Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-30
Jim Cummings, alias Fred Wiitrock
When Brought Face to Face with
His Mother, Breaks Down.
The Mother Tells How Money Packages
Werc Leftwilh Her and How Rred's
Absence Was Explained.
AZ soon - Mrs. wlssrock Hears vt Hrr
sons Arrest. ans wrii~s 90 the
Adams Express oniciais.
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rock. learned tina, her son was the rubber
OF the Adams express car, from which
some $50, 600 In money was stolen on the
night Of October rs, she sent word 20
lsoeert flnkerton that enc had some vain.
able information for him. Plnker.on, In
company With two other detectives, hay-
ing in charge Jim CUMMINGS,
started for f.eayenworth Immediately
and arrived here last night Thoy AZ
once proceeded "a Mrs wit,rock's home
The son was brought face 10 face with
his mother, and after an effort at com
posnre broke down completely and con.
tossed his guilt, The detectives searched
The house aud premises and shortly after
midnight left the house with The
prisoner aud repaired TO hotel.
While the two officers were absent
with young Wittrook the mother
was induced by Times reporter 70
tell whatahe knew Of she case Between
broken sobs she admitted that Fred had
participated In the robbery, but would be
| released, Ms he had confessed all 70 the
detectives. She said that shortly aftcr the
robbery Oscar Cook came to I.gaveuwoYth
and visited her, On his arrival he said
Fred was In trouble; that he hsd
made large sum Of morey in wheat
deal IN tnlcsgo and had had some DIM
Guilty with has broker over the matter,
which ended bv his shooting lhe latter,
that he had 20 foe from the country, and
wanted bis mother 20 take care Of the
money uhtll she heard from him further.
| This tla agreed to do, aud
The money was left IN her posses.
I AZ .
Young man WHO lives IN this city, but
whose Identity she refuses 10 dlvulge,
called and lett another psckag, OF money,
and on two other OCCASIONS two other
Young men called at different times and
left money, which they said come from
Fred When asked II she knew
tho amounts or sum total she said she
did not, that they were large packages,
but she never counted It, believing i'm.
plicitlY IN Fred's story. When asked how
the detectives happened TO be here search.
ine iitr houss she Faidi
when | read OF Fr DIS arrest | ini.
mediateiy wrote 10 tho express COM
pspy's officials, telling them OF the money
and reqnrstipg them TO come TO Leaven.
worth That Is undoubtedly why the dc.
tectlvos are here.r
This seemed TO be about all that Mrs
Witlrock could tell, and the reporter
passed into another room where two Of
the detectives were seated. In response
10 questions they admitted that part OF
the amount had been secured, and that
the details as told by Mrs Wit,rock were
substantially correct AZ this iuncture
knock was heard aud the two officers
who had been absent with Fred Witt.
rock returned. Pinkertou was asked
about the amount Of money recovered He
fist denied that any money had been re-
covered, but he said afterwards there
was about $4,000 recovered. Pinhtrton
fully exhonei ated Mrs Withrock aud her
fsmilY They had only done what others |
would do under the circumstances.
They have done nothing wrong y said |
Plnkert1n, land anticipate that whom |
we como 90 examine what we have not |
we 8ill find the packages ia the same |
condition as she received them
This ended the talk on tho subject |
Before going 10 bed Robert pinkerton |
visited the Times oflco and verified ln !
his statement, ell that had bocn said by !
Mrs. Wittrock, but be declared that no !
promises or Inducements were hello oUt |
to Wittrock to mako confession; that |
whatever he did was done voluntarily, !
without promises,
FASTENING TnE CRIME on THE GUILTY
ONES.
CHICAGO, In, Dee. ~ -. Is stated
that corssueiug proof OF Heights com.
plicity IL tie Frisco express robbery II |
In possession OF the Pinkertons, and there |
Is no longer doubt that Hoight WAS The |
In tigat0r of the crime and Weaver aud |
Wittrock were his partners. II wss
Height, Il Is said, who conceived the IDEA
Of writing 70 j B Barrett, route agent,
In order to getE cops Of that gentlcman's
letter heads. Hoight also had bogus
business cards With the name
Of w. II Damsell, superintendent, or
them. The PiDkertons have learned that },
the pl0tters tried 10 have these letter
beads and cards printed 10 81 Louis, but
they were either afraid 70 or could not do
so, and tbey'had the work done 10 this
city by flrm that has admitted II % the 1
detectives. II is told sull further that
Height WAS the man who gave the order.
II was on these ietter-heads and cards
that the orders we're written and used as
means 10 get Wittrock on board the
express car with fotheringhom.
MRS HoIGHT ARBRsTgD.
NASHVILLE, TENS, Dec. 29.--Mrs
1OlRutt VIC VI ius aAlEtfh AphRtA mr.
rested here Christmas day, left for st.
Louis today In charge q the detectives.
She Is thought 10 have slded Ia planning
the robbery, and 70 have 200 Of money
In her possession Mrs Hoight has been
here siuce the middle Of December, com.
Ing from Lesyenwortb She WAS closely I
watched by detectives because she was
suspected of having much Of ;hs money
ia hefpossesrion. She u a small woman
Of qukt manners and very Intelligent.
She refused TO be interviewed.
Tus AMOUNT RECOVERED.
KAksAs CRY, Mo, DC. ~ hober,
Ptnkkrton - stu "a this city he u en-
rggN In recovering more q the stolen
nodey. 1t has been found that consid-
cradle amoant was distributed heream0ogj
Codkis friends Ia m east bottoms Ia
SUNS ranging from $500 10 $1,000. There
hak now been recovered Ia al about I