The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-11-18

gus0n eat prairie bean and become
so sick that they had to lay off at
Hutchinson until B b Was "doctOred
up" There they dropped $40 of their
wealth and went to Kansas CRY.
There they dropped the remainder
and took blind baggage on the Wa
bash. were fired of train, and then
marched
OVERLAND TO sEDALIA.
reaching this city on election day.
They remained here Tuesday, Wed
nesdsy and Thursday trying to get
work to raise a Stake
and left Thursday evening by the site
route" for the Eat. Such was the
stpry told in substance of heir wan
derings. When pressed as to their
movements after leaving Seda'is, they
said they went east on the Missouri
Pacific for about a mile and half
and then struck out into a piece of
timber on the north side Of the track
There are no Wo, DIS ss de-cribed that
near to Sedalia. Rep. and wander, d
aimlessly through it, ioslly got lost
and coming back TO The point In the
woods from whence they started.
Having DO money, they sail, they
evaded towns and villages for fear
that they would be arrested for tramps
and get locked up. "Be>ides.' said
Char ers, "only buns flllow the rail
roacs and man c,n't get square
meal unless he fellows the country
roads
To find out their knowledge of New
York City, where they claimed to
live, the reporter, who formerly lived
there, asked them numerous questions
about pers ms and localities and
ascertained they knew just as much
about the metropolis as any
one would who had passed
not over six months in the big city.
They claimed to have made their head
quarters at the Everett Houset (a's3 a
day institution where they paid, they
said, s1.75 per day for board.
SIS that not rather rich bo'rding
for journeymen painters?" asked The
reporter.
"Oh no." exclaimed Charters, the
spokesman, "we were making from
So. 80 to $500 per day."
"Wbere is Sweenev's Hotel?"
"The new Sweeney's is moved up
town, / don't know where"
"Do you know Paddy Diver =
asked the reporter referring to Alder
man DIVER of Tsmmany Hall who is
the proprietor of the famous temper
aace saloon near The Newsboys Home,
and who has been known to every in
habiIant of New York City during
the past twenty years.
Certainly do. He runs place
on Centre street"
81 guess you are mistaken. Div
ver's place is not on Centre street."
Il guess you are mistaken for
Diver has two or three places aud
one of them is on Centre street."
Charters knowing that he had
made break was clever enough 10
use a quick foil which would have
worked with anyone who was not
perfectly familiar with every location
10 New York City.
"Did you live any place in New
York besides the Everett Housef'
Eyes, my wife and | rented a house
on West Twen,y-second street and
Seventh avenue"
"Was that not a rather expensive
place f p inter to reside in 7"
"Noi Twenty-second street is not
tony, but West Twenty.lhird is."
"Who did you work for in New
York;"
81. 81. Uphsm and G. Monck, at
The corner of Bond street and Broad
way, ia the basement
The forging conversation shows
that the prisoners have a superficial
knowledge of Localities in New York,
but if citizens of that place other than
transient, they couli give more def
mite information than they did.
After concluding the lengthy inter
view with TWO Of the ''smoothest"
criminals that were ever locked be-
hind the bars of the City Jail the
BAzoo reporter. with the representa-
lives of the Kansas City and local
press. called upon Detectives Tut and
DeLong at the latters room in the
Union depot building.
THE DETECTIVES TRICK.
At the end of a conference with
Sup sritendent Clark, the detectives
admitted The reporters into the inner
sanctum of the secret service Of the NJ.
P. For once q clean breast was made,
the story divulged and notes taken
without reservation. Yet belong,
or Tut. could not resist putting up q