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

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We discovered what we believed to
be the trail of the two men seen be-
tween Aikensville and Glenstead YES
terday morning, but abandoned il
when We ran across two boys playing
ball and who claimed that the
tracks were made by them.
We notified everybody in the country
through which we passed of the rob
berry, and if the robbers show up in
that locality they may be arrested.
"We have every reason to believe
tina; two Of the robbers went east
from a point three miles east of Tip.
ton, between 3 aud 6 o'clock last
evening. They were on horses and
could not be trailed successfully.
There was third person with them
earlier in the day, but he got lost in
the shuttle. think there were not
more than four or five men i'm
plicated in the robbery"
DELONG GOES BACK
Detective belong went east On
train No. 6 this morning, after less
than two hours stay at home. He
left Detectives Tut and Dickey at
Otterville and went to join them
there.
81 can give you very little infor.
nation that is new or reliable" he
said to B,zoo. reporter. eve are
working on several clues, and some
thing may come of them and again they
may fall tn the ground. At this time
anything that | might say on the sub
lect would not be of particular inter-
est"
THE MESSENGERS STORY.
Messenger Avery, on arrival in
Kansas City yesterday, is reported as
saying: "When the train stopped at
Ott-IviIle water tank a masked man
entered my car, and, covering me
with a revolver, ordered me to throw
up my hands. This l speedily did, as
my revolver, which was lying on
table, was quite out Of reach. The
man who entered the car then threw
out number of express packages to
two cOnfederates, al-o masked, who
remained outside the car throughout
the entire affair. The safe was not
touched"
THE LATEST.
A call at the office of Superintend-
ent Clark, at 3 o'clock This afternoon,
disclosed that there is nothing new in
connection with yesterdays robbery.
Messrs. belong, Dickey and Tut
are sill at O.tervi lie, working on the
case, but there is no probability of
any arrests being made tonight. The
company has not yet offered reward
for the capture of the robbers, which
fact leads to the beliefthat the amount
stolen was not large.
A FORMER ROBBERY.
This is not the first time that the
name of Otterville has appeared in the
history of train robberies. Once be-
fore, in the days when the Younger
and James brothers were running
rampant, and when the command
''throw up your hands" meant not
only most vital danger, bnt the part
ing with thousands of dollars, Mis-.
souri, Pacific train was held up near
this point, with more SIRIUS results
than yesterday mornings fizzle.
About 1915 on the night of July
9, 1876, as the east bound night ex-
press approached deep cut about one
and one-half miles east of Otterville, |
the engineer saw light being swung
across the track and applied the |
brake, but not before the front end of |
the engine ran part way up pile of
lumber heaped on the track. Just as
the train stopped, eight men sprang
from the underbrush, and began yell
ing like mad men and firing their
pistols in the air.
COVERED WITH REvoLvERs.
The engineer and fireman were
covered with revolvers and escorted
to the baggage Car, in charge of Ex-
press Messenger Bushnell and Bag
gageman Conkling. The messenger
had suspected trouble when the train
stopped, and locking his safe, rushed
through the train and handed his
keys to brakeman, who thrust them
into bis shoes. Demanding the keys
of the baggageman, the robbers found
he was not their man, and yelling
and cursing like a tribe of Indians,
they marched him through the train,
commanding him to point out the
When Bushnell was
reached and the demand made, the
saw further deception or
was useless, and obtaining
the KEYS from the hrakanan u.nt