, 1881-09-11
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Nine Men Apprehended for Com
plicity in the Glendale
Train-Robbery.
Various Wiseacres Wagging Their
r. > Heads Over the Present
~> Arrests.
The James Gang Declared to Be tile
Only True Train Robbers.
Intense Indignation" Over the Defeat Of
Lynching Expedition at Hot
Springs.
l Reporter lfter Sews at Independence Gets Far
Too 1nfh Of 1t.


1AN
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune
Kansas CITY, No, Sept. l0.-Thc excitement
over the late train robbery continues at fever
heat and with the tnHu William S1iliweli ar
rested lite last night about Dine miles southeast
Ut Independence. nine OF the supposed garl
are behind the bars. II is now almost certain
that Matt Chapman the first one of the party
arrested, has given the rest away, and i.';de II
clean confession in order to clear himself, and
Today 1t leaked out that the oliiccr bad very
struus link in the chain OF evidence against
Chapman before hc WIS appreheudcd. The fcluw
came Into Independence the day of the robbery,
and, while in Il bi1turd-suloon, dropped II black
refve; mask, which. Unseen, was picked up by
all e1-ot.ciai. When faced with this fact, Chup
uau it ii said. fell down On his knees and begged
the officers not It. make it public that be wills
tr1,in-robscr. aud then divulged The tntirc plot,
naming all his companions. Many people here
abcu1s. however, believe the officers are On
cold trail, and that there is no evidence against
anr OF the men that cuuvict- \ wcll-k:lown
ex-otficia1 is quoted in An evening paper
as saying the whole reported capture will
end in ii roaring farce, and that All the noise is
much cry and little wool The same uan ad-
1sits that perhups John Land, in Jail 1T lnle
neudeuce, was 1t Glendale. but thinks uouc OF
the rest were. Sheriff IT1nberlake, OF Clay
County, who Wue interviewed today, thinks The
old Jesse james gang were in The last robbery.
And that not until the officers bring in Jesse and
trunk IuU1E<- t.4 N1lltF. lin lumH11nE+ anu
Dick Little. Will tie right party be in custody.
he believes the gang dues not leave the neigh
borbood III oil but. III winter, rcnlai1s right here
summer The crowd has been in the country :.lI
the time He has hunted them night utter
night with the thermometer below zelu, aud
day n{ter day when tie sun was above 100. lie
knows their friends and hHrits, aud Tct, sU 9uud
are they at hiding. thar he has never been able
even to get ciOst: enough for brush will theEn-
il was quite evident that the best posed nlnn in
the country WIS not sauzuiuc Of SUCCESS Ill the
present hunt for the trAin.r:,bners. II.
IHpEFESps.NcE, Sent l0-Considcrahlc cx-
element has been experienced to-day by those
1r::in @ robbery. @ Tue @ oic,rs liter Thorough t IN.
%eS1iEauon, have revealed evidence corrobo-
rating the supW'sition thnt Jesse James lysi the
Posses Of we'll mounted and armed men are
securing the country. and startling develop
ments are hourly anticipated: No arrests have
been made today. but tie officers are cOntidcnt
that several will he taken tonight. George
Nunnclly, Of the Kansas City Stur, had a
sosR aasRs 81 asS ":' se afey a essspc
being killed. After midntght s1.ne strange
party representing himself us newspaper man
came to Nunnc11y and stated that he had a
startling piece OF news, which coul.i be obtained
in q very short TING il he would follow him. lie
aDouf mile z sou3a Of III Ills ns cy he
man asked NutnlctIy what he knew regarding
the james boys and WIS told BY him that he was
er,on's detective 1orce il, pursuit Of them On
several occasions. Suddenly the inter
roeator interrupted by Informing Nur:-
nelly that he wAs Jesse james, aud
that he proposed to kill him. At this time nyc
men rose nys1erlousS from the side OF tho roud
and COVERED tho victim With reroivers, compel
lin. him to throw uu his hands Tho :5an:;
started to take Nunuclly along with the'n but
he broke away and ran for bis life through the
de1lse underbruSh lnade his escape, and sought
refuge ar the Chicago i Altou depot. The gang
followed and tired Il number Of shots Mt the 1cc
any journalist. none Of which took effect 1o
came Into 1own ut dayDrCuk. md told his story.
which created intense excitement \ party
weut to the seene but, Of course, the birds had
flown. Nunnclly was terribly scared. and will
swear TO the truth Of this statement