Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-27
WROTE TOO MUCH.
The Famous Jim Cummings Gave the
Detectives Their First Glue byHis
GIobe-Democrat Letter,
How the SIenth Hounds OF Law Fol.
lowed the Men From Pest 10 Pillar
Until They Caught Them.
Cook Of Loavenworth, Kan. Proves 20 BE
Cummings, and Is Arrssted without
Any Trouble by Detectives.
AN Annrsr Ar KANsAa 49,.

KANSAS CITY, MO +, Dec. - ,--OschT
Cook, cooper, was arrested In q gam
bllng-house IN the northeastern part OF
the city last night on suspicion of COM
plicity In the Cummings express robbery
near st. Louis two months ago. Pink
erton detective, 1t is said, has been here
for six weeks shadowing Cook. The Of
flcials are retlcient and the nature OF
Cooks alleged connection with the roo
berry * not known. IL is reported here
that "Cummings, so called, was arrested
Friday ia Chicago, and that he snd Cook
were once on intimate terms while living
In Leavenwortb, Kan. Cook Is about
twenty live years old aud has wife here,
having lived here sobu two years. He has
been idle Tor about four months,
vet has been spending money
quite freely OF late. TIE superstition Is,
II the above reports are true, that Cam
mings may have given him money, though
he had no actual part In the robbery.
st. Louis paper cont dining II full account
Of the robbery was found 10 Cooks
trunk lie was taken to st, Louis by the
Wabash train.
THE HUNT AND CAPTURE.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec 2G.--The follow
ing history Of the hunt and capture f.
Chicago, Friday, OF the men who, Octo-
Der rs, bound aud robbed an Adams
express messenger named Fotherlngham,
on the ST LJuls & San Francisco road, u
short distance from this city, is derived
from such source as TO leave no doubt
OF its correctness Shortly after tine rob
berry was committed, detectives went to
work upon the case, but were practically
at sea as 10 the identity OF the robber.
There was not clew, and everything
would have appeared perfectly
in accord with Fotheringhams
story had It not been that there were in.
accuraces 10 his statements, When the
Globe Democrat first received letter
from "Iim Cummings" dated st. Joseph,
there was a clew, and very substantial
one 1t proved when the detectives got
down to working on 1t systematically. Ia
the letter he said there was pack
age at the check.room OF the union
depot and marked on the books They
got the package and opening IL
found in II several secrets and several
written songs noteat all IN the hand
wri ing OF the letter They also found a
printed Lallad sheet Of kind sold on the
street by neWsboys, that was examined,
ana upon II was found the number Of a
house on Chestnut street. The words
S'Chestnut street" were exactly the
same as the hand writing
OF the Globe Democrats letter.
visit was paid to the house Immediately
by Plnkerton operatives, two OF his very
best They were met at the door by a
lady, who was very sharp and immedi-
ately recognized who the men were. 81
know who you are" said she. "You've
come here to see about two men who
vert rooming heren They told her they
were. Next she went on TO describe thetwo
men, answering exactly the descriptions
OF the parties wanted. The operatives
went into the room and examined it at
great pains. The first thing they ran
against was bottle of medicine found to
have on 1t the label Of druggist In the
vicinity, and also the name OF well.
known doctor. The druggist and
doctor were both visited and
there they learned again the description
OF the man who had visited the doctor
and druggists, the same man who had
stopped AT the house in question. The
clothihg found along the track was ex-
am!nGd aud 1t was found the clothing
bore evidences of a contagious disease
for which the medicine was prescribed by
the doctor and filled by the druggist
This was established, and then the oper.
atlves seemed to he little more at sea
than ever. she said on the Friday before
October 30, the time OF the
robbery, one of the men--the smaller one
had gone to Kansas City In st. Louis
San francisco train and left the
other man behind. Saturday the mar
left behind came toher aud said II q letter
sh1nld come to the place for a man nance
Williams she was to hold 1t for him as n
tl,.avt laAa 4, ~,
IL called him away unexpectedly I,
the night of the robbery with yalise
She described the valise l
was the same one which Engineer Heffer
nan declared he saw in the hands OF tn,
man who threw 1t in Fotheringham's ca
before Fotherugham helped nim in
NeXt the carpet was taken up aud uude
tho door covering was found an expires
tag. On the tag there was Iii
tie green waxen seal fesemblin
Che seals on the packages which were sen
with tine letter TO the Globe Democrat
This seal was examined and II was foun
articles to which 1t had been ettache
had been shipped some time before fror
Pacific to ST, Louis. The books {
the company We're oyerhauled 0
considerable pains, and then IL wa
FOUND the articles which had bee
shipped were two vallses. The valise
were those of the men who had stoppe
at this house. The landlady saidIshe ha
never seen the smaller man from this
day To the time she was questioned. Thl
clue WAS followed up, and 1t was leRrne
aim st as positively as anything can b
learned that on the Friday night upo
which the smaller man left the ma
went over the route In Eotheringham
express car, The men were then trace
to Kansas, aud then again into Missouri
until through letter over a week ago
was learned the men wanted were In llal
sas City or near Il. They wei
located about Independence. Wi
Jams, who is Cummings, hi
talked great deal. restaurant whei
the men had taken their meals was foun
and the saloon at which they drank wi