The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-09

not only rendered railroad travel and
banking dangerous. in certain locali-
ties in the State. but also gave the
State an unenvisble reputation, at
home and abroad.
My predecessors assiduously Ell.
deavOred, by the use of every means
and power within their control,
to accomplish the destruc-
ton of these bands, but their efforts
proved abOrtive. On the 10th day
of July, 1881, certain parties, under
the leadership of Jesse w. James,
stopped and robbed train upon the
line of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad, at point near
Winston, in Daviess county and, in
the preparation of the robbery, killed
William Westfall, the conductor of
the train, and John McCulloch, an
employee of the company. On the
18th day Of July, 1881, / issued the
following proclamation:
STATE OF Missouri,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
WHEREAS, 1t has been made
known to me, as the Governor Of
Missouri, that certain parties, whose
names are to me unknown, have con-
federated and banded themselves to-
gether for the purpose of committing
lpbberies and other depredations
within this State; and
"WHEREAs, Said parties did, on or
about the eigth day of October, 1879,
stop q train near Glendale, in the
county Of jackson, in said State and
with force and violence, take, steal
and carry away the money and other
express matter being carried thereon /;
and
WHEREAS, On the 10th day Of
July, 1881, said parties and their con-
federates did stop train upon the
line of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad. near Winston, in the
county of Davies, in said Stnte, and
with force and violence, take, steal
and carry away the money and other
express matter being carried thereon,
and in Preparation Of the robbery last
aforesaid the parties engaged therein.
did kill and murder one William
Westfall, the conductor Of the train,
together with one John McCullOch,
who was at the time in the employ of
said company then on said train !;
and
WHEREAS, Frank James and
Jesse w. James stand indicted in the
circuit court of said Daviess county,
for the murder of John w. Sheets,
and the parties engaged in the rob
berries and murders aforesaid have fed
from justice and have absconded and
secreted themselves;
Now, therefore, in consideration of
the premises, and in lieu of all other
rewards heretofore offered for the ar
rest or conviction of the parties afore-
said, OF either of them, by any per-
son or corporation, 1, Thomas T. Crit
tenden, Governor of the State Of Mis-
souri,, do hereby offer q reward of
FIVE thousand dollars ($5, 100000 for
the arrest and conviction Of each per-
son participating in either Of the rob
berries or murders aforesaid, except
ing the said Frank James and Jesse
w. James and for the arrest and
delivery of said Frank James and
Jesse w. James, and each or either Of
them to the sheriff of said Daviess
county, hereby offer y reward Of FIVE
thousand dollars ($5O0O.OO), and for
the conviction of either Of the parties
last aforesaid of participation in either
of the murders or r0bberies above
mentioned, ! hereby offer q further re-
ward of FIVE thousand dollars (35,-
OOO, OO).
In TESTIMONY, WHEREOF, / have
hereuntO set my hand and caused
to be affixed the great seal of the
state Of Missouri. Done at the
City of jefferson ON this 18th day
Isl of July, A. ID. 1881.
BY the Governor
THOS. I. CRITTENDEN.
MICH'L X MCGRArH,
Secretary Of State.
On the 7th day Of September, 1881,
within six weeks after this prOclama-
ton had been issued, as if in grim
defiance of the power Of the law and
the vigilance Of law officers, q train
was stopped and robbed on the line OF
the Chicago and Alton railroad, near
Blue Cut, in jackson county. The
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