The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-21
A PRECIOUS PAIR.
Prentice Tiller the Pacific Express Robbef,
snd j. +. Dietrich, the Thieving Teller of
the Laclede Bank, Safely Lodged Behind
che ~Bars-Tiller's Swag Safe, The Other

che Bars-Tiller's Swag Safe, The Other
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ST. LOUIS. NO., March IA.
Prentice Tiller, in charge of Mr.. Joseph
Sheppard, Assistant Manager of the United
States Express Company of Chicago, and
Mr.. George H. Thiel, head of the
Thiel Detective Agency, of this city, ar
rived in st. Louis this morning over the
Chicago & Alton Railroad.
Tiller. who is evidently a man of re-
markablc nerve, takes his arrest cOOlly.
curiosity to see what kind of a descrip-
ton ofhim the company had sent out, led
him into the United States Express Office,
where he asked if there was Il package
there for him. Before he left he had read
the description.
If the company had deliberately gone
to work to shield him from arrest it
could not have concocted u description
better calculated to deceive the public
and police than the one it published. He
stood in the smOking-rOOm this morning
4 tall, ~raw-bOned, gawky. country boy,
looking as if he had just left the pillow or
the wood-chopper's AK.
can employee of the Express Company
in Chicago, who had worked by his side
for several months" said Mr.. Sheppard,
"cOuld not identify him, and l believe that
be could have escaped arrest forever in
that suit of clothes had not those Mil
waukee fellows stumbled upon him."
Beginning at the bottom, he wore a
pair of low-cut, cOw-hide farm shoes,
which revealed a pair of dark-blue, home
knit yarn stockings, of the "Shaker"
| order. His p%antaloOns were of butter
nut brown jeans, made after the ortho-
dox hoosier fashion, and they bagged at
the knees in a free and graceful
manner, delightful to behold. His
undershirt was composed of
red-flannel and his outershirt of hat
primitive fabric known as striped hick-
DRY, Ornamented with a row of large
| white porcelain buttons down the front.
He wore neither collar nor necktie. His
vest was an Misunderstanding wreck,
which might have seen brighter days, al
though it is doubtful. The dark sack
Oat which he wore looked a trifie greasy
about the sleeves and a trifie frayed about
the button-hOleS. 1t was evidently an ar
ticle which was not discarded by its orig
inal owner, while there was 4 ray of hope
left. Outside of this he wore a larger
undercOat, with a tendency to wrinkle up
the back, and a tendency to hang like a
diSh-rag on broOm-handle down nfrOnt.
1t was once Il light Scotch tweed, but that
was Il long time ago, and when seen by
the reporter it had degenerated SO
that it would hardly be accepted
at a Junk store as fitting material for the
manufacture of brown paper pulp. But
the %overcoat, an ulster, was the browning
glory of the outfit. Originally it must
nave been built for 4 cowboy, and it
looked as if it had passed through a dozen
cutting and shooting affrays. Ola dingy,
grayish color, fuzzy, frizzy and forbid
ding, it would of itself have been sufii-
cient to bach up 4 charge of vagrancy in
4 st. Louis police court.
His tOut-ensemJle was a complete dis
guise, and rs completely metamOrphOSed
the young man as if he had been subjected
to u coat of tar and feathers. Around his
neck he wore Il strip of red flannel, 'On
ccOu of a sore throat" he said, and
his head was adorned with a shiney,
greasy, sticky-lOOking black cap, such as
railroad brakemen wear.
If Tiller had any accOmplices he does
not propose to give them away; nor will
he tell where he left the satchel while he
was arranging his departure.
The exact amount of money found On
filters person, when arrested, vas 49,
394 IS. This money was partly distributed
over his clothing, some of it being Sewed
into the lining. Articles of jewelry were
,l,O ~r-l -.-aI $40 -, L., .Io%hon aS1
under his coat collar.
Mr.. Sheppard estimates that the total
cost of Tiller's robbery to the company
will not exceed ST., O0O-reward includ-
ed. HSsays the work has been done by
4 few men, and done economically. The
PinkertOnS were not employed.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March H.s
This afternoon Frank Fowler and
a Deputy Sheriff, carrying u warrant
sworn out by Mr.. Fowler, agent for the
Fidelity and Casualty Company, entered
a carriage at the Four Courts, and were
drivento the house at 24O9 Franklin ave-
nue., where they arrested Dieterich, con-
veying him rapidly to the Four Courts,
Passing through the Railways ON the
second floor, they assembled the back pair
of stairs which led to the landing on
which the doOr of Mrs. John Dietrichs'
apartments opened. The Deputy Sheriff
raped on the door, and was confronted
by Il woman, who inquired his mission.
81 am an officer, looking for Mr.. +. j.
DietrichS."
"Where's your authority"
"Here's authority" said the Deputy,
pulling back his coat and showing u star.
Snow, l want to get in here, and you'd
better stand aside" saying which the
Deputy pushed the door wide open and
walked in. The reporter and Mr.. Fowler
followed. Passing through the room to
the front room the party looked about.
Lying on q sofa was a stout, well-dressed
man. He rose as the party entered, and
Mr.. Fowler said: swell, Dietrichs, we've
got you"
"We have enough proof against you to
send you up for fifty years." SAID Mr.. |
Fowler, Sand if We suffer one dollars
worth you'll go up. What did you do
with the money!"
Dietrichs did not open his mouth
Finally Dietrichs said: "When the time
comes for explanation there will be q diff
ferent light thrown on my actions"
He was taken to the -Four Courts then
and imprisoned. Dietrichs had neither
crutch nor cane, walked as well as any |
man, and looked to be the picture of