The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-30
One Of the Crooks Oyerhauled
at Schell City and Brought
Back.
The Other Two Succeed in Makir g
Good Their Escape With
the Booty.
BAD BRONSON.

uule DelbS, vuiS's So' """S WIN va
swag.
Just FIVE We, Ks ago, man giving his
name AS G.. +. Bronson came 20 Sedalia
from Hannibal, and got employment at thu
Pacific as porter, In which capacity he has
since been acting that is, up TO Saturday
night.
Last Thursday there came IL FROM
the south Mr.. W. Ii. Woody, whose home
is in Galway county. this state. Mr.. w.
stopped off i'm Sedalia and chose the Pacihr
hotel as his temporary abiding place. He
brought with him two walls :, aud, OF
course Bronson was placed in charge OF
the luggage after giving the cheek of the
house for The same The valises contained
Woody's clothing and in vest pocket ia
one of tn, m he had left $40 in cur
renew. EVERYTHING went we'll until Sun
iay morning. Wien Woody awcke and
found that the keys To- lis baggage had been
extracted from his pocket. Thinking per
hsps he had lost them, the gentleman
dressed himself and went down stairs In
search. but the fact that he had beer
robbed soon revesled itself. Bronson. us-
ing the KEY he had taker from Woody
room while that gentleman was asie'n,
had opened the vaiises and
helped himself. After going through
all the pockets, rs thief will NATURAL &C.,
and pocketing the $40 he found, tn
midnight marauder helped himself TO the
best clothing he could find, packed IL in one
of the valises, aud went in search OF pas
lures new. leaving Woody To mourn The
loss OF his earthly possessions. or course.
after the tn, fl was discovered, il became
the talk OF every one in the house, ami
the discovery was soon Hisut
that Woody was not the only sui
fer.r. Mr.. L. {. Quick, who is a boarder
Al the houss. was IN the habit OF loaning
his watch and chain, valued nj S3o. iu
Bronson. which the thief took advantage oi
and carried the property away, and not
only were Woody and Qulck losers, tor the
, scopndreI had collected money belonging la
the house and left the landlord, Mr.. Rose,
in the lnrch for between eight and nine
dollars.
4 consultation was held by the mourn
ers. and after having settled in their minds
that Bronson was the thief, they set about
TO hunt him up.
, Going to the depot, il was soon learned
that the slick porter had purchased a
ticket for Appleton City, leaving on the
early morning X at. train. An officer
was gotten, the telegraph brought into use,
and ere many hours had fieeted by news
1 came that Bronson had been arrested at
Scbell Citv. and was in the hands of the
law, TO which point detective went and
brought the prisoner back to Sedalia yes
terdsy moIing.
When arrested at Schell City, Bronson
I had i'm his possession The valise containing
. the clothing, aid he also had upon his per
son part OF the money, and the vaiise and
a clothing were identified as being the prop.
: erty OF Woody. Bronson strongly denied
the burglary, however, and does as yet,
b. though he had n preliminary examination
before Squire Rife yesterday and In de.
4 fault of bond in the sum OF i've hundred
dollars was sent to Jail TO await the action
4 of the grand jury.
1t now looks very much as though Bron
son is an accomplished crook. 1t Wa:
n learned yesterday that Bronson was only
s An assumed name, and that he has aise
MS, one other aliss in his career of crime
4 and depravity, that OF Brown. His rea
name is Charles Shackeliord, and he ba
!. served term i'm the Missouri penitentiary
I. having been convicted several years ago o
horse stealing i'm Cooper county, for which
IF he was sent up for three years. AT tn
present time he has two brothers i'm tin
pen. and ere the waning OF many moon
h Shackelford will 60 hence TO join his xii
,e i'm their palatial residence at Jefferson
E. City.
81 THE THIRD TINE.
Al since SATURDAY., where burglars attempt
IS ed 10 get i'm their work, WAS at the resi-
,e dence of Mr.. Rhodes, near the Fifth stree
d crossing. About 9 o'clock yesterday morn
re ing. while the members of the family wer
e. absent from home, thieves entered tn
house, and prying open bureau drawe
Al distracted S25 in money and made goo
i. their escape. Nothing else OF value va
D. taken. No clue whatever TO the thieves.
OF HARD OF HEsroN.
III Mr.. T. Heston, who is employed in til
er dlspatcher's Office of the Pacific roat
mourns the loss of suit of clothing value
y at S45.
IL Mr.. H. recently purchased the clothin
= referred to, and took it to his room
~ boarding house on the southwest corns
ne of Third stree, and Lafayette avenue, o
he ,ensibiy for the purpose of wearing
at some future time, but alas, he ";
doomed to disappointment, which wa
bv brought about in the following way:
u About week ago very nicely appea
ing gentleman-if you don't believe ne
in a gentleman ask HestoH-made his appea
ance at the boarding house in questio
and expressing a willingness to work
was employed to do some repairing abo'
the house. at which place he took up b
ID lodging. And just here is where the troub
ed began. Bowlman-for that is his name
of was put into the same room with Hesto
ne and there is where he first made the
zf L. IL oh q
be- stuck on to such an extent that ne cou
tic not part with them, and forthwith ne COZ
of menced to scheme and plan.
We Last Saturday night Bowman went
,ic the house and received pay for the wo
done. After getting his money he express