The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-12-30
Convincing Proof.

CHICAGO, dec. 2J--1t Is StAteO tnat COIL
vincing proof OF Haight's completely IN
the Frisco express robbery Is in possession
of the PInkeTtons and there is no longer
any doubt that H1ighI was the instiRstoF
OF The crime and Weaver and WIitrOck
were his partners. 1t WIS Haight, u IL
SAID, who conceived the idea OF writing
to J. b. Barrel, route agent, ia order
TO get copy Of that gentle
mans letter heads. Haight also
had bogus business cards with The name
of w. ID. Damsel, superInieDd6nt,U TN them.
The PInkerIons have learned that the
pIOtters tried 10 have these letter heads
and cards printed IN st Louis, but they
were either afraid 10 or could not do 60,
and they had the WORK done in this city
by Q firm that has admitted II TO the de-
tectiVes and told still furthtr that Haight
was the man who give the order. Ii was
on these letter heads and cards that the
orders were written and used es means
70 get Wittrock on board the express car
with FotheTiDgham.
MRS. WITTi.Ctk CoNF ION.
LEAVhNwDHTh, Has, JsC ~ shortly
after midnight the detectives ~Bo brought
Wittrock To this city LETT Wittfcck's house
With the prisoner and repaired to the hotel
where they took room end retired.
While the TWO officers wee absent With
young WiitJCSk from the house, Mrs.
WIttrock was induced by 1imes' re-
porter 20 tell what she knew of the case.
Between broken sObs she admit
TED that Fred had participated
IN the robbery but would be
released as he had confessed All To the de-
tectiVPs. She said shortly after the rob-
berry, Oscar Cooke came TO Lesvenworth
and visited her, and one evening said Fred
was In trouble, that he had made large
sum of money on q wheat de 81 in Chic5gos
and had some difficulty With the broker
over the matter, which ended ny hrs
shooting the latter and thut be had To d 9
from the country, and wanted bis motnsr
| 70 take care OF the monty until she beard
| from him further. This she sRreed tn dc,
and the MOI ey wss left IN her possss.on,
| -ume time after this another young msp,
Nh, lives in this city, but Wboee idt nifty
she refuses to develope. called and lett
| another package OF money, sBd
on two other occsslons, Two young men
come from Fred. When asked If
she knew the anouDIs CT sum
total, she fAiJ she Gid not,
| that they were la ge packages, but the
had never counted II, believing implicitly
| IN Fred's story. When asked how the de-
teciives happened 20 be here Sc arching her
house, she said: when beaId Of Fred's
arrest, l Immediately wrote TO the ex-
press company, telling them OF the money
| and requesting them to cGme to Leayen-
| worth, and that IS undoubtedly why they
| are here" This seemed to De about ell
that MTs Wi trock could tell, ard The re-
porter passed into another room, where
two Of the detectives were seated. Al re-
Spouse TO q question es to the amount Gf
money they had recovered, they admitted
that the money WGs secured. but could not
| state the amount, and said the details -
told by Mrs. WIttroCk were substantially
, correct.
Atthis iuncture q knock wss heard sDd
the two officers who had been absent with
Fred Witirock returned. PinkeTtOn was
asked about the amount OF money recoV-
cred and al first denied that any money
has been recovered, but afterwards said II
; was about S19, G09. The packages found
bore all indications of having not been
, tempered with, but he could not ssy.
Pinkerton fully exOnrsted Mrs. Wiisroek
, and family. tn y had only done what
!, others would do under III circumstances.
! "They have done nothing wrong" ssid
Pinkerton, tand / snticIpste that when we
, come 20 examine what We have got We
will find IL all in the came condition e
she received il"
This ended the talk on the subie t. Be-
, fore going to bed Robert Pinkerton visited
.. the Times office and eorrobofAsed all tbs,
had been said by Mrs. Wittrock. bBf Re
fused TO give the minutiB of the frensae.
: ton, bat declared that no promise or Ia
. ducement was held out TO Wiftrcck e
, make q confession: that whaseveF he dc
was done voluntarily. without any prom
ise that he would not he prosecuted Il
. could not be asceFtsined whether adds-
: tIonaI arrests would ba made To-Day
IN ROUTE
:; KANSAS CITY, Dec. 29.-FTed Wsttroeb
. in charge Of detectives, passed through
; this city this morning, en- route iron
, LeaveD worth TO st. Ions No informs
! ton cLuId be gathered from The marty.