The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-07-15

ate vicinity and heard all the CONVEX
sation that passed. To this fact is
due the publicity now given the mat
Ter, and if the parties equally as guilty
as burlington escape, the fault
must be placed at the door of the
Cooper county people. III
In his confession burlington said
that he was implicated in the NJ, X.
d T. robbery at Pryor Creek, where
they secured several hundred dollars.
He also helped to rob the Wells
Fargo company. only few miles
distant from Pryor Creek, coupe of
DAYS later, when more than slO,O0O
were secured.
One of his acc mplices was w. +.
Smith Tan alias, who was coming
west with him when they had the
trouble at Otterviile with Conductor
Richards crew, which led to the ar
rest of both and their confinement ia
the Pettis county jail.
burlington stated that prior to the
arrest by Officer Gossage
ami others they threw away
seven hundred dollars 10 a
field between here and Otterville and
he gave a diagram of the spot
where the money was dropped. He
further stated that Smith sent large
sum of money, his share of the Santa
Fe robbery, to brother in Texas,
whose present plsre of residence was
given. Smith, burlington said, is at
present engaged ia the saloon busi-
ness at Fort Worth, and Sheriff
Smith and Detective Kinney have a
man shadowing him, if he is not now
under arrest
To show that he was telling the
truth, burlington gave facts and dates
which corroboraied his statement in
every particular. The prisoner said he
realized that he was doomed to
death for the murder of Sheriff Gran
mer, and for this reason he wanted t.
ease his conscience by making a con.
fession.
After taking down al that the
murderer had said, Messrs. Smith and
Kinney returned to Sedalia yes erlay,
when BAzoo reparter was informed
of what had transpired On the trip,
with the express understanding that
it would not be published until per.
mission was granted by the sheriff.
There is a reward Of 81 500 hang.
over the heads Of the Santa Fe rob-
bers, and the Pacific express company
also offers a reward for the men who
did the Pryor Creek job.
One of the first questions asked
Sheriff Smith by Acting Sheriff Hol-
msn, of Cooper county, was whether he
would whack up, to which the reply
was made that be would edo what was
right"
o. w. Case, assistant superintend-
emit of the Pacific express company,
arrived from St. Louis this morning.,
and during the forenoon had confer
ence with Sheriff Smith.
Superintendent Case remained here
until noon and then returned to st.
Louis. During the forenoon he bad
lengthy interviews with Detective Kin
ney, Messenger Johnson and Sheriff
Smith, but what passed between them
is not known.
Two men are in Jail at Fort Smith,
Ark, charged with the Pryor Greek
Job, and it is now almost certain that
they are innocent. burlington says
that only he and Smith were i'm
plicated, and he tells his
story so straight that Messrs. Case,
Sheriff Smith and Detective Kinney
believe it.
The prisoner went into the most
minute details, telling exactly where
they got the horses, and the pegs they
took their saddles from, but Messen-
ger johnson says he will have to have
further evidence before he believes
that burlington and Smith instead of
the men in custody at Fort Smith are
the guilty parties.
LET me talk to him ten minutes,
said Mr.. Johnson, 'fand | will very
soon tell you whether he is one of the
robbers. There we're things happened
in the car that have never been pub
Iished and no one knows except the
robbers and myself. 1t may be that
his story is straight, but | want fur
ther proof to believe it"
Sheriff Smith and Messenger John
son left for Boonville this afternoon
for the purpose of having
tue latter identify burlington.
They expect to return at $40 p. m,
but it may be that they will be de-
teined mill Tomorrow morning.