The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-18


did not lese track Of him until be had Ell
tered the Smith Fesidence and offered hi
services 10 Mrs. Smith In unr ,velIng tn.
r'ystery, AMI we8t away again.
Mr.. Liggett remembers this episode snC
he is sure that the dark haired man gave
his name as Hughes. 10 fact, he h IS q
memoranda now 10 bis possession that arr
conclusive On this point.
VAIN, UNFRUITFUL THEORIES.
The circnms' ances surroundi & The Gaze
bsf1ed the skill of the most exp 'rieoced de.
teciives SIP -culation vas rife and the de-
tectiyes immsdiat-ly set to work with a
will. Some thought that Mr. Smith was
walking from the Union depot, along the
tracks, with a view to striking q pair OF
steps which lei 10 the street above others
that be had missed the tram al CIR nd av-
enue, and at emptIDg to follow ON foot, had
been assaulted at the point where found.
Still auother and mere probable one was
that be had acc dentally fallen from the
train he bosrd-d at Grand avenue, strik-
| ing upon the lies.
A still more potable theory was, that
in walking up Bluff street be had slipped
and fallen through a rickeiy railing which
guarded The retaining wall. 1t shI uli be
mt ntioned, howev, r, that the edge OF the
retaining wall was two or three feet fiom
the wo 1den railing.
More probable than all was the th CRY
that he had been assaulted by some one on
the sidewalk above the wall, but be ng
ASrdUT MAN
snd making a strong resistance, and
the aSsaulting parties knowing II was a
public place, had thrust hi over the wall
with a view of compl, tirg the robbery be-
10 y, as his purse and monry were m s log,
but his watch and diamond pin were found
upon his person. This theory of the case
was adopted by the most skilled detectives.
Reliable Persons living in the houses OF
the Bluff SIDE, near by, testified at the in
quest that about; $50 they heard a scuf84
o, the ice clad sidew TX, mingled with
cries of ''Oh OH" This noise was fol-
Ie1sd by the SQUADS of hurrying fooist ps,
as if men were running. The sic ( on the
walk cracked with each football, 50 that the
sound could be distinctly heard.
Mrs. Smi h employed Pirkrrten's agency
and these detectives, assisted by the local
authorities, wo ked On the case a long
time, but without re suit. and at length the
matter was ditxnissed from private invest
galon and pubic attention
MURDER WILL OUT.
In June, 1888, dark haired, dark eyed
man, about 80 years of age and a printer
by trade, married a Miss Wheat IN Kan
sas City, Kan, and lived with her In her
fathers house. He continu d 10 live with
her until about March, 1884. In the mean.
time he had quit his trace and identified
himself with the Merchants Detective
union. In the course of his detective bust.
ness he went t. Topeka, where he formed
the acquaintance of Miss Loretta CaveR.
der, the daughter of a welI-known citiz
OF that place, and a NEST excellent girl.
Meanwhile a correspondence had grJwn up
between him and a certain party in the
city Of New York, the object Of which was
to secure his services IS the western agent
for what kthe New Yorker. called his
goods" This correspondence by sonae
means involved the detective In trouble, As
the goods" referred to were eoun erfeit |
mon7y, but
THE FEMALE FRIEND |
undertook TO serve both him and the ends |
OF justice by taking up the correspondence !
with The New York party, in his name, |
with view OF having him come W, s, to |
introduce the "Qusen" money snap and |
then having him arrested and prost cnted. /
In this attempt she failed, but the fsc,s
leaked out and formed the plot for an In
.eresting FINANCE which was published at
he time. The frequent consultations be-
tween her and the dark-haired man, and
he novelty OF the position, led 20 a roman
nc attachment, which led to couriship and
marriage, IN March or April, 1884. Ia the
confidence OF loves young dream, the dark
laIred hero naturally became very commu-
licative and gave his Topeka bride from
ime to time very full history of his lie
md the various experiences before and
if:er be became a de ective
Among other things, he declared that he
NEW Of
THE SAND BAGGING
f a person he termed the "o!d man" in
Kansas City and the throwing him from a
'al. He described the kind OF night, the
lumber OF parties engaged, the am IA # of .
loneg secured and other det ills. He said
hat some OF those most dir, city implicated
q the robbery Of the "Old man" had been
lost anxious to se.ve his widow in ferre'- :
g out the mysterg SURF rounding his death s
lie also declared that the four men who {
'ok part in the robbery were disappointed {
ecause they seclred only $50, which did G
OF pay them for their trouble The night. !
e said, being sloety, was unfAvorlble for j
lie work they had on hand. Two of the g
len stood guard, so he declared, while the O
ther two robbed and sand-bsgged Mr..
NTH.
Things went smoothly between the couple a
ntil sometime in June of 1885, when it +
as discovered by the Topeka bride that i,
HER DARK HAIRED LOVER Il
ID living vile in Kansas City. To as r.
ire herself on this poiat she visit d Kan n
s City and discover. the wife, lesrning v
her mor,ifc stion that the story which o.
ID come to her ears was true. ri
Ii so happened that while be was re- d.
uniting the details Of the robbing of the h
erson he termed the cod man" to wife 81
o. 2, she had mentioned the name of Pro. er
sSOr Spauldinu He tho, solJ L. Il. | -.