The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-17
THOSE SHOT GUNS.
Another Chapter in the Fowl
Stealing Story.
The Shot-guns and Vigilants
Get to the Front,
Jno. Dolan and Steve Brown
the First Victims.

the First Victims.
The Chicken and Meat Thieves
Begin TO Receive Their Deserts.
For the past few days the BAzoo in or
der to put its readers upon their guard,
has published as far as was prudent with
out thwarting the apprehension of the cul-
prits, the numerous deprt dations of I'M.
known chicken thieves and depredators,
whose nightly raids were causing wide
spread complaint, and yesterdays BAzoo
iutimated that shotgun policy had been
lnaugurated with a view to bringing about
a speedy denoument and dispensaIion of
justice and enough was known 10 cause the
belief that ii would not he long DELAYED,
hence il was no great surprise when the
sharp report of a shotgun and a sudden
commOtiOn on South Ohio street announced
10 he startled public that the war had
opened. Ever since the stealing of Mr.. Ben
>jatOn's bacon very active but quiet W. rk
hiss been going on 10 ferret out the guilty
parties and
STEP BY sTEr
the trail has been followed from house to
house until il became evident that the
guilty parties had al lesSt one active agen.
In the business. Footprints OF man and
horse had been carefully measured and
SO exactly tailed BIZ careful
comparison as to point unerrirgly to the
ring leader being each time the same in
l'dividual when poultry wss missing, and
the only trouble was to detect and identity
that individual in order TO secure a chain
OF evidence which would unravel the whole
| mystery, and il was in order 10 aii-to this
end 30 little al the detail % the matter has
been publ shed. Among the many readers
OF the RAZoo, how, yer, is
MR. JAMES EAIRD,
gentleman engaged in the poultry hu>i
res, who carries Oh an est .bllshment near
the corner OF Sixth and Ohio streets. As
he is not only thorough Judge Of good
poultry, dead or alive. and somewhat of
fancler, but also a ma. If observation, he
naturally began 10 .Cru;inizs the character
and doings OF those who traded with him.
among whom was rather hurlv and pow
erful colored man, whom he noticed al.
ways managed iu have the finest and fat
test poultry on the msiket, and whom he
especially palroniz ii on that acculaI.
Another thing he soon noticed was that his
colored friend always carried two tang
pi;chfOrk In his wagon. The man gave mis-
name as
JOHN DCLAN.
Repre- senting himself as a country man
and stating he purchased the poultrv from
farmers at various points in the country.
4 : TO the FORK he stated b., had no hav a,
home and generally got a lilile Jag from
the stack in the field ss he went home. His
seeming caudor and c0untriiisd air satisfied
Mr.. Baird until one morning DoIau
brought in same very fine fowls which Mr..
Baird purchased but shortly after. seeing a
description OF some fine chickens stolen
from A. ID. Fisher, he concl. led they were
the identical ones. Calling u;on that GER !
he informed him OF his su picion- |
snd Mr.. Fisher went TO see them ap,; !
identified them a. his property. Thpy /
were promptly returned 10 him and il VS.
determined 10 keep the matter Quiet until |
Dolan should put N an appearance. when /
Mr.. Baird was TO accomplish his carr1re
Thus matters stood yesterday morning,
when Dolan was expected 70 arrive with 4
cargo oil fowls and get some coops promised
him by Baird.
1t was Dolan's custom to come in pretty
early, but 10 o'clock arrived without nj.
showing up and Mr.. Baird started out
IN SEARCH Or HIM
He soon found him at Mr..
BrIghsms store disposins az
! dozen and half of handsome fowls 10
hat gentleman, waiting until the trade
vas cOnpleIed and Dolau had received his
,ay, Mr.. Baird accosted him and told him ,
he cOOps were ready for him al his store
md had Dolsn DRIVE down. Arrived a: !
he store, Mr.. Baird mad Dolan come in.
nd taking him To- the kitchen told him
hat the last lot Of chickens he bad DUR ,
hased OF him were stolen and had been re- .
lsImed by Mr.. Fisher, and that he wanted :
Inn TO refund the money. Dunlap pro ;
ested that he hal NO money, but would 8
ring II 10 him WHEN he came again. To !,
his Baird replied that he saw him receive
is money from Brigham anu he would
ave TO pony up. Finding himself cor.
cred, Dolan psid Mr.. Baird fer Fishers
dickens, and was then told by Baird he
Ould have 10 go cow1 town with him :,
nder arrest. Finding remonstrsuce USE
SIS Dolsn at last consented, aud The two o.
aried oct into the alley by the back wav. 4
Il no sooner were they fairly ell; of The
pr than Dolan made
GOLD BREAK FOR LIBERTY. "
q dead run, Baird followed.
ling 20 him TO halt. but he halted
It. Mr.. Tom Baird, brother of Jim's
As in tie store al the time and being
Tare of the circumstances Of the case
eing the negro IryiDg TO escape, seized a
OF gun which stood IN the store and
med the pursuit. Getting in range of
}! an he fired upon him, and it is asserted,
Of him in the back with a load of bird
Of. The report OF the gun and the wild
ling, attracted the attention of every. Pa
ly and soon the fleeing fugitive was hot q"
pursued 10y crowd OF q hundred or
re amiI the
THE Widest EXCITEMENT.
lmong others passing were the Revs. -.
i and Payne, who, both forgetting min -,
.ris! dignity, joined in the pursuit, the an
r. PAYNE mounting his horse and Suc