The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-11-18
His Mistress Likely to Figure Con
spicuOusiy IN the Case.
The knights Of Labor Issue a Boy
colt Against Armour.
Many of the Strikers TryingtO Crawl
Back Into their Situations.
A Black Rapist Ends His Career on
the GaIlows.
Violet CamerOn's Unsayory Name
Causes Her Return to England.
The Rlack WING Kxpands.


ST.. LOUIS, Nov. IL The evidence in
the express robbery case, sOfar as made
public, goes to prove that Messenger David
8. Fotherlngham was an accessory. or .,
least willing victim. in the affair. Dis
crepanciee In his statements to the de-
tectiVes indicate that he knows more of
the manner in which the robbery was
planned and executed than be would like
10 have them know. and the expert pen
man who was before the grand jury last
Saturday states that the three letters
signed Jim Cummingsn were writ
ten by one and the same man
and also expresses his belief tia
that man was Fotheringhim and that he
wrote them before the Commission of the
robbery. 1t now transplres that the mes
senger's trunk was searched soon after the
robbery, and q number of sheets of paper
were found covered with copies of the sig
natures of w. j. Barrett, manager of the
express company. IL is supposed
that the messenger became able
to forge this signature 80 that he might
afflx 1t to the order which the robber pre-
eented and which allowed him to make
the trip with the messenger. OF course,
IL the messenger was IN the conspiracy
his accomplices could have entered the
car any way but the forged orders ena-
bled the messenger to give the excuse that
AO- 0ANs AAASO8SeAOA1 @OOn~o OoSA Az
FotheringhAm.
ST.. LOUIS, MO-, Nov 10 Jim Cum
mings, the Adams express robbeT. seems
to feel so absolutely assured of hts own
safety that he daree to have little amuse-
ment with the express company. He has
written several letters heretofore, aud the
detectives all agreed that they were
written by the now imprisoned Messenger
FotherIngham before the robbery was com.
mitted, as q measure of safety should he
be suspected, and an alleged expert PEN
man testified before the grand jury that
the handwriting was the same as the mes
seDger's. But the Republican is in re-
ceIpt of q fresh letter, dated Topeka, Kan
sas, which it prints this morning. It Is In
the same handwriting as the Others, and
| signed Jim Cummings" which goes to
show that Fotheringham could not have
! written it or either of the others.
In the letter he states that he regrets
that suspicion should rest upon Fothering-
ham and asserts that the messenger did all
IN his power TO protect the cOmpany's
| property. He requests that the package
which accompanied his letter anc whlch
| contained property valued at $4,000 in
notes. mortgages. etc.. be returned TO the
Adams Express Co. Upon one receipt for
money to the First National Bank OF Eu-
reka, Kansas. appeared the following sig
1 nature: "Jlm Cum niDgs for First Ma.
/ tIonal Bank, Eureka and on the line
where the fact is 20 be stated if the money
Is not received in proper shape occurred
the words. 81 have no complaint to make
/ whatever"
Postscript to the letter says, 81 sent that
bank note 70 Frank James for Joke, not
for any desire to get him into trouble -
| Upon the letter from w. FL. Damael, mana
| ger of the company to the agent, calling
| upon the latter to procure another bonds
man, the Tobbsr wrote: Gin order to give
1 the "hloke" q chance 20 see il he's any
good on earth. will GO on his bond.
| (Signed) Jim Cummings" Value of prop
erty, &53 600 in cash.
1t is confidently stated to-day that off,
cials OF the express company and detec-
tives in their employ have discovered the
1 identity of the two men recently indicted
| by the grand jury for grand larceny under
/ the nsmes of slim Cum mings" and "Rich.
ard Roe" but as yet they do not see
| ft TO make their real names public
1 It has been ascertained that waitress
/ on Pine street IN a restaurant was Cum
mings' mistress. and from her his descrip-
ton. which tallies exactly with that given
| by FotheriDgbam, was obtained. The
/ shops at st. Charles, Mo-. where the camp
outfit, guns, etc. referred to by Cum
miDgs In former letter, we're purchased
have been visited by detectives. and from
their proprietors It wae learned that one
of the pnrcbA sers was the waitress para
mouF, aud doubtless one of the robbers.
Il Is asserted that both of these men will
soon be arrested.