The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-12-30

may have given him money though be i
had nc actual participation In the rob. /
berry. a copy OF 3 81. Louis paper con- /
tanning full account Of the robbery was /
found In Cooks trunk. He was taken Co /
st. Louis by the Wabash train tonight. |
LAtes-TheFe does not seem to be any |
evidence 20 connect Cook with the rob
berry further than has been stated. he
has been idle but two months, and was
ct work in the Kansas City digtillery
cooper shop on the day Of the robbery.
therefore he could not have been An
active participant. The local newspapers
win say that the police authorities be-
lIeve the alleged Cummings Il identical
with one Fred Whircock, formerly book.
keeper for firm in LeaVenVorth. Cook
declared that Whitc0ck has NOT been here
recently, while his brother stated that
Whitcock was here three weeks ago and
stayed five days at Oscars house.
Whitcock has 3 wife In Chicago and
on November Sd Cook visited that city,
though he gave out here that his trip was
to LeavenWorth. He has been watched
here for about two weeks. A month ago
he displayed $500 In saloon here, and
has since been Gquandering money. The
description of WhIIcock. it IL
said, corresponds exactly With
that Of the Feputed robber. Il
is reported here on COED authority that
the man arrested In Chicago as the al
legged Oummlngs Is now in st. Louis
The cha-ge against Cook is that Of lar
ceRy.
TEE HEWS IN ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 25.-There Is no def
mite information here In respect to the
arrest In Chicago Of Jim Cummings and
his pals In connection with the Adsms
have not arrived in this city. The LOWS
was discredited ~ first oy the law and
express officers but tonight the opinion
10 gaining ground that not only have
the arrests been maize, but that
it 10 possible. e not probable,
that the right men have been caught.
circuit Attorney Glover issued capiases
some time ago to Pinkerton for the arrest
Of men who the detectives say they had
located in the western part of the state.
The men, he says. may have since
changed their location to Chicago, and
the parties arrested may be the same par
ties. Mr.. Damsel, superintendent of the
express company d1sclaims any knowl-
edge Of the arrest and will not express
any opinion. The police authorities have
or claim to have, no knowledge Of the
matter, except . statement made to them
by Chief OF Police Ebersold, of Chicago,
in telegram thas three men had been
arrested and had been sent down here.
KILLED BY GRIP OARS.
AA1O6A6 VIII OCOS &OS-k2n GuAUOWu
man was killed here by Sn elevated rail-
road train tonight.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
RICH HILL, No., Dec. 25.-Harry
Williamson, . son Of Alderman William
son, was fatally shot to-day by Herman
Sick. Young Sick while demonstrating
how he would meet burglar picked up
The weapon was discharged and the bull
let went through his victims forehead.
L EXPRESS CAR ROBBED.
ST. LOUIS, Dc. 25-When the Kirk
wood accommodation train, east bound,
ON the Missouri Pacific road, reached
Chelte nham, one Of the western suburbs
OF this city, last evening, seven bars Of
silver we're put into the Pacific Express
c0EaPany's Car attached TO the train, but
when the xpress matter was taken from
the ear sometime after the tram arrived
here, only five bars could be found, and
the missing silver has not yes turned up.
There fs no doubt but that the car was
robbed while 1t was standing In the union
depOS yards, but there ts no clue yet to
the robbers. The silver was shipped by
the st. Louis Smelling g Refining COM
panY and was consigned to the Third
National bank Of Philadelphia. The bars
weighed abOut seventy pounds and were
valued at % 600.
STARRED TO DEATH.
HUNTINGBUR6, Ind, Dec. 25--Some
unknown man In the waiting room at
the railroad station here last night stab
bed John Bart, colored, in the throat,
severiBg th juGulAr vein and causing
almost instA ut death.
KILLED IN DRUNKEN BRAWL.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 25.-The body OF
Nicholas Pa11e nberger was found in the
gutter near LII Gust and Buckeye streets
with fearful cash In the forehead. The
man was dead 1t Is not clear who
killed him, but Q man named Reader
with whom and one or two others he
had drunken quarrel Is suspected.
HOEEL BURNED.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Dec. %. - The
Clifton mouse was entirely destroyed By
fire this morning. The ire broke ont at
o'clock, while most of the guests were
IN bed, but ali escaped. The hotel was
valued as S30.6O0; insurance, $1,000.
The furnishings were valued at %, 600,
insured for $4,000.
A MYSTERIOUS BLAZE.
DENVER, Dec. 25.-Ksrly this morning
fire broke out In the jewelrY house OF NJ.
J. Mitchell, and before the flames couid
be stopped the entire stock was de-
stroyed. The loss Is estimated at S20,-
coo, insured for about 5000. The
origin Of the fire is q mystery.
CASKET FACTORY IN FLAMES.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 25.-The
Powers & Walker Cesket company's
factory Is in flames, and although the
whole fire department. il Iaboring hard,
all efforts to save the factory will prove
fruitless. The stock Will reach 912 600.
Loss on machinery over $40, 600, only
partislly insured.
KILLED IN WRECK.
ST. PAUL, Dec. ga Pioneer Press.
Winnepex, special says: Two cars of .
passenger train on the Rocky Mountain
division became detached and ran three
miles down q heavy grade, jumped the
messenger, McNelly, and IA unknown
passenger were killed. Twenty passen-
gers were badly shaken mp.
WRECKED NEAR WICHITA.
WICHITA, Dec. 25.-This evening
about O'Clock the west bound freight
on the Wichita 8 Western ran into the
east-bound passenger on the st. Louis,
FE. Scott & Wichfta. The baggage car
was demolished and. taking Ere, was
RiDe and two cars were wrecked and 3
passenger car thrown from the track.
The baggsgemAster, johnson, was badly
Injured, but il il thought he viii recover.
CAUSED By A WOMAN.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 25.-Jnc. Dudley,
marshAl Of ZAleekI, Venton county, was
fatally shot by. Charles Anderson this
in q saloon and the shooting was DELHI
crate and cold clooded.
KILLED By A BREWER
ALTOONA, Pa, Dec. 25.-At Gallezton
to- day q young man named Gregg was
shot and killed by brewer named AUX
abueF. Gregg was intoxicated and threw
9 stone through Aukabuer's bar-room
window, wnereupon the latter seized .
gun and shot him.
NOT GUILTY.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 25.-This morning
the jury in the Shaw poisoning case re-
returned q verdict of not guilty, and
MRS. BunnelI, the accused, was dis
charged.
INSTANTLY KILLED.
NASHVILLE, Tenn Dc. 25.-Otto
Beard, the fourteen yeaE old son of q
widow lady, was instantly killed by Price
Peck, negro rufian, today.
Grant, Humphreys and Frank Lofter,