The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-08-26

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/ followed it to a point directly north
and back of Ottervi l., where all
trace of il was lost.
THE POSSE DIVIDED.
After procuring bre ,kfast at Otter
vile the party divided into two sou Ids,
and the country for radius of five
miles was secured. but not with a sat-
isfactpry result. The ony discovery
made was that three of the robbers
had gone north and two south, from
point opp site the water tank. but
of the remaining TWO no clue cpu d
be obtained.
At this juncture Walt er NJ. Monroe,
editor of the Upton Times, ap. ,e ,red
on the scene, and informed Detective
De Long that a responsible young man
named Harry Decker had met two
strange men, covered with mud t.
their knees, between Aikensville and
Gleustaad, on the Versailles branch
of the Missouri Pacific, between . and
6 o'clock that morning. Mr.. Decker
had not heard Of the robbery, but his
dissertation of the men, as given to
Mr.. Monroe, corresponded so nea rly
with the description of the two rob-
bers who boarded the engine, that
it was determined to make thorough
Investigation.
THE TACTICS CHANGED.
With this new information i'm his
pos. essio Directive belong changed
his tactics and telegrap led to Superin-
tendent G ark t, send a car load of
horses to Versailles, so that that en-
tire section of country might be scour-
ed. The animals were loaded into a
Car and sent east, but instead of being
taken to Versailles they were unloaded
at Syracuse and turned over to a
posse in charge of Officers Scslly and
Gorrell, who bad gone to assist in the
pursuit. The understanding was that
they would ride across The country to
Versailles. while Detective DeLong
and those with him proceeded to Yer
ssiiles by train, with the intention of
getting hors IS there and interceptirg
the Scally and Gorrell party near Aim
insville.
BLOoDHOUNDs CALLED IN.
While at OtterviIle a couple of
bloodhounds were pressed into service,
in The hope that they would run the
robbers down. but they lacked proper
training and refused to take the trail,
so this mode ofpursuit had t. be aban-
doned.
In addition to Mr.. De-
long. Detectives Dickey, of St. Louis,
and Tut, of Kansas City, were OH the
ground, and the entire population in
the vicinity of Otterville are up in
arms against the robbers. The men,
bers of the Farmers and Laborers'
Union of both Cooper and Morgan
counties informed the officers of their
willingness to participate in the pur-
suit, and yesterday afternoon the
country was swarmiug with sturdy
farmers and others in search of the
followers of the late Jesse James and
Cole Younger.
AN ARREST.
Yesterday afternoon a suspect was
arrested at Madison, on the Hanni
bal division of the NJ, K. & T., s)me
ninety miles from Otterville. He was
held until this morning, and vas then
released. as there was no evidence
against him.
THE AMOUNT STOLEN.
At first it was reported that the
robbers had secured something like
$4,000, but the Associated Pres
agent at Kansas City swelled the
amount to $4,000. That this is q
very gross exaggeration there can be
no possible doubt. Superintendent
Fuller, of the express company, says
the company lost three val
liable packages of jewelry
consigned from st. Louis,
three packages containing an aggre-
gate of S74.77, and two railroad pack
ages, the value Of which he failed to
state. The run out of ST. Louis Sat-
urday night was very light one, he
says, and if the robbers had got all
that was in the Car they would not
have been enriched to very great ex-
tent.
THE JEWELRY PACKAGE.
Concerning the express package
by 8. A. Rider & Co., of
St. Louis, to j. w. Gilbert, Nebraska
City, Neb., which was among those
stolen, as referred to above, Mr.. Rider
said to Globe-Democrat reporter
last evening: cit contained small
iewelry valued at between s75 and |
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