Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-03-25
THE EXPRESS MURDER.
An Important Find by Conductor Dan.
forth,

Chicago Tribune, a0th,--A person connected
with local detective agency furnished re
porter for the Tribune with the following facts
In connection with the train robbery which
have not yet been made public; On one OF the
passenger coaches of an incoming train Of the
Chicago, Rock Island Il Pacific railroad, was
found medium sized valse, which was con
cealed In one OF the retiring rooms OF the car,
Attached TO the yallse, which was locked and
had large knife.cut In the side, was found
the torn piece OF note, issued by some bank,
the torn piece bearing the letters "ars," the
note having been 90 torn, accidentally, as TO
tear through the word dollars" Conductor
Danforth, who made the discovery, kept the
piece Of paper, and on ARRIVING in Chicag'
threw away tho satchel, II being of chtap
manufacture and practically valueless on ac
count OF having been cut He turned oy,r
the piece of paper TO officials of the Rock Is
land road aud Informed them OF the circum-
stances under which he made II, lie was In
structedsto search for the satchel, which hc
did, and also gave II 10 the railroad officials,
When the car containing the safe In who
che robbery was committed returned to Chica
go from It's run TO Kansas City II was closely
examined, and small bunch OF notes was
found, one OF which was torn, When the torn
piece which Conductor Daniorth found was
fitted TO tho former piece discovered In the
express car they were found TO III exactly, and
the letters "dolp corresponded exactly, both
In writing and position, with the letters 'ars''
on the piece OF the note found In the satchel,
A portion Of the word cashier" which was
torn through, aud one part OF which was on
each piece OF the torn note, also htted exact,
ly. All these pieces OF evidence were taken
charge of by Pinkerton detectives
THREE MEN IN pocroR's OFFICE.
The next ciew to the identity OF the robbers
Is found In the fact that last Monday morning
three men entered n doctors Office In 81, Lon
IL, one OF whom had his shoulder broken, He
briefly explained that he had fallen on train,
and desired surgical attendance, and while his
injuries were being attended TO his companions
remained In an obscure part OF the room, The
injured man had several bruises about the
head aud face, Before the three men left the
Office a friend OF the doctor entered the room,
After they had left the Office the friend sug'
gcstcd that the men might be the persons who
had robbed the Rock Island train and muir
dcred Kellogg Nichols. The doctor at once
coinclded with this opinion and Immediately
notified the 1t. Louis police, who In turn tee
graphed the facts To the Chicago officials
Still another clew is the finding OF the bloody
shirt wrapped up In a piece Of yellow paper
under the culvert near Chilllcothe, On the
tag OF this shirt Is the word morris" In the
neck of the shirt Is u large knife cut, US II tho
person wearing II had received severe stab,
| That this shirt la at present In the hands OF
the Plnkerton Detective agency In Chicago Il
fact positively known.
NEW THEORY or THEIR MOVEMENTS
From these facts the following theory In 70.
gard 10 tho movements OF the robbers and
murderers after committing the deed Is well
borne out, one Of tho murdercrs having per
haps received knife cut In the shoulder from
Nichols before he was killed. On completing
the robbery the men hastily put the cash In {
sack, after quickly tearing open the packages
and throwing the notes on the floor, the torn
piece OF the note sticking TO the money. and
jumped from the train. Here one OF then
broke his shoulder. They then made thei
way TO Chilllcothe, and while the one with IN,
bloody shirt remained under the culyert moi
daring 10 be seen In tho town In his condl'
ton at that time, his companions went TO .
store, purchased the satcbel and 4 shirt ant
possibly a new coat, the satchel 10 be used for
containing tho money packages instead OF the
sack, not being likely TO attract so much at
tcntion. The wounded man then took of BIZ
bloody shirt, and wrapping II up so that 4
would not be seen by chance passers by pu
on the new one. They then boarded a passing
Rock Island train Saturday night, returned u
Joliet, and secluded themselves In the retiring
room OF the car and began to make another
examination of their plumber Each packag,
of money was divided between them, the torn
piece Of paper containing the letters "ars"
not being needed, and sticking to tho satchel
which was cut open owing to the difficulty In
unlocking IL. II was then jammed into con-
vcnient receptacle where It was found by Con
ductor Danforth, the robbers fearing TO be
seen with the satcbel, owing TO the fact that
the people In the vicinity Of Joliet might want
to examine It's contents, They left the train
It the first opportunity and took the most
valuable means Of reaching st. Louis unob
rived, where they sought doctor Monday
.,nrnInp as stated