Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-31
r EXPRESS ROBBERY.
~. and Mrs. Haight are Under
- while the Detectives are
Hunting for More Pals.
~ the Money Not Recovered
r sa.,nworth and chicago is Buried
IN rive staten.

- 49, cry. Mo, Dec. S0.--ln an In
~ nj with Robert Pinkerton, secured
y" ~. niyht. be stated that all the ac-
~ 49, N the robbery have been cap
rive men are under arrest, also
~ n.,rh, Being asked II Fo,hering-
~ guIlty, he replied: "Im not
wa "a saw; prepared the evidence
|fP S,snd Jury and he was Indicted.
Nv nur own conclusions" There
large number oteccessories aiter .ne
IA h said, scattered yer the country
| ~ ~ would u.s. his Judgment as TO
~ further arrests Plnkerton's
IVY securing the city all night, but
|'.P We ~ their labors was not made
INV ggsT OF THE MONEY BURIED.
~ In, Dec. SOW A. Pinker-
Aalu sey stated tnst he had secured in
|fN lv 49, "a ~ the whereabouts OF all
stolen by the Frisco train
inv4' THE norton not captured In
|s$psls "a T.eayenworth was buried in
saS . ~ states. Each of the loca-
hss neen designated by Wittrock,
sass the information was obtained
INV Mn or where the places are Plnker.
l +elu ,es to disclose.
y, ,evp MOTHERS DISTRESS.
|tr,yESwORrH, KAN Dec. 2e'-Miss
III Wlttrock, sister OF Fred, arrived
Elk from Chicago this morning. She
CAV aud happy woman and returned
beartbroken, aud for the first
/ ~ the mother OF Fred gave up all hopes
told by her daughter that
ranorts about her son were
IVA Mas Wittrock went to Chica-
|'f tont a week ago with Miss Ada Hop
/ VI sn a visit to Miss Hoppef's relatives.
! WIttrock was not able to see her
,sar during her visit Mrs. Wittrock
Is. Interviewed to-day. She is veneer
|a'e white-headed lady, and the lines of
| i,re seem to indicate that the years
|. III moi psssed lightly over her head.
sSt enoke In voice of gentle -esigna-
TIA ana in answer to a question said:
IN know nothing ABOUT Fred except
,Aat Is know to the world through the
|, ''Espspers. have refused oil along to
|,IIIeye what was told me about him, but
zbppose must resign myself to IL now,
/ "a Relic did not see him In Chicago.
|R8dj Il about twenty five years OF age.
| "A was always good boy, and / can not
.ttng myself TO believe that he Is married.
Epew that he did drink and gam
I'm ,ome. but / VIII never be-
o mat he is dishonest. He
EMPLOYED by Burdette &
Id for years, and during all that time
|b6 susplcion was ever cast upon his hon
In. although had he been so disposed
81 might have stolen thousands Of dol
La Mr.. Burdette has always given him
|2s highest recommendation. Fred has
|bs property, and raised the money
|2f,h witch TO start him IN
|ike cosi yard. About six months
|Sko Fred sent me the money l had
Missed for him, and said he had good
|oAauce to sell out the yard, and thought
ia would, as the business did not agree
|tlth him He said at the same time that
IA wss going to Arkansas, as he had an
|ofening there which was, he thought, a
hood 0ne.n Mrs. Wittreck is probably
|01years old and is an invalid and walks
lisa q cruuch. She further said Il can
|8tt bring myself to believe that Fred
|s6bk the money. What would he want
|r&hi,? We had plenty to live on and a
home.n
|4PNKERToN's EXPRESS EXPERIENCE.
CHICAGo, LII, Dec. 20 -Detective
|.Nilllam a. PinBerton said to-day that
|Hittrock was the man of Derve and pluck
|'4 the Frisco express robbery, but
M he never could have accomplished
|s9at be did without the assistance Of
Blight. The latter had been messen-
|Rtg for the express company and knew all
bearings.
i dom know of anything further TO
b than that we have always done the
slness Of the Adams Express company
|@%ce 1859, and we are especially proud
|M this case. We commenced with the
10 900 robbery committed by Nathan
roGey, ut Montgomery, Ala, which
|<Fk was done by my father
| George II. Bangs, late general
|srintendent Of the agency, now
&ad At that time the agency was
Mnown outside of Chicago. Mr.. Il. L.
iteford, then president OF the Adams
|Hpress company, couuseled with Robert
3er, a New York detective OF lhat day,
prdlng the heavy robbery at Montgom.
and Boyer said that ne only knew oil
man In the country, detective, who
/'I'+T fhO PUN buNl tuG ltbOulGc6 w 6llCh
the matter and follow IL uE
"a successful conclusion, and thai
|W a SEQ Gilman who lived
khicago, named Allan Pinkerton
<rd booted at the ideG Of going to o
Hen village to find detective. But
oyer persisting, stanford sent fol
rton 10 come TO New York. The
wEs placed in his hands, and after
months OF hard work S4s 900 OF the
10y was recovered at Jenkintown, a
2s8nrb Of Philadelphia, in the original
i9ekage In which it was stolen, and Ma
~, who had been the agent Of the
4papy, was sent TO the peni
ilary for ten years. Thu
Adams express robbery wa|
10Y, on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
alnmore road, ia which SS9,000i wal
f,rn. Under our direction all thu
IVES We're arrested and convicted. Thu
WAS $500, 900 robbery on Janusr!
~, stolen from the Adams Express
ssager on the New York & New Havel
M q Coscob, Conn. The money wal
covered by US and the robbers i'm
fignaeu Tor long terms.
/ g TACT Is, y said Mr.. Plnkerton, "wt
sever lost case for the Adams Elk
S1, company Ia thirty years. When
..aE :, "tiODDery occurs on their lines thel
3 ~ ~ bl rlaAerions carte blanche to ge