Missouri Outlaw History (Kansas City, St. Louis, Joplin: winters, job, hospital)

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The Felony Lane Gang

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St. Louis Republic May 16, 1903

THIEVES TAKE CHILD'S DIMES

J.W. Meloy's Trousers Searched Without Awaking Him

Thieves who entered the home of J.W. Meloy at No. 4765 Greer avenue early yesterday morning searched the pockets of Mr. Meloy's trousers, by his bedside, and their visit was not known until 3 hours later. Besides the $2 they took from the pockets, they secured 2 watches and a child's savings bank containing $1 in dimes and nickels. Entrance was effected through an insecure kitchen window.

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St. Louis Republic May 11, 1903

THREE FOOTPADS CHOKE AND ROB AGED CITIZEN

John Newhouse, 70 years old, was dragged into a stable in the rear of No. 1300 South Second street at noon yesterday by 3 men, choked almost unconscious and robbed of $2.75 and a pocket knife.
John Cleary, a teamster, living on Howard street, Thomas Boone, who says he lives at No. 2214 O'Fallon street, and James Ryan, giving his address as No. 1012 Arsenal street., have been arrested and partly identified as the culprits.
Newhouse identified Cleary. Fred Mussler of No. 1310 South Second street, identified the other two as having been in the neighborhood with Cleary.
Newhouse staggered to the Third District Police Station and after reporting the matter to the police, was sent to his home at No. 1723 South Eleventh street. Cleary was taken there and identified.
In detailing the robbery, Newhouse says one of the men held his arms while the second choked him and the third searched his pockets. They left him lying on the floor and he was unable to pursue. The shock has left him in a serious condition on account of his age.

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St. Louis Republic May 21, 1903

HELD UP BY THREE MEN

Joseph A Jackson, of No. 1517 Benton street, on his way home early yesterday morning, was stopped by 3 highwaymen at Fifteenth and Cass avenue and robbed of his watch and $9.
Jackson says two of the men seized him and the other searched his pockets. He was choked almost senseless, when they released him he was commanded to refrain from making any alarm, under threat of being killed. He says two of the men were tall.




St. Louis Republic May 22, 1903

BURGLARS IN REAL ESTATE OFFICE

Burglars broke into the real estate office of Aiple & Hemmelmann, No. 605 Chestnut street, Wednesday night. About $1 worth of stamps were taken from an old safe. They made an unsuccessful attempt to get into the larger safe.




Iron County Register October 17, 1901

LAWYER GETS TWO YEARS

Fred C Reitinger, a well-known lawyer of St. Joseph, was convicted of embezzling funds that he had collected for clients, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.

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The Sullivan Mo News February 13, 1947

Washington, Mo.,----The Blue Goose café on East Fifth street was looted early last Sunday morning and the contents were damaged considerably. Mrs. Maud Blankenship, owner of the café, stated that the thieves broke a window in the back of the building and gained entrance that way. She also reported that the electric wall clock, to which a night light is attached, has stopped at 12:15 am. She assumed the thieves had pulled the plug to darken the building.
The thieves took about $1.50 from the cash register and then ruined the cash register considerably. Then they ruined the nickelodeon, owned by Bueschers but did not get the money. After they had broken the pinball machine, also owned by Bueschers, they took about $20,00 out of it. They rifled through her desk, taking all of her papers out of her drawers and strewing them all over the café. The floor was covered with half-smoked cigarettes and half-eaten candy bars. The damage was done with utensils taken from the kitchen. Mrs. Blankenship is offering a $50 reward for the arrest and conviction of the culprits.



John Hess was shot and killed near Lee's Summit in 1897 by Arthur Wright.

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Omaha Daily Bee March 24, 1900

FUGITIVE CAUGHT AT MANILA

San Francisco, Mar. 23---The military authorities at Manila have a prisoner who will be sent to this country shortly if his identity can be established, who is believed to be Bill Redmond, the notorious outlaw, who is accused of several murders, who escaped from the Rough Riders when recognized by a comrade and who was, in 1898, accused of murdering a Mrs. Schumacher in Kansas City with the aid of Jack Kennedy, who is now in the penitentiary for train robbery.
The man who caused Redmond's arrest is an ex-Pinkerton detective and a member of the United States Army Corps in the Philippines. It is believed that he has been on Redmond's trail for some time. The prisoner denies his guilt, but the detective declares that he made no error and that he has the right man.

Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 23---Jim Redmond and John Kennedy were indicted in February 1898, for the murder of Miss Emma Schumacher. Redmond escaped and was next heard of with the Rough Riders in Cuba. Kennedy was never tried for murder.
Miss Schumacher was shot to death on the night of December 8, 1897, in her grocery store, by two young men who tried to rob her. She shot at the robbers and wounded one of them before she was killed.

Lincoln Nebraska State Journal April 22, 1900

Kansas City, Apr. 21---Jim Redmond, alias Mike Seville, arrested in Manila two months ago on a charge of murder and who was brought here last night from San Francisco, admits his identity, but denies complicity in the murder of Emma Schumacher.
The murder was committed in 1897 in a robbery and Jack Kennedy, a notorious train robber, now serving a term in the Missouri penitentiary, and Redmond were indicted for the crime. Redmond has been chased all over the country. He served through the Cuban war with the Rough Riders and was a member of the Sixth Artillery in the Philippines when arrested.

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St. Louis Republic May 19, 1903 pg. 2

VICTIM OF AN OLD GAME

The police are searching for a man who fleeced Miss Sophia Wenger of No. 2800 North Grand avenue out of $20 Saturday afternoon. The stranger entered the store kept by Miss Wenger and asked that she give him two $10 bills or a $20 for some change.
Miss Wenger handed him a $20 bill. He placed it in an envelope and sealed it, handing her the silver money. She counted the change and found it $1 short. She called his attention to it and he stated that the man who had sent him after the money had made a mistake. He then asked Miss Wenger to hold the money in the envelope until he got another dollar for her. Later, Miss Wenger discovered that the envelope contained only blank pieces of paper.

People still fall for that one.







Kansas City Journal November 2, 1897

George Huffine was arrested yesterday while in the act of disposing of 140 pounds of copper wire stolen from the telephone company, to a Grand avenue junk dealer. Before Justice Spitz he pleaded guilty to the theft and was given 30 days.

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Kansas City Journal November 1, 1897

FRIGHTENED AWAY

St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 31---Some person attempted to burn the Fullerton lumber yard, Eighth and Locust streets, at an early hour this morning. A policeman gave the alarm before much damage was done. Quantities of rags saturated in kerosene were found in various parts of the yard, showing that the incendiary was frightened off after starting the first fire. A discharged employee is suspected. Property valued at $300,000 was endangered.




Iron County Register October 10, 1901

Vernon Bently, son of a minister, pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery in the criminal court at St. Joseph, and was given two years.





St. Louis Republic August 16, 1900

MURDERED BY FOOTPADS

Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 15---Charles Cannon, a laborer, 55 years of age, was found dead with his throat cut in the railroad yards between Swift's packing-house and the Union Pacific railroad bridge tonight, and it is supposed he was killed by footpads.
His cries for help were heard by the switchmen in the vicinity, but when they reached him the assailants were gone and Cannon was found with his throat cut from ear to ear and a bloody knife by his side. He was unable to speak, but established his identity by writing his name before he expired. He could give no information as to who assaulted him. His pockets had been rifled.

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Edward Whaley (1906-1967)
An 11-year-old kid with a .22 rifle shoots at a passing automobile in 1917 and kills Cass McAnulty.

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YOUTH ADMITS HE SHOT McANULTY

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Edward Whaley

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Cass McAnulty

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The Marshall Republican April 29, 1910

$300 FOR BOOTLEGGING

City Marshal Maddox arrested Percy Watson, col, and he was tried Saturday before Squire Ferril on a charge of bootlegging. He plead guilty and was fined $300 and costs.





Iron County Register October 10, 1901

SHOOTING AT TRENTON

A brawl at Trenton ended in a shooting affray, in which Clarence Royston was fatally wounded by Harry Reno. Reno was arrested.





Iron County Register October 17, 1901

FIVE YEARS FOR FORGERY

Jacob C Garver, a sewing machine agent, who formerly conducted a general agency in Kansas City, was sentenced to the penitentiary to serve 5 years for forgery at St. Joseph.

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After they had broken the pinball machine, also owned by Bueschers, they took about $20,00 out of it. They rifled through her desk, taking all of her papers out of her drawers and strewing them all over the café.

Hey, now that's just not cool at all. I love pinball!