The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-30
LA WEEKLY BAZOO. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1888
WICKED WEBER.
A Travelling Solicitor for w.
A. Bryson Decamps With
Two Hundred Dollars.
He is Arrested in Philadelphia and
will be Taken to Kansas
for Trial.
WICKED WEBER.
PoLIsHED''EM ALL.


Last May w. A. Bryson was in the drug
business at Warrensburg. He also was ia
the business of manufacturing flavoring ex-
tracts on a large scale-in fact. the same
business he is now in at No. 9l9 East
Third street. One day smooth tongued
man entered the store at Warrensburg, sc-
companied by two Italian bows, and engaged
Mr.. BrysOn 10 make acompOund composed OF
the oil of vitrol, gum she'lac and turpentine
This, the man called Furniture polish"
which he went from house to house selling
by the medium of the Italian boys. This
compound Mr.. Bryson put up number OF
times, and the outfit polished of Warrens
burg in great style, and everything shone
from "the handle on the big front door"
AT ARCHIE GILKERsoN's
down to the chairs which PEN
nipgton keeps in such prOfusion
in the waiting rooms at the depot, in
fact the town shines and illuminates the
whole country i'm the vicinity.
The polish man made himself quite
fresh about Bryson's store ana represented
that his name was John A. Weber, and
that he had sold extracts in Philadelphia.
SELLING EXTRACTS.
Mr.. Bryson engaged Weber to travel
and sell goods. Subsequently it proved
that he knew nothing OF the extract bust.
ness, but was passibly successful. and while
his manner of duing business was not alto
gether satisfactory, he was kept at work.
TOWN LOT a MYTH
When he entered the employ of Mr..
BrysOn, he WIS required TO give security
which be did, by putting up a watch, some
jewelry and a deed of trust on a lot ia
Butler, Bat. county, No, which proved
to be myth, and the deed forgery.
When Mr.. Bryson moved his manufac-
turing establishment to Sedalia. Weber
was one of the attaches.
HIS LAST TRIP.
About the 18th of September Weber
was started out on a trip. He went to
Windsor and wrote to the house from there,
that being the last that was directly heard
of Linn. Weber continued his trip, stopping
at Clinton, Appleton City, Lamar, and so
on into Kansas. When in Kansas he sue
ceeded in collecting the following sums OF
money.
COLLECTIONS.
Ryan Bros, Brszslton, Kansas, ...S 81 50.
G. II. Hess, Hepler, Kansas, ........... $40
Van Ardal Bros ,Ossawattamie, Ks. 1900.
He collected several other small accounts.
in all about $500, and about the last of
September he left lola, Kansas, saying he
was going to Atchison. He did not go IL
Atchison, however, but did go east
Mr.. Bryson telegraphed TO the chief of
police in various cities of the east ami
finally the crooked Weber was Swallowed in
Philadelphia. The result of all this Was
he was arrested in Philadelphia on the
25th inst, as will be seen from the follow
ing, found in the Geographic columns of
the St. Louis Republican yesterday:
WANTED IN MISSOURI.
Philad lphia, Oct 26.-John A. Weber, arrested |
Miss uri, awaits the action of the authorities of
that state.
Mr.. Bryson yesterday received a tele- |
gram from Samuel /. Fields, the chief of |
police of Philadelphia, saying that the |
man Weber was in custody and wonld be |
held until the arrival of a messenger.
Yesterday John De Long left for Girard, |
Kansas, to perfect the papers and get a
from Gov. Click to bring |
Weber to th.t state, as he will be tried at |
Girard, as it was al BrsZleton, in the same |
county, where he embezzled portion Of
the money.
WEB r WAS A WASHER
Of fine order. He had swee.hearts i'm var.
iOus parts Of the country, as the letters |
found i'm his trunk at his boarding house n !
Seda,ia prove, and where he owes Sl6 for |
board. In fact his equal was only i'm the !
person Of Geo. ID. Ellis. well known to
he BAZoo readers. The following FROM !
a young lady at Butler, No., Is a specimen: |
BOSS PICTURE OF HIS GIRL NORA.
BUTLER. Sept, %, 'S3.
Mr. Weber:
DEAR FRIEND received your letter |
ago and was truly glad to hear |
from you once more. | would have an !
swered long ago, but have been very busy,
| hope you will forgive me and will try |
and do better i'm the future. / have a pic
Iure ready for you and as soon as l hear
from you l will send it To you, and dear i
one, did not take my picture from you
but some one did take il. / would give any,
thing if could only see you one hour.
Ny dear do come and see me, / have a |
thousand things to tell you. Please, answer
and | will send you boss
picture of your girl Nora.
As ever yours, NORA R-Y.
Weber has fair chance to do some
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