The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-15
Governor Crittenden Puts Himself on

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| Governor CritteEden Puts Himself on
Record in the Train Robbery Question.
KANSAS CITY, Sept 9.-At 8 O'Clock
last night Gov. Crittenden reached Kan
sas City over the Missouri Pacific road
| from Jefferson City, and at once held a
consultation with Division Superintend-
ent Vaughan, of the Chicago s. Alton
road, Frank Tut, the coal oil inspector,
who had been i'll the saddle all day with
the Lafayette county officers and the
officers here
Gov. Crittenden said that the first in
tlmation he had received of the robbery
was at 8 O'Clock yesterday morning.
The cause of such delay, in such an
important matter, was explained by the
fact that there is no night operator IN
Jefferson city. lie had Immediately tel
egfaphed to the sheriffs of several coun-
ties in the vicinity and had received an
answer from Sheriff Timberlake that he
had organized a posse. and was making
au effort TO discover the trail of the iugi-
tives.
The governor said that as long as
majority of the citizens who lived in the
vicinity of the robbery were in sympa-
thy with the robbers, it would be very
difficult matter to apprehend them.
Col. Vaughan thought there were at
least 300 persons in that locality who
could turn up every one of the robbers
within twenty-fouF hours if they wanted
10. HeJthoughI the reason why il was
so difficult TO capture the robbers, or
even get upon their iraii, was very OBJ
viuus. After they had completed their
work of plumber, they simply separated,
went home and went To bed. This fact,
as he believed il was, coupled with the
fact as the governor believed il, that the
country WAS full fpersons who were in
full sympathy with them and was the
main cause of the difficulty that had
been encountered in the repeatedly I'M
successful efforts To apprehcnd these
train robbers.
Frank TUT, who by the way is coal
oil inspector of this district, gave "a his
opinion that at least one-half of the
train robbers were now out engaged IN
the pursuit, and that they were resi-
dents of the neighborhood where the
depredations were committed.s
4 Times reporter came in on the train
with Governor Critteaden, last evening,
and held long conversation with him
regarding tae train robbers, and the best
way of Kidding the state of them. The
governor said am going to Kansas
City TO confer with the railway officials
and officers to see what can be done
Has any public address been made ?"
Yes, l have made an address to the
people of Missouri, and will stand by
the railroads il this matter, and use cv-
cry dollar authorized by law.
1t has been said during the past
twenty-four hours that the robbers
are showing malice toward the railroads,
who, in trying to capture the robbers, are
simply protecting their property. If
any malice is to be shown let it be
against me. As long rs / remain gov
ernor of Missouri l am their avOwed en-
envy, from top to bottom. i have no terms
to make with them, no mercy to show,
and no peace offerings to extend. Those
who protect them are no better than the
robbers, and no honest man viii project
or harbor them
Did YOU telegraph to the neighboring
counties to be on the look out?''
"lmmediately upon hearing the news
l sent word to the sheriffs of Jackson,
Clay, Cuss, johnson, Salina and Lafay-
cite counties to send armed men in pur-
suit, and they are now in the field and at
work. If l had 100000 at my COM
mand l would use it as freely to capture
and totally eXterminate the gang as |
would buy a meal. 1t is the duty Of law
abiding citizens to assist in removing
this curse and stain from the state.
you believe then, governor, in fight
ing them from the outset?"
81 most certainly do, and am the
enemy of every one who IN any way
protects them or assists in keeping them
out of sight"
Can the military be used ?"
Il will exert the state force to remove
them from the state sooner or later.
Since the day | offered the reward OF
$4,000 | have in some way been in
pursuit of the Winston robbers, and had
it not been for the timidity of certain
persons / would before this have had
the perpetrators of that outrage in
prison, and this last one don't think
would have taken place"
This is not generally known"
mo, but it is fact, and have had
men among those robbers, who, if they
had done their duty, would have put
stop to the robbcries in the future.
Missouri has one duty TO pursue, and
that IS TO follow, exterminate and de
stroy the gang, no matter what the cost.
| shall always be on the side of the enc
mics of these outlaws, and care not how
much individuals or the people abuse
me for so doing. Their presence Uhe
robbersO is curse and blot TO the stale