The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-05

rail Of five Masked Robbers
I" 20 p,,isburg Broker as " Detective
r.,..hnry Pa August 8 In March last
=, f.,mer named John Conner was rob-
$4,000 by FIVE masked msu. He had
70 70 no n in cash and Sc 900 in bonds in a
= and the robbers tortured him into open
w. ,se safe. Conner is 'igh'y-fOur years
y and his wife ia equally aged The rob-
' ,,,,ured the old lady Def, re- her husband
W, s ,sll where the key of the safe WAS
sulu a- WAS tightly tied up with sheet and
yum on the bed, when the robbers
sN"' n, has fugernails like China
Ns and they stood him in good stead. He
~ ~, mo move tue thumb of his right hand
w, an an inch, ard rs be was tightly gagged
"a afraid OF sudocsting be worked with
..'sts energy; with his thumb nail be
psnsd 10 cut q hole through the 81 ct
En- hound bis hands, and finally, after
~ one hours work, he managed to
ana hand; then he released the other
S.nd freed himself entirely, and also his
~ and gave the alarm. Since then but
I'm has been learned in regard TO the rob-
Three men are now in the Clarion
f,y,,, i,il on charge Of being concerned
/ ma ma robbery. Yesterday, however, the
tAhs,s were csught in an unexpected man.
y ,belr arrest WAS kept secret and rot
Il VIZ knoyn until this evening, in order to
,t.;rhteu one of the robbers who was not
custody.
/ sAo,,ly before nooG yesterday, Mr.. Whit
~ bfoker, notified the chief of police
is!, ha had come into possession of num-
S,oi ,be Dor de- stolen at the Catfish rob-
wv An tfficer was sent down to the Fifth
..ior. bank ut opce. Mr.. Whitney said
i cot nj, from Mr.. South, of the firm of
\ Dim & South, brokers, al No. lEO Smith
4 M street Search was made for Mr.
n mn but he WAS out il the east end. To
A Il, himself safe he made an information
4 v,iDa South and had him arrested on his
snm. Here he .aid he sold the
( IND, for Mr.. Nelson, a real
,ue agent. South then made an
.b,nslon against Nelson, and he and
3Lscliye Mnssner went to Allegheny and
uph, him over. He said he negotiated
l sale for n man by the maize OF Miller.
n latter had something over 81 800 on
Emerson when arrested, but had nothing
AZ as to how be came 10 possession OF
|aer the bonds or the money. Mr. South
IBu The negotiations began on Wednesday
kupoou, when Nelson came into his Office
| n wanted to know if he could negotiate
Ius bonds for him He told him 1t de-
1snded upon what kind They were. He
/ IN showed him one each of the
|Ih.bsny Valley railroad seven
Isy bonds, Brsdvsbend Bridge
lads and the Allegheny Valley railros
sen Der cent income bonds. South told
Ia he would give him bid the next morn
n. South went to see Mr. Whitney, and
hi him at the Citizens National bank,
Aere he was given bid of 1913 for the sew
|-,hrty bonds 80 for the B idge bonds and
/ for the income bonds, the bid to be good
the next day. Yesterday morning Mr..
l.sOn called at the Office of OHM g. South
BIB the bonds. He was satisfied with the
|ms and turned over to Mr..
bath So 600 in 730 bonds $1,000 in
|i1galo de- and $500 in income bonds. Mr.
] ulb wen, direct to Mr. Whitley, at the
)th National bank, and received check for
/ full amount, which WAS csshed in the
blk. He tyok the money down TO the
nner of Pennsylvania .aveuue and Sixth
|sst where Mr. Nelson Was waiting tor him
Iva gave him 81 700 in large bills.
Won then took the money
to the Red Lion hotel,
mere Miller WAS stopping. South and Nell
|n received $l.07O for selling the bonds.
y, Mler's person we're found 81 800 and
INspt from the Western Union telegraph
sa,any for one hundred dollar money
nG directed to L. 7. Bolsnd in Cleveland.
VI Nelson recognized Miller as the man
tn whom he got the bonds. Chief Heisel
hNaphed TO Cleveland to arrest r bland
Nd hold him until he came, and this was
ate 1t is thought the whole story will
Dcn come out.