Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
TILLER TAKEN.
Arrest in Milwaukee of the st. Louis Es.
n,... Yhtef-Noarly All the Stolen FUNDS

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Ar.. .chiaf-NoarIy All the stolen Funds
Recovered.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 14.-Exclte'
ment is great here over the arrest yesterday
morning Of Prcnt;ss Tiller the conine1,lal
c,arl, If the Pacific Express Company at ST
| o,,is whose bold theft recently OF COM
nonv funds to the amount of nearly $780,
ooo is still fresh in the minds of the public.
He was captured by detectives OF TINS CITY
about ten o'clock yesterday morning. When
arrested he was dressed i'll ragged clothing,
vore q red wig, and his intention evidently
was to assume the disguise of a tramp. A
norton of the funds, amounting in the az
orepate to eighty thousand dollars, was re-
covered. He endcavored to shoot the OFT.
GERS who made the arrest Inc story o1
the CAPTURE Is as follows:
man in the dress of 4 workingTan entered
+he trnnk-manufactory of Carpeles g. Co, on
Fast Water street, and asked to be show a
trunk of a certain size and price. His
request was granted, and he selected and
hourht such an article as he desired. lie
stated that he was on his way to Detroit,
and as his sachel, though somewhat worn,
contained such clothes and other articles as
he wished to take, he would simply have
the satchel placed in the new trunk, safely
hacked. and tho trunk and contents then for
warded to Detroit. Wednesday the sachel,
without the owner, reached the trunk-store. II
Law about for a time, awaiting further orders
from tile man, who finally put in an ap-
pearance and gave directions as to the man
ner in which the sa' chel should be packed,
and further directed that the trunk be e
to the depot addressed to Detroit for him.
lie then disappeared, evidently on his way
to the city named. One of the employees
of the store proceeded to obey orders
in regard to packing, when the
satchel was accidentally broken. An eff
fort to close the rent resulted in maxi
ing the matter worse, and the con-
tents of the bag began to fall out.
On gathering up the bundles he found them
wrapped in the Pacific Express Company's
labels, and closer examination disclosed that
every package contained money, the total
amounting to nearly $780, 600. Thu 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
AS the clearinghouse people said the man
was frequently out all night, the police
continued searching tile city, thinking he
must be on a spree. He returned to the
trunk store to ask about the valise and was
arrested. He has been at the Third Ward
clearinghouse since March 8, but it is not
known whether or not he boarded anywhere
else before that. Besides money there was
a large amount Of valuable jcwelry in the
valise. The money was placed in the
Merchants Exchange Bank. He has made
a clean breast of the whole matter, and con-
fesses that he and an accomplice committed
a huge robbery. His accomplice is also UNI
der arrest.
When counted at the Express Company's
Office the pile was found to contain $50, 600
in currency and 81, $50 in coin, which, with
So. 500 found on Tlller's person, makes near.
ly $45, 0ee. III addition to this there is be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000 in jewelry and
gold bars. The checks were not counted
here, but Mr.. G. N. Thiel, who has been
working the case, said that the checks would
probably amount to fully as much more as
the currency, which would bring the total
amount above SlOO. OOO,