Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-29
|EasTEhA INTELLIGENCE.
How the Express Rebbers
Were Captured.
BnrnHsg sf Mississippi River sisamers
ne Prrsissasss HsaisA-caii for
$4,000 600 Gevsrnnsns BsaasL
Four New ssnaeA

CKucAoo, Dec. 9s.-Complste details
OF the ehase afs-F kne Adams kxpFess
robosEH. Who rl6sd the safe on the -
Leuis 4 San FFansisee rosd On the nsRkt
Of OcsObaF z1th Of $4,000 20 $4,000,
we're Fsisted for the nFst lime By
ozaoisls Of Psnkerkon's National Detee-
tive Association toniRht. Ths agency
has sncceeded IN eFrssting tve men,
named Frederick Wifrock. Who 10 the
author Of tbs Jim Cnmminxs lstteFs,
AID Who 10 claimed 10 Be The man Who
psspesEated the robbery; W. W. HaiRht,
an ex-emplsyes Of the Express Con-
pany, who is supposed 20 have aided In
planning the robbery from knogiedRe
Of the railroad rans; Thomas Weaver.
Chicago IaundFymaE, Who was with
Witrook before and After the robbery;
Edward Kinney. brothef-in-iaw 10 Wit
Feck, upon whose person was fOand .
consldsrAbls portion Of the express
money; and Oscar Cook, who hid Wit
Fock's lstteFs. Detectives have tarned
up about $4,000. and estimate from
$4,000 70 e45, 5,0c0 still anaccoanfed for.
The story Of the chase has q dash Of
romance about IL, and certain features
Of it would Be regarded a. improbahls
IN Action. The express car on she &c.
Luuis and sc. Francisco road vas rified
on the night Of October 18th. and Ex-
press Messenger ID. 3. FroshinRham vas
foand by the train hands bound and
gagged IN g ear. Ee explained that be
had admitted man into the or Who
presented letter from John Barrett,
route agent Of the Express Conpany,
tbs letter explaining that man vas
70 be employed By the company, and
vas to be given an opportunity to learn
the basiness. Er0thInQhan related that
while on the run The stranger presented
. revolver, bound and Raeged him. and
carried on all the noney 10 she safe.
be robbery occurred ct Pacifis Juns-
ton, about IS miles from Sc. Louis.
Pinkertsn sent operatives in all d.
reefi0ns. and wagon roads RAINING from
Pacific Junction tosard Missouri river
WeFe traversed. but only meager trace
vas found by ttese ofhoials.
When they returned 70 81. Louis they
we're compile ely ST sea. In the mean.
time q letter vas addressed by Jim
Cumminas to the Ht. Louis Globe Demo-
eral, On which the PinkeFtons claim to
aavs oompasssd the arrest and fixed the
crime Of tue participants. In the mean
time, heweveK, the detectives had q de-
tailed list OF names OF men who bad
been discharged, or who had left she
employ Of the express company daring
be year preceding the robbery. snd
found among the former w. w. HaiRht,
who had been discharged nine months
preceding for suspected theft Of pack
ages. This man had been q messenger
on the rad Of the St. Louis 70 VInita.
Indian Territory, covering the same
vhics vas made By FFothsnQham. The
detective found that be and kr0thing.
nam had known each other 10 Kansas
City, bot th. re hsd been no intimacy.
Haiaht vas traced TO Kansas City, and
frsm there 10 LeavenwcTth, where bis
father was an inmate Of the Hospital
for Disabled Soldiers. Frem Lsaven
worth 10 Vas found thai Haight had
GONE 70 Chicago, where be had been
employed At times as express driver and
also as driver OF wagon. Weaver, al
ready mentioned as uue OF the prison
ere, had also worked for Fred Witrock,
the mysterious Jim Oummings. who vac
operating IN . coal yard, corner Of Lin
ooln and West Lake streets In this eisy.
