St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-31

he was sent to the penitentiary in 1884.
his family moved to st. Joe, where they
now reside.
Since his release from the peniten-
tiary in Missouri he has been twice in
st. Joe, once for highway robbery ana
once for burglary, and he is at the
present time fugitive from justice
from st. Joe. where his wife and three
children now reside. His father and
mother now live at Independence, Mo.
His avOwed ambition was to be sec
Ond Jesse James," The desperate is
thirty-five years of age, five feet six and
half inches high, weighs $40 pounds,
dark complexion, brown eyes, black
hair and generally wears a dark mus
tache. He has a scar above the left
eye and two false front upper teeth.
Aside from his daring and his utter
disregard of the distinction of meum
and tuum, his most notable character
lstlc is his singnlarlS a6stemious habits.
Dec. IA Detective Robert s. Pinkerton
was in this city on visit. When he
was about to return East he received
telegram from Chief of Police Harri-
gan, of st. Louis, stating that the latter
believed that two of the Glendale rob-
bers were OIL the coast. subsequently
similar information was wired to Chief
OF Police Crowley, giving description
OF the men. Among other things, the
dispatch stated a trunk had been
shipped to Oakland, Cal, to Marion
Hedpethy. but it was addressed to Flor
ence Waterman, woman supposed to
be the robbers wife.
At the request of Chief Harrigan.
Chief of Detectives Lees, Crowley and
Pinkerton were asked to cooperate in
search for the robbers. From further
information received from Harrigan, it
was learned one of the men could be
found at Los Angeles. Pinkerton and
Detective Whitaker therefore pro-
ceeded to that city and there found AL
bert Denton Sly, one of the robbers,
conducting a saloon. After his arrest,
upon his person was found watch
stolen from the express messenger,
whose car was also robbed Of from SIC, 900
to $4,000 in coin.
Whitaker and Pinkerton came up
from Los Angeles Sunday with Sly i'll
charge. They were met at Modesto by
Capt. Lees. and Sly consented to go
right on East without waiting eXtradi-
ton papers. Meanwhile the detectives
kept a lookout for the trunk, which was
in the Wells-FargO Express Office. The
publication of telegram telling of
Sly's capture by PinkertOn. it is thought,
put Hedpath on his guard and forced
him to seek SecluSion, but yesterday the
officers were rewarded by seeing Flor
ence Waterman walk into the express
office and ask for the trunk.
Not finding it, the police having seized
it, the woman left the express office and
gave the officers long chase. Though
1t was raining hard, she was finally ar
rested and brought to this city, where
Capt Lees questioned her today. Capt.
Lees says there was clothing in the
trunk, but declines 10 20 into details
concerning the contents. He denies
that she gave any information regard
ing the suspected men, but says another
effort will be made to Induce her TO tell
what she must know.
Other DesperadOes.
The other men associated with Sly in
the robbery are equally desperate, and
are equally we'll known to the police.
Marion Redspeth. whose wife or mis-
tress was today arrested in
San Francisco, was first connected
with the affair by the local detective
force under Capt. Desmond. In the use
Of explosives used to complete the work
of robbery at Glendrle certain distinc-
tive methods were observed which
coupled the robbers with a gang which
had been committing safe robberies in
the vicinity of st. Louis, in both Hi
nois and Missouri.
Tracing the marks down. it was
found that man answering the de-
ScriptiOn was arrested in small Hi
nolS town for safe cracking, but was re-
leased. This confirmed the detectives
suspicious, and they are satisfied that
RedSpeth is the man who handled the
dynamite for the Glendale affair.
RedSpeth
Has Done Time
in the Missouri penitentiary for grand
larceny committed in Cooper county,
and has relatives now living at Pisgah,
Mo. Another man whom the detectives
want for the robbery. but who is still at
large, is l.. X. Wilson, or Omaha, a
man of notorious character. who has
been concerned in several affairs.
but always managed to escape
prison. Wilson's brother is also known
as hard character, but whether he was
concerned in this crime cannot be def
nltely stated, though the detectives will
not lose sight of him for a time at anv
rate. The detectives believe that five
men were concerned In the robbery. Sly
Is under arrest. Redspeth is known
to have been one of the gang and Will
SOIL, too. This leaves two men vet to
be found and it is asserted that the
other two men will be caught. The
woman caught in San Francisco is
known to have been the houSekeeper in
the house rented here and already re-
ferred to. She has numerous aliases,
but is believed to have passed under
the name of Maggie Williams.