The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-10

Alleged Train-RObbers Nab
bed by the East st.
Louis Police.
81. Louis Republican.

81. Louis Republican.
The East st. Louis police claim to have
made some important captures yesterday
by The arrest of Henry Vogel and Thomas
kerwin, alias Duffy, now in the East st.
Louis Jail, and William Allen, alias Bulge
Allen, now in Bellevil!e Jail All three
we're arrested Yesterday and warrants is
sued the evening before by Square Maurice
Bunyan of East St. Louis, on complaints
tiled by james q. Creveling. East st. Louis
station agent of the Vandalia line.
VOgel is the proprietor and kee per
of the New Lake house, on the south side
of Dixie avenue near the Eads bridge ap-
proach. kerwin and Allen are noted
characters about the city, well-known to
the police. Vogel was arrested at his place,
the New Lake house Lieut.. Griffin and
Deputy Marshal CAVITY laid their bands on
Kerwin as he was about departing from a
picnic at Belleville. and Allen was arrested
at that picnic having gone there on the
first train out from the city. Their cap
ture is connected with the robbing of freight
railroad cars at and near East St. Louis.
which has lately assumed ruinOus proper
lions. One day it was one railroad which
suffered and the next another was made
the victim of maniiestly well-Or-
ganized band of depredators The matter
was at last placed in the hands of Thomas
FurlOng, chief OF the secret service depart
ment of the Gould system, at St. Louis.
On the night of the ID inst. he succeeded in
locating the chief of the law breakers and
the hiding place of their booty. The sub
ject for the operation of the car-thieves
this time was Car loaded with first-class
Wheeling, West Virginia and Pittsburg,
stated that Allen and Kerwin mounted the
train as it went on its eastward trip, while
passing the Relay house, about $50 p. m.
on Monday night, tearing off the cleats and
seals which fastened the selected car,
that mile or so out from East St. Louis
they got into the car, and, as the train was
going at fifteen miles per hour, threw out
six boxes of plug tobacco consigned to
Bear & Son in Wheeling, w. Va, and .
lot of Catlin's best Killikinick smoking
tobacco in four ounce sacks, and pail full
of 6ne-cut tobacco, consigned to Ashbrook
& Co., at Newark, Ohio, and then jumped
off. 1t is said that they returned to East
ST Louis, procured wagon and by mid
night had the plumber stored in Vogel's
view Lake mouse. One OF me warrants Is
sued by Squire Bunnyan was search
warrant for the New Lake house;
another charges Vogel with
know ngly receiving stolen goods, and the
third warrant, executed yesterday, charges
Allen and Kerwin with burglary in break
ing open and rifiing the freight-car in ques-
lion. The execution Of the search wsrrant
was warded with the finding on Vogel's
premises and there in his possession the
six boxes of plug tobacco. but the Killiki-
nick smoking tobacco was not found. The
tobacco and Vogel were brought to the
police sttaion, and Squire Buny an, contin-
ming the examination, by consent
until next Saturday. required of Vogel
q bail bond in the sum of $1,000,
which Vogel at last accounts had not yet
given. Aliens and Kerwin's bonds have
not vet been fixed. They will have hear
ng on these charges next Saturday. The
East St. Louis police are jubilant over the
prospect OF breaking up one of the most
dangerous combinations of malfactors that
,ver endangered the S. curity of property in
,r about East St. Louis. They are enti-
led to great credit for the aid and assist
lnce they gave in what has been done in
his line thus far.