The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-04-15
NAY FIND MORE PLUMBER.
An Accidental Discovery Which
Nay Lead to Big Results.

The accidental discovery made by
Ben. Yohrer, q colored man, last
evening, while looking after a stray
pig near the mouth of the big sewer
in the western part of the city, may
lead to unexpected results. Ben was
considerably mystIhed, when he hap
pened to get look at his estray near
the outlet of the sewer, to see it dis.
appear into the brick recesses IF The
subterrsnesn circle, and be gone ap-
parently, for good. Darkeylike. be
was superstitious, and he was afraid
to venture into the darkening sewer.
He says he took a sudden thought
that, perhaps, his pig had gone
through the sewer TO the entrance On
the south side of the railro,d track.
He went ana looked, but there was
no pig. He was puzz'ed. He took
smother look around the outlet. and
still was unable to find his truart
porker.
Then he went home and
got Abram Cummings, a white boy,
to come with him and make
Investigations. They had a lantern,
which they were lighting with some
difficulty on account of the wind, at
the outlet OF the sewer, when what
should come granting down through
the archway, splsshing the shallow
water at every step, but the missing
pig. The man and the boy waited
and when the animal came into the
light, they saw that i's head and
snout and forequarters were coyered
with blood!
This discovery was horrifying and
they hardly knew what to say or do.
At length, they concluded to dive
the pig home and then come back
with assistance and investigate. They
did SO, and about 8 o'clock, accomps-
MED by two or three ueighbors and a
BAzoo detective and provided with
two lanterns. they entered the sewers
mouth, which is about eight feet in
diameter, and pr,cee1ei cautiously
towards the southe st. The water In
the bottom of the sewer was four or five
inches deep, and the bricks we're shi-
my with oOze, but there was not much
difficulty in progressing. NOue of
the party knew the lay of the land.
However, after travelling q short dis
lance, they encountered branch
sewer, which was aferwarG LOCATED as
being in the middle of Main street.
and here they paused to examine for
f'signs'" This literal conduit was
smaller than the main sewer, and they
had to crouch to get alongits slippery,
noisome and damp darkness. Here
they found bloody marks on the bricks
above the muddy and discoiored flow
of water, and they closed up their
ranks with both lanterns alight, aid
cautiously continued the unpleasant
journey.
When they had gone about forty
or fifty feet, or perhaps less, the lead
er, who happened TO be the Cum
mings boy. kicked bis foot against a
big bucket. which was eagerly exam.
ined at once. 1t was labeled. Cur
rant jelly" and 1t contained about
One-third of lis original contents. A
little further on, a heterogeneous col
lection OF caus, once having held
oysters, string bears, baked beans,
tomatoes and such, was slumble1
against, aud in the brick wall about
waist high was a shelf with partially
burned candle pasted to it by its own
tai.ow.
The party of Investigation went nc
further, it being decided that the pig
had bloodiel himself with the currant
jelly. The presence of so many can:
of vegetables and delicacies, it was re
solved, was due to boys or to thieves
and none of those present having lost
anything of the sort, it was thought
that some grocery house or private
residence had been raided.
Yohrer will place his information
before the proper authorities for in
vestigation and the mystery of The
deposit in the sewer may in due course
of time be unraveled. In the mean
time, everything must necessarily b'
mere speculation.