Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-27

CHICAGO. Dec. GA local paper says that nom
new evidence discovered, it appears that the man
arrested here In connection with the ST. Louis ex-
press robbery, Is not the person who wrote the
Jim Cummings letters and was traced from one
point TO another I'm Kansas and Missouri and
finally 20 Chicago, as alleged. nor yet one VI the
men who boarded the train with the gang of rob
bers that did the work. ON the contrary, he n the
diplomat OF this and similar gangs or In other
words. the ''ncgotiator." who. by hne work. dis
covers the bank officials, express messengers and
cash are handled. who have weak sides 10 their
character, and 10y HIS skilful diplomacy puts up
jobs by which these trusted offcials sometimes
get robbed according to program OF their own
make. The story is that Fotheringham told the
m%auy mnSf sO nom upon puulsnmppnp prGmne made s
by the officials IL was 10 the elect
that. he neither knew the actual robbers,
tain man whose name IL as yet secret, except 10
a lew, negotiated with him plans for the robbery
which Were afterwards carried out; that he did
perpetrators OF the crime soon after and received
his own and Fotheringham's share OF the plumber.
the detectives were able 20 identity him were
given by Fotheringham, and from this the case
Was worked up and the man tracked 10 this city,
where he was arrested on Friday along with Two
Others. who are suspected Of being members OF ths
gang. As Yet there Is but little evidence except
what IS embodied IN a well-founded suspicion
against the TWO men. but rs 10 the other man
there Is now no doubt OF his identity. He it was
who drew Fotheringham into the scheme and who
planned the whole robbery sharing the spoils
aud he Is now a loiger In Pinkerions ..upper
story under strong guard, along with his two
comrades.
ANOTHER SUPPOSED MEMBER on TIE GANG
A Times special from Nashville Tenn referring
TO the arrest OF ". W Haight formerly OF Leaven-
worth. kansas Tor supposed completely in the st
''Halght evidently is a very Shrewd sagacious fel-
low, possessed OF nerve and coolness lie has been
here about a month. lie was Joined a few weeks
ago by his wife and their little four-year-old
boy. Since coming he has been doing some work
as roofing contractor lie admitted 10 the re-
porter that he lived I'm Leavenworth, and that Tor
iive years he WAS train messenger for the Adams
Express company, running between ~. Louis and
Ninita Indian Territory. He said he was discharged
because ne suspected OF arproprfattng 10 him.
self several packages which the company had lost.
He was diicharged last April The twodetectiyes
who made the arrest have been here fully
three weeks, watching Haight. The arrest
was not made until Instructions were
received from Chicago. Hatght seemed much eN-
cited when the officers told him the crime for
which he was arrested. He denied the charge,
but, it is said, admitted that he knew Fothering-
ham, Cook and the olher persons who were
! arrested I'm Chicago aud Kansas City. At The
time Haight had not the remotest idea that tho
Others were under arrest. The detectives, who
had been informed or the real names Of the par
ties who had been arrested asked him II ne knew
them. He also said that he did not know who
! commit ed the robbery but would walk ten miles
! TO shake hands with the man who did He claimed
that he had come Ia Nashville because ne believed
there was good chance here FOR him 10 make Nv
ing Haight's trunk was examined, and there wers
found number OF suspicious papers connected
/ with the transactions OF the express company
| that NAV have an influence I'm settling upon the
actual perpetrators of that crime. The wife and
! child OF Halght are still In the city"
| FIVE or THE GANG IN CUSTODY.
| ..We have nothing TO tell the newspapers about
Jim Cummings or the express robbery case. said
| William A. Pnkerton this morning. 'Nou fellows
| are so sharp about finding out things that We
| won't Interfere with you If YOU Will do the same
with US. I'll tell YOU this much. We have Jim
| Cummings beyond all doubt, and we had two OF
his pals Friday and got two more yesterday, beside
| recovering a large amount OF money. That makes
! five arrests. but none o; them was made on Hal
/ stead street. There never was woman mixed up
I'm the case and the clues published In the papers
never existed. We have all the parties safe IN
l CUSTODY