Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-11
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.

"a Aettes from "Jtm Cummings
Relative TO the October Train Rob-
ry-EotIteriughau Indicted.
st. Louis, Nov. 9-Yhe Globe Demo-
crat this morning prints letter, dated
st, joe, Mo-, October 81, signed "Jim
Cummings" which purports to give q
full history OF the robbery of the Adams
exrpess car on the San Francisco rail-
road the night of October 25th, when
between $4,000 and 100000 in cur
rency was taken. The letter was re-
ceived by the editor of the GIobe-
Democrat last tuesday. 1t enclosed
two express money envelopes, from one
of which $4,000 had been extracted ana
from the other $l2, 900; also memoran
dun OF the cashier of the Continent tai
bank notifying the American National
bank of Kansas City that $4,000 was
inclosed. The envelope and memoran-
dunn have been fully identified as those
taken IN the robbery. The sender of
the letter gives as his reason for writing
that he wants to clear Fotherinpham.
the express messenger, from the sus--
picion which now attaches to him. The
letter gives full details of the robbery.
and asserts that Fotheringham was
taken completely by surprise,
and WAS no partieipator in
it. The letter stated that the rob-
bere had d boat which, together with
camping outfit, two guns and box Of
provisions, they had secreted near the
bridge at st. Charles. No., aud also
package containing revolver which had
been left at the check.stand at the union
depot in this city the day of the robbery.
Following the directions given in the
letter the skIff, guns and provisions
we're readily found by detectives, as was
the package containing the revolver at
the union depot.
Notwithstanding this the detectives
regard the letter as clear blind, and do
not in the least ahate their yigiiant
gaard over Fotheringham. Indeed, it is
stated on pretty good authority that the
grand jury yesterday found indictments
against Fotheiingham. Jim Cummings
| and two others. whose names are not
given, for compllcity in therobbery.
When the habeas corpus case of
Eotheringh ham was called in the circuit
court be was not present. 1t was ex-
planned that by mistake he had been
sent TO the Four courts and court adj
joarned till 2 p. m.
| About 10 O'clock this morning one OF
Pinkerton's detectives placed Fother-
| ingham in a carriage at the Southern
hotel and told HIM be was to be taken TO
! the circuit court where his habeas corpus
case be tried ttil.
arrived at court q deputy sheriff served
a warrant and the prisoner was taken to
| the Feur courts and locked up. A short
time afterwards the grand jury returned
| an indictment charging him with larceny
and with receiving stoien property. Two
other indictments were returned, one
against I'm Cummings ana the other
against Richard Roe, concerning whose
identity nothing lis yet known.
| Frotheringham was seen at the Jail by
reporter and stoughtly asserted that
he was innocent of the robbery. He had
been shamefully treated all along, and
| Wasabont to be maliciously prosecuted.
Nevada. Mo-, Nov. 5--The Jim Gum
| mIngs letter and unsigned national
bank notes were sent this evening to
Superintendent Damsel, of the Adams
express company, at st. Louis. The
publication of the letter yesterday
created considerable comment to day,
and various theories were advanced.
One was that the bank notes had been
sent to Frank James by the bank
officials, another that they came from
the treasury department. at Washing
ton, and still another that some one
implicated in the robbery did it. Talk
ing of the Frisco robbery to-day, James
said: "It is nonsense to talk about
Cummings having committed the rob
berry. Messenger Fotheringham says
the robber was about twenty-six years
old, Cummings is all of forty, and looks
ell OF that. Besides, Cummings is about
five feet eight inches tall, and wears
No. 5 boot. He is of light complexion,
has gray eyes and would weigh about
l40 pounds. Besides, Cummings has
not got sense enough to put up such a
JOB; and still further, he could not be
induced to 60 into car by himself, no
| matter if he knew there was 100000 in
| 1t and the messenger would tell him to
go and geti it. He would say: "No, sir !;
you can't get me IN there; some fellow
is on the outside waiting to shoot me
when come OUT do not know where
Cummings is, nor whether he is dead or
alive"
| Messenger Fotheringham is known
here to number of our people, and be-
fore going on the road held position
of some kind at Rich Hill. He also had
. brother who held position in the
Missouri Pacific railroad yards here for
several months, up to four or five weeks
ago.
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