Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-01-02
The Lecder Of the Glendale Rob-
bers Arrested.
PROVES TO Be EX-CONVICT SLY.
had Messenger Mulrenney's watch ON His
Person and Much Money and Per-
sonal Property-A Clever
Piece Of Detection.

St Louis, on the night OF November 30.
Is under arrest. A female accomplish
Is also in custody and the capture OF
the remainder of the gang seems only
q matter Of time.
The leader turns out to be Adelbert d.
Sly, a noted ex-convict from the Mis-
souri, penitentiary.
The latest series of exploits by Sly
and his fellow bandits began with the
robbery of the street car barns at Oma-
Ia in October, in which they used dy-
Mantle and secured large amount OF
monev. They committed robbery on
the Metropolitan street car barns In
Kansas City in the same month, and
then came the robbery of the Pacific
Express Co, on the Missouri Pacific
railroad, near Omaha, on the night oil
November 4, and the American express
robbery near Western Union Junction,
Wis, on the night of November IL. In
all of these fobberies Sly figured rs
leader and their engine of war, almost
invariably, was dynamite.
After the robbery at Western Union
out that Sly in 1888, while acting as
driver for the American Express Co. at
St Joseph, Mo-, decamped with pack
age containing $4,000. After n long
search Sly was apprehended in Cali
fornia by Pinkertons. He was returned
to Missouri and sentenced to seven
years in the Missouri penitcntiary at
jefferson City. On coming out 1t was
learned Sly became associated with
a gang of rough burglars who
made their headquarters around
Kansas City and Omaha. On
the theory that Sly was possibly
concerned in the robbery at Western
Union junction, the Pinkertons quietly
began investigating towards locating
Sly and succeeded in tracing him to St
Louis few days previous to the Glen
dale robbery on the Frisco road. Pink
erton's force and the force OF Chief OF
Police Harrigan, of ST. Louis, soon
Joined hands, and some days after the
Glendale affair Chief Harrigan received
valuable information from furniture
dealer. who furnished houses on the in
stallment plan, concerning woman
and four men renting house ON Swan
avenue in st. Louis on the outskirts of
the city.
This furniture man had fitted up the
house on Swan avenue and the people
occupying the same had mysteriously
disappeared after the robbery, leaving
the furniture and everything behind
them. This Chief Harrigan investigated
very carefully. and it was found that
the house had been occupied by a
blonde woman, supposed to be the wife
or mistress of one of the four men.
They disappeared from the house three
DAYS after the Glendale robbery. Their
baggage was traced to the depot aud the
check numbers showed that they were
all bound west Chief Harrigan's
men traced them to Omaha, where the
party split up taking up different
routes west. Chief Harrigan's men
managed to get accurate descriptions
of the fugitives, and Sly's identity was
fixed beyond n question as, also, the
identity of the woman connected with
the gang.
Robert A. Pinkerton at this time
was in California, and on the
eve of departure for the east but re-
NAMED and assisted the San Francisco
police, who had been communicated
with. Sly, it was ascertained, hal gone
by way of Denver to southern Cali
fornia. With this information r. A.
Pinkerton went at once to San Diego
and searched that place thoroughly,
then going to Los Angeles, arriving
n week ago. For several days
he kept up search OF the
saloons, gambling houses and
places of that kind without success
Through breakage ia the railroad
there had been no mail delivere | for
three DAYS at Los Angeles, and on Sat-
uriay last Mr.. Pinkerton, accompanied
by Ross Whitaker, of the San Fran
cisco detective force, and an officer Of
Los Angeles, took up watch in the
most Office and express offices at that
point All three were furnished with
photographs and accurate description
OF Sly.
On the afternoon OF Saturday Mr..
Pinkerton observed q man in the post
Office at Los Angeles. who answered to
the description of Sly and resembled
the old photograph which he had very
closely. Tapping him on the shoulder
and stepping mp and taking his hand
40 that he could not attempt TO use n
: gun, as Sly Is q desperate character.
Mr.. Pinkerton addressed him by the
name of Sly. Sly denied his identity
and said his name was A.
& Denton. That settled 1t in
Pinkerton's mind at once, for Sly's
right name is Adelbert Denton Sly. He
was at once taken into custody and
searched. In his possession was found
$1,000 and lot Of personal property.
and on his person was found the gold
..nirh tnfren from the person Of Mes