Missouri Outlaw History (Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbia: students, academy, scholarship)

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Kansas City Journal December 16, 1897 Pg3

WHY NOT PLEAD GUILTY

Seymour Hutchins was arraigned in the criminal court yesterday on a charge of robbery and pleaded not guilty. His case was set for trial two days after Christmas.
Hutchins is a desperate criminal.
The night of July 18 he went into the grocery store of Louis Boltz in Independence. There were eight men in the store. He pulled a revolver, which he had stolen an hour before from the Chicago & Alton depot, and said: " You fellows get out of here or I will kill you."
Seven of the men tumbled out into the street, Boltz, the proprietor, remained inside until Hutchins threatened to kill him. Boltz went out to the street and watched Hutchins rob the till of $17. Hutchins then strolled leisurely out and took an electric car for Kansas City.
At Elmwood station, Mr. Adams, a night watchman, who had heard of the robbery boarded the car and arrested him.




Kansas City Journal December 17, 1897

AGED KANSAN ASSAULTED

St. Joseph, Mo., Dec 16---Jesse Kithcart, aged 79, living near Troy, Kas., was assaulted by a footpad here tonight, as he was going to the Union station to take a train home and may die from his injuries. Albert Griffith, alias Albert Justus, a switchman, was arrested and fully identified. Griffith's clothes were covered with the blood of his victim.

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St. Louis Republic January 25, 1904 Pg7

STOLE VICTIM'S OVERCOAT

When the highwaymen who held up Edward Buhlman of No. 601 Elm street at Ninth and Market streets, last night, discovered that he had no money, they jerked his overcoat from his back and ran away.
Patrolman Kemmey, half an hour later, arrested Michael Ryan of No. 2010 Biddle street and William McClean, who says that he has no home, at Sixteenth and Chestnut streets. Ryan had Buhlman's overcoat when taken into custody. Buhlman identified the prisoners as the men who robbed him and will apply for a warrant today.





Morgan County Democrat (Versailles Mo) October 21, 1904 Pg2

An unsuccessful attempt was made to force the safe at the Hurley lumber yards in Rich Hill by the use of a coupling pin. Robbers entered the office of City Assessor A.C. Sampson and stole a purse containing $6.50.

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The Laclede Blade October 11, 1912 Pg3

WOMAN TRAILS JAIL BREAKERS

After trailing them into Springfield, Mrs. J.F. Hufft, the wife of Sheriff Hufft, of Laclede county, assisted the Springfield police in recapturing two men who broke jail at Lebanon. Mrs. Hufft led a posse that started in pursuit of the jail breakers in the absence of her husband.




The Laclede Blade October 11, 1912 Pg3

SHOT OVER BOARD BILL

Salvadore Broutin, 25 years old, was shot and instantly killed on the public road near Bevier by Ameal Maillett, 17 years old.
Lucien Maillett, the father of the slayer, was shot in the arm when he rushed in front of his son, trying to prevent the shooting. All are French. Broutin had lived with the Mailletts for a year, and about two months ago they disagreed on a board bill.

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The County Paper (Oregon Mo) November 3, 1882

Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, and held for trial at Plattsburg for the killing of Wood Hite, was cleared last week by the jury bringing in a verdict of not guilty.




Cape Girardeau Democrat September 19, 1891

WAS NOT A BANK ROBBER

William McCulloch was arrested at Excelsior Springs as a supposed bank robber, but was identified as an escaped lunatic.



Cape Girardeau Democrat September 19, 1891

USED A BUTCHER KNIFE

Thomas Candon, of St. Louis, quarreled with John Phillips in a saloon. Phillips plunged a butcher-knife into his adversary, who will probably die.




Cape Girardeau Democrat September 19, 1891

FOUGHT IN JAIL

Caldo B Jackson, confined in jail at St. Louis, was mortally wounded by Edward Johnson, a fellow prisoner, with a mop stick.

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Kansas City Journal December 17, 1897 Pg7

A JUVENILE BLACKMAILER

Minnie Robinson, an 11-year-old girl, is under arrest at Central station for petty blackmail.
She is the daughter of George Robinson, a laborer living at Guinotte and Garfield avenues. Chief Hayes received a visit from several Chinamen Wednesday who claimed that the Robinson girl had visited their laundries, and when they refused to give her money she commenced to screaming.

She would run from the building and later her brother would visit the laundrymen and demand that unless money was given to him the police would be informed that an assault was attempted on the girl. In this way it is claimed the boy and girl succeeded in obtaining several dollars.
When they repeated their visits the Chinamen grew suspicious and told the police. Chief Hayes ordered the girl arrested.

