The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-03-27
DE LONG DOWNED.
Charles Burgess, Supposed to
be an AddOr Burglar,
Discharged.
An Innocent Man Brought
from Illinois by Detective
De Long.
He is Justly Indignant, and
Some One will Pay the
Penalty.
Burgess Interviewed by the Bazoo,
and the True Inwardness OF
the Affair Learned.
He Also Speaks Of Sheriff Con-
ner's Boarding House. but
not Favorably.


this city, Sunday afternoon, OF Mysieriou
from Whitehall, ILL.,, man named Cha l
r. Burgess, who was supposed TO have beer
implicated in the robbery Of Addors jew
elry store on The evening Of January %
last.
The prisoner was at once escorted to III,
Jail, where ne remained until ve>terda,
morning, wher he was taken before Squire
Halstesd for a preliminary examination
and inside of half an hour was di-chargAd
from custody, there being not the least evi
dence IN which he could lie held. as the
justice informed BAzoo reporter yest-r
day afternoon.
On being released, Burgess proceeded tc
Weiss barber shop, accompanied by tn.
same
MYSTERIOUS JOHN"
and after receiving attention at the hands
of a tonsorial artist, he was accusted by
the BAZOo's interviewer and asked ii he
had aud o lection to making a statement oil
his arrest and incarceration. TO which he
replied tina. he had not, but was only too
glad of an opportunity to set himself right
before he public
John" seemed ill at ease, and when Bur-
CESS and the reporter left the shep
together, the "Pinkerton OF the west
could have stepped on his lower lip h I'D he
moved his feet forward.
Now, Burgess" said the reporter, "I
want al! the particulars which led to your
arrest in short, statement of the whole
affair from beginni ng to end"
4" That's just what want to give you"
was the reply. Let's 60 some place where
we can SIT down, and you shall hear it all
/ have
BEEN SHAMEFULLY TREATED
In this matter, but the end has not been
reached yet, as you will learn soon.
up to the Goth of January last l re-
sided at Winchester, Scott county, ILL.,.
but on that da,e / removed to Whitehall,
ILL.,, where | was arrested on "Wednesday
night last the 14th inst, by Marshal
Brissee, Of Winchester, Marshal Vedder, of
Whitehall, and third party.
"Brissee had been corresponding
with John DE Long, of Sedaiia. and
between them they fixed it up that l
was one of the men WHO robbed
a jewelry store here on the 9th of January
last. The day of the night was arrested
Marshal Briseee passed by where WIS at
work, ABOUT O'Clock in the afternoon, and
spoke to me. He could have arrested me
then, but he waited until ii o'clock p IN,
when he came to my home, accompanied
BY the two men spoken of, and knocked on
the door.
81 demanded to know who was there and
what was wanted, when Brissee replied,
'IHAvE MESSAGE FOR YOU
With this got up and admitted all three
of them My wife is i'm a delicate condi-
ton, and asked them to please retire TO
another room, SO that she might dress and
procure me some clean clothes. They re-
fused, Brissee saying you can wrap a
blanket around your wife; We are not GO
ing to look at her.
81 said nothing more, but put on nv
clothes aud accompanied the officers, and
never inquired what | was wanted for un-
I'll after was outside the yard. Brissee
then began to search me, when / again
asked him what | was arrested for, and
told him he had no right to search me
without a warrant.
This remark of mine caused Brissee to
say to Nedder, Hand me those chains and
/ will put Ihem on him. Brissee then
said to me: Burgess, you might az well
GIVE UP THOSE WATCHES AND JEwELRY"
This caused me to feel perfectly at ease,
for i knew that 4 was Innocent OF any
crime, aud the only thing III If really re-
gretled was leaving nv wife alone, and i'm
prccariOus condition.
Il was taken about mile TO the depot.
where manned until 3 o'clock Thurs
day morning, when was placed on. the
traia and taken to Winchester, arriving
there before daylight.
while en- route there, Brissee re-
marked that he would rot place
me in Jail if l would pay for a
guard. This l refused to do and was sent
TO jail. Brissee told me he was waiting for
the arrival of detective from Sedalia.
'Once behind the bars, sent for nv
step-fatber. Col. Thos. III. Flynn, editor OF
the Scott County Independent, and ex sher-
if and county Judge. He came to see me
and wanted TO know on what charge had
been arrested. Brissee said, Here is the
charge, colonel and at the same time
HANDED HIM TELEGRAM
from the Sedalia detective, but / do not
know The contents thereof, as | never saw
il. ! was perfectly vii ing to come, and
even waived the right of requisirion in
order TO vindicate myself.
IL was confined in the Winchester Jail
from Thursday morning until SUNDAY
morning at 4 O'Clock De Long
arrived saturday. He met me
and asked me if nv meme
was Charlie Burgess told him il was.
and be said he wanted TO have talk with
me said that /, also, wanted TO see him
and had been waiting for him.
We had a private talk, and De Long
asked me If I knew Frank Mills, and at
the same time he mentioned probably