Haieht left the city on OotobeF 12th.
tVo days after the robbery, stating that
he vas going to Florida. His wife fol-
IcWtd him some days later. they had
been very Door. bot showed avidences Of
sudden sfiuence Immediately after the
robbery. investigation by the deteo-
tives in Chicago showed that Witrock
also came from LeavenwoFth, aud be
was absent from the eitv. He could net
oe certain eoncerninE HaiRht. Inquiry
vas pursued respecting Witrock. Lt
vas found that he coFresponded very
aleseiy TO the description given of Bill
Cummings. Further eautieus inquiries
showed that Mitrook had laft the city
on O1sebeT 18th In company with Tom
Weaver. laundFymas, whose placs of
business is 81 No. 733 West Lake street,
and within q few doors Of Witrock's
coal yard. II was also learned that the
men had taken With them two valIaea. q
double barreied shot gun and an army
musket, and explained that they we're
going 70 Arkansas 70 huht and look up
land. Weaver, tt vas ascertz iDed, had
returned 70 Chicaeo on the night Of
OctsbeT 22i. Some handwriting Of
Mitfeok's was obtained, and this vas
submitted % men Who were passing
Judgment on the letter address 10 the
0Iobs Densocrof. Detectives stole this
letter, whsoh was written 70 ezouipate
rockingham, pfofesssd to tell ell the
facts leading up 10 the robbery, and
ahas bad occurred after the robbery.
In this letter Jim Cummings explained
that be had left the package at %.
Louia, Which would show that be had
numbsr Of letter. heads Of the express
company, similar TO the one on which
the forged letter vas written and shown
10 Frothinghsm. In this isttef The
writer said be had gone 70 Missouri
river. 20 point opposite Labadls. aud
took 9 skin fellow Sc. Charles and ncattd
down the river. Detectives we're sent 10
81. Charles and found that two mel
answering the description Of WitFeck
and Weaver had bonRht skin and pro-
visions there and had gone sp the Mis-
.ouri river on Octohsr l4sh. instead Of
down the river. The skin Waa after
wards fo0nd in Q gully, partially covered
With uand. In tbe bundle Jim Cum
d ings SPOKE Of - having left 81 Union
Dspot, st. Louis, In addisien 10 other
articles, ueFe some printed ballads, and
on one Of theee vas found the address
2iO6 Caeatnut street, ghioh waa only
oiscsFnibis undeF Q microscope AZ
this nambeT waa feand 70 Be Q
woman named Mrs.. Berry. wbo related
thai she had tvs roomers. ubo core
spouded Wiih Nitrock and Weaver.
fhey had come to her house on OgspbeF
1Ssh, and weaver departed on the ninht
Of Octobsr nd. saying be vas gong 70
Kansas Csty. Witrock left on the even
ing Of Ocsobef 15th, explaining thai be
intended 60 20 70 Kansas City also.
Mrs. Berry was abls 70 give very elssa
description Of both men, Searching the
rooms they had oeoupisd, two red
ssanps we're found. which ooFrsspondsd
% tns iabals plared en- t1o vaiIsss
shippsd for St. Louis from 81 ChaFles.
a Gas explataed By q strdy Of the bosks
of the PAeiae Express Company. shou-
ina that teey we're the baggage Of tso
men who had besn at thaf place bar
gaining for Q skiH and pfoytsiens
Whtn thess facts had all been gathered
q closs watch as plaeed gpon WeavsF
in Chisass. and the coal gard Of Wit
rock. WhlsA sas eetaR managed by Ken
nay. Operatives we're alan sent %
| EsaRenwoF9h. whers Wftroskss nosheE
and sister, both very respecta6ls people.
wsfs residing. Il wss found that
hAsshs's mother vas In Leayenwofth,
and that HAigAt's vifs was ~ eoErs-
spondsnca with HaiQAt, Who vas 10.
Gated a. Nashville. Tsnneesse. Hai9ht
was discovered - have aone extensively
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