Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-04-20
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER
is ARRESTED HERE
SHERIFF JOHNSON AND J.. n.
LANE MAKE IMPORTANT
ARREST.
B. B. SCOTT, ALIAS, B. SCOFIBLD
Man and Wife Answer Description
Fully Officers Follow B. sco-
field by Narrow Track
of Rubber-Tired
Buggy.
b, B. SCOTT, ALIAS, B. SCOFIELD

drive to the country where they over
took and captured man and woman
giving their names as B Scofield and
wife.
They were In light runabout,
drawn BY pair of Clark bay pennies,
and are supposed to be B. B. Scott
and wife, Of TT. Scott, Kansas, who
are wanted for embez zzlement.
The following is copy Of circular
received by Marshall White sometime
ago from the sheriff of TT. Scott:
$4,000 REWARD.
For the information of the where
abouts of
B. B. SCOTT, PIANO TUNER,
and salesman, who was employed by
A. Besse, of Pittsburg, Ras, at Fort
Scott. Left Ft. Scott Sunday, March
II, 1905, taking away with him cash
and merchandise to the amount Of
$500.
He drove pair OF brown ponies, well
matched, nearly black. New harness
and road wagon, rubber tired, and
had grip containing tuning tools,
also / package Of piano scarfs with
small strap and a 500 Columbia graph
oph3ne and IL records.
His wife, a blonde, With weak eyes
and near sighted, is about 20 years
old and does not weigh over 90 pounds,
is fine player on the piano and used
to play a pipe organ in Madison, Wis
consin, where she was raised by an
aunt. She went away on Saturday,
March 10, 1905, on the train at Fort
Scott.
DESCRIPTION OF MIR. SCOTT.
Weighs about 160 pounds, age about
35 years, good looking and intelligent,
slight roman nose, blue eyes, red face,
very high forehead, aggressive chin
with very pronounced dimple on bis
chin, is clean shaved.
Watch out for him and If found no.
tify @. L. Roodhouse, sheriff, TT.
Scott, Kansas, or A. Besse, Pittsburg,
Kansas.
Scofield, and his wife tally to a
dot to the above description as do
their horses and runabout and as far
as have been examined, their belong
ings, with the exception Of the Column
bia graphophone and IL records,
which he is known to have sold yester-
day in Fulton.
MRS. UPHAM BECOMES SUSPICIOUS.
Scofield and wife arrived In this city
last night from Fulton, and stayed at
boarding house, on West Monroe,
kept by Mrs. Wakefield, engaging
board for a week.
This morning, In the runabout they
drove up In front of the music house
conducted by Mr.. and Mrs. Upham,
and Scofield entered and tried to sell
some piano scarfs. saying, In the
course of his conversation, that he had
been In the music business and that he
had sold graphaphones. Mrs. Upham,
to whom circular had been sent
some time ago, recognized the man
Immediately and glancing out at the
woman and rig, was convinced that
these were the parties wanted.
To gain time in which to summon
Officers; she refused to buy any Of his
goods, but sent him to J. N. Bur
hops music store, where he went after
driving around the square.
Becoming suspicious, from the ac-
tionS of man who was watching him,
while the sheriff was being hunted,
Scofeld left Burhop's and drove west
to the city limits and took Thompson
read out of town, where he was shortly
followed by Sheriff Johnson and J. H.
Lane, who made inquiries of the pass
ers by, and were thus able to keep in
his wake.
When the officers were sighted, SEQ
field whipped up bis horses and In the
cloud of dust raised, turned up lane,
off the main road, unobserved by bis
pursuers, and, but for the extreme
narrow tread of his buggy, and the pc
culiar track mode by the rubber tired
wheels, would In all probability have
escaped.
Surrendering himself, when over
taken about five miles northwest Of
town, with very good grace, he was
brought back to town, but respect
fully declined to talk, either on the
road in, or after reaching town, reply
ing to all questions in the same gen
tlemanly way, saying: ''He would
rather not talk at present.
BY telephoning to Fulton, it wa
learned that he had sold $40 Colum
bia graphaphone and twelve record
there, and, as he represented, hat
signed q contract to sell pianos fol
wilburn and Company, of that city.
When approached by LEDGE
representative, Scofield smilingly de
clined to talk. In appearance he i
well and neatly dressed, has q stubb'
mustache anda very prominen
dimple In his chin, well spoken, anC
gentlemanly appearing.
His wife, a petite blond, seems Il
have every confidence in her lord ant
masters ability to get her out Of
bad scrape, for beyond seeming trifl'
irritated at the succession Of events
she displayed little interest In her sur
roundings, and looked with question
ing eyes Of child.like wonder at tn
sheriff and the crowd outside th
window.
A. Besse, the piano merchant o
Pittsburg, Kansas, arrived here 0l
the LIT Chicago & Alton train Frida,