New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
CUMMINGS CAPTURED.
SUPPOSED EXPRESS RoBBER ARRESTED


SUPPOSED EXPRESS ROBBER ARRESTED
TAKEN IN CHICAGO AND HURRIED OFF TO ~
LOUISA CIRcUMsrANTIAL NAkRAuvE
DENIED BY THE AUTHORITIES.
CHICAGO, Doc % tSpeciab.-Tho claim Is broadly
made here that tho Pirkerton agency has succeeded
in arresting the mysterious Jim" Cummines,
who is supposed to have perpetrated tho robbery
near st. Louis. by which the Adams Express Com
pauy lost from $50. 900 to 100000. Robert Pink.
erton accomplished the arrest yesterday OF the sup
posed robber together with two other suspects and
then left the city supposedly for 1T. Louis Tho
agency here declines to furnish any details. The
capture of the supposed Cu innings after his sixty
days of successful lodging from the police is said
to be traceable to q woman. Robert Pnkerton has
been in the West almost all the tims since the rob
berry was committed having come here directly
after the shooting of Begey at the stock yards and
after q short absence he returned and was noticed
on the street in company with Charles Wappeu.
stein, once famous as the boy Detective"
The two have occasionally been seen
on the West Side and their preseucs
there was believed to be due to no ordinary cause
1t was at length learned that q correspondent in st.
Louis had reported that Cummings was friend
ly with a woman who was observed TO
were that she was to Chicago.
The woman came to Chicago and took a room IN
the West Division. The closest watch was put
upon her movements She had not been here Iona
before man who was obviously disguised myster-
fOusy appeared at the house aud was mysteriously
admitted. No one knew the man. but it was
noticed that he never ventured out OF
doors in daylight and. even under
cover of tho night. avoided contact with
everybo The watch was redoubled and day by
day. though no one interfered, it became more aD-
parent that the mysterious visitor was no other
than Cummings. The time for move By tho
de ecfives came yesterday morning picked
guard of Pnkerton men, so the story goes descended
on the house aud found the st. Louis woman
and the man together. Cummings disguise was
land aside and by of the detective, he was ~
once recognized. The day was spent Mt the West
Side house. Cummings. from being defiant grew
sullen and would say nothing Stress was brought
to bear upon him, firmly and more firmly. until at
length. in his words, he threw
up his hands, and confessed. lie
gave the of his accessories snd their present
address iu the city. These persons the detectives
easily secured
Early last evening two closed carriages were
seen to pull up at q downtown corner where
they stopped for moment while closely
mulled man got into one. Then the whips
were cracked and the carriages drove rapidly of.
Both pulled up at a suburban station on the Alton
Road barely in time to catch the night train for ST.
Louis. All the party entered the train. They wers
the Pnkertons their assistants and their prisoners.
Cummings bravado since the robbery has con-
PEELED the admiration of the sufferers by his crime.
The robbery occurred on October %, exactly twU
months ago.
Fotherngham, the Adams Express messenger
was found gagged and tied to his safe on the nigh,
tram on the st. Louis and San Francisco RAILWAY
between st. Louis and Pacific. He told remarka
bic story. He said that short distance out Of ST
LOUIS stranger knocked at his door and
handed IN note designating the
bearer as Fotheringham's successor and
nstructing the messenger to coach the
new man IN the business. Fotheringham said he
let the stranger IN. The latter took a seat AMI
kept quiet till just before the train reached Pac-
tic when he presented revolver at the messengers
head and compelled him to give up the safe keya
The robber deliberately went through the safe,
selecting only the valuable packages. Then b,
tied Fotheriugham to the safe and at the first sto,
got of the train. Further on the train stopped
by on impediment on the track, and still further
the express car door forced open by other tram
employees, who were alarmed at the messengers long
non-appearance. Meanwhile the robber had a
good three hours start. Meanwhile Cummings was
writing facetious letters to the st. LOUIS papers.
claiming the robbery his and boasting of his con-
nection with the Jesse James gang. He returned
certain papers taken away haste, bnt found to be
vaueless except to their owners ndorslng humOr-
Gus remarks on each. These letters were dated
from various cities Kansas, Missouri and Illinois
1t was claimed that William A. Pinkerton
had gone to ST. Louis, but this wac
shown to be untrue. he found IN his office u
this city this afternoon. He refused to say any
thing whatever about the matter and even ex'
hibited a spirit of great rage because the
matter bad even to the ears of the public. Hs
would not say where bis mysterious prisoner
was, and If the capture has been made which
appears to be confidently believed. the detectives
have not succeeded securing all the suspects and
as much money as they had hoped to obtain. The
Adams Express Company people here profess abso-
Lutte ignorance about the entire matter.