Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-13
vr220TRI'S GAY BANDIT.
rur UNlVFRSAL MYSTIFICA-
qION AMUSES HIM.

oooo in Commercial Paper Returned
IN. Fxnress Company in Letter
.,,,rg with Good Bumor-"Cum-
.-.u offers himself as a SOudsman
n,e of the COmpsny's Employees
H,tbsriughAm StiIl Held.
sr.LouIs, Nov. 12.-There was prooa-
.,- ,aver more humorous and reck-
,o.s1v daring highwayman than the in
,,,,,draI who recently robbed the Adams
I.orcss car on the st. Louis and san
v.dnoisco road Of over 5000, and who
i, nlossed to be known as Jim Cum
n,nos.n He captured one of the largest
anonnts of money ever lost by an ex-
,,~oas company, and despite the fact that
!ro yoaItby corporation and the most
sI,llad and experienced detectives in the
,onrtry are dong all that money and
broins can do TO run him down, Cum
,riros occupies his spare time in defylng
bis nnrsuers and in furnishing them with
fsIsa clues upon which TO exercise their
ingenuity.
ASTOUNDING ASSURANCE.
10 eaems to feel so absolutely assured
ogris own safety that he dares to have a
TftIe amusement with the express COM
nonv He has written several letters
bSrstofore and the detectives all agreed
that they were written by the now I'M
nrisoned messenger, Folherlngham, be-
lore the ROBBERY was committed, as
measure OF safety should he be suspected,
ord an alleged expert penman testified
before the grand jury that the hand
writing was the same as the messengers.
~. IL, pap1hIjpan ia in recent of a
fresh letter dated Topeka, which it prints
this morning, in the same handwriting as
Tho others. and signed "Jim Cummings"
which goes to show that FOtheringhan
could not uOsslhlv have written either OF
tbe others, In the letter he states that
he regrets that suspicion should rest upon
Fotberingham and asserts that the mes
sqnger did all in his power to protect the
company's property.
10000 SENT BACK.
He requests that the package which
ACCOMPANIES the letter, and which con-
tanned property TO the value of $4,000 in
notes. mortgages. etc, be returned to the
Adams Express Company. Upon one re-
CENT for money to the First National Bank
9f Eureka, Kan, appeared the following
signature: "Jim Cummings, for the
First National Bank, Eureka" and on
line below, where the fact is to be noted
ifthe money is not received in proper
shape, occurred the words: 81 have no
complaint to make whatever" A post
sCript 10 the letter says: ~ sent that
hank note to Frank James for q joke, not
for any desire to get him into trouble"
A letter from W. II. Damsel, manager of
the company, to an agent, calling upon
the latter to procure second bOndsman,
the rObber wrote: I'm order to give the
'b,oEe' a chance to see if he's any good on
earth, l will 90 on his bond. Jim Cum
mngs. Value of property, $4,000 in
cash."
FOTHERINGHAM'S TRUNK.
In spite OF the fact that this last letter
goes to prove that FOtheringham was not
its writer, morning paper says that
when the messengers trunk was exam
med there were number of letters, some
written in the peculiar back-hand which
jim Cummings" affects, others in hand
sunt.ny in the other direction, and most
important OF all a sheet of paper with the
Signature of"W. }. Barrett" written upon
NanumoerOf times with the manifest in
ientlon Of making close copy of the
original. AS soon as the documents were
examined the detectives and MIR. Damsel
agreed that these aud Jim Cummings
,e1'eTs were written by the same person,
out now they came into Fotheringham's
possession is still a mystery.
WEAVING THE MET.
IL IS confidently stated to-day that the
0IncIals OF the express company and the
detectives have discovered the identity of
tne TWO men recently indicted bv the
grand jury for graud larceny under the
names OF jim Cummings and Richard
noe Dut they do not as yet see fit to make
.nelr plans public. Ithas been ascertained
tnat waitress in Paine street restau-
lauI was Cummings' mistress, and from
her Als description, which tailies exactly
b! %lIn that given by Fotheringham, was
Uo'aIned. The shop at st. Charles, Mo-,
HuGre the camp outfits, etc, referred to
Wy cummings in a former letter were
purchased, has been visited by the detec
Ives 'a' ahd rom their proprietOrs it was
I5a TaFn. a mat one Of the purchasers was
VIZ "altress' paramour, and doubtless
que que oI the robbers. 1t is asserted that
'0'u tnese men will soon be arrested,