The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-03-27

dozen aliases under which the man hsd
travelled. ] told him l did not. He said
this man
MILLS HAD GIVEN ME- AWAY.
"De Long asked me il l had stopped of
al Brookf-ld, Mo, on the 18th OF F. bruary
las. told him had not-had nos be. 4
in Missouri since last August. He told
me that this man Mills hid implicated
me in the robbery, and That Br. ssee
the marshal of Winchester, had
assisted him Ode Lng) in
working up the case. With this he l.fl
me and saw nothing more If him until
4 O'Clock Sunday morning. when he Came
to the Jail after me. We took the e., b. &
@. train for St. Louis, arriving there in
and reached Sedalia at 40 in the after
noon.
Even while we were journeying to Sc.
dalja De Long knew
WAS AN INNOCENT NAN.
I wanted an examination al once but con-
sented to brief postponement at the sole.
italion of De Long Tuesday l told De
Long wanted the farce to eni. and de
manded hearing. | never told the sheriff
or any one else that desired to wait until
/ heard from home. had merely sent a
telegram, and was not expecting to
hear from nv friends. De Long
said he would have me arraigned TO-DAY
(Wedpe- day, ana about 3 DEL ok / Was
taken from my cell and curfrcn;ed hy
Frank Mills, III. man who, according Ia
DE Long, had caused my arrest. Mills
said instantly that he did not know NE,
neither DID | recogn Il him-do 10, know
| that have ever seen the man.
1--WE were taken To Halsiead's office, and
Mills was placed on the stand. Ills ties
ymOny amounted To nothing and
WAS DISCHARGED
De Long ma le statement. trying 10
| jus ify his course in causicg nav Il rest, and
| ii NAV be satisfactory 10 hIm, but Is not 81
10 me by any means.
Il also made Il statement, voluntarily
in which lold where 1 was IN tn
night of the robhery-ai home with n vile.
as | IVES able ID prove. This j. abOnt al
there i in The cas-, and would ike Tor
yUu 10 give me hearing IN Get'ii."
NOW that you have been d discharged,
has DE Long said anything about dviray-
Ing yoar expens ," asked the repor:er.
"He said at first that he woIld .e- about
it. Later however, he gave me -, barely
sufhcIen, 10 defray my expenses home, and
said he supposed
THAT WOULD End 1T.
81 toli him il wouid not he had hal
mis- day, but my turn had now ONE. Be-
lore De Long gave me the MONEY, Jndge
Haistead told me-, in case DE Long refused,
to come back TO HIM and he would See that
| was provided for"
'Do YOU propose bringing suit for false
imprisonment?
81 most sssuredly do. Ihave consulted
with Col. Snoddv, aud he
assures m. that he wants nothing
heller than to secure So 600 verdict i'm
nv case. | have placed the matter in his
hsnds Not a single person who has BEEN
instrumental In my arrest shali be per
mitled 10 escape | am q popr man. but
have any number of friends who will g.
sist me in financial way, and SOMEBODY
will be made TO sweat before this thing is
over"
When will you return to Illinois,"
al cannot say. / may remain several
days. am not in any particular hurry"
HIS JAIL EXPERIENCE.
"How did you fare while in charge of
Sheriff Conber?'
II cannot say anything favorable "a II
the manner in which your jail is managed,
and | heard general compsiBt auI, NJ
the prisoners. caught a desperate cold
Not only that; / was incarceraied in the
same corridor with Harris, the lun ,iic.
which caused me 10 labor under grelt sus
pense all the time ] was prisoner"
How are the prisoners provided for Is
regards food"
Poorly very poorly. will give you
the bill OF fare ii you wish it,"
:" ALI right-procted."
"Well, We will commence on breakfast.
STRAIGHT CORN BREAD
and liquid called coffee, but warm water
would have been preferable. We had
neither su ar nor milk, though. Then we
had a very smaiI piece Of picked pork and
a little gravy-or, more properly speak
ing-grease"
And for dinner what"
For change in the bill If fare,
we had straight corn bread and
plain Flat creek wafer. No
plates were required. 49, We Were not
troubled with vegetables We had, though,
"A little of the grease left over from break
fast"
And for supper"
Some of the liquid called coffee, the
old reliable corn bread and small quantity
of molasses"
lis this the daily menu?''
The prisoners tell IN 1t is, except at |
such times as the grand jury visits the Jail, !
then there is change for the brtier"
.'If this is true, would it mo, be a god |
idea for an investigating committee 10 wish,
the iaii?"
1t certainly would. All thst | have !
stated can be substantIaied by the prisoners
there confined. cont see how any han
can subsist on such fare. ! know that my
health has been impaired by my coDfne-
ment in your Jail, and will ever reuiem-
Der the sheriff and his friend De Long"
How were you tr-ated while pris-
oner?"