The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-01-31

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CHICAGO, January 3o.-The of GERS OF
the Michigan Central railway received
word to-day that the Great Western rail-
way which bas suffered for the pas. four
days hy having ts tracks submerged by
an extraordinary food, Is now entirely
clear, and trsins arc running on time
| again.
CRIMINAL COURT.
The proceedings ia tho criminal court
| of this city, which have lust resulted 10
the conviction of Mike Jones alias VI. II
Mehsny and sentenced to the penilentisry
for ton years, have developed one OF the
most extensive aui stupendous schemes
Of robbery ever discovered in the United
States. They have directed their alton
,ion chiefly TO railroad lines, particularly
to the Pttsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi
| cage, and 10 dry goods houses of this city
Pi!tsburg, Cincinna and 81. Louis. Bias.
iness men have taken gres. interes, in this
case and are encouraged by thi. promp.
verdict to hope tha. now the leaders may
also DO convicted though they
are backed by money and
legal talent. Jones, although bu, 20 years
| old, has already served one term a! J oliet
| There are four more indictments against
| him in connection with the same neisrious
business. His arrest, trial and conviction
are regarded p. important achievements
in every way, and great CT edit is due TO
Mr.. w. ". Chandler, agent of the star
I mon line in this city, who in
the face OF threats OF de-
strueiion Of freigh, trains and
personal violence, thas continued hi;
efforts with zeal, energy, skill and de.
termination worthy of al the praise
which good citizens accord him.
james X. Barrow, alias Adam Brown
alias VIM. Davidson, and a. leas. a dozen
other aliases, is now in Chicago Jail
having been arrested al Buffalo some four
weeks since by Detective ID. 2. Tyrrill Of
this city, who had been looking for him
diligently Tor the last eight months
throughout various sections OF the
country, and at less. half that time
Barrow was living in this city, sctisg as
the head center of the mos: despereis
baud Of burglars and robbers ever organ
lied on this continent. Mike Jones be-
longed to this gang and was the fret Of
| their number including Barrow, whose
arrest the vigilance Of MIR. Chandler has
| caused AID the six other MON bers have
scattered in various directions.
The Star Union line suffered 20 the ex-
tent of nearly forty thousand dollars by
the depredations from incoming night
| trains during period Of four month";, last
summer, and the goods thus stolen in tran.
SIT we're secreted temporarily at . point
IN Indiana, not 80 miles from Chicago
whore they were re-packed on the premises
of James Even, farmer, also member
| of the gang, who is slso under arrest.
From thence the goods were shipped from
various points on the T.. G.. * 81. l.. road
to suniry auction houses at Cincinnati,
| St. Louis and elsewhere. The houae OF Rode.
mhchcr Co, of Cincinnati, and ID. Hes.
ton " Co., of tho same city, claiming ~ do
a respectable business, sold for account of
| Adam Brown during the summer, some
twenty thousand dollars worth of goods,
stolen from the Star Union Line, and
probably ~ much more that WAS derived
from sundry burglaries Of stores in
Chicago ind vicinity. The pro.
| Deeds OF the sales were paid over
to Adam Brown at Cincinnati, and 10 d.
s. Gould at st. LOUIS, but the same man
in both instances This Barrow is q noted
hotel robber, and his FIRST trial on the
nine indictments will probably bs the
famous fremont Hotel robbery of thi.
city nearlya year ago. An sdroit thief
made haul Of nearly $4,000 worth of
lewelry, the property OF Mr.. Mills of
New York. That Barrow was the
man ,hore 10 NO. the slightest doubt.
lie WAS arrested and escaped on straw
bail, and after n temporary absence from
tho city, came back and entered dwell
ing on Park Avenue under the name Of
Barton. lie also rented three barns with
in as many squares from his residence I'M
der different names, and in these locked
barns the gang overhsuled their plumber,
and prepared It for shipment lie
made this his headquarters until the
day OF Mike Jonos arrest, September 18th,
when he suddenly disappeared and WAS
found at Buffalo by OEGer Tyrril "a be.
fore stated. Barrow whose prison name
at Kingston, Canada, during three years
residence tnere-from 1866 to lsGs-was
Adam Brown. A Scotchmsp, about thir-
ty-two years old, very intelligent, well Cd
ucated, and OF tine address, had served as
a clerk in tina silk department OF tho
| shIco pcss uly BpOus houses IN Sulcpgo,
also was three months in Semple's store
a. Pi.sburg, during which time
the store was robbed, the safe
blown open, etc and Brown never sus.
pected, ye, his woman says he put up
the job.
Prosecuting Attorney Birch, assisted by
). h. Dow, conducted the case Of the peo-
pie against Jones with such skill and abl-
lily ~ to fully establish the existence OF
the complot, which Mr.. Chambers per-
severance mad unearthsd. Tho mistress
OF Barrow was young woman about Is
years of age, formerly the wife Of q citi-
zen OF Pittsburg, whose Incorporate hsb-
us made her an easy victim to the wilss of
the young man, occupying as Barrow did,
in the prime dry goods house of Sem.
pie in Pittsburg, She has placed
the officers in position Of much valuable
Information touching the operations of
gangs of robbers in largo cities. To
make sure OF Barrow's prosecution, they
have secured requsition from tho gov.
: ernor of Ohio to take him 10 C,ucin-
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