Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-11
VOLUME XVII.


WIG i4Sf AuCS44ys oaA ~ PAO'~a ~ -
an evil day for them when they landed
their corpuses within the corporat
limits of this city. as the following Will
show:
About two weeks ago City Marshal
l. A Embree received a postal card
from r. S. Mccall, sheriff Of Mont
gomery county. describing q lot Of
goods that had been stolen from ]. c.
Owings' general store at High Hill, IL
miles east of Montgomery City, in
Montgomery county. The card also
stated that the thieves were FIVE in
number. and that they had dressed
themselves in new clothing.
Since then Mr.. Embree has been On
the ssi rfps for the burglars, and last
Tuesday his vigilance was rewarded
By the capture Of two Of the free
hooters. The marshal noticed one Of
the men run his hand into his pocket
in a rather suspicious manner, and as
the two men were about to board the
street car for the afternoon west-bound
passenger train, Mr.. Embree went
over and engaged the taller OF the two
In conversation. After exchanging
remarks about the weather. the bad
roads, etc, the officer asked the fellow
where he was from and was informed
that he (,he suspecD was from New
York. Upon inquiring as to what he
was doing here the stranger told Mr..
Embree that he was a representative
Of New York house, and that he was
peddling knives. He offered to sell
the marshal knife, at the same time
exhibiting a half dozen or more to
select from, saying: "TYou can have
your choice for n quarter" Mr.. En-
bree bought n knife, and observing
that the pocket from which the knives
had been taken looked suspicious"
the officer ran his hand into isssd-
found \ quantity OF pocket cutlery. In
addition to this some razors and a few
neckties were found lurking in his in
side coat pocket.
The evidences of crookedness were
conclusive. and Mr.. Embree placed
both men under arrest and proceeded
to search them. Each man had on
two suits of underclothes, two good
suits of outerclothes and two pairs OF
socks to protect them from the ele-
ments. In addition to their clothing
they had n number of pocket knives
and razors, silk hankerchiefs, neckties,
some chewing and smoking tobacco, a
lot ofcigarette paper, several files and
even some perfumery and toilet soap.
Sheriff Mccall of Montgomery was
notified Of the find" and pending his
arrival the next morning the prisoners
were lodged in Jail over night for safe
keeping.
From the description given Of the
goods by Mr.. owings, the High
Hill merchant from whom they were
stolen, there was no room left to doubt
the guilt of the parties whom Mr..
Embree had arrested, and they were
taken to Montgomery county,
Wednesday afternoon, by Sheriff Nc
Call to stand trial.
The other three parties who were
connected with the same burglary are
still at large. The reason that FIVE
parties are believed to have been con-
nected with the burglary is that FIVE
old suits of clothing were discarded
the next morning after the burglary
was committed. and thrown down on
the nsht-of-w,y of the Wabash rail-
way, n short distance west Of High
Hill.
The two men who were captured by
Mr.. Embree. gave their names as
Edward Wallace and Eiward -
No reward had been offered for
their capture, but Sheriff Mccall made |
Marshal Embree 4 present Of S. for
his "cleverness" in making the arrests.
For Sale or Trade.