The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-09
RUN DOWN.
Leader of a Desperate Gang of
Train Robbers
Who Did the Omaha, San Francisco
and Other Jobs.
Adalbert ID. Sly Was Traced From ST. Louis
to Los Angeles, Cal, wAere Ho Was
Very Neatly Nabbed by Doteo-
tivcs-Fully Identified.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-Pinkerton's Ma
tional Detective Agency, eastern divis-
ion, has succeeded in arresting at Los
Angeles, Cal, Adalbert ID. Sly, the
leader of the desperate gang of thieves
who have been perpetrating the recent
daring express robberies at Omaha,
Neb., on the Missouri Pacific, at West
ern Union Junction, on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul, and at Glen
dale, Mo-, and on the Frisco road.
Previous to these train robberies at
tention was called to the doings of Sly,
who is an old convict, having once be-
fore been convicted by the Pinkertons
in 1884 for robbing the American Ex-
press Co. at st. Joe, Mo-, where he was
employed as driver. On this occasion
he stole package of S2O 900 and fled
He was arrested a year or more after
by Frank Warner, then superintendent
of Pinkerton's Chicago agency. Know
ing that Sly was connected with the
robberies, where dynamite was used on
the barns of the cable road in Omaha
and the car barns in Kansas City, Mr..
VIM. A. Pinkerton put him down for
being connected with dynamite robber-
les on the different express trains in,
the west.
Some days after the st. Louis rob-
berry Superintendent of Police Harri-
gan succeeded in learning. through
furniture dealer of party who had
fitted up a house on the installment
plan, and sent the furniture to n house
on the outskirts of ST. Louis Chief
Io,., lo4 Iafnot;,yac N.1 1eNnly n io
house over, and it was found to havo been
occupied by blonde woman and
four men, and that the whole party left
the house three days after the robbery.
The house was searched, and numerous
evidences connected with the crime on
the Frisco road were found. Among
others the pistol stolen from Messenger
| Mulrennan, after he had been wounded
by the dynamite at the time OF the ex-
| ploSion on the train. Mulrennan's s
watch was also missing, but this was
not found.
Traces of this gang led west to Oma-
ha. Here all traces disappeared for
the time being. The local police at
Omaha, Kansas City and other cities in
the west were notified, and Chief Har-
rigan detailed detectives to 60 all over
the west in search of these parties
| Later information came to Mr..
Pinkerton showing that Sly had evil
IDENTIFY branched out and gone to
| Denver, thence west to Los Angelica
Later on he learned that Sly had been
in Los Angeles about a year and half
ago, and was known there by the name
of Silva. At this time Mr.. r A. Pinker-
ton. 'of New York. was in San Francisco
and about starting for home whom he
was requested to go to Los Angeles and
endeavor to find Sly, A watch was
also kept for the blonde woman and
her confederate ut Oakland and
San Francisco and on Saturday
last, Mr.. r. A. Pinkerton .suc-
ceeded in arresting Sly at Los
Angeles. He denied his identity, and
he said his name was Albert S. Denton,
and as Sly's name was Albert Denton
Sly Mr.. Pinlterton wisely concluded he
was the right man. Sly started to re-
sist and attempted to throw away the
watch, which Mr.. Pinkerton and Ross
Whitaker IA San Francisco officer who
accompanied Mr.. Pinkerton) got and
this watch was found to be the one
stolen from the pocket of Messen-
ger Mulrennan on the night of the rob-
berry at Glendale. Sly was quietly
taken to San Francisco, and although
refusing to make any statement what
ever, agreed to go to st. Louis, and is
now en- route, in charge of two
officers of Chief Crowley's force,
of San Francisco. On Tuesday
Charles Wappenstein, assistant SUI
perintendent of Pinkerton's Portland
Office, aided by an officer from Chief
Crowley's force, of San Francisco ar.
rested at Oakland Florence A Water
man, the woman who acted as house
keeper for the gang during their stay
at St Louis, and who has been asso
ciated with them in most of the robber
les