Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-30
rros, the ST. Louis Globe Democrat, Nov. I
HEALTHY HAUL.
Arrest Of a Knoxville. Iowa
Treasury Robber.
A Brace of Officers on the Tr3il---
Tracked Here and Run Down BY
Detectives.
-. M. Brown and e"--0thernise
Sister-in- Law--Recoyery OF
Money.

u. NJ. BROWN anu WIFE -otHci "iSS
sister-in-L aw- Recovery of
Money.
St. Louis is an unhealthy place for
those who violate the laws and come
here to escape the consequences, and
record of important captures made ny
the police within a few years VIII
compare fayorably with the showing
made by any other city in the conn
t-v. The last to be added TO the list,
while showing nothing astounding
in the way of detective skill, Is one
of the most important made in a
long time, and is especially credita-
bic for the completeness of the work
and the rapidity OF the performance,
when once within the jurisdiction Of
the St Lcuis officers.
Comfort is not begotten of honor
or exalted position, as Mr.. IL. Nj.
Faris. the Treasurer Of Marion coun-
ty Iowa, will readily testify, and a
more uncomfortable experience
than he has met with Of late few men
have gone through and retained
thereafter their mental balances.
Knoxville is the county scat Of Ma
rion county, and at that point Dir,
Faris was located. There he manip-
Mated the funds of his constituency
to their interests, and watched over
financial affairs of considerable mag
nitude. The county Treasurer's of
fee was i'm the Court House, and as a
portion Of the pharaphenalia thereof
was a large vault which contained
the Treasurer's safe. About Z O'Clock
on the evening Of the 10th of Octo-
Der, while Mr.. Faris was alone in
his office, aud as he was about to
cease work for the day, two men en-
tered. They did so quietly, and
were enabled to come within a few
feet of the Treasurer before he real
lied that he had visitors. The real
ization was painful one, for
THE MEN WORE MASKS,
were armed to the teeth, and each
had pointing at him a dangerous
looking weapon Of some sort either
pistol or dirk. Mr.. Faris, If one may
Judge from his appearance, is not
man of giant strength, and it seems
lie had no such opinion of himself
and had no sort Of idea Of trying to
override the inevitable, for when he
was ordered into the vault 1T the
point of pistol and told to open
clear way to the money, he iid so,
and gave the robbers a chance to
pack up aud carry away funds to the
amount Of $4,000. Before the
thieves departed, they took the
precaution to lock Mr.. Faris in his
own vault, and before he could be re-
leased they were gone, and seeming
ly out Of the reach of harm.
1t was satisfactorily settled in the
mind of The Treasurer who at least
one of the gang WAS, but il was
necessary to watch and wait, for the
clews were weak, and If the game
was flushed, evidence of guilt could
be readily
HIDDEN Or DESTROYED,
and all hope Of recovering any of The
money would be at an end. Mr.. W.
GO. Hawk, Deputy Marshal of Japer
county, Iowa, who is not without
honor i'm his own and adjoining
counties, was called into the case,
and through the determined efforts
OF himself and Mr.. Faris, ably assist
ed by the st. Louis. police force, one
of the robbers has been captured, and
a fair start toward the recovery Of
the m ony haze been made.
The Iowa men, by careful and
constantly watching the suspected
party, had their suspicious aroused
ngainst others, and in due time they
were fully sati fled as TO the identi-
sty of the robbers, though nothing
.transpired that would warrant bring
ing matters to crisis by an arrest,
for tangible proof OF connection with
|the robbery was wanted. The situa-
zion was in this shape on Wednesday
last, when it was brought to head,
90 to speak, by the departure of the
party first suspected, from the neigh
sborhood of Knoxville,
BoUNDFoRsT. LOUIS.
Mr.. Faris, as soon as the objective
epoint was ascertained, telegraphed TO
The City Marshal of st. Louis de.
scription of the robber, and asked
that he be arrested Immediately
upon his arrival, and stating further
that he lFaris), accompanied by
Hawk, would arrive by next train.
City Marshal Slevin, on receipt Of
the telegram, turned it over to the
Chief OF Police, but, as Mr.. Faris and
Mr.. Hawk were both unknown TO
The latter official, no attention was
paid TO the dispatch, and il was filed
among the papers enroute for the
waste basket.
On Thursday afternoon there ar
rived at Hurst's European Hotel, on