New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-19

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FRokkss1oSAh cHIME,
A Week ago today, says tie Cincinnati Com.
aaerela N ahs 18th, we published the particulars
81 asafe robbery on the Ohio ana AIississipui
LalltDad, which, il Will be remembered furnished
Iof lle history of professional crime another In
sssnee 81 the great cunning and andacity to which
crossInena may eduoate themselves. The cir
Gums tances Of the AFFAIR us stated then were AZ
lolioWs: Saturday night, October 81 shortly after
ne Eastward bound mail train of the Ohio and
hlsslssippl railroad Ieft Seymour two men entered
the car Of the Adams Express con1naflv from fhe
front platform, presented revolver at either side
of the head Of the messenger, E, b. Miller ana
aeLnanqsa has Keys, with " hich demand d compli-
Anee was made. While enc stood guard the other
rIied the safe of Its contents in value between
$12 .0D0 and SIS 900.
Then, requiring the messenger te turn his hack
so snenl, shey threw one of the three through
sates onf of the car, pulled the bell cord, and as
she engineer replied with the signal to apply the
brakes made their escape as they had entered
v nen lhe speed was sufficiently slaekened, they
Jumped. and the engineer seeing them jump, and
presuming, as they were But half a mile from
seymour, that they were passengers who had
been carried hT that point, again used steam until
s.gnalea ny ile MESSENGER to stop. One of the
route agents of the Company, who was On the
train, AZ once returned to Seymour on foot. pro.
cured 4 hana-eaF and gang ufsuen, and repaired
e the scene of tAe robbery, and, after search,
found The safe some sixty yards from the track
in the woods. This safe contained some SIS 900
in coin, besides currency.
the adams Express COMPANY offered as q re-
ward tae sum of 1910 for the arrest and conVic.
ton ot The thieves Or for either and one.
quarter tor ALI moneys recovered, under which In
ducenlent most vigorous search was imme ediately
commenced by citizens and detectives, the result
being, as already mentioned the arrest of three
men, Jack and j oe Reno and Frank Sparks
The clue that led to these arrests was obtained
early last week by detectives John Egan Of St.
Louis, and Larry Hazen Of this city. assisted BY
Joe Carey, also Of the Cincinnati police and was
followed mp vigorously by the two first named
otncers until mai tiers were brought to such d point
as to Justify the { pull,
This suspected men, who are now in iail IN
Indiana, have the credit of history that gives
them frstclass position III the community d
professional thieves. Jack Reno, it is stated by
citizens ef Seymour the arresting officers in the
case are peculiarly reticent id the matterlis the
leader Of q very powerful and well known party
Of cTossmen = who have, for several years past
opsrated successfully throughout Indiana and Hi
nois, and with equal ability at either q lay y il
EafesblOWing, h0rse-stealing and oounterfeiting.
making Rockford their headquarters
Al estimate Of their character may be made
from me tact that ONE Of them was recently drawn
mp four times BY the neck on accounto of d horse
stealing operation in Illinois, In the hope that he
would confess as to the crime, and tell who were
his associates All the s'squeaiing he would do
was to say, Hang, and be id To- YOu
It is confidently believed that this Jack Reno
and his 8 pal = Sparks are the men Eho perpetra
ted the linpudent robbery boye mentioned. The
clothing ls that of the robbers; masl
similar to those used was foundin their possession
heaYs rev oyer foundon one Of heneorresponds
IN size and shape exactly with an impression OF
revolver made il the mud by one Of the fascals d
he jumped from the train, and the day before the
affair neither Of the men seemed TO have an1
money and on the day following they were betting
and putting up hundreds Of dollars on the election
winning every bet by the way.
Immediately after Jumping the train they
must have walked back to Seymour station f6l
when word Of the robbery was received they
were there, wondering at the boIdness Of the
work, and querying as to the amount stolen.