Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-12-06


took them for runners. | am salts
| fled they did not see us, for we step
ped back at their approach. We sep
arated that same night in Red Rock,
but met between . and 10 O'Clock the
following day in corniield near Red
Rock, where we counted over the
money and divided it. | got pretty
near
oNE-HALF OF THE STOLEN FUNDS.
| AS near as can guess it was within
$500 or 5000 of the half share. | did
not insist on the even divide. We
then parted company. SAW him
nearly every day at Red Rock until
the following Friday after the rob-
berry, but had no privHte conversa-
tion. On the evening of Oct. l3, 1876,
I took Willsams over the Des Moines
river in skiff or the ferry canoe;
don't remember which IL was now.
But 1 landed him on the opposite
side OF the river and bade him good
By, since which time | have not
seen him. I then returned to Red
Rock, and left on the 18th of Octo-
ber and started i'm the employ of
Johnson Il Vowel cattle dealers.
took all of my money and buried it
in the woods. had some little
money Of my own which l used. l
shortly afterward took up my buried
money and purchased farm for
$500, of John Brannon, known as the
old Brannon farm, now occupied by
man named Madison. also gave
John Brannon $500 of the money,
and Eliza Flanders little over
81, 900 think ~, 100, at all events
over $3,OO0- the said money. |
handed Eliza this amount in Madi-
son's house, hut not i'm the presence
of any person. told John Brannon
about it, and he knows it. My un-
derstanding WAS that Eliza should
take care Of the money for nae. After
getting rid Of the money ! made
ARRANGEMENTS WITH ELIZA
Flanders to be in Omaha on or about
the 18th of November, 1876, at which
place she was to he, and promised to
meet me. | had at no time said any
thing about st. Louis, or agreed to
be in st. Louis at any time. ! will
r., - 4. ,,.npt;r,, that ti,I .ln ,.i,
Brannon was on IA mortgage for fii-
teen acres of coal land In Red Rock
township, Marion county, Iowa. |
WAS not present when the mortgage
WAS drawn, but know that the mort
gage il I'm existence and duly wit
nessed. gave orders to Eliza Elan
ders 10 have the Madison farm
fenced, which was done and $3.50 was
paid therafor, to David Brannon, /
think, who did the work. The
amount WAS paid out Of the money
gave to Eliza Flanders, kept my
word and visited Omaha at the time
mentioned, about November 10, 1876.
Went to the st. Charles Hotel and
asked for Miss Il. j Brown, who is
Eliza Flanders. Not finding her
there, went back to Red Rock. On
Sunday, November 10Th, / received
telegram by special messenger from
Otley station, dated at Atchison,
Kansas, November Is, stating that
"MIss Il. j. BROWN
IL here; come on Immediately" The
next day, Monday 20, I left for
Atchison, Kansas, and arrived there
Wednesday morning. Went to the
Otis House and registered under my
own name, and called for Miss +. J.
Brown. | was informed she was
not In, but that letter was there for
me. While I'm the hotel man
came to me and represented that he
was an officer of st. Louisa police
officer, and named Lawler. | asked
Lawler for papers. He said he had
no papers for that State--kansas
and agreed to remain with him.
AT about | / o'clock the same day
man visited us at our room In the
same hotel, and was introduced to
me by Lawler AZ his partner, Mr..
Huthsing, also an officer from st.
Louis ut about 2:3O the same after
noon, myself, Huthsing and Lawler
started for st. Louis, where we mr.
rived In due time. Now, what ]
have therein stated Is the truth, and
the facts to the best of my knowledge
and belief, and ] have made the
same without any compuIsion or in
reference on the part Of James Me-
Conongh, chief OF police of st Louis
or other officers In whose custody !
am at this time. j. II. BARct's
Witnesses: Patrick Lawler, H.
w. Huthsing, w. J. Tucker, John
g. Chapman.
sworn and subscribed to before
John IL. Holmes, a notary public.
The woman Flanders, who had
weakened soon after her arrest, made
the following statement OF her CON
nection with the affair which. though
not connecting her with the robbery
shows her to have been n person de-
void Of principle and a thief.
MISS FIANDERs' STATEMENT.
/, Eliza Flanders, resident Of
SargcaDt's Bluffs. Woodbury., county,
Iowa, do, Of my own free will aud
accord, voluntarily make the follow
Ing statement concerning The robbery
Of tho Marion County Treasury, nj
Knoxville, Iowa, which embraces
all that | know or have heard, to.
wit: | got letter from Red Rock.
Iowa, from Milton johnson, a friend
Of mine, and he told me that the
Knoxville Treasury had been robbed
OF $l2,O0p or $ii 900. Tint was the
iirst heard Of it.. ! WAS ut IIesper,