Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-26
MEXICO. MISSOURI. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1888
on suspicion, as il looks as if the
gang Of thieves that has been doing

such good work of late did not OPP
crate unknown to him. The
officers think him ssfence. y
He tells a very straight story
and of course is very indignant at
his arrest. He stoutly maintains
his innocence of anything wrong
and claims not to have known of
Mortimer's crookedness only as q |
gambler. He said his boarder al
ways came up promptly with his |
money, but he never dreamed that
he got it except by shooting craps"
or playing cards.
MORTIMER soUEALs ON MILLER.
When a reporter for this paper
called at the Jail Saturday morning,
Mortimer was busy telling his story
to half dozen officers, all the
while declaring himself innocent.
The gentlemen kindly gave way to
the reporter, who talked with the
prisoner alone. The result was a
partial confession of the work done
BY the gang. Mortimer said that
Mliler was not only fence" but
had taken a part in their raids, hav-
ing accompanied the party on the
last expedition, which, the prison
er said. was down Promenade
street. Mortimer also implicated
Silas Fawcettsand Jim johnson.
Heould say nothing about the
murder of Sam. Apgar, only to de-
clare his innocence and say that he
had no idea who did the killing.
WHERE THE GOODS WERE FOUND.
The house where last nights raid
was made is several blocks out on
North Water street. It is a small
affair of four rooms. It was in the
southwest corner room that all the
stolen goods were found. When
the officers were making close ex-
animation of the premises this
morning a string was found dang
ling on the weatherboarding of the
house. 1t was pulled and faint
tinkling of bell was heard on the
inside. The whole thing was
plain to the officers as a well ar
ranged danger signaling scheme. A
reporter found a lot of stoves under
the house and reported the fact
down town. Hon. w. III. Kennan
had a stove taken from his build
| ing on the North Side some time
ago and accompanied the reporter
back to the house in hope of re-
covering his property, which he
found, together with lot of other
hardware.
| THE PLUMBER.
ALI the plunder recovered is at
the Office of Judge Winscott.
A fine pair of opera glasses stolen
from Mrs. Bob Hisey; ]. N. Bas-
kett's gold watch; two revolvers
and lot of ladies' underclothing
are among the stuff stolen.
STRONG cIRouMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
Although Mortimer proclaims
his innocence of any connection
with or knowledge of the Apgar
murder, a strong piece of circum-
stantial evidence against him was
unearthed this afternoon by j. B.
Botkin. Mr.. Botkin talked with
John Miller about his trouble and
as they have always been friendly
lit was not long until the colored
man commenced to be communica-
tive. 1t did not require much urg-
ling on the part of Mr.. Botkin to get
him to talk of the recent murder
land before long he was interested.
Mr.. Botkin expressed a desire to
see the pistol that Mortimer was
said to possess and offered to take
| Miller down home if he would
make an effort to find it. Miller
consented and the trio went to
| Miller's house. Mr.. Botkin asked
| Mortimer's wife if she knew where
lGeorge's revolver was. She said
she didn't, but Miller Insist
ed that she did. The young
woman hesitated. but in a
moment said: "Well, come on, !"
and led the way to the kitch-
en-. She lifted the lid of the cook
stove and after raking around in
the ashes awhile, brought up a
burned revolver, % calibre The
wood was burned from. the handle
and there was but one cartridge IN
the cylinder. It was empty, and
there is little doubt that the bullet
which let out the life of "Uncle''
Sammy Apgar once occupied the
shell.
| Mortimer refuses to talk this af-
lternoon and declares he never own
ed the pistol, neither does he know
how it got in the stove.
JOHNSON ARRESTED
Jim Johnson, a tough darkey,
who Mortimer squealed on, was
taken from a freight train by the
Officers this afternoon and jailed.
Missouri Presbytery Conference.
VANpALIA, No., April 19.-The
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