The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05
Identification of the Robbers.
From the St Iouis Times. 95th I

From the st. Louis Times, 18th
1t was stated in the Times of Saturday
that Chief of Police McDonough had
gone to st. Paul to identify the North
field bank robbers. He acted on the
supposition that some of the party might
be the Missouri outlaws, and took with
him two men from the western part of
the State who claimed to be acquainted
with the Jameses and Youngers and
their associates. Just before the Chiefs
departure he received photographs from
St. Paul of the tive robbers who were
killed in the streets of Mortified at the
time of the attack on the bank. These
were forwarded to Boonville to be shown
to Hobbs Kerry, the member of the
gang which perpetrated the Otterville
robbery, who confessed. Yesterday
Sergeant Chapman, the clerk of the
Chief of Police, received the following
in response to the letters containing the
pictures:
OFFICE OF SHERIFF COOPER COUNTY,
BooNvILLE, Mo-, Sept. %, 1876.
JAMES MCDONoUGH, Chief of Police, st.
Louis:
DEAR SIR: Yours of the Goth received
last evening. | showed the photographs to
Hobbs Kerry, and he recognized them as
Clel Miller and Bill Caldwell. The large
one shot in the point of the shoulder he
says is Miller and the ether Caldwell. He
had heard Of the attempted robbery in Min
nesota and it being charged to the JameSeS
and Youngers, but never believed they had
any connection with the affair until he saw
the photographs of the two men killed. He
is confident now some of his partners were
in the gang. Have you description Of the
two men killed? l would like TO show it to
him. Respectfully,
j. A. ROGERS, Sheriff.
Sergeant Chapman Immediately tele-
graphed Captain McDonough at st.
Paul that Kerry had identified the dead
Mortified robbers as Clel. Miller and
Bill Caldwell. Late last evening he
received the following from the Chief:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. "a.
JOHN C. CHAPMAN, Clerk of Chief of Po-
lice:
Cole, Bob and Jim Younger and Charlie
Pitts were captured, on the 2lst, six miles
north OF Madelia, Mimi, and 1O9 miles
southeast OF this place. They were taken to
Madelia. On the 23d they were taken to
Faribault and landed in Jail. Pitts was
killed and brought here on the sd.
identified him while under process Of en-
balming at the State House by photographs
anu pliOn.
Hobbs Kerry, the prisoner at Boonville,
identifies the two robbers killed at North
field as Bill Caldwell and Clel. Miller,
which | know is correct. go on a special
train TO Faribault at O'Clock TO identify the
others. Nonews from the tive that escaped. |
think they will strike for Missouri. Twill 4
send more from Faribault. There is great
excitement here. Tell Boland to look out
for the James boys. Give this to the pa
pers. JAMES MCDONoUGH,
Chief of Police.
In addition to the above it was stated
that the officers of the Police Depart
ment who have been out hunting the
train robbers claim to have traced
them to rendezvous in Texas. This,
they say, was the home of John Jerrett,
brother-in-law of the Youngers. The
parties were all there on the 23d of
July, but departed Immediately after
that, and all the scouting failed to I'M
cover them in any direction until the
Mortified robbery, a couple of weeks
later