Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-11
THE EXPRESS ROBBERY.

NO New Developments But Some Expected
In the Near Future-Frank Jasnes on the
Jim Cummings Story-He Thinks Cum
mings Was Not That Kind Of q Robber-
The Latter at His Ole Home.
ST.. Louis, Nov. Superintendent
/ 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 togethe r,
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 Glover 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.
Pinkerton had been before the jury or
that the matter had been taken up at oil
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: SIT is absurd to
think that he had the slightest connec-
tion with that work. You can rest as
sured that Cummings would not have
gone into that car if he had known there
was SlOO,0 there totally unguarded
He would have been afraid that
be came out If the mes.
senger had given him a tip he would have
thought it an attempt to lead him into a
trap. AS l remember him be was about
five feet eight inches in height 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
exceptionally small foot and wore boot
not larger than number five. do not
know whether he is living or dead. His
age is about forty years.
Fotheringham, the express messenger,
is well known in this city. He had
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-
perintendent Damsel, forwarded to t,e
Adams express office at st. Louis.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. 5-Chiet
Speers has received information that Jim
Cummings, the ex-desperado aud men,
Der of the James gang, has returned to
his old home at Liberty. Soon after the
Glendale robbery Cummings went west,
and has since been at work on stock
ranch in Wyoming Territory. He re-
turned Monday, and tits said to be his in
tention to spend the remainder of his
days in Clay County. The fact of his re-
wanted on suspicion of the recent ex-
press robbery in St. Louis it would not
be very difficult matter to find him.