The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-11-18
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O1SplayeQ Tue OuluL Vi SHdIIeis duu
Furguson. twss a queer assortment.
Two big AS of a new pattern, brand
new pistol belts and cartridges, tin
pail which had been used for a cooking
utensil and other wares useful for
camping purposes.
The weapons were recently purchas
ed one OF them had never been fired
and the cartridges were bright, yet
the prisoners claimed that they had
carried them all the way
from New Mexico. One of the cart
ridge belts and scabbards wss just as
good as new and had not been worn
over ten days. Insiie the belt in
two places were the initials III. W.,
snd were marked with The point of a
knife and traced with ink. Pointing
to the belt, Detective Tut said,
"Charters name is Lawrence, if / am
not mistaken" the initials on the
belt lead to clew which is now in
the possession of the detectives.
A NIGHT WITH THE PRISONERS.
A reporter of the BAzoo was un-
fortunate enough last night to get
locked up in the city Jail and was
fortunate enough to be domiciled in
q cell adjoining the one occupied by
Charters and Ferguson. As The Off
Ger banged the door and locked it
Ferguson asked his partner, "Whsts'
that?" "Only a drunk" replied
Charters.
In the cell in the
southwest section and disgonally
connecting with the compartment
OCCUPIED by Charters and Fergu,on,
was Osc4r Nelson and George Will
liams, who were sentenced yesterday
to serve ten days for trespass. The
reporter was not interested in them,
but he expected to learn something of
value from the suspects. At eleven
o'clock, after being confined an hour,
not loud word had heen spoken by
eli her Charters or Ferguson and only
a few brief remarks 10 whisper tones
pissed between them. A few minutes
alter eleven o'clock there came a tap
ping,
A GENTLE TAPPING
on the wall of the cell occupied by
Nelson. 1t came in measured beats
of two, two two, two the signal
being repeated four or five times.
Then one of the men in Charters cell
replied with two, three two, three,
taps twice. Then in low voice, Mel.
son, or a person in his cell, inquired
Where did they get you, Hank ?"
Charters voice replied, ''Down the
road"
"What roqds"
odd if | know"
Just at this juncture a police
man brought in Squire Cook.
to was drunk and boistrous,
and put an end to the conversation.
Cook was crazy drunk and he howled
for over an hour and the conversation
carried on between the two cells
could not be heard by the.reporter.
When Cook became quiet, or partial
ly 50, the conversation came to an
end and quiet reigned. The only
break in the monotony from that time
on until z o'clock was when some
policeman came in to stir up the fire
and put more coal in the stove.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock Officer Cos
sage dropped into the station and
Charters pushed a fine watch between
The bars and asked the officer to wind
Bnd set it for him. Gossage complied
with the request and handed the
back to Charters.
CHARTERS RIGHT NAME.
From the conversation between
Charters and Nelson it is evident that
the two men have met before, even if
they were or were not connected
with the wrecking of the Missouri
Pac6c passenger train. 1t may
also be inferred that the initials "H.
w." on the belt may mean "Harry
W." and by using TUFTS belief that
Charters right name is Lawrence we
have the full name of Harry w.
brother of John Lawrence
of Ouray, Col. Charters, however,
insists that that is his right name and
that he has brother, Charles Char
ters, who is connected with police
headquarters in New York City and
working directly under Superintend-
emit Byrnes.
A FATAL CONFESSION.
During this afternoon Ferguson was
taken to the Missouri Pacific offices at
the Union danot ond mt into the