The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-08-10
ROUGH On THE DRIVER.
"A Green Ridge Hackman's Hard
Experience With a Trio
of Crooks.

d Well dressed and rather fine looEin,
e were noticed walking up the railroa'
y track between Windsor and Gree,
i Ridge. When some two miles from
t Green Ridge they noticed ahead O
: them a section gang at work an,
turned off the road, waiting until III,
men quit work at 6 p. m. before the,
Ventured to town. One of the triC
carried in his hand a small
grip and another had a liner
buster on his arm. Afte,
the section mau had gone the men
Shipped into town, and going to the
hotel, got their supper. after which
they passed down the alley to the liy.
cry stable and secured a hack to take
them to Sedalia.
They left Greenridge about 8 D. m.
The hack driver tells the following as
his experience:
When we got outside of town /
noticed the men who sat behind me
were whispering good deal, and
when | turned
MY HEAD
L noticed that they had opened little
grip sack they carried with them, and
were taking. from it three revolyers
one of them said to me ''your business
is to watch that team, keep YOUR
eyes ahead"
81 tell YOU" said the hackman
my hair fairly raised, and though / |
tried to look the other way / could
not help looking back once in a while
for whenever my back was turned to
them l could feel the bullets rusbino
through me. 1t was the worst old
driving L ever done and it would ELL a
book to tell all the thoughts and con-
lectures that run through nv mind as
| drove that long, long twelve miles
L would not go through the same ex-
perience again for the finest farm in
Missouri. When we would mass
through a strip of wood or horses feet
On the road were heard, those Internal
would "coek their reyol.
vers" as if getting ready to shoot and
when turned my head which | could
not help doing they would remind b
ne that my observations were not L
needed but attend to my knitting. n
After We had gone some distance how. a
'ver and L had not been shot / grew r
ONE calmer as | began to hone Sc
hey did not intend to kill me Ia
md take the team, but as d.
ure you every lonesome placed brought 7,
o me terrible feelings as we .,
cared it, and once or twice / almost s.
made up my mind to spring from the HI
ack and take to the brush. Finally. p
owever, We got to Barrett's road in "a
be suburbs of town and began to b.
Eel safe, when the fellows ordered me ca
stop. l did so and they got out a:
nd told me to turn round and 90 al
ack. L said | wanted to 90 to town ca :,
nd stop until morning, but they is
I'D be if l did not 90 back to Green
idge Immediately without stopping
Id keep my mouth shut they would
BLOW MY BRAINS OUT, va
Id as did not care to have that 30
me, l went back. Yesterday the fol- FOL
wing note in reference to the matter wa
as sent to Sedalia CT,
'GREEN RIDGE, August 6, 1886. the
There was three very suspicious fun
en- in this town late last night, went o'c
Sedalia about s o'clock last NIGHT lro
lr livery man says they got out at he's he's
irrett's and he came back and that wit
several occasions when meeting in
rites and through dark places he cen
iiced them all with their revoiyers alo
t. We now think they are the par .tr,
5 that robbed Parsons postofice, at
4st | am sure they have been into for
he devilment. You can inform nov
ne detective and the town authori- MO MO
and let them keep an eye out" SaSS
The men are described as follows and
70 of them are tall and slim with pay
ldy complexion, aged about 80 and int
with light moustache, neatly dress. was was
and wearing stiff stone colored up
Is.
The tAird man is about q, dressed F
dark clothes, dark Completed, with qua
k moustache. TO d
Where they went, who they are and q W
ere they are wanted, is unknown. - ' y
police We're looking for them yes fed
lay, but failed to catch on, as they victe
doubtless ere this many miles six {
y. 1t is suspected by some that dent
arc 'ne L aisoiiS' has.' POstoince deli
oeis' exec
takei
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