The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-07
ALA WEEKLY BAZOO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY z, 1882.

well, and knew him when he fir
came into the county Halt married
q niece of Mooreis, and was married
at the time he was hunting stoler
horses. There was large reward
offered for Halt. and be was ARRESTED
i'm Fl. Scott, Kansas. and has been
sentenced to the penitentisry in Kan
SIS according to the hest information
the citizens can obtain. After Halt
disappeared the next man who ap.
pearel was Walter Hobbs. He and
Moore made several trips off and al.
ways came back With plenty of mon
ev. There was George Robinson. Pc,
Reed, Tom Reed, Ike Haynes. who
would frequently come in with Moore.
THEY ALL WENT ARMED
nj never dill any work hut ALWAYS
had plenty of money. During the
last summer and all fall there has been
at least dozen houses burglarize,l
and alb ,ut twenty head of horses sto-
len from Hudson township. The
number of saddles AMI set. of harness
taken during the last two years are
difficult to enumerate. On the
night of Novem Der 9Th. 1881, there
were only Hobbs and Moore at the
house of the latter and that night a
set Of harness and buggy was taken
from Simeon Gilbreath and q span
of mules from e. &. Peeler. Moore
and Hobbs both disappeared that
night. Hobbs was arrested in Texas,
he aud John and Jim Reed,
FOR BuRGLARIzINo A HOUSE
there. Hobbs was brought back to
Missouri and put in Jail in Bates coun-
~ by Sheriff Simpson and his deputy.
The citizens sent two parties to Miller
county. Missouri. and there they OBJ
tanned . true history Of each and
every one Of the gang. They found
several sets Of harness and saddles be-
longing to citizens ia Bates county
and those who possessed them said
Moore and Hobbs hauled them in
there and sold them OFT. Moore has
done no work for two years. Hobbs
and Moore have been running together
all the while. Hobbs has . wife in
Miller county. The citizens in the
last named county have suffered
a great deal by the means Of this
gang of thieves. After Hobbs was
arrested and brought back Moore be-
came frightened. and as every one
supposed left the country. Hobbs
admits to having been in the peniten-
tiary and as it is reported that james
Hickman forfeited mis- bond the citi-
zens kept a lookout for him. and
knowing that oil Sim Mitchell who
lived within two and one-half miles Of
Eldorado springs in Vernon county.
would harbor and protect him, sen:
two men over there. These parties
went to the constable, who took some
other men and the ten surrounded the
house about two o'clock and Hickman
endeavored TO make his esclpa but WI.
Captured. 1t turned out that Moore
and young R,binson were in house
near by and hearing the noise made
their escape into the brush. They
were followed and some
FIFTEEN OR TWENTY SHOTS
we're passed between the parties. One
man under charge of the officer was
wounded in the leg. IL is not def
nately known what became of Moore
aud Robinson. Robinson stole a
horse from a man near McAllister, in
the ChOctaw Nation. and run him
through TO Sedalia and sold him.
The parties pursuing got an over
coat from Moore and some fifty DIFF
ferent KEYS Of all sizes and descrip-
tons. Hickman was brought back
and sentenced to seventy days i'm
prisonment in the county Jail for hav-
ing upon and about his person con-
cealed deadly weapons, previous to his
leaving. This secures his attendance
for the March term of court, A, ID.
80. Reed waived an examination and
his bond was put at $4,000, and hav-
ing failed to give it, was committed
to Jail.
HOBBS IS STILL IN JAIL
in Bates county. and will probably
there until March. This gang
of men were really worse than the
Greenwades. They will burn, kill or
do anything for revenge or gain. The
citizens of Hudson township have
spent about $500 to catch these men
and are determined to punish them
and drive those who escape out Of the
country.
We are informed by reliable citi.
zens in Miller county, Missouri, that
A. Il. Moore is an Escaped convict
from the Indiana penitentiary. He