The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-27

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turned in true brotherly style, and
/ they were Immediately very friendly.
The sheriff said be was glad to see
Brother Allied, and that Brother
Lloyd was in pretty tight place, but
he would DO all in his power to help
the boys out.
| A SECRET AGENT OF POwDERLY.
Alfred said he was there as a secret
agent of Mr.. Powderly, and had come
here with instructions to see that the
knights were relieved of any blame
for recent alleged outrages. The
mayor, also Knight of Labor, was
let into Alfred's secret, and he too
said he would assist. Alfred was then
let into the Jail, and had an interview
with Lloyd, proceeding at first to ini-
tate Lloyd into the work of the order
established since he had been
incarcerated. LLOYD said that his
case was coming up on July and
Alfred said that he had learned
on the outside that the railroad COM
pany had dead case on him for the
Ramapoo matter, and would also
prosecute him for the murder of the
two men killed by the ditching of the
train at Wyandotte. Lloyd asked
Alfred's advice, and it was given in a
brotherly spirit, to wit That the
case should be continued, and that it
would be good idea to give a bond
and skip. Lloyd sent Alfred to his
attorney, and that gentleman coincid.
ed with Alfred's views as to the des-
perateness of Loyd's case, and was
glad to see that he might be released,
and have time at least to prepare a
defense. The attorney then said he
would file an affidavit for a cOnrinu-
ance, and Alfred said that he was
going to get bond, which would be
fixed in St. Louis by the attorney
engaged by himself and another secret
agent, Mr.. Thomas, at st. Louis, to
help the boys out. Accordingly, two
days afterward, there was deposited in
the bank at Wyandotte 81 800, the
amount of the bond, said money
having been arranged for through the
Mechanics Bank by Mr.. Furlong.
About this time the Inspector of the
Gould system there, Mr.. Frank Tut,
put in his appearance and made vlg-
OrOus protest against the release. He
did this, he said, because Lloyd was to
be arrested on another charge. This
news was conveyed to Lloyd, and he
was more than anxious to get out.
BROUGHT TO ST. LOUIS.
On Wednesday, Mr.. Tut being in
ignorance, Lloyd was bailed out, the
bond being duly reduced to $1,000,
Mr.. Alfred going security. After the
bond had been given, Lloyd and
Brother Alfred got into hack. Lloyd.
was terribly frightened by hearing of
TUFTS remark that he was wanted on
another charge, and he said that he
wanted to 60 without letting even his
family know about it. They took a
circuitous route of several miles, and
brought up at last about half mile
beyond the east end of the cable line.
There the hack was discharged and
the two brothers went to the Chicago
and Altou depot at Grand avenue,
where they met Brother Martel, and
he and Lloyd were introduced. The
Chicago and Alton train came along
and they boarded it for st. Lonis
They reached St. Lonis Thursday
morning. got of at the Main street
depot and went to the st. Louis Ho-
tel, an North Broadway, Alfred tell |
ing Brothers Martel and Lloyd that |
he was going to meet Mr.. Thomas
and Colonel Davis, the lawyer who
was engaged by the secret agent to
assist the Knights of Labor in trouble.
THE CONFESSION.
While Alfred was gone, Martel and
Lloyd got confidential, and Lloyd
confessed to the train-wrecking. He
said that he and sixteen others had
for some days prior and subsequent to
the wrecking lived at a house, 1909
Union avenue, WyandOtte. On the
night of the 25th ofApril he and four
others got into boat and rowed along
the river bank to where the section
boss box of tools was standing. They
found there the claw bar lying out
side the box. The box was never
broken open. They went to work
about 2:30 o'clock and tore up the
rails in a few minutes time, got into
the skiff, rowed back and went to the
place where they had been lodging.
They heard of the wreck the next
81 was,r he said, "tickled to
death when / heard of the wreck, but