The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-11-18
BURLINGTON CAPTURED.
The Murderer of Sheriff Cramner
Again in Custody.
He TelegraphS the BOOnyille
Authorities and Judge Shirk
to Protect Him From Mob
Violence -Unarmed
When Arrested.

Once The escape vi IuTIluStbu, Inc
murderer of Sheriff Cranmtr, on the
night of October Is, nothing definite
as to the means and manner of his
escape or as to his whereabouts has
been known. Idle rumors have been
INDUCED in. sheriff and guards have
been censured, and from what seemed
to be mystery the cloud is now
removed by the capture of Turlipg-
ton.
Yesterday afternoon while Sheriff
Hornbeck was attending to his duties
at the court house, where the circuit
court is now In session, he was the
recipient of telegram from w. G.
Dyer, constable of Dekoven, KY,
containing tie surprising information
that burlington was in custody at
Morgans6eld, Ky, and summoning
him to come at once for bis prisoner.
At first itsas thought that the tel
egram was bogus. but thirteen minutes
aiterward. Hornbeck received the fol-
lowing telegram from the prisoner
himself:
DEKovEN. KY, Nov. IL "A. Hornbeck,
Sheriff i am captured. Please ask your
deputy as an officer to have me protected
from a mob. j. BURLINGTON.
Upon the receipt of this telegram,
the fact of TurliDgton's capture was
assured, and the minds of the citizens
of this county who deprecated the
escape were at last at ease.
Sheriff Hornbeck left yesterday
evening for Morgan6e!d, KY, accom-
panied by guard and fortified with
a requisiti n from the governor. No
positive information as yet has been
obtained as to how darlington was
captured, as no one since his escape
has been able to get any clew ss to
the direction in which he went. The
general supposiiion seems to be that
when the prisoner escaped, he started
for bis home liz Tennessee that be-
fore going there it was his intention to
go through Kentucky to see his form
er sweetheart, Miss Alice Woodward,
who lives at or near Carrollton, Ky.
He unfortunate y remarked 10 fell
low-prisoDer while confined in jail,
that if he escaped, he intended to 60
to Kentucky. This knowledge being
conveyed to Sheriff Hornbeck, he
took every precaution to have the
Kentucky officials put upon their
guard, and the result is as above
stated.
1t is supposed that the prisoner will
again be confined In the Jail here
within few days.
The trial Of Hensley, which is set
for to-day will III doubtedly proceed,
and what seemed to be an uDfortu
nate incident in his trial on account
of the escape of burlington will enact
in his favor.
1t is not generally believed that
Hensley had anything to do with
assisting the escape, but that Turing
ton escaped through the utter care.
lessness and neglect of the guards that
had him in charge. burlington will
now await the decision of the supreme
court, where his case is now pending
on appeal. 1t is supposed that de-
cision will be rendered during the
month of December, when the fate of
notorious criminal will be known.
Everything is quiet and the officers
do not anticipate any violence Upon
the part of the citizers.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE.
Evansville, Ind, November ID
VIM. burlington, alias VIM. Reeves,
one OF the coolest blooded murderers
of modern times, was arrested yesier-
day at Caseyville, KY, by Henry
Spencer and VIM. Dyer, citizens of
that place who knew the desperate. |
Two years ago burlington killed
two men at Caseyville, but previous
to that he murdered citizen of Gal
latin county, Tennessee. He went
from Caseyville to Missouri, gravi-
tating to Boonville, where he murder
dered Sheriff Cranmer while in Jail,
in an effort to escape. He was tried,
found guilty and wss to have been
hung at an early day, but escaped a
few weeks ago. burlington has spent
considerable time about Vincennes,
this state, then came to Evansville,
and from here went to Caseyville.
He claims to have taken part in sew
eral noted train robberies. He was
unarmed at the time of his arrest.
He is now in the MorganGeld (Ky.)
jail.
HE WANTS PROTECTION.