The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-30
HE TAKES THE CAKE.
John Oscar burlington Makes his
Third Escape From the
Cooper County
Jail.
Saws his Way to Liberty and
Rides off On the Sheriff'S
Horse.
The Fugitive Recaptured i'm a
Corn Shock i'm the Vicinity
of Otterville.

marked 81 guess I've got pretty
strange piece of news for you thu
morning."
The young officials eyes were
frightened by a smile, as though he
was about to perpetrate an innocent
joke on some friend, but when he
unrolled the
SIMPLE YELLOW SHEET,
the tale was coon told.
The message was as brief
as startling, was dated at Boenville,
early Sunday morning and ran as
follows:
t'Sheriff Smith-Look out for John
o. burlington. A. HoRNBECK"
Whether this was warning for the
Pettis county sheriff to get out of the
famous fugitive's way, or to arrest
him should he come IN this direction,
was not altogether clear. At any
rate, burlington was free man once
more.
The news of the escape was at once
bulletined and 1t spread
WITH MARVELLOUS RAPIDITY.
1t was caught up by the crowds at
the hotels, at the Union depot, along
the streets, and created almost as
intense feeling as though the
celebrated criminal belonged to Pettis
rather than to Cooper county.
BAZoo representatives boarded the
10:40 north bound train and went to
Boonviile. The news had already
reached Clifton City and many
people were gathered on the platform,
discussing the escape. At Pilot Grove
a telegram had also been received,
and burlington
WAS THE TALK
of the town.
Upon arriving in the Vine Clad
City, the unusual number of men
and boys assembled in groups about
the streets, plainly indicated that
something extraordinary had
happened. The scenes were
similar to those of that
sorrowful Sunday morning after Tur-
ington's first escape and when the
brave Tom Cramner had just breathed
his last; or it was very like that other
SCENE OF WILD EXCITEMENT,
also on Sunday morning, hardly two
months ago, when the news was flashed
through the city that the murderer had
escaped. Disgust, disappointment,
and anger were plain in every speech
and indicated in every expression.
Rumors were rife and theories were as
thick as leaves-to use a chestnut
In Vallambross.
Pierre Ridgely, the junior editor of
the Cooper County Democrat, was
one of large group of men gathered
at the Central National Bank corner.
A BAzoo representative said to him :
"Do you think the officials would let
a man into the Jail if he were to 60 up
there ?"
"Well," replied the handsome,
black-eyed editor, "they might not
do that, but they
WILL LET You OUT D ID EASY"
Of course, it was simply little
Jest, and was not meant as a refiec- !
ton upon the honesty of the officers,
and yet it expressed laconically the
temper of the town in regard to this
latest official farce.
Through the courtesy of Charles K |
Scott, of Prairie Home, Cooper cOun-
ty, who was acting as a special dep |
uty, the BAzoo representatives were !
shown through the now noted jail,
and there the tale of Turlington's |
daring escape was told in full.
The murderer occupied a small eel |
In the northeast corner Of the seconi .
story of the building. "Thurs lay
night last" said Sheriff Hornbeck,
81 had Turlington's lamp
WE'LL FILLED WITH COAL OIL.
1t was my custom to have this done
by one of the TRUSTEES at least every
two DAYS. John was in the habit of
sitting up most of the night, and of
course consumed a great deal of kero-
sene. On Friday night he complain
ed that he had not been given his
usual amount of oil and wanted more.
rather hesitated to grant the
but finally consented.
went wrong, seemingly, and
not the least suspicion was aroused by
the prisoners request. Six o'clock
evening, my deputy, Mr..
Rymel, being absent, fed the prison
ers myself, l
WENT INSIDE THE CELL
Of burlington and could net see but