The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-30
LONG LANGUISHES
Behind the Bars, Charged With
Burglarizing an East Sc
dalia Grocery Store.
His Arrest, However, Was Made
on Suspicion, and He Nay
Walk Out Free.

hefamily grocery store Of John Whe1aa.
corner Of Third ami Engineer streets, va
broken into and burglxrized Friday nienx,
some time after II O'Clock.
The entrance Was made By psizinG
board OF that had been nailed - - -
substitute for . broken glass. The size q
the hole caused BY the breaking out Of Ne
glass, and which was covered with he
board, vac sufficiently large for . man -
pass through, and naturally presented -
inviting appearance to the snesk-thief
gentry who infest this city, and especially
Eas: Sedalia The thiei's svesse Of e.
trance has been closed BY placing couple
of thin pine boards across ii, and If lett
that way there will doubtless be another
robbery to record soon.
But to return to the robbery in question.
Not thing in the house was disturbed,
with the exception of the money drawer.
which was robbed of its contents, some
small chang, between four and Eve dol
lars. Various good things TO eat adorned
the shelves, bat the thief or thieves were
evidently not hungry, rs Mr.. Whelaa
found his goods when he returned
TO the store yesterday morning.
Just as he lett them the night previ-
GUS The employees of the house, together
with the proprietor, closed up the store
and retired about nine o'clock, and every
thing was all right. Even ut twelve
O'Clock, as parties passing at that hour,
noticed nothing wrong with the building
Yesterday morning, after the robbery hsA
been discovered, of course . clue 70 the
perpetratOr of the crime was the next mat
ter Of impOrtanianee. janice Long, . boy
about nineteen years I'D and Who has
been in the hands of SedaliAs officers sew
eral times, on charges of trrsspass, Va
graney, etc, had been loafing aroun8
Wheiap's store the greater portion OF the
day, and he was the young uan that sus-
picion fell upon and at the instigati0n 0f
Whelan he was arrested BY Officer Myers,
and incsrcerated in the city prison, On .
charge of burglary.
"What proof have you against Losg p
asked BAz,O reporter Of W Tussey, Al
employee of whelan.
"No proof" he answered, I'VE merely
had him arrested on suspicion"
DO you have any idea that you caa
make out case against Long for burlla-
~ p was asked.
"NO. sir, We have no evidence"
The BAzOO scribe VAS also informed that
Long was considered rather . hard case il
that vicinity and his arrest was mainly
owing to that circumstance As much IA
to say that il Long was not the man vA0
burslarized the etore he would not have
passed the opportunity Of doing 90 By If 1T
had presented itself ~ his mind.
Finding that no further information
could be obtxined, the reporter visited
Long at his cell in the city prison, hrougA
the courtesy Of Marshal Shy. He states
that he left Sedalia in September last, but
returned Friday; he also denies any kBowl-
edge of the burglary, and when aeksd
where he was last night
ased that he VAS in McEnrOe's saloon on
the opposite side Of the street from Wac
lan's store playing po.l With chsn
named James JOINS 8. Long says that he
and his pal n NAMED there until about IL
O'Clock, when they separated, he going
home. As to whore Jones vent he dsss
not know.
The scribe, still yeasaing for more infor-
nation, visited the saloon. The propris-
tor was very communicative, and stated -
the reporter that the boys did cone inss-
his place Of business Friday night; that
they played . gAws Of pool. and neither
had the money to pay for il, and that -
suggested the best place for them wae ~
home in bed. They then seated themselves
bat soon became bOisterOus, and were e.
dered TO leave the saloon. They quisss.&
down again, however, and the harkeeper
being very busy, did not take tine 70 syscs
them.
mischievous nature will assert itself.
however, and they were soon busy marking
upon the tables With chalk. The patient
servant of Bacchus could stand them No
longer, and both Jones and Long were 6rsa
out the front door
Now. this was about IL O'Clock, and the
location of The saloon being in such Close
proximity TO the burglsrised building is
the only circumstance that points to Longs
guilt, and if Long is guilty, Jones Is cer-
tainly in position TO be looked upon -
particeps criminie.
Marshal Shy informed the BA1Oo man
that Long VAS q hard case, and sOuld pre-
varicate when the truth would suit better.
He came to Sedalia after havinA escaped
from the house Of correction at
Lafayette, Indiana, in company With
tive other boys, Who also
came to Sedslia. A reward Of thirty dol
! lars was offered BY the authorities at La
fsveste for the arrest and return to thsk
place of the boye, aud ong having fallen
| into the hands Of the Officers here AMI STAT
| ing that his two Comrades we're also In Sc
dalia, the auihOrili<s ut lafayette were
,elegraphed. but failed 10 take any actieo
in the matter.
As has been stated previously in the ar
ticle Long hss b~en behind the bars sever
n times here. His last term in Jail closed
last November, after which he lett the ity
and the officers isst track of hius until Ae
| Turned M Yesterday on . charge Of burvla-
~. He hss . mother living in Sedslis, .
|, step- father and two step sisters. They live
on the corner of Ten. b and Wagner streets.
Longs G. 20 will come up for invessisa-
ton Moodsy morning.