The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-14

c. Perry, Of the K. 4 I, who's lerd. +
cash and a silver watch and CHI cciyJe-
cupying berth in a Pullman Fri
day night, or rather, Saturday ara
Mr.. Perry left Parsons. Kans so}tain
No. 153 for Sedalia. He occupisSn Sat in
one of the coaches until Fort Sept 4, Lotion
was reached, and then went back to the
Pullman sleeper and took "a ,berAh, it
being about three O'Clock in the morning
He slept few hours, ard on awakening
found he had been robb d while he was
sleeping, tie valuables above mentioned be-
ing taken by some unknown party.
Tie Pullman conductor, Mr.. B. NJ. Rus
sci, and the train conductor, MIR. Nance,
were notified, and a thorough search was
made through the sleeping car, but neither
mcnty nor watch were found. Thinking
that the colored train porters, Charlie
Stevens, OF this city, and A. II. Walker, of
ST Louis, might have been implicated,
Conductor Nance telegraphed to have
cOupls of officers At the depot when
tine train arrived at $40 u. m.
Officer Wentzlemsn was detailed for the
work and both parties were taken in GUS
toby, but careful search failed to show
any OF the missing money or the watch
and chain i'm their possession. They de-
MED all knowledge of the theft, but not
withstauding tins were taken to the Gala
b, Ose, here they remained until o'clock
last night, when they were discharged.
A BAZoO reporter met Mr.. Russell, the
Pullman conductor, shortly after his ar
rival in Sedaiia. and Intercepted him In
regard u Mr.. Perry's loss.
Il do not believe" said he, that either
of the colored mel arrested were in any
way implicated in the theft. l met Mr..
Perry at Fort Scott, and he and / retired
about the same time. My porter had a
couple to let off at Nevada, and when the
train reached thatcity he h. lped them from
the car, but neglected TO fasten the door.
Before returning, he stepped over to the
lunch stand and purchased sandwich,
and il is my opinion the thief did the BUSH
ness during the pOr;er's absence.
A passenger VINO occupied berth me xt
to Mr.. Perry told me, after the robbery,
that while the train was standing at Ne
vada, man wearing q white hat,
and in his shirt sleeves, came
into the car and looked in his berth. A
minute later he heard another party call
out from the aisle, Look out, Turk, he's
coming and instantly the man with the
whie hat disappeared.
"The robbery was perpetrated bv som.-
body at Nevada, and ii is my opinion the
thieves stand in with the authorities there
he negroes arrested had no more to do
with the robbery than l had"
A representative of the BAzoo cslled on
Stevens and Walker al the calaboose and
found them in an excellent humo-. They
said they were not afraid to stand trial, but
on the contrary were anxious for it.
Stevens, the Sedalia negro, has been rum
ming on the road only a few months. He
is we'll known in this city, and those who
know him best are willing to stake their
entire possessions on his innocence.
Walker, the oth,I party suspected, has
been in The employ of the Pullman COM
pany more than three years, and this is the
first time he has been arrested on the
charge of crOokedness
The story related by the Pullman con-
ductOr. Mr.. Russell. does not seem at all
improbable, except as to the thieves stand
ing in with the Nevada authorities. This |
latter the BAzOo does not believe, for Sher-
if Bill Fisher would soon drop on anything |
Of the kind practicet in his portion of
the Lords vineyard.
Mr.. Perry's watch, although silver, cost |
$40, and was an excellent time-piece.