The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
Arrival in Sedslia, Yester-
day. Of q Cattle Dealer
Namad ]. 81. Drew,
Who. With His Son, is Charged
With Stealing q Span
of Mules.
After q Four Months Chase, They
Were Captured in the
Territory,

Last Mondays BAzOO made mention Of
the arrival in Sedalia of . prisoner named
Jas. HI. Drew, jr.. who had been arrested in
the Indian Territory on the charre Of
stealing span of mules from james KriG-
baum, Of fayetteville, in Charlton cousty.
last October. 1t Was further stated that
Drew's father, who Is also named jas. H.,
was . party to the theft, bat had made
his escape.
Young Drew Was taken to Ksyttesville
last Monday morning in charge Of Depssy
Sheriff Hancock and Jas. Krigbaum, tho
latter being the gentleman from whom The
mules were stolen.
Hardly had they placed their prisoser
behind the bars when the sheriff received
a telegram that Drew, ST., the other party
that Mr. Krigbaum had been seeking 90
wss in the custody of the In
dian authorities at Muskogee. the capital
of the Greek nation, and on Tuesday night
Messrs Hancock and Krigbaum started
after hin. They arrived at their dessina-
ton Thursday, and ut once took the pris-
north bound X. & T. train brought the
party to this city. where they we're met 1t
the depot BY q reporter Of the BAzOO, and
all the particulars obtained.
From Mr.. Hancock. who had Drew in
charge, it was learned that the mules were
taken about the 10th of October last, and
few DAYS later we're sold to Lobe & Holden,
of Huntsville, but for time it was impos-
sible to secure any trace of the thieves.
Finally suspicion pointed to Drew and his
SOD, who had left the country, going no one
knew where.
Mr. Krigbaum, however. with indom-
it~ble energy end bull dog pluck. resolved
tina, he would catch the gentleman who
had made so free with his property, so he
at once began the chase, which he has per-
kept up for four months, and at
last mis- labOrs were rewarded by learning
that the men whom he suspected of STEAL
ing the mules were in the Indian Territory,
though he had followed them like . sleuth
hound through Missouri, Iowa, Kansas.
and then they for n time disappeared. He
to secure them, no matter what
the cost, and the result shows how success
ful he was.
Mr.. Kr'gbaum, in converting with the
reporter, expressed confidence in being able
to furnish evidence to prove their guilt,
and it would seem from the long and strong
chase he has given them he has an abiding
faith in his ability to tx the crime upon
them.
After conversing with Messrs. Hancock
and Krigbaum, the writer paid his atten-
ton TO the prisoner, who was found to b ..
man 6fty-6ve years of age, and thorough
westerner, although born in Kentucky.
"Wbat have you to say to this charge,
Mr.. Drew !" asked the reporter.
"Only this-I Am not guiltv.'
~Were you in Charlton county at the
time Mr.. Krigbaum's mules were stolen p
YES / was there about that time. left
the first or second week in November, 60
ing to Texas"
"Do you think your son is guilty"
"As 10 that cannot say. i can only
speak for myself. / will not have any
difficulty in proving my innocence"
"What was you doing in Texas"
Il have been engaged in the stock bust
ness, and it was oaly last fall that l took
my son in partnership with me. We have
Star state, and nv object in visiting the
territory was to dispose of them"
This closed the conversation, it being ev-
ident to the reporter that Mr.. Drews did
not care to talk on the subject. He be- .
wife and three children, all grown, in Char
iton county, and previous to this difficulty,
had borne a good reputation.
There is one thing certain, il every man
who has horse stolen from him will
make the efforts to apprehend the thief, ~
Mr.. Krigbsum has these men, horse steal
ing will soon become one Of the lost arts.
Mr.. Krigbaum. besides losing about four
months time, has, in the way Of rewards
and expenses, paid out in this attempt 10
apprehend these men abeat three hundred
dollars.