The Osceola times., 1886-11-13
THE EXPRESS ROBBERY.

-. A.. ,,.,alooment. But some Expectei
y. ,,,, N.a, Future-Frsnk james on the
lin Cummings story-He Thinks cum
,nings Was Not That Kind Off R"bper-
The Latter at His Ole Home
Sr. IouIs. Nov. G.-Superintendehi
Damsel of the Adams Express COMPANY
and Robert Pinkerton, who has pee"
working in the express robbery case,
went before the grand jury yesterday ana
rave their testimony in the case. Ihey
remained in the room some Time, anu
oft the -Four Courts building together,
Mr. Damsel claiming at the time th'l
hey had not been before the grand Jury
After they had gone the jury remained III
session fully an hour without any DouS
before them. The assistant circuit AZ
torney came down from the Jury rooh
and remained In consultation Win Nlf'
cnit Attorney Glover for about niteeh
minutes. Then he returned TO me
Grand iury room, and about ten MN
MES later the body adjourned. Both Mr.
Glover and his assistant denied pos
itively that either Mr.. Damsel or Mt
pinkerton had been before the jury OF
that the matter had been taken up at al
by them. They had not touched 'he ca'e
at all. Neither gentleman, hoWe'eI'
would offer any explanation lor tn'
presence of the express oincial ahd h!H
detective in the grand jury rooms. IL i
certain that an indictment was NahIeu
against some one In connection win lhe
robbery. As the Criminal Court was
not in session. bench warrant cou'u
not be secured, so the jury adIou ne
until today.
NEVADA, Mo-, Nov. 6.-The reception
of the Jim Cummings letter has revived
the interest here In the Frisco express
robbery. Your correspondent saw MT.
James Yesterday au. asked him MS oplh'
ion of Cummings connection with the
robbery. He said: at Is absurd 10
think that he had the slightest connec'
,Ion with that work. You can rest nN-
sured that Cummings would not have
qone into that car II he had known There
was 500, 900 there totally ungnardcu
He would have been afraid IN 7
someone would shoot him when
he came out. If the mes
senger had given him tip he would have
thought it an attempt TO lead him into a
trap. As ] remember him he was abonl
1--WE feet eight inches in height and would
weigh about one hundred and forty
pounds. His hair was dark ana thlhh
his eyes were gray. He seemed mucl
older than his real age. The crows lec'
were thick around his eyes. lie had an
exceptionally small foot and wore a boot
not larger than Il number five do not
know whether he is living or dead His
age is about forty years"
FotneIingham, the express messenger
is well known in this city. He had q
brother, Thomas, here who worked io'
several months in the Missouri Paciii,
Yards. He came to Nevada from Rlc.
Hill, Mo, shortly after the great strike
He lost his place in the yards and let
this city about the first of last October
He is now in Mansfield in this State
The Cummings letter and the unsigne,
bank notes were, at the request OF Su
perintendent Damsel, forwarded 10 Do,
Adams express Office at st. Louis.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. 5.-Chic
Speers has received information thatjir
Cummings, the ex.desperado and linen
Der of the James gang, has returned Il
his old home Mt Liberty. Soon after IN
Glendale robbery Cummings went Va
and has since been at work on stoc
ranch in Wyoming Territory. He re
turned Monday. anditis said to be his lu
tenlion TO spend the remainder OF hi
days In Clay County. The fact of his %
turn has not been secret, ana II be J
wanted on suspicion of the recent cN
press robbery Ia St. Louis IT would no
be very difficult matter to fnd him.