The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-11-13
THE EXPRESS ROBBERY.


No New Developments But Some Expected
in the Near FUture-Frank James on the
Jim Cummings StOry--He Thinks Cum
mings Was Not That Kind ola RObber-
The Latter at His ole Home.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 6.-SuperiEtendent
Damsel Of the Adams Express Company
and Robert Pinkerton, who has been
working in the express robbery case,
went before the grand jury yesterday and
gave their testimony in the case. They
remained in the room some time, and
left the Four Courts building together,
Mr.. Damsel claiming at the time that
they had not been before the grand jury.
After they had gone the jury remained in
session fully an hour without any body
before them The assistant circuit at
torney came down from the jury room
and remained in consultation with Cir
cult Attorney Clover for about fifteen
minutes. Then he returned to the
grand jury room, and about ten min
utes later the body adjourned. Both Mr..
Glover and his assistant denied pos
itively that either Mr.. Damsel or Mr..
Pnkerton had been before the Jury or
that the matter had been taken up at all
by them. They had not touched the case
at all. Neither gentleman, however,
would offer any explanation for the
presence of the express official and his
detective in the grand jury rooms. 1t Is
certain that an Indictment was wanted
against some one in connection with the
robbery. AS the Criminal Court was
not in session, bench warrant could
not be secured, so the jury adjourned
until to-day.
NEVADA, Mo-, Nov. 6.-The reception
of the Jim Cummings letter has revived
the interest here in the Frisco express
robbery. Your correspondent saw Mr..
James yesterday and asked him his opin-
ion of Cummings connection with the
robbery. He said: cit is absurd to
think that he had the slightest cOnnec.
ton with that work. You can rest as
sured that Cummings would not have
gone into that car If he had known there
was 100000 there totally unguarded.
| He would have been afraid that
someone would shoot him when
! he came out. If the mes
senger had Given him tip he would have
thought it an attempt 10 lead him into
trap. As remember him he was about
! FIVE feet eight inches in hight and would
weigh about one hundred and forty
pounds. His hair was dark and think
his eyes were gray. He seemed much
older than his real age. The crows feet
were thick around his eyes. He had an
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not larger than number five. do not
know whether he Is living or dead. His
age is about forty years"
Fotheiingham, the express messenger,
is well known in this city. He had a
brother, Thomas, here who worked for
several months in the Missouri Pacific
yards. He came to Nevada from Rich
Hill, Mo, shortly after the great strike.
He lost his place in the yards and left
this city about the first of last October.
He is now in Mansfield In this State.
The Cummings letter and the unsigned
bank notes were, at the request of Su-
pernlendent Damsel, forwarded to the
Adams express Office at st. Louis.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 5.-Chiei
| Speers has received Information that jim
Cummings, the ex-desperado and Imem.
Der of the James gang, has returned ia
his old home at Liberty. Soon after the
Glendale robbery Cummings went west,
and has since been, Mt work on a stock
ranch in Wyoming Territory. He re
turned Monday, anditis said to be his in
tcnlion to spend the remainder of his
DAYS in Clay County. The fact of his lie
turn has not been a secret, ana If he is
wanted on suspicion of the recent ex
press robbery in St. Louis it, would no
be very difficult matter to find him.