St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-23
PERRY GOT NO GOLD.
The New York Robber Admits
His Identity to the
Officers.
Bright and Cool, but Badly
Left on His Hopes Of
Plumber.
Revolving Story Of a Child's
Deviltry and a Mothers
CallouSneSs.
An Infant Killed, Sliced and
Eaten--Burning Of the
Loodiana.

ROCHESTER,, y. Y, Feb. 22.-Mcln-
erny, the express messenger who had
such a thrilling experience yesterday,
was brought to this city. his home..
today. and surgical aid summoned. His
worst wound is that through the right
thigh. The bullet must have been one
from the largest pistol the robber car
ried. The wound on his forehead is
slight, and that in his hand was made
by fragment of large bullet. as the
piece was found in the wound. McIn-
erny says that when he found himself
in the power of the robber he rolled out
some of the less valuable packages and
covered valuable ones with them. The
robber was impatient to get the cur
rency and threatened to shoot il it was
not surrendered. He said to the mes
senger: You can't fool me; Eve been
in this business before" While the rob-
Der was waiting to get the money the
train reached Lyons and the game
was up.
j. II. Prentiss, agent of the American
Express company in this city, went to
Lyons last night and had an interview
with the robber. Mr.. PrentiSs said this
morning: "ue is the same man who
committed the Utica robbery, Oliver
CurtiSS Perry. He admitted the whole
thing, and told where he had been since
the Utica robbery. He said he had been
In Canada. down South and in the West.
He says he always went under his own
name. and he was indignant at the state
ment that he took any other name. He
told me he knew when they were after
him in any place, and avoided arrest by
changing his voice ana putting Oh gold
SpectacleS.
Cool and Smart.
PERRY is one of the brightest and
coolest fellows ever saw. He has been
a cowboy, and we know that he has been
in the state prison in this and other
states, although he did not tell us so.
He told me that his health is failing, and
that he knew he would go to prison
for this and never come out
alive. He said that he weighed
$50 pounds in September and weighs
only $50 now. He had sixteen cart
ridges when he surrendered and three
TeVolyers, one large aud two small. The
larger one had a bore you could put
your finger down. He said: 'McInerny
was a good man, but indiscreet. He
ought to have thrown up his hands. L
did not want to kill him, but only to
wing him.
He did not get cent. There was
nothing in the car for him 10 steal. i
asked him how he got on tile train. and
he replied that he was in the depot at
Syracuse when they were loading it,
but got on in the freight yard while the
train was running fast. He got in the
car by attaching his rope by the steel
hook to one edge of the car roof and
sliding down the other. l asked him if
that was not dangerous, and he said,
No. broke two panes of glass in the
window. and put my head through one
and my pistol through the other. l
took McInerny's pistol when he dropped
it. 1t was only half-cocked.'
Before Perry was captured he had
muStache. but shaved himself with
razor which he carried. Detective
HyneS, of New York. PInkerton man,
saw the prisoner this morning. He
claims that Perry has travelled through
out the West and South and has charges
OF all sorts of crimes laid to his credit.