A few years ago, Maud Robinson, an older sister of Minnie, was arrested for professional begging. She was sentenced to five years in the girls' reform school, but under promise of her mother that she would keep the girl at home, the sentence was suspended. The children make the claim that their mother compels them to beg.

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St. Louis Republic April 8, 1901 Pg2

ACCUSED OF FIRING A TENT

William Mertens, alias William Martin, who is accused of burning a tent of Contractor Clarence Campbell in St. Louis County last fall, was arrested by the police in St. Louis Sunday on information furnished by Sheriff Hencken.
Mertens is now being held for the county authorities. A warrant charging arson in the fourth degree was issued against Mertens at the time by the prosecuting attorney, and since then an indictment has been returned against him by the Grand Jury.
Mertens was working for Campbell in the grading of the right-of-way for the St. Louis, St. Charles & Western Railway Company near the Missouri river. One day he became involved in an altercation with a fellow laborer, and the following night the tent was burned.
When the fire was started the graders were asleep in the tent, and barely escaped incineration.
Campbell went to Clayton the following day and swore out a warrant against Mertens, who disappeared at the time, and was not seen until Sunday.

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Iron County Register November 26, 1914 Pg7

Two armed men held up F.C. Johnson, former circuit judge, and robbed him of $1,250 in his room at Neosho. Bloodhounds were put on the trail of the robbers. The robbery occurred while Mr. Johnson was alone in the home of a friend with whom he is staying.





St. Louis Republic April 8, 1901 Pg3

FATALLY SHOT ON THE STREET

William Spence, a negro laborer, living at No. 1919 Lucas avenue, was shot and fatally wounded at 8 o'clock Sunday evening by Charles Mason of No. 718 North Fifteenth street. The men were quarreling.
Officer Cantillon of the Fourth District was coming around the corner half a block away as Mason fired. He gave chase to the negro and captured him after a short run. The spectators told him that Spence also had a weapon, but no trace of it was found.
Spence was taken to the City Hospital, where he was found to have sustained three serious wounds. One bullet had penetrated the rear of the skull and passed through a section of the brain, another had entered his lungs through his left side, and a third had made a deep wound in his thigh.
Mason claimed that he fired in self defense.

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Kansas City Journal December 17, 1897 Pg7

POLICE HAVE A THEORY

The police claim to have information that George W Gammon, the farm hand, who reported to them Monday night that he had been robbed of $28 and his clothing in the West bottoms by three footpads, is an ex-convict.
On top of this, they assert that Gammon was surprised in another man's house on the night of the alleged robbery and that he left through a window without his clothes and that he put up the robbery story for the effect it would have.





St. Louis Republic January 25, 1904 Pg10

GETS AWAY WITH POCKETBOOK

While Henry Earp of No. 1105 North Nineteenth street was purchasing a newspaper at Ninth and Olive streets Saturday night, a man slipped up behind him and grabbed his purse, containing $3. The thief dashed into an alley and escaped.

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Fair Play (Ste. Genevieve) December 31, 1892

COUNTERFEITERS IN ST. LOUIS

The St. Louis police the other day discovered a coniacker's lair, and captured one of the individuals. They were engaged in the manufacture of spurious dimes, but it is not believed they succeeded in passing many. One of the individuals walked off before the officers arrived, carrying the molds.

(Coniacker is what they used to call someone that counterfeited dimes and quarters.)









Sedalia Weekly Bazoo August 7, 1883 Pg8

ROBBED OF $16

Henry Willis, a colored man, of Houstonia neighborhood, came down on the branch train yesterday morning to celebrate Emancipation day. He attended the exercises at the park during the afternoon, and at night visited Smith's Hall.
As he was about to leave there, he made the discovery that his pocketbook, containing about $16, was missing. He is of the opinion that the book was stolen either while he was in the hall or when drinking in a Main street saloon. As he also lost his return trip ticket to Houstonia, he will probably foot it home today.

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Fair Play (Ste. Genevieve) December 31, 1892

WAYLAID AND ROBBED

Henry Boyden was waylaid and robbed by two masked men in Douglas county not long ago.
Covered by revolvers, he was forced to give up all he had, $110.
He thought he recognized them in Ava a few days ago, and caused the arrest of John Johnson and Benj. Trott.





The Weekly Intelligencer (Lexington Mo) October 1, 1892

A FIGHT OVER A GIRL

Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 28.--William Tankersby and Joseph Paxton, two friends, fought with knives last night over the affections of a woman named Laura Taggart. Tankersby is not expected to live and Paxton is in jail.