The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-03

49,. Ss..cs - rne mob~rly ssnlendliwht"
rnvorcd Thls Tims--A Letter That May
- NAV xoe Contain Clcw-rrohshly =
s.lsilni" FROM : sympathlslns Friend.
MonrnLY. No. Nov. ~, Tho bh'y Had
liohf az this city has received letter from
aim cummines,r which excited good
deal Of interest N police circles ,nd may
possibly AFFORD ciew by which me rod
ners a. the Adams Exprcss Company may
~ traced and detected. The lctter'came'
through the nails In the regular way,
reaching here ~ noon on the Wabash
train from the West. The envelope Is .
common MANILA one, addressed In open
backnand: s.Editor Headlight, Mooerly,
Mo- II was postmarkeu ~
conncil Bluffs. Ia, November -. SOD a m.
Roth the postmark and the stamp cancel
lation evidently being genuine post-omcc
work. Tho letter IL written upon sneet OF
/! note paper, legal fold The penmanship =
| the same open backland seen IN 'ne letters
| 20 the st. Louis papers ana SHOWN ~ the
| circulars sent out by the express company
.nd ,he Dctcctiyes' Association 1t reads
I follows:
| OMAHA. Ncb. Nov y. 1881.
ENRON HKA priGHT:-I was In your city on
she I'm az September and ] guess that Jim
| blackwell will rccoiiect my visit there 70 thr
| tune OF siD When get things straisened OUT
viii send him the amount. A. only look y - =
loan. II Jim had known that was ne original
linn cummings that was 20 DO up fothcrng-
ham, he would have not taken 20 mucn SOCK ~
me needed some money 20 get the things
ready for the robbery Of the express company,
Give my regards 20 the old bloke. kiely and
tell him II he had had any wealth WIN MN mat
r,-h, xouid have borrowed II from him. but
don't need any now as have just got ~, 800 OF
~. expreSs company money left. having spent
ssoo since I wrote the Globe Dsmocrdf. Holy
| smoke hut I am having goou ume. TEL
kieiy will yet send him . race hoIre sn"s ean
bcas auy thing In the West outside ~ Corr
gans stables.
"a Yours. jim tNA~iS.S-
81 THE BLACKWELL lSClDEST.
ell Now comes a history Of events that give
inheritance 10 the above. On the an 81
Sentembcr last. three days before the
> onening Of the Mobcrly fair. there came 70
! the Merchants Hotel. in this city, three
> suspicious looking men. who gave their
= names respectively as Riley. Ryan and
!. Wilson. Riley approached the landlord.
= lanes ]. Blackwell. and professed 70
! know him. saying that he had stopped
: with him when he kept ho,ei AZ
Slater. No. and alluded 70 some incidents
which satisfied Blackwell that the story
!, was true. They professcd TO have 10y o.
q race horses al our fair grounds which
could
- Corriran' :. and proposed TO give blackwell
'e pointers so he could win large sum Of
u iaoncy on the races during the fair. They
~ were genial fellows and soon inEratiated
70 themselves thoroughly into the goce
q rraccs OF the landlord and the horsemei
n who made headquarters about Inc ho'el
~ They spent money freely ~ the bur an'
81 could talk horse with the most ex
~ pcrienced jockey. During the evening
Rpcy stated that he was about out Q
or change and asked Blackwell 70 cash = Ten
ST dollar check on the Exchange Bank II
- wrote the check and received the money
nc This they also spent IN treating. and nnaii
81 rot the landlord well under the influence
on liouor. During the evening Marshal Lync
ed had noticed the trio in q crowd on the stree
az and had spotted them as crooks. lie 70
he lowed them 70 the hotel and. seeing kile
ite IA close conversation with Blackwell As
ms "a the bartender who the stranger wa
wa The bartender replied: .-Oh. he t. an o.
Of acquaintance. who has horses here for u
fair This allayed the suspicious Of y
me marshal and he went away. Before mn
a. night the jolly hcrsemen got biac
nee well out for quiet TAX
vas some beer kegs near the pas
Of door OF the bar-room Here he became u
2 conscious. and when he awokc his frien'
vas were gone. and likewise sin. which
ain had placed in his vest pocket imme'
y. atcly after securing Blackwelrs mon
OF Riley entered the hotel office by the fro
we'd door. and approaching the clerk. return
He the ten dollars and took out the cnes
and which had been laid in the safe 20 avn
Of the opening Of the bank next day. IA
then disappeared. and neither he nor
' 70 associates have been seen here since.
the BLACKWELL REcocSizED THEM.
-cat Vow. when the descriptions were p'
lied lished OF the express robbers a. - Lou
and Blackwell recognized them a. the coi
lilly dencc men, Riley. Ryan and Wilson, who
ect- feeccd him out Of his money nc m
on toned il TO our chief OF police. and ne q
will states that the description Is substantial
er.- the same-Riley corresponding
ac- Jim Cummings while WIZ
fter and Ryan represent respective
God Nos. 4 and OF his supposed
sistants. 1t il also remembered distins
that the check was written IN the -
Law back hand which characterlzcs The iest
10 the 81 Louis papers and 70 The
Dncr Hadiighf II Il hoped that this link IN
eau chain OF evidence may result IN locating
rec express robbers. The man Kelly, aliu
wing 10. is John Kicly. a painter OF this city
crai excellent gentleman. but somewhat
neu- dicfcd 70 drink. They were very 50
form with him while here.
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= ~ unr~trucfion Of = Powder MIL.