Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-26
EASTERN.
The st. Louis Express Rob
bers Captured.
SENATOR LOGAN DANGEROUS.
Two Silver Bars Stolen in st.
Louisa Denver Fire-A Rail-
way Accident.

Special TO the Herdtd 0u the Associated Press
CHICAGO, December 25.-Two local
papers published this morning the &C.
counts OF the arrest here yesterday of
Jim Cummings, who has long been gen.
erally believed to be one of the leading
perpetrators of the st. Louis and San
Francisco express robbery on last Octo.
ber, and two of his accomplices. Ac.
oording to the accounts referred to the
men were arrested in house of ques.
tionable repute and upwards of $40, 900
in money captured with them. The
men are said to have been shadowed for
some time on account OF their lavish
display of money and staggering gait
and appearance, which warranted the
assumption that they were railway
br kemen. The Inter. Ocean will say
tomorrow morning that these accounts
have no foundation in fact except that
two men were arrested for small of.
fence, neither of whom was Jim Cum
mipgs nor was in any way. connected
with the express robbery. The finding
of the money was also denied.
Up to late hour the information
from the detectives was of a decidedly
meagre nature, but conveyed the i'm.
preston that the officers believed them.
selves to have captured the train rob.
bers. The trio are still in close custody
here, and the papers publishing the first
reports maintain stoutly that the state.
ments given are substantially correct.
Their authority is stated by them to be
equivalent to direct informant IN from
the officers making the arrest. 1t is now
reported from sources responsible for the
first accounts that the amount of money
captured on the robbers is $4,000, not
$40, 600 as at first reported. The latest
assertions concerning the case are to the
effect that the men themselves were not
shadowed, their whereabouts being un-
known, but notorious woman, who was
and was traced here from st. Louis, has
for about ten days been kept under con-
stant espionage in this city. This plan
was rewarded by the appearance OF
Cummings and his comrades. The man
Cummings is said to be not the noted
desperate bearing that name, but an
other whose career has attracted less
attention. All the arts known to detec-
tives were in use throughout the night
and during Christmas morning and after.
moor to force one or another OF the
three men to reveal their secrets. To.
night it is confdentially asserted in some
quarters that from one of the robbers
has at least been extorted partial con-
fession.
KANSAS CITY, December 25.-Oscar
Cook, cooper, was arrested in gamb-
ling.house in the northern part of the
city this afternoon, on suspicion OF COM
plicity in the Cummings express rob-
berry near st. Louis two months ago. A
Pinkerton detective, it is said, has been
here for six weeks shadowipg Cook. The
officials are reticent and the nature of
Cooks alleged connection with the rob-
berry is not known. 1t is reported here
that Cummings, so.called, was arrested
yesterday in Chicago, and that he and
Cook were once on intimate terms while
living in Leavenworth, Kan,as. Cook
is 25 years of age and has a wife
here having lived here about two
years. He has been idle for about
four months, yet has been spending
money quite freely of late. One sup
position is that if the above reports
are true, Cummings may have been
given the money, though he had no
actual participation in the robbery.
A copy of st. Louis paper contain
ing full account of the robbery was
found in Cooks trunk. He was taken
to st. Louis by the Wabash train to-
night.
ST. LOUIS, December 25.--Circuit At
torney Glover issued capiases some time
ago to Pinkerton for the arrest of the
men who the detectives said they had
located in the western part of the state.
The men, he says may have since
changed their location to Chicago, and
the parties arrested may be the same
persons. Mr.. Damsel says the Ex-
press Company disclaims any knowledge
of the arrests and will not express any
opinion. The police authorities have or
claim to have no knowledge of the mat
ter, except statement made to them by
Chief Of Police Ebersole, of Chicago,
in telegram that three men had been
arrested, and that they had been sent
down here. The end of the case is real
ly barren of news.