The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-14

hhahuou thc haihc VI INC Ihppcr the uOOr
was kicked in for an answer, and before
Rush could realize it pistol was poked
under his nose and he was at the mercy Of
his visitors. These were four in number,
and they informed him that they were the
James brothers. adding, as sort of assur-
ance that Rush was not in any immediate
danger; that the James boys didn't kill
they simply robbed. The gang went
through Rushs quarters and were rewarded
by finding something like 500
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
They had expected to make haul of
81 100 $50 one of them told an officer after
he was arrested, but it wasn't in the house
After the robbery the men left the house,
and, as was subsequently ascertained, walk
ed about a quarter of mile, got into light
spring wagon and drove away. News of
the robbery was flashed over the wires the
next morning, and among the readers of the
papers Porter Leonard was struck with the
description given of the wagon and horses
| in use by the thieves. This description an
| swered for team which he had hired toa
party the day before, and he despatched
messenger on an investigating tour. The
near Bellevillc, where it had been abandon-
ed by its occupants, who had evidently
missed the road and caused the wreck in
their haste to get out Of the county
! THE CLUE.
| The police went to work on the case and
they worked hard but there was only a
| slight clue to operate upon. A man named
! Quinlan- an utter stranger in that section
OF country-was arrested at brewery not
far from the Beleville city limits on suspi-
cion. Quinlan had called at the brewery
at an unusually early hour in the morning
following the robbery, and was considerably
used up. He drank beer until he was
stupid, and was sent to town for being
drunk While he was under lock and key
| the authorities heard of the robbery and the
| finding Of the wrecked wagon on the road
and they put this and that together and
made rough guess that the prisoner be
longed to the gang who had visited Rush
DRAWN AT \ VENTURE.
1t was simple guess work on their part,
but they builded wiser than they knew
they had one of the robbers in their hands.
While they were studying over the case
telegram was received from the marshal of
East St Louis stating that he had received
Il telegram from Cairo asking if Mitch Ne
mo was wanted. Mitch Memo was the last
man in their minds and an answer was for.
warded to East St. Louis to that effect
The East st. Louis official then used the
wires to ask the Cairo authorities who
Memo was and whist he had done This,
in view of the fact that a burglary had been
committed almost under the very nose of
the East St. Louis Official, and that
| Memo, an eX-convict, had lust left
that section of the country, staggered the
Cairo authorities, and Memo was about to
be released, when telegram was received
from Chief McDonough requesting Menus
detention.
HOW MEMO WAS NABBED.
And right here credit should be given to
a deserving officer. When the steamer
John A. Scudder touched the Cairo wharf
about the 9TH of this month, John Sheehan,
a local detective Of the town, saw Memo on
the boat Shechan had heard of the Rush
affair, and, knowing Nemo's record, con
cluded to take him in on general principles.
Detective Huthsing was sent down, and
yesterday returned with Memo in custody
In the meantime Quinlan, the Bcllevillc
prisoner, talked some and gave the names
of the gang who did the Rush Job. He
acknowledged he was one of the gang, said
that Mitch Memo, Dan Flanagan and John.
ny, alias Kit Carr composed the balance of
the crowd. This information was sent to
this city and the detectives were "put onto
the case. They secured the city but could
find no trace of their game.
THE WOMEN.
Finally they learned that two women out
on Bernard street were the goddesses wor-
SHIPPED by Flanagan and Carr and they
Swallowed those goddesses for four days
and nights. Their vigils were rewarded
they ascertained that the women were writ
ing to the men at Memphis, and thithcr
Detective Page and Sheriff Weber, of st,
Clair county, Illinois, went a few days
since. Flanagan will not be brought back
at present, however, for he is implicated in
the robbery of jewclry store in Memphis,
and the authorities of that city think they
have the "deadwood" on him for a term in
the Tennessee pcnitentiary. Carr will be
here tomorrow or the day after
ENOUGH on MEMO.
Mitch Memo, the man captured in Cairo,
is o hard case. He has served two terms,
and has good chance for the third. lie is
the man who. when he was discovered by
Mr.. Orthwein coming out of house at No.
l64l Missouri avenue on the evening of the
Sd Of September last, about o'clock, coolly
pokcd ap.stNl into that gcntlman's face,
commanded silence, and quietly walked of
with lot Of property.
Memo, Carr, Quinlan and Flanagan arc
the men who waylaid Donk, the coal man,
as he was on his way to pay off his coal
miners, in September last, and relieved
him of $4,000. They also robbed the pay.
master of the Gartside coal mines of $500
about the same time and under the sane