New-York tribune., 1886-11-11
THE ADAMS Express CAR ROBBERY.
MORE TESTIMONY GIVEN IN THE CAsE-wHAr
FoTHERINGHAM's HELPER SAYS.

ST. LOUIS, Nov 10.-AmOng those who gave
testimony before the Grand Jury which found an indic
mentor grand larceny against David Fotheringnsm
the Adams Express messenger whose car was roooou
some weeks the St Louis and San Francisco
road. was James Heherman He Is . Wabash engineer
Thomas Dwyer an empoye OF the express company ana
Fotherinshams helper. also gave testimony against
him. Heferman testified: "I was in the Union Depot
on the evening OF October IS. just as was ABOUT W
get away noticed that the Frisco trsr was acrsss 'no
main track The express car was almost directly oPpo
site my cab window and noticed that the door OF inc
cab standing open. The messenger and his neiper
inside busy with their duties 1t nearly time
for the Frisco train to start and Dwycr swung hmscn
of the car and went away. A minute or two later'
along with a valise In his hand and stopped
directly under tho electric gh. and within rev ,ses
OF the robber. He asked me which was the frlsco
AND hR 70 until he the
press car, the door Of which still standing open
reached up his hand i and wa. pulled up thrsugn
door into the door He could not have jumped In WIN
believe FotS.rinehsm helped him" Tnomas Dwyes's
testimony corroborated the engineers story and It was
the Indictments were found. "Jim Cumming" who.
SAYS committed the robbery Is ostryIs M
position. lie ha: now written to Fotherngnsm
may be OF use In clearing her son OF tho suspicion
An attempt will be made tomorrow to secure the
lease of Fotherineham bond. He described his two
weeks enforced companionsnip with the detectives 81
told" he said, that II would confess would NOT
be prosecuted. I told than had nothing to confess
They then told that would surely 20 to the Penten-
tary. aud that my mother and grandmother wonld 20
dead before | released. They made me write IN
every style possible. and took down my statement ~
shorthand . hundred times. / was taken all AROUND
town in the hope OF finding Jim Cumming..' One dc.
tcctve always slept with while another stood guard
the door, The prisoner chatted PLEASANTLY and sald
he had himself Tho detectives are now run
ming down the mysterious who sent the $50 10 tho
express messengers mother which she turned over
10 the express company.
The letter. like the other mlssves which are supposed
TO he from the same sonrce post marked ST. Joseph
Mo-, ana Informed Mrs. Root. tho messengers mother
that he. Jim" Cummings WAS the r0bDe. and express
ing sympathy for her son, enclosed 500 NO trace OF
the 100000 has yet bsen obtained. When asked In
regard to engineer Hefernans statement Fotherneham
said: cit Is not true that the express open
when the train started closed tho door before we
pulled out; possibly minute 80 before Dwyer my
helper. left the train before 1t started and think he
sail in one Of his statements to PInkerton that he
left seven minutes before We left Our time
for leaving ia g. 25. and We may have been
possibly two minutes slow In starting tha: night.
morning paper says Dwyer left at s26. lie left before
that. The man who robbed the showed me the
letter before we started. and remained . couple OF
minutes talking to him the platform. He did not
have rod mustache but small black mustache. The
door Of the car was locked whom we started"