Missouri Outlaw History (Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield: trails, room, carrying)

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The Butler Weekly Times July 7, 1904 Pg4

Col. Ed Butler has been indicted again by a St. Louis grand jury. This time the charge is compounding a felony and being an accessory after the fact of bribery committed by Charles F Kelley November 28, 1899. Butler is charged with aiding Kelley to escape and with furnishing money for his travels in Europe to avoid " turning up " men who furnished the bribe money for the lighting bill steel.



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St. Joseph Observer July 1, 1922 Pg5

Some skunk stole D.M. Cox's flivver from his home, 2822 South Tenth street, Sunday. It was found the next day near the water works stripped of all its gears and accessories.

A Flivver

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Cape Girardeau Democrat August 22, 1891

GIVEN THE LIMIT

John Clogle, a Pole, attempted to throw his wife out of a third-story window in St. Louis. He was arrested and fined $500, which will keep him in the work-house about a year.

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Iron County Register November 19, 1914 Pg2

FARMER KILLS FAMILY

After shooting and killing his wife, Mrs. Florence Hosmann, and his 16-month-old daughter, John Hosmann, a farmer living near Jamestown, shot himself through the head, dying instantly.
The shooting is believed to have occurred Thursday night. The bodies were found when two stepsons of Hosmann, who had been away on a visit, returned. The weapon used was a single-barreled shotgun. The couple had been married 3 years.


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St. Louis Republic April 6, 1901 Pg8

CLERKS SHOOT AT OFFICERS

It developed Friday that the two Looney brothers, who fired at Policemen O'keefe and Gerk when they entered the second-hand store at No. 1723 Market street, about 3 o'clock, were employees of the place.
T.S. Beyers, who conducts the store, called at the Four Courts and identified them as his clerks, who sleep in the back of the store and guard it. Their names are Paul J. and J.B. Looney. They said they were awakened by the entrance of the officers, and, mistaking them for burglars, drew their revolvers and fired.
The officers stated they found the door open and went in to investigate. Once they were fired upon they informed the Looney brothers that they were officers but the brothers kept shooting. A warrant was issued against them charging both with assault to kill.





St. Louis Republic January 25, 1904 Pg2

ROSSI IDENTIFIES PRISONERS

Joseph Bova of No. 1118 North Tenth street and Dominico Morello of No. 710 Wash street are under arrest at the Fourth District station charged with committing a highway robbery in daylight on Wash between Seventh and Eighth streets Saturday afternoon.
Peter Rossi of No. 1516 North Seventh street has identified the prisoners and declares that they held him up and robbed him of $60. He will apply for a warrant today.

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The Laclede Blade October 4, 1912 Pg2

GOT CANADIAN BANK ROBBER

St. Louis, Mo.--A year's chase following the $320,000 bank robbery in New Westminster, B.C., September 19, 1911, has just ended in St. Louis with the arrest of J.C. Adams, leader of the robber gang. Adams was one of the two men who beat Lieut. Burns of the Chicago Police Department into insensibility in a saloon where he tried, single handed, to capture them.

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That was a huge robbery in 1911

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St. Joseph Observer July 1, 1922 Pg5

J.H. Reed, a Rock Island brakeman, was arrested here Tuesday and then taken to Trenton to answer to a charge of forging checks.





Potosi Journal October 31, 1894 Pg2

While the sheriff of Ray county was recently taking some prisoners to the penitentiary and near Centertown, while the Missouri passenger train was making fully 30 miles an hour, E.J. Ryus, convicted of burglary and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, jumped through the car window and landing safely, ran for tall timber.
The sheriff had taken the handcuffs off the prisoners during lunch. The train was stopped and a deputy sheriff went in pursuit.




The Rich Hill Tribune June 9, 1904 Pg3

A man was arrested in Joplin on Tuesday for stealing hair ribbons from girls, and the Carthage Press stated that he had a whole drawer full of such " frippery."

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Ripley County Democrat (Doniphan Mo) January 22, 1909

Everett E Craig, who has been in trouble at Macon before, while drunk, went to the coal fields, selected the best house in the place, ran the occupants out with two big revolvers, and took possession. Sheriff Hall sent two deputies over to capture the " bad " man, and they told him if he would surrender they would give him a good dinner in the new county jail. Craig then remembered he was hungry and surrendered.





Weekly Graphic (Adair Co) June 2, 1882 Pg2

IN JAIL

For a long time petty depredations have been going on by which flour, canned goods and other portable articles were missed from cars standing on the side tracks of this place. Several of our merchants have found their goods thus short and a watch has been quietly kept to discover who the peculating individuals were. Saturday " Jim " Rouze was arrested and placed in the lock-up, and yesterday a hand-car was sent out west on the Q.M. & P. and returned with Lew Curtis who was also placed in " durance vile " as a partner in the transaction. We understand there are one or two other parties " wanted " in connection with the same charge.

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Chariton Courier March 28, 1884 Pg2

Isaac Nix, charged with assault and battery upon John Prewett, furnished bail in the sum of $200 last Saturday, and was released from jail. His trial will come up at the April term of the circuit court.




Morgan County Democrat (Versailles Mo) October 14, 1904 Pg2

William Powell, a negro, formerly body servant to Lt. General Chaffee, and for 19 years a regular soldier, pleaded guilty to wife-murder at Kansas City, Mo., on the 10th, and was sentenced to 25 years in the Missouri penitentiary.

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St. Joseph Observer July 8, 1922 Pg5

While he slept on an inter-urban train between this city and Kansas City, Sunday, thieves secured $40 from the pockets of Virgil Morris of Kansas City.




St. Joseph Observer July 8, 1922 Pg5

A fine of $10 was assessed against Sam Thurman in police court Monday on a peeping charge.





Cape Girardeau Democrat September 5, 1891

CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT

Jonathan Walters, way-bill clerk for the Adams Express Company in St. Louis, has been arrested on the charge of embezzlement.

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St. Louis Republic January 25, 1904 Pg5

HIGHWAYMAN SECURED $1.40

Cornelius Mindrup who resides in the west end of Edwardsville, paid $1.40 last night for a brief inspection of the contents of a large revolver.
He was going along High street on his way home to supper when he saw a young man standing at the Clay street intersection. When he reached that point the stranger remarked that it was a pleasant evening and then produced a revolver, asking Mindrup how much he had with him.
The latter produced $1.40 and the footpad, after inquiring if that was all, took it and disappeared down the Wabash tracks. Mindrup had $19 in his hip pocket. He told the police that his interviewer was a white man.





Kansas City Journal December 16, 1897 Pg7

" CON " DALEY FOUND GUILTY

" Con " Daley was found guilty of assault and battery by a jury in the common pleas court yesterday. The complaining witness was Jerry Langford, brother of Joseph Langford, of the fire department.
During the big fire in the bottoms some time ago, Daley, who had been drinking, met Langford, and, without the slightest provocation, struck him and knocked him to the ground.
He then kicked him in a brutal manner.
After committing the assault he fled across the state line, but was arrested about a week later.