The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-18
Sedalia is Visited by a Gang
Who Sack the Town
Generally.
Sixteen Business Houses are
Gone Through in a Scien-
tific Manner.
Crowbars, Jimmies and Sledge
Hammers are Used by
the Gang.
Probably the Work of Profession.
als-No Clue to the Per
petrauors.

A regular burglarous cyclone struck Sc
ASlIa yesterday morning, sometime between
2 and O'Clock, and no less than sixteen
stores and other places of business were
broken into ard ransacked tor money. The
Burglar or burglars seem 10 have pursued
the same plan at every place they entered
They were alter money. and with the ex-
CeptiOn Of Thomas & Hadden's took but
little else. Every place they broke into
they searched through desks. drawers and
papers for the filthy lucre.
he night was beautiful one, with a
full moon shining through The swiftly fly-
ing. feecy clouds. The air was baImy
and spring like, and when the writer went
home from his labOrs al half past three
s'clOck, tie magnificent beauty of the
night and the silence of the streets. filled
his poetic and sleepy soul with delight No
thought or sound of rude burglars or I, b.
bers entered his mind he was glad his
nights work was done, and felt 80 good
that as he passed up Ohio street he heartily
shook hands with himself several times.
THE FIRST PLACE
entered must have been Henry Kings
blacksmith shop, as Mr.. Kings tools were
day, and from the marks on the doors of
the houses broken into, must have been
used. They rihed his shop of a crowbar.
aledge hammers and some other tools.
Where they first went after procuring the
tools, We have no reason of knowing. 1t
will be as well to commence with the stores
On Ohio street.
J. S, HARRIS
has grocery store two doors south of Sew
enth street. Ii was entered by prying open
the front doors with the crowbar or Jimmy
The burglars when inside, broke off The
money drawer and was rewarded with
single silver five cent piece, the only money
in the drawer. Mr.. Harris does not miss
any OF his goods. Next door TO Mr. Harris
Is the meat shop of
MESSRs KRUSE & FRIEDRICH.
Their shop WIS entered in the same man.
ler, by the front door as the other place.
Here they found in the money drawer about
u In small change. They went through the
desk drawers, and every pigeon hole, and
also tackled fine burglar proof safe with !
q drill and chisel. but the safe was too
much for them. During all the time they
were In the building, and at their work, a |
young man OF 20 years, was sleeping as
foundly, serenely and sweetIy as babe in |
the room where the safe was. They took |
nothing from this place but the money |
spoken of. Nearly opposite Kruse a. Fred |
KICKS is the meat shop of
BEN STATEN.
They went through the same door and |
IN the same way as at the other places
This shop was a water haul, the robbers
getting but FIVE cigars. At
W. s. HoRR's
grocery store q few doors north of |
Eleventh. sheet, they were lucky enough |
10 get one or two dollars in change. Did
not take anything else nor try the safe.
They entered this place In exactly the same
way as at the others. They went into Mr..
Aaltbys grocery store, few doors north of
Mr.. Horr's, but only found few pennies
btill, they pocketed them. They must have
been very much disguised with the result
NJ Mr. Maltby's, but at
PETER BRAEDTs,
On the corner OF Fifth and Ohio, they cap
tNred about four dollars. Here the money
drawer and desk contents were scattered all
aver the store, and tin box containing
papers was carried to the corner
If Fourth and Kentucky streets and
brown into Mr.. BIxby's front yard. At
MEssRs THOMAS HADDEN's
IN the corner of Second and Usage, they
ook eight or nine pistols, lot of
pocket cutlery and five or six dollars in
money. The loss here will approximate
esO. This ends the list in this part of the
,ity. ,
IN EAST sEn.IJI II
At the grocery store of Chss. Hoffman
L Bro, the burglars smashed the combina-
ion lock on a small safe with a sledge
hammer, but found no money inside They |
ook LOT OF cigars and tobacco and an
vercoat They appear to have abandoned Z
afe cracking at This place, for they left ]
arge sledge hammer, cold chisel, pair of /
ongs and bar of iron here. The tools be- S
ong to Mr.. King and were marked H. K. /
short distance west of Hofman's they |
Inferred the grocery store of
H. r. WHEELER. 2
Here they found no money, but took q
ONE cigars, jellies, candles, &c, which
hey wantonly threw away. They left here
he overcoat taken from Hoffman's and
ook another one. They also visited the G
rocery store of ID. Miller, broke into it /
the same manner as they did at all the q
'ther places, and secured S4.55 and three f
n iour pocket knives. At w. II. Norton n
Co.'S The gentlemen contented themselves
With a huge bologna sausage. At J. f. a
,calley's grocery store, corner of Fifth and
Engineer streets, they took some oranges TO v
at with their bologna and few cigars to
moke after the repast. They also found s
wenty cents in ceppess, which they COB
led. At Pat Slaven's saloon they varied o
heir mode of ingress by entering through o
ne window. Here'they helped themselves {,
o bottle of whisky and forty cents in V
hapge. They also carried off the bar
.efper's collar and cuffs and daybook.
They seem 10 have had preference for
rocery stores and butcher shops, and also
ppear to have had no difficulty in effect y
ng an entrance to the places spoken of