The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-17
TIE ROBBERS CAUGHT.
Captured at MOsely
Hall, Florida.
SURPRISED WHILE ASLEEP.
Turner, DeLauter and Perkins
Their Names.
ALL OF THEM RAILROAD men.
Caught Through Women Ac-
complies.
TH2rI1BBERY PLANNED IN SAVANNAH
A Portion Of the Money Re-
covered.
A BIG "FENCE' UNEARTHED. |
The Robbers on Their Way
Here in Irons.
TIE R1BBERY PLANNED INS4VlNN4H
A Portion of the Money Re-
covered.
A BIG "FENCE' UNEARTHEl.
The Robbers on Their Way
Here in Irons.
TO ARRIVE THIS MORNING.

The express robbers who held up the |
Central railroad train at the vemile
post last Friday night were captured at
Mosely Hail. seventeen miles from Madi-
son. Fla, at daybreak yesterday morning. |
They are J. A. Turner, J. Z. DeLauter |
and J. NJ. Perkins-all three railroad men |
and in the employ of the Central up to a
short time ago.
They are now on their way to Savannah
In irons, and will reach here at o'clock
this morning in charge OF Detectives Basch,
jackson, Lilienthal, Bedford and
Grim. Supt. Myers of the
Southern Express Company, and will be
taken at once to Chatham county
Jail 1t was expected they would
arrive last night, and crowd was
at the Savannah, Florida and Western de-
pot on the arrival of the Florida train to
get glimpse of the robbers, but it was dis
appointed.
THE NEWS OF THE CAPTURE.
The news of the capture was received by
Southern Express Agent Cooper at o'clock
yesterday afternoon in a cipher telegram
from Detective jackson. The cipher was bad
ly mixed and difficult to translate, but suffi-
Gent was made Of it to read, The three
express robbers were captured this morn
ing at $50 o'clock, at Mosely Hall, after a
desperate resistance"
The cipher stated that most of the money
had been recovered and the capturing party
was on its way to Savannah with the prison.
ers.
The posse of detectives left here Monday
night aud reached Madison Tuesday noon.
Tuesday night they secured horses and rode
70 Mosely Hall and effected the capture
within few hours after reaching there.
The MORNING NEWS has had the story of
the robbery complete, the recovery of the
bond and money here and the location Of
the robbers since Sunday, hut withheld its
publication not to Illustrate the capture
and to aid in securing the criminals.
THE CAPTURE.
The capture Of Turner, Perkins and De-
Lauter was brought about through the in
strumentality of three abandoned women
whom they have been living with here and
whom they made their confdants.
Detective Wetherhorn, who was superiu-
tendent of the case, together with Detective
Basch, unraveled the my stery within twelve
hours after the crime was committed, and
had it not been for the delay in advisin z
with officers in Atlanta the game would
have been bagged Saturday morning, and
the long chase to Florida would have been
obviated.
That the robbers were railroad men the
detectives felt satisfied from the start.
Their theory was that the men must have
been thoroughly acquainted with the
habits of the conductor as to what point
after leaving the city he began the oo-
lection of fares, for Conductor Cubbedge
had just started to take uD tickets in the
ladies' coach when the robbers attacked
the express car, and was SO far away
that the robbery could easily be
accomplished before he would ges an
inkling that anything out of the ordinary
was Transporting.
PULLED THE BELL CORD PROFESSIONALLY.
The statement of the engineer of the train
that the man who pulled the bell cord must
have thoroughly understood his business
from the manner in which the signal was
given clinched the detectives theory. Feel
ing satisfied that they didn't have to deal
with professional highwaymen the officers
went to work with more confidence
The capture in Florida has unearthed
big ''fence" which Perkins, the third man
who remained on watch, while the robbery
of the express car was going on, presided
over. The officers expect, through the
capture Of Perkins, Turner and DeLauter, to
get at the bottom of the systematic car rob-
berries which have been going on along the
Central railroad for long time and which
have completely hafiied The detectives