Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-10
F0THERINGHAM IN JAIL
JIM CUMMINGS AND RICHARD
ROE ALSO INDICTED.

A Strange letter PurpOrtIng to Come
| From Cummings Received by the
Globe Democrat - Articles InolOssd
| Which Leave No Doubt TIN at the WFissr
Knows All about the Robbery.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9.-The G!ooe-Demo.
crat this morning printed letter dated
St. Joe, Mo-, Oct. 81, and signed jim
Cummings, which purports to give full
history OF the robbery of the Adams ex-
| press car on the San Francisco railroad
on the night oct. %, when between $780,.
600 and 100000 in currency was taken.
The letter was received by the editor Of
the Globe Democrat last Tuesday. 1t In
closed two express money envelopes,
from one Of which $4,000 mad been abb
stracted, and from the other $4,000; also
memorandum of the cashier of the Con-
unental Bank notifying the American
National Bank of Kansas City that $780,
| 600 was inclOsed. The envelopes and
| memorandum have been fully identified
as those taken in the robbery.
THE WRITER'S ALLEGED OBJECT.
The writer Of the letter gives as HIS
reason TOR writing 1t that be wants to
| clear FOtherlnRham, the express messeu-i
ger, from the suspicion which now at
tRches 10 him. 4 he letter gives full de-
tails Of the robbery, aud asserts that Fotbt
| eringham was taken completely bv
| surprise and had no participation in 1t
except as an unwilling victim. The
| writer tells of previous attempt to rob
| car at cuba junction, and details the
| manner in which he and an accom-.
| plIce secured letter heads, cards, etc,
| end secured the signatures OF the exI
| press Ofhcials TO enable them TO forge the
dor . fha
car with the messenger.
CAMPING OUTFIT.
The letter stated that the robbers haA
boat, which, tOge her with campiDEi
| outfit, TWO guns and box of PROVISIONS.
they had secreted near the bridge at st.
Charles. Mo-, aud also package contain
| ing revolver, which had been lett at tbog
check stand at the Union depot in this
CITY on the day Of the robbery. The letter
| is written In round, back hand, evident
| ly dis uised, 10 fairly constructed and
generally well spelled; errors, where theY
occur, evidently being Intentional. as in
the case OF Interpolation, "Honi soft qui
holy penZ," with which 1t concludes, and
the messengers name, which appears In
every instance as 'Fartheringham."
THE ARTICLES FOUND.
Following the directions given in tho,
! letter, the skitl, guns and provisions
| were Icduitt iOuuu ny bub ueLtCllVtBs as
| WAS "A package conta nIng he revolver at
! the Union depot check stand. Other COR
rObOI atiOns OF the letter were numerous-
Fotherlng nam, in his first statement
said the rObber had remarked when hei
TOOK from the messengers pocket the
forged letter with which be had gained
access to the express car, that he would
write letter To the Globe Democrat vim
dicating the messenger. The letter is in
the same handwriting as that recently
sent with some OF the stolen unsigned
money 10 Frank james.
REGARDED AS A BLIND.
Notwithstanding all this the detec.
tives regard the letter as a clear blind
and do not IN the least abate their vigil
liant guard over Messenger FntherIng-
nam. Indeed it is stated on pretty good
authority Lnat TIE grand jury, in session.
in this city, esteIday found indictments
against Fotherlngham, slim Cum
mings," and two others whose names
W re not given, Tor completely in the rob-
berry.
WELL LAID PLANS.
The detectives think that the robbeTs
when preparing for the affair took into
considelat on the extraordinary pressure
which would be brought to bear on the
express me- senger, ana that they laid
their plans accordingly. That the guns,
boat and provisions were lett where
found before the robbery, there is no
doubt, for people residing in the
vicinity remember having seen mys-
ferrous strangers in The locality.
and the gunS were purchased near
ST. Charles several days before the
robbery. The package at the depot check
siand was also there on the date claimed
in the letter, the day o; the robbery. but
the detectives claim that the letter was
never written on the day claimed, nor was
"a Ia gv.G 60
say the letter has given them some very
strong clues, and that the whole truth
regarding the AFFAIR will soon be known.
FoTBERINGHAM ARRESTED.
About 10 O'Clock this morning one of
PlnkertOD's detectives placed FOthering-
ham in carriage al the Southern Hotel
aud told him that he was about TO be-
taken 10 the Circuit Court, where his
babeas corpus case was TO be tried. The
detective WAS evidently under instruc-
liOns to consume rs much time as possi-
BILE Ia conveying the messenger thither,
for the cOachman drove bis
horses at walk and over a
roundabout route, consuming about
three quarters Oi an hour in so dong.
When the carriage arrived at the Circuit
Court Deputy sheriff HarlZer served the
warrant. ana the prisoner was then taken
10 the Four Courts, where he was locked
up. a ssort time afterwards tue grand
jury returned An Indictment a. ainst him.
charging him with grand larcenV
and with receiving stolen property. Two
Otber indictments were returned, one
against "Jim" Cummings and the other
against Richard Roe, concerning the Iden-
uty of whom nothing is as yet known.
FOtberiDgbam am Was seen at the Jail by q
reporter, aud stOutly asserted that be was
Innocent OF the robbery, that be had been
shamefully treated all along the line and
WAS ABOUT TO De maliciously prosecuted.
Frances Seminaries for Females.
PARIS, Nov. 9.-The principal English
and American clergymen here, and many
we'll known FIR, nch Protestant diVlnes,
have signed a protest denying the truth Of
the statements alleged 10 nave been pub
lished In New York regarding The man
mr. OF conducting young ladies' schools
here. they declare tnat the statements
are a scandalOus Libel, aud affirm that
these sehoolo are as pure aud healthy IN
tone a. any IN Eng and OF America, ana
that their own daughters are educated in
them.
Pope Leo's Temporal Power.
ROME, Nov. 0.--'rhe Vatican is collect.
Ing evidence concerning the details OF the
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