The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-01-22
The Noted FOrger and Outlaw
Brought Back by Marshal
Prentice.
He is Captured After a Twelve
Hours Chase Through
the Woods.
Committed to Jail to Await the
Action of the Pettis County
Grand Jury.

Chief of Police Tom Prentice re-
turned from Mt. Vernon, Lawrence
county, Missouri, at 10 o'clock last
evening, having with him the notori'
Gus and desperate forger and des-
perado, George Cannon, who Is
wanted here on at least half dozen
charges, the two principal ones being
forgery of a check and assault on
Officer Jim Gossage, who attempted
his arrest on the 9TH of last December.
Saturday afternoon Chief Prentice
received dispatch from Mar'onville
stating that Cannon had been cap
tured, and he took the evening train
for that place. Arriving at Marion
Vile. he learned that the prisoner was
at Aurora, ten miles further
west and Loarded the train again for
that point, only to learn that Gam
mon had been taken to Mt. Vernon,
the county seat, which is fifteen miles
distant, off the railroad. Prentice
hired o team and drove over the
miserable country roads, nearly losing
himself and team in Honey creek,
which was swollen by the heavy rains,
and then had to pay SIC costs before
he could obtain possession OF his man
He ironed Cannon, but took the
shackles off when they got on the
train. Although the hour was late,
quite q crowd was at the union depot
last night, anxious to get a.glimpse OF
the notorious outlaw as he got OH the
train and was hurried to the city
prison, where he was locked up.
A BAzoo reporter was admitted to
the cell, and found Cannon sitting
ploomily in a corner. 81 know you
newspaper fellows" he said, 'and now
1 guess you have got the last thing to
nav about me for long time"
"Where have you been since you
fed from Sedalia ?" inquired the re.
porter.
ST have been in good many
places, but I won't say where"
"Did you ever return to Sedalls
since the night you shot Gossage and
escaped :"
"No. you bet I didn't"
"When were you captured 7"
cit was in Lawrence county, about
four miles north of Aurora. L hao
gone there and was stopping with
two old school mates named Gordon
One of them gave me away to thu
constable. 1t was dirty trick"
Further questioning was useless.
Cannon remained silent, as though
brooding ever the faithlessness of hi
friend.
1t seems as though Cannon wen
to the house of the Gordon boys
in the country several miles ives
of Marionvile and remained day o.
two, claiming protection for ole
friendships sake, but one of the Cor
don BOYS notified Constable Stafford
of MarionviIle, and last Friday
night about midnight, th'
constable, with a posse of four Of
five men surrounded the house
Stafford went into the back yard ant
took his stand with a shot gun loadet
with buck shot. Two of the poss
raped at the front door and Gam
mon, who had nothing on but hi
shirt and pants, sprang out of tn
back door and ran. As he did s.
Officer Stafford fired OF him from
distance of not over ten steps, blu
never touched him. The remaindel
of the posse ran around the house AM
fired several shots at Cannon, but b
disappeared in the woods. II
tramped all that night in the storm
bareheaded and barefooted, withou
coat or vest. In the meantim
several parties were organized am
searching the hills for him. At nool
on Saturday, Constable Holt, @
Aurora, with a posse of four men
discovered Cannon crouching in
fence corner about four miles north G
Aurora. Holt drew bea
Oh Cannon with a Wincheste
and ordered Cannon to lay his re
volver on the fence and come out
Cannon was half frozen an
thoroughly subdued. He compile
with the request and was made prise
ner without struggle. The posse too
him to Aurora, and thence to th
county seat, where he was turne
over to Chief Prentice,
When Cannon was brought befor
Justice Brady this forenoon heshowe
the effects of his terrible exposure an
had a perceptible limp, the effect of
sore leg. He was smooth shaver, br
looked like tramp. Justice Brady
County Attorney Longan, Chic
Prentice, two or three policemen an