Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-03-20
TlLLER TAKEN.
THE ST. LOUIS ABSCONDING En-.
PRESS CLERK OyERHAULED At
MILWAUKEE.

A Queer Story of Ingenious Disguise
and Foolish Carelessness-Ninety
Thousand Dollars Is Claimed
to Have Been Recovered.
MILWAUKEE, March Is. Prentice
Tiller, the Pacific express company's
agent at st. Louis, who decamped
with nearly sl00, 900 few weeks ago
was arrested at ten o'clock this morn
ing by Milwaukee detective, and
$4,000 in money recovered. A
young man looking like tramp, with
a small moustache and brown hair, Of
slight build and unobTusive features,
and about 135 pounds weight, bought
trunk at the store of Capeles
Schram on Tuesday, and asked to
have it shipped to f. H. Pachen,
Detroit, Michigan. He left the va
lise which he asked to have placed in.
side the trunk to save him the trouble
of carrying it. When about to put
the ralise in the trunk the clerk,
dropped it and the
CLASP BURST AsUNDER,
allowing the contents to roll out upon
the floor. On gathering up the bum
dies he found them wrapped in the
Pacific express company's labels, and
. closer examination disclosed that
every package contained prize, the
total amounting to nearly $50, 600.
The police were notified, and with the
description of the man traced him to
a cheap boarding house in the third
ward, but he was not at home. They
found his trunk and seized it, rs the
boarding house people said the man
was frequently out all night. The
police continued searching the city,
thinking he might be on a spree.
This morning he returned to the store
to ask about the valise and was ar
rested. He has been at the third
ward boarding house since March
9Th, but it is not known whether OIL
not he boarded anywhere else before
that. Besides the money there was
a large amount of valuable jewelry
in the valise. The money was placed
in the Merchants Exchange bank.
The arrest of Prentice Tile
caused great crowd to gather at til,
central police station, but the priso
!: ner is carefully guarded, and coult
be interviewed only very briefly. H
was loud in saying he had no accom-
plice, but at the same time adde,
that it remained for the company t
prove he stole the money. He wa
very happy and proposed to the po
lice to shut the outer doors an
. charge the crowd an admission pric
, to see him as curiosity. He wa
identified by the Chicago and st
r Louis agents who were in the city
a who had been called up from Chics
go last night when the money wa
found.
WHAT THE ST. LOUIS PEOPLE SAY.
ST. LOUIS, March 13.-Inauiry O
= the Pacific express company ofiicia
\ here. regarding the arrest of the ma
o at Milwaukee this morning suppose
d TO be Prentice Tiller. throws yer
e little light on the matter. They al
e very reticent and little informatio
: can be obtained. 1t may be salt
; however, that the officials and d
: tectives here believe that after tt
: robbery Tiller's accomplice toe
d charge Of the plunder which, he b
y ling stranger, was easily taken o,
- OF the city. The arrangement e,
pt IDENTIFY was that the accomplit
10 should divide the spoils and sci
l. Tiller's portion to him by express
i Milwaukee, addressing him,
" =, course, in an assumed name. Till
;s reached Milwaukee on the mornil
$, of the sth, but there made {
h troublesome discovery
HE HAD FORGOTTEN THE NAME
ht
in he was to assume in inquiriug for
express package. In this emerge
Mt cy he telegraphed McFadden at Sh'
man, Tex, asking what was {
name the valise was to bear. I
telegram was intercepted and ii
Fadden, who had already been loc
ne ed, was carefully watched to Diet
mine whether he sent an answer.
ge did not and his arrest occurred a
hours later. Meanwhile the expr
n authorities here were notified and
,t, Tuesday evening detective stai;
from here for Milwaukee. 1t wo,
Oh appear that Tiller succeeded in
calling the name he was to assur
on and got possession of the valise
fore the detective arrived, but I
nd with disaster few hours afterw
ur through the trunk store episo
which occurred at a time when it
said the whole detective force
ay Milwaukee we're looking for h
,ur knowing him to be in town. ExpI
officials here will not acknow ledge
=; deny that the arrested man is Til
- A dispatch from Sherman, Tex
:. says:
McFAppEN WAS TAKEN BEFORE
this morning when his counsel mo
'er- to qaash proceedings, and the I
and was continued until the afte-no