The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-30
The kewanee Bank Burglars.
Arrest of Cashier Pratt and
Or. G. S. Scott, Of St, Louis.
A. G. Hessing Murdered for
Money.
Makinson makes a Confess
sion.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Ediward n. WEIGH,
arrested three or four days ago in New
York for robbing the First National bank
of Kewanee, ILL.,, passed through this city.
this evening, en- route for kewanee, in
charre of the detective who arrested him.
Reporters for the press were not allowed
to see him but the Pinkerton detective
agency, which has charge of the case, says
he made a confession, the effect of which
is, that Doctor j. s. Scott of st. Louis,
formerly resident of Kewanee, planned
the robbery, though he took no direct part
in it, that Pratt, acting cashier, was a par
ty to it, and that instead of the large sum
in gold which was missing, being carried
away in the valise with other money, that
it was Pratt himself who carried it off pre-
vious to the day when he (Welch) and his
companions locked Pratt and Miss Palmer
in the vault and carried away the remain
der, mostly in paper money. Welch
refuses to give the name of the
man who helped him into the job, but the
agency is confident of getting the right
man. Welch says DIR. Scott introduced
him to Pratt and that some time ago Pratt
paid him check drawn on the bank by
him (Welch) When it was discovered,
the payment was thought 10 be the result
of Pratt's ignorance--that WEIGH had no
money in the bank. Scott is said to be
chiefly known In Kewanee as poker play
er. The agency here received advices to
day of the arrest of Scott in st. Louis by
one of its detectives. He will be brought
here.
KEwANEE, ILL.,, Aug. 80 Great excite
ment exists over the arrest of Pratt, cash
Ter of the First National Bank. on charge
of completely in the recent bank robbery,
in which the thieves got away with SEQ,
900. The arrest has Just been made and
the detective claims TO have plenty of evil
dence to sustain the charge. Pratt was
not suspected at first, but the more the
detectives hunted for clues the more they
became convinced that WEIGH and his ac-
complete had inside help, the valise being
left al the bank, the subsequent call for it,
the locking up the cashier, and his assist
ant, Miss Palmer IN the vault, all prear-
ranged. The detectives feel confident of
being ultimately able TO recover all money
stolen A valise. containing $500 of the
stolen money has been found in a corn
field near the city. .s-s..-.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug 20. DIR G.. S. Scott
was arrested here late last night by one of
Pinkerton's detectives on a charge of being
implicated in the Kewanee bank robbery
and left for Chicago to night in charge of
an officer. The affair is kept very quiet
He says he had nothing to DO with the
robbery and knows nothing about it..
. Tucson, Aug. sa.-zThe zsstm's special
from Herniozillo, Mexico. says: A. C.
Hessing, of Chicago, known as Boss
Hessing was murdered by Apaches last
on the rancho of Gabelin. No
particulars. -
Tucson, Aug. 29.-The Star has advices
from parties just from Magdalena, Sonora,
that Hessing was killed by his servant on
the road to his mine, where he was going
with So, 900 TO pay off his MEN. He had
been in the habit of taking a body guard
with him, but was induced by his servant
to think it unnecessary. The report says
that when found his skull was crushed, and
his face badly mutilated. Hessing was
editor Of the Stats .zeitung, of
Chicago.
CHICAGO Aug. ga G. Hessing,
whose murder near Herwozelo, Sonora,
Mexico, is announced by telegraph, is well
known throughout the northwest in politi- |
cal circles. He held several city and coun-
" offices including, that of sheriff. He be |
came financially Interested in the Stats |
the leading German daily of this |
city, in 1862, and secured "A controlling in |
Ierest in it in 1867. From that time for |
ten years he practically dictated the policy |
Of the republican party in Chicago and to |
! good extent in Illinois.
KEwANEE, ILL.,, Aug. 90 To day Syl- |
vanus X. Madison, who is charged with |
5he murder on Saturday last of Mrs. |
Maggie Copelan, admitted his guilt and |
pointed out the place where he had CON
,ealed the money stolen by him at the |
ime of the murder. The money was
found. Tomorrow the Coroners inquest |
will be completed, and it is expected he
will waive an examination and be com
nitted to jail. He now can not conceive
low he came to do the act, but says he
expects to die for it. The most intense
excitement prevails here where the pro
,eedings are being had and around the
ockup where he is confined. Many
hreats of lynching have been heard, but
he judicious conduct of the officers and
citizens, who have allayed the phrenzy
melted by the deed, has so far prevented
my violence. Last night an organized
,ody of 100 men appeared here for the
purpose of lynching the murderer, but
we're prevented from an outbreak.
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