The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-05-08
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Farnham & Gilman's Livery
Rig Recovered at Mar
shall Yesterday.
The Thief, an Ex-Convicr, Sue.
ceeded in Making His Escape
Across the River.

Saturday mornings BAzoO noted the
loss Of horse and buggy by Messrs. Farm
ham Il Gilman, the liverymen, at the
hands of a nan who gave his name as j.
w. Clark, who hired the rig, saying he
wished To 20 out on Flat creek fishing and
would return in the evening.
Ii wss Thursday morning when Clark Sc.
cured the Oh fit, and as he failed TO re-
turn at the time he had Fixed, Mr.. Farm
ham grew uneasy. Friday morning Clark
wss sill missing, and Mr.. Faruhsm visit. d
the BAzO0 Office and had . number OF
postal cards printet, giving a description
of The hOrse, buggy and thief These were
given to Marshal Shy, Who sent them to the
officers Of many cities and towns in this
portion Of the state, and there WAS nothing
iuIther to do but await developments.
Nothing was heard of the missing prop
erty until Sunday, when Marshal Shy re-
reived a tel. gram from The marshal of
Marshall, Saline county, saying he had
the horse and buggy, and asking that Mr.
Farnbam come At once.
OF course the gentleman lost no time in
complying with the request contained in
the message, and yesterday morning he
left for Msrshall. arriving there about 9
charge OF liveryman there.
II seeS,s that the thief's name is not j. w.
Clark, but Ed. Carroll, an ex convict, who
came here some three weeks ago from
Kansas City, and boarded on st. LOUIS
street. On hiring the rig, C.. roll secured
an unknown woman IS COM
paniOD, when they drove north,
going through Marshall to Miami, . dis
lance Of forty miles from SedaIis.
They arrived at Miami about 9 cleck
Thur.day night, and the horse and buggy
we're left With liverymxn, but no attempt
wss made To dispose Of the outfit. On Fri
day morning Carroll applied to the ferry
man for transportation across the Missouri
river for himself and female friend, but he
was without funds and his request was re-
fused. Carroll then gave The ierryman q
pair of boots, ana in this manner he and
his companion were permitted to cross the
river, which was the last seen OF either of
them.
On Saturday last the marshal Of Marshall
received one of the postal cards sent ont
from this city, and he ut one proceeded to
keep lookout for the stolen property and
thief. In addition, he went to the tele-
phone and called up q livery.
man at Miami and read the contents of the
card to him, when he was made happy by
learning that the horse and buggy were in
Miami, although the thief had escaped.
The outfit was taken over to Marshall, where
Mr.. Farnham found it on arrival, and
learned the above facts.
He paid the SIS reward he had offered
for the recovery Of the property. and at IL
a. m. left Marshall for Sedalia, arriving
here ut $50 last evening.
Inquiry last evening failed to unearth
IS to who the woman was that
Carroll. or anything in regard
TO what he himself did while in Sedslia.
Mr.. Farnham is of the opinion, however,
that the property was not taken with the
intention of theft, but merely for the pur-
pose Of assisting them on their journey to
the northern portion of the state, rs they
were out of money and had no other mode
Of travelling unless on foot.