The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-27
The COwardly Kansas City
Train Wreckers are
Bagged.
Detective Thomas FurlOng Gets
i'm His Work i'm Grand
Shape.
He VIKINGS a Confession From
Lloyd and Traps the
Whole Gang.
They All Prove to be Staunch
Members of POwderly's
Noble Order.

Yesterday mornings Globe-Demo.
crat contained nearly three columns OF
particulars of the final unearthing and
arrest of the entire gang of dastardly
train wreckers, who, ON the morning
of the 18th of April, wrecked a train
near the WyandOtte bridge, the par.
ticulars of which will be we'll remem-
bered by the readers OF the BAzoo. The
Globe says in brief:
There was no clue to the identity
of the men who did the deed, and
none was forthcoming. though the
railroads offered a reward of SO, 500
for the capture of the men. The po-
lice worked in the case, but gave it
up. Detective Thos. Furlong, of the
Gould system, looked into it, and from
all the evidence he could find conclud-
ed the crime had been committed by
members of the Knights of Labor.
Near the scene of the wreck on the
day it occurred a
WIG WAS FOUND,
and this was identified by a Kansas
City hair dealer as having been sold
to one of the local Knights, of whom
a good description was obtained. This
man, Hamilton by name, said he
wanted the wig, as he was going to
slug scabs the next morning. He told
the man it was done. Later it was
learned that a number of men had
crossed the river from Karsas city to
the Wyandotte side of the Kaw in
boat. and finally the man being
found who rented the boat, he gave
description of the men who had cross
ed in it, and one of them being dis
guised by the wig. Other clews were
followed up, and it was found that
FIVE or six men were implicated in the
wrecking. They were traced to the
very spot where the wreck occurred,
but whittier they went after that is un-
known. A strong case of circumstan-
tial evidence was made out against
them, but the feeling at the time was
such that circumstantial evidence
against Knights of Labor would not
go. 1t was necessary to have direct
and positive proof, and that it was de-
termined to get as fast as possible
Other, though petty, demonstrations
followed the murderous work of wreck
ing, and finally a number of strikers
were arrested for throwing switches at
Ramepoo, Kas.
on THE TRAIL.
Among these was one Oliver j.
Lloyd, generally known as a bad man,
one of the most desperate of those who
favored the extreme and most dia-
bolical methods against the company
He was lodged in Jail at Wyandotte.
and the case was continued from time
to time, the authorities, many of
whom were favorable to the knights,
treating him with marked courtesy.
He was under suspicion for the wreck
ing, and the facts upon which the sus-
picion was based were so strong that
the plan was conceived of getting a |
confession for him. The memory of
the murder, for such the wrecking |
was, had faded out of the minds of the
officials, and Detective Furl,ng de-
on another stroke of detec-
i've skill that would put the Ding
fielder confession in the Maxwell case
away back in the shade. The scheme
get on foot was daring one, but it
was 80 skillfully handled that it |
worked out without a single hitch,
and was crowned with success Friday
in St. Louis.
To this end Mr.. Furlong, after i,
gathering such information as he
could, returned to st. LOUIS, and
every day for a week or two there was
4 ridiculously solemn scene in the
,ffice of the Gould detective depart
nent. Master Workman Thomas
Furlung might have been seen giving
i've or six of his employees the grip
md passwords, and instructing them
n all the business of the order of the
Knights of Labor. They got to be
adopts, and in their experience in the
streets of St. Louis they found that
hey had taken more degrees than
'ome of the most rampant of the ag'-
ators in the late strike. Then the
play began. On July 8 two of Fur
ongs operatives, named for the oc-
aston George Alfred and Thos. Mar
ell, arrived at Kansas. City, Kas.
They made it point to hunt up GER
ain members of the Knights of La
,or and give all the grips, signs, and
of the order in the latest
lyle. They were invited to attend
he different assemblies, and excused
themselves ON the ground that they
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