and then forced open the
door. The officers arrested them and
brought them To the cooler. One of the
tramps told the officer that on Friday
night there were four other tramps in the
same car that about midnight three OF
Them gOt up and went out, staying until
Just before day. When they returned they
old their partner that they would have to
skip out and they did so, saying they were
going TO Kansas City. AT and around the
ear the officers, yesterday morning, found
pieces of meat, bread, etc, evidently the
remnants OF the lunch taken from ID. H.
Smiths residence. The officer thinks he
mas Il strong clue To the burglars, and will
follow it ep with zeal. AT any rate the
tramps will be held for trespasS and break