St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-10
THE Ex R s s5sBERY.
An Alleged StAte.n--.l from One of
the Thieves--EOtherln nam In
dicted.


An Alleged State e.m--.a from One of
the Thieves.-FOfherlng In
dicted.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9.-The Globe-Demo-
crat this morning prints letter dated ST.
Joe, Mo-, Oct 81 and signed Jim Cum
mings," which purp0rts to give full history
of the robbery of the Adams express car on
the San Francirco railroad Oh the night of
Oct. Is, when between $50, 900 and $780,
600 in CURRENCY was taken. The letter was
received by the editor of the Globe Demo
crat last Tuesday. IL incloSed two express
money envelopes, from one of which $50
600 had been abstracted aid from the other
Sl2, 600; also the memorandum of tie
cashier of the Continental bank, no.
tifying the American National bank
of Kansas City that $50 600
was enc osed. The envelope an |
memorandum have been fully identified as
those taken in the ROBBERY. The writer Of
the letter gives as his reason for writing a
desire to clear Fotheringham. the express
messenger, from suspicion, which attaches
to him. The letter gives full details OF the
robbery and asserts that FOtheringham was
taken completely by surprise. and had no
anticipation of it except as the unwilling
victim. The writer tells of a previous at
tempt to rob the cars at Cuba junction, and
details the manner in which he and an ac
complico secured letter heads, cards, etc.
and secured signatures of the express Off
cialS to enable them to
FORGE THE ORDER
permitting the rObber to ride in the car
with the messenger. The letter stated that
the robbers had boat which, together with
a camping outfit, two guns and box Of
prov ,sions, they had secTeted near bridge
at ST. Charles. Mo-, and also package con-
tanning revolver which had been lett at
the check stand at the union depot in this
city on the day of the robbery. The letter
is written in a round back hand, evidently
disguised, is fairly constructed and gen
orally well spelled, errors where
they occur eyldentiy beng nten-
tional. as in the case Of the mis-
quotation: ''HOni Saint Qui Haly Pence, 8"
with which it concludes. and the meaSen-
gers name. which appears i'll every Instance
as ''Farthnghan. Following the direc-
tionS given in the letter, the skIH. guns and
provisions were readily found by the de-
tectives, as was the package containing the
revolver at the union depot check stand.
Other corrObOratOnS of the letter were nu-
merouS. Fothe.i .,i;stSm. ~ his last state
ment, said the roDber had remarked when
he took the forged letter from the messen-
gers pocket. by which he had gained access
to the express car, that he would
WRITE LETTER
to the Globe Democrat vindicating the mes
senger. The letter is in the same hand
writing as that recently sent with some of
the stolen unsigned money to Frank James.
Notwithstanding ali tn $. the detectives re-
gard the letter as ar bind. and do not
in the least abato heir viglllnt guard over
Messenger FOtherngna,u. The detectives
think that the robbers, when preparing for
the affair, took into consideration the
extraordinary pressure which would be
brought to bear on the express messenger,
and that they laid their plans accordingly
That the boat, guns and provisions were
left where found before the robbery there
is no doubt, for people living in the vicinity
remember having seen mysterious strang-
ers in the locality. and the guns were
purchased near St. Charles several days be-
fore the robbery. The package at the
depot check-stand was also left there on
the date claimed i'll the letter the day of
the robbery But the detectives claim that
claimed. nor was it written in st. Joseph.
However, they say the letter has given
them some
VERY STRONG CLUES,
and that the whole truth regarding the
affair will soon be known. About 10
O'Clock this morning one of PinkertOn
detectives placed FOtheringham in car
riage at the Southern hotel, and told him
that he was about to be taken to the circuit
court, where his habeaS corpus case was to
be tried The detective was evidently
under instructions to consume as much time
as possible III conveying the messenger
thither. TOR the cOachman drove his horses
at walk and over roundabout route.
consuming about three-quarters of an
hour in 50 doing. When the carriage az
rived at the circuit court Deputy Sheriff
Hartzer served the warrant and the priS-
oner was then taken to the Four courts
where he was locked up. A short time
afterwards the grand jury returned an in
dictment against him. charging Min with
grand larceny, and with receiving stolen
property. Two other indictments were re-
turned. one against Jim Cummings and
the other against Richard Roe" concern
ing whom nothing is as yet known. Foth-
erngham was seen at the jail by the re-
pOrters. and st0utly asserted that he was
innocent of the robbery; that he had been
shamefully treated all along and was
about to be maIiciOusly prosecuted.
The Chicago Anarchists.
NEW York. Nov. 9.-CharIes F. Burg
man. secretary of the California Defense