The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-18
BEHIND Thu BARS.
The Express Robbers Confess
Their Crime.
DELAUTER THE Ring LEADER.
Perkins and Tuner Obey His
Orders.
THE OATH WITH CROSSED HANDS
THE ROBBERS CAPTURE.
AWAITING THEIR TRIAL.
'HE OATH WITH CROSSED HANDS
THE ROBBERS CAPTURE.
AWAITING THEIR TRIAL,

The express robbers, Turner, Perkins and
DeLauter, are behind the bars.
All of them have confessed. DeLauter
was the one who shot at Messenger Coulter.
Turner covered the negro porter
and Perkins stood guard while
the robb r. was going on. DeLauter was
the - % gave in, but he finally weakened.
The robbins waived preliminary hearing.
ard II wal their trial at the next
term Of court. The punishment
for their crime is twenty years in the peni-
Tertiary. That they will be given the ex-
treme penalty there is little doubt.
The story of the robbery, the robbers
flight to Florida aud their pursuit and capt~
ure is full Of thrilling incidents.
BROUGHT IN IRONS.
Five hundred people wers in the Savan-
nah, Florida aud Western passenger depot
when the Florida train with the captured
robbers pulled in at 1891 o'clock.
The robbers were securely handouffed and
chained together in a sleeper and we're
closely guarded.
As the train slowed down in entering the
depot the crowd made rush for it, but was
kept back by the officers. The prisoners
were brought out as soon as the train came
to a stop.
Supt. Myers OF the express company and
Detective Jackson stepped down first. Be-
hind them came DeLauter Turner and
Perkins.
KEPT THEIR FACES COVERED.
Their SLOUGH hats were drawn over their
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seen.
Detectives Grim, Bedford, and Lilienthal
were close by, and Detective ST Basch
brought up the rear with a shotgun slung
over his shoulder.
Detective Wetherhorn, the man who
located the robbers and laid tho plans for
their capture, was the first mal to congrat =
ulate the posse on the successful results of
their chase.
The prisoners were hurried through the
car shed and out on East Broad street,
where Agent Cooper had Southern Ex-
press wagon in waiting. The prisoners
mounted first, with the officers on each side
of them.
TAKEN TO THE EXPRESS OFFICE.
They were driven to the Southern Ex-
press office, where they were taken up
stairs into Agent Cooper's private Office.
DeLauter was separated from Turner and
Perkins and was put in another room in
charge of Detective Grim. Outside the
streets were filled with a crowd of curious
people, which hung arounl the building
until the prisoners were taken to the jail. A
squad Of police guarded the entrance 10 the
express Office.
TURNER AND PERKINS OWN UP.
Detective jackson at once began plying
Turner and Perkins with questions, and
they made complete breast of every thing.
They said the robbery had been planned by
DeLeuter, and they took part in it reluc-
family, being afraid to disobey his orders
The first intimation, they said, they had of
the affair was one day last week, when
DeLauter came to them and asked il they
were willing to go into job for big money.
They wanted to know what it was
to be, but DoLauter told them
If they wanted to Ego in" to ask no ques>
tons and cross hands. They crossed hands,
and as they did 50 D4Leuter remarked
'Remember the crossing of the hands
means death. If either Of you back out or
say anything about it you'll die"
DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN.
Then DeLsuter uufolded the plan to rob
the express. Perkins remarked that he
wasn't we'll.
"Yo GU take quinine pills and have your
self in shape by Friday night Commanded
DeLauter, and that settled it. No further
objection was raised.
Perkins said he stood between the two
express cars, while the robbery was going
OIL, guarding each door while DsLauter and
Turner were holding up Messe 1ger Coulter.
he said when he pulled the bell-cord to stop
the train he was frightened and jumped off
too quick. As he struck the ground he
fell in ditch and bis pistol was discharged.
Bnt for that he said, no shots would have
been fired at the car.
Turner was the man who covered the
negro porter with his pistol while DeLauter
held up Messenger Coulter and compelled
him to open the safe and turn over the
money.
After getting the confession out of Turner
and Perkins. Detective jackson went into
the other room to zee what DeLauter had
to say for himself. The leader of the gang
was stubborn and refused to talk.
''All right" said Detective jackson, "you
needn't say word or tell me anything
about where you have put the money. l
have enough facts to put you in the
penitentiary for forty or fly years. and 1
don't care whether you talk or not /
know that the money is at your home in
Mosely Hall, and if you don't talk il may
be unnleasant for Yni1r rnannle