The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-03-22
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rfra'lee Tlilef, II elHfus N NJ j0seph
sheppard, Assistant Mansner Ne t'nllei
staies kspusa Company " chicago. and
W. ueofae II thlei, head u The
'fhisl detective Agency, " This city. af.
lived N M Louis This morning over Tho
Chicago 4 Alton Hallfuad.
1illef, who IA etldently iu,n ~ 70,
mafkabio nerve takes his arrest coclIy,
On The day h. arrived In Mllwaakse. hIs
curiosity 10 re what klnd N . drseFip.
tlon ofhlm the company had sent out. lad
him intothc tlnltedstatos Esprrss Office.
sherc h. asked II there was package
there Tot him before be left he had read
the description,
u the company had deliberately gone
10 work 10 shield him from arrest. 10
could not have concoetsd description
better calculated 10 deceive the pul,iic
aud police than The one Il published. TN
stood In the pmoking.room this morning
q tall, aw.boncd, gawky. country boy,
looking as u he had Just left the plow or
the wood-chopper's AZ.
"An employee Of the Express Company
In Chicago, who had worked by bis slds
for several months said Mr.. Sheppard,
"eould not Identify him, aud believe that
he could have escaped arrest forever In
that suit Of clothes had not those NIL
waukee fellows stumbled upon him"
beginning at the bottom, hc wore
pair Of low.cut, cow-hlde farm shoes,
which revealed pair Of dark.blue, hons
knit yarn stockings, Of the "Shaker"
order Ills pantaloons wcre Of butter
nut brown Jeans. made after the ortho.
dox hooslcr fashion, and they baggcd at
the knees IN free aud graceful
manner, dollghlml 10 behold. lila
nndershlrt was composed Of
scd.nanncl and hIs outershlrt Of that
, primitive fabric known ns striped hlck-
ory, ornamcnted with row Of large
white porcelain buttons down the front
lie wore neither collar nor nccktle. Ills
vest was an abandoncd-looklng wreck,
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4, though Il Ia doubtful. The dark sack
coat which he wore looked q trlhe greasy
about the sleeves and tribe frayed about
!. the button.holcs. IL was evidently an ar
ilclc which was not discarded by lts orig.
lnal owner, while there was d ray Of hops
Z, left. outside of this he wore larger
undereat, with tendency TO wrinkle up
the back, and tendency 10 hang like {
u dlsh-mg on broom-handlc down infront
: IL WIS once light Scotch tweed, but that
!. was long time ago, and when seen By
y the reporter Il had dcgencratcd "a
y that II would hardly be accepted
y at a junk store 40 fitting mnterial for tho
y manufacture Of brown paper pulp. Dui
, the ovcrcoat, an ulster, was the crownlnr
= glory Of the OUTFIT. Originally Il mus
:. have been built for q cowboy, and 7
y looked as n II had passed through doxci
u cutting aud shooting aifrays. Ola dIngy
o. grayIsb color, fuzzy, frlrxy aud forbid
., ding, II would Of itself have been sum
y Client TO back up charge Of vasrsncy ID
" st. Louis police court. -
y His toui-ensembis was complete dla
gnise, and as completely inetAmorphosc'
D. the young man as Y he had subjecte'
lp 10 coat OF tar and feathers. Around hi
y neck he wore strip Of red flannel, 'so
ID account Of sore throat" he said, an
ie bis head was adorned with q shIney
ID greasy, stlcky-looklng black cap, such Q
b n TllIer NM say srrompl,cc< he doe,
rc no, propose 10 give them away; nor vii
BE- he tell where he left the sstchcl while b
as was arranging his departure.
~ nhe esac. amount OF money iouna y
:. a., \. In,s ,o,n"s vs. as ,s,v hsisssa,s,
over hls clothing. so,ne of Il being sewe,
4. Into the lining. Articles Of Icxelry wer
OF also found sewed up In bis clothes IN
u. under bis coat collar.
~ Nj, Sheppard estimates that the tota
.. cost Il J'lllcr's robbery to the compsn
y! VIII not exceed sis'vv-rwAu innsno
cd cd. lie says the work has been done b
few men, aud done ecouomrsiy' IN
N. LouIs. No.. narth ~
This afternoon frank Fowler an
b" .wo,r nrsw ",, hs v n, yar,s,' ,s s..ns -. q
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Fidelity and Casually Company, snsere
w = carriagc at the four Courts, and WeF
As dflycnto the house at 2i0o franklin ~,
a une, wher they arrested pIrterirh. con
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RAISING through tnc hAhwsys On ~
~ second floor, thfy asccndcd the hack pei
- Of stairs which. led 10 the landing o
o. which the door 81 Mrs. John Dietrich,
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