Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1900-06-29

grips" from the trunk, one within
the other, the money being IN
the inner grip, Vandeventer re-
marked: Come on, boys, 1 have got
the money" Before leaving the
house he tried to get Joseph Nc
Sparren to kill Rogers with the axe,
but McSparren refused. VandeventeE
was followed out of the house by Ar
thur McSparren. Joseph McSparren,
who had been sitting on the side Of
the bed holding Rogers, asked the old
man if he was much hurt, and Rogers
told him his head hurt him. Nc.
Sparren placed quilt beneath the old
mans head and then left. He
would have been killed as he
passed out of the door, for
Rogers had jumped up and
grabbed his shotgun, but just as he
drew a bead on McSparren the old
gentleman tainted and sank to the
floor.
The three robbers mounted their
horses, which they had hitched in a
lane just east of the house, and rode
across the pasture to a thicket about
one mile distant, where they built
up fire and divided the booty, cut
ting open the grips to get to it. Rog.
ers claims the grips contained $2,976
besides $6 in silver that was taken
from his trousers pockets. One hun
dred and twenty FIVE dollars was in
gold, ST. in rolls of currency ot
$1oo, each, in SIS, $Io and $40 bills
and the balance in silver.
Last Sunday, Constable L: A
Embree of KeytesviIIe, who had been
working on the case, thought he had
secured enough testimony to justify
him in swearing out warrant for the
arrest of DIR. Vandeventer, and he
had the warrant issued by Justice +
NJ. DeMoss of Feytesyilie NJ
Embree called to his assistance Wa
bash Detective Kemp of Moberly.
who arrived here at 1880 Sunday
evening, and he and Mr.. Embree
went to Salisbury on the first train at
Sis p. m. They hunted up Marshal
Steve Crawford and told him what
they wanted. Mr.. Crawford ex.
pressed the belief that Vandeventer
was innocent, but when he was given
the details of Vandeventer's supposed
connection with the crime, Crawford
admitted that he knew it and said he
could put his hands on Vandeventer
in four minutes, but that his sympa-
thies were with Vandeyenter and he
would not turn him over to the law
unless arrangements could be made
for him to be given the llghtest pun
lshment. Embree agreed to use his
influence" with Prosecuting Attorney
Collet in Vandeventer's behalf, pro-
vlded he would betray his accomplices
and return the money. If this could
be done Marshal Crawford said he
would turn Vandeventer over to En-
bree at s o'clock Monday morning.
Embree and Kemp returned to Key
tesviIle and went out to Col
let's, and he signed note to
Crawford agreeing to extend his
official clemency to Vandeventer, but
when Kemp and Embree went back
to Salisbury Monday morning Mar
shall Crawford was not disposted to
talk further about Vandeventer,
and Embree and Kemp were
led to conclude that if Crawford
knew of Vandeventer,,s whereabouts
the night before he had been permitted
to make his escape.
From Salisbury, Kemp and Embree
went to Vandeventer's and from
there to the neighborhood where the
robbery occurred, and learned that
w. B. Clark, Mrs. Rogers brother,
had obtained a sufficient clue to
justify him in swearing out a warrant
for the arrest of Joseph and Arthur
McSparren of Cockrell township. The
arrests were made and w. B. Clark,
Marshal Crawford, Constable Embree