The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-30

was not until sllndown that Turing
ton wss found and arrested. A search
ing party, consisting of Geo. Potter,
j. Hayner and Tom Saunders, di>cov-
ere him, after passing around him
sey erai times near enough for him to
hear their conversation.
THE TOOLS WITH WHICH HE EFFECTED
HIS ESCAPE
were found on him, consisting of an
old case knife which had been con-
verted into a saw and file. He had
no arms.
Sheriff HorDbeck arrived an hour
after the arrest and took charge of
the prisoner. He had a strong guard
over him. There is no apprehension,
however, of any violence being dore
him, and considering the fact that
this was the home Of the manly officer
he murdered, who was very popular
with al classes, this must be accepted
as a compliment to the law-b ddiug
sentiment of the community.
burlington seemed rather crestfalleG
over his failure to escape, and whsn
he was inf rmed, after his arrest, that
he was at Otterville, of which fact he
pretended to be ignorant, he showed
great excitement and fear of violence.
burlington was brought to Upton
this morning securely shacklei and
under guard of FIVE trusty men, head
ed by Sheriff HorDbeck. He was
there placed on the branch train and
taken to Boonville. Conductor Buck
lev, who was in charge of the train,
was seen by a BAzoo representative
this morning. Mr.. Buckley said there
WAS No DEMONSTRATION.
OF any kind either at Tip on or Boon.
vile. At the latter p ace there were
not a dozen people at the depot on
the arrival OF the train.
burlington had apparently re
covered from the surprise and
chagrin of his capture, and,
said Conductor Buckley. "was as
happy as a sunfish in deep water"
He smoked and chatted and laughed
on his way over from Upton to b on.
vile, and was evidently
TICKLED AT THE FINE GAME
he had played on the Jail authorities.
1t is not neeaful to rehearse Turling-
tons now familiar career further than
10 recall the remarkable fact that il
was on a Saturday that he shot sheriff
Cranmtr and escaped it was on a
that he was recaptured and
brought back /; on Saturday he start
ed on his famous flight to Kentucky
on Saturday evening, five weeks ago,
be was again brought back; and yet
again on Saturday he
MADE HIS LAST ESCAPE.
Sheriff Hornbeck is an excellent,
,igh-toned gentleman, and he felt
zeenly the misfortune. "When |
topped over at Jefferson City to get
he requisition papers for Turlington's
'eturn, l told Governor Francis that
did not think it safe to bring the
prisoner back to BoonvilIe-that no
uch a man as he could be kept in a |
all such as ours. l think he ought to
AVE been
HELD IN ST. LOUIS.
Ibid not want to chain burlington |
lown, for then / would have been
blamed for inhumau treatment"
Sheriff Hornbeck says tina. the
everal prisoners in the Jail may have
leard burlington saving and cutting
n his cell, but they declare they did
lot.
The BAzoo obtained the following
of opinion, from some
}Oonyille citizens, which will indicate
he general drift of feeling, at least on
Postmaster Sylvanus Young was
90 busy opening the noon mail for
he people just from church. to say
much about the escape. He was a
allant soldier in the army of the
'Ctomac and took a soldiers rather
tern view OF the matter, saving that,
oward a man with TurliugtOn's
areer, the officials could not BE- too
trict. There was no occasion for pity
nd cheap sentiment.
Col. II. A. Hutchison, editor of
he BOonvilie Advertiser, was JUS.
citing into his buggy to drive out to
is country residence. 81 am sure
ur sheriff was doing what he thought
est for the safe-keeping of the pris-
ner, and if Mr.. Anrnbeck was at
lult, it cannot be laid to negligence.
t was certainly unfortunate, how
yer, for the reputation of the county
nd the officials"