The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-09-27
BEHIND THE BARS.
Arrest Of the Mineral Range Train
Robbers.
One of the Gang woakens and Tolls the
Story OF tho Crime-Fourteen Thou
sand Dollars of the Stolen
Money Recovered.

MARQUETTE, Mich, Sept. 19.-Practi-
cally all the men who had to do with
the robbery Of the Mineral Range sx-
press last Friday Of $40, 200, are in jail
or under espionage, and up to date $14,-
900 Of their booty has been recovered.
Yesterday George Liberte, a former
fireman on the Duluth, South Shore s.
Atlantic road, was arrested here by the
police on the telegraphic order OF the
sheriff of Houghton county. Liberte
had lost his place in the recent reduc-
tion Of hands on the railroad and has
been associating with some OF the
tough characters who had been sus-
pected Of the train robbery. He was
taken to Houghton, handcuffed and
after he had made desperate attempt
to get away and been successfully held,
he made clean breast of the whole af-
fair and was brought back to Mar
Quette. The men now under arrest are
A. s. Cannon, Of Hancock, q young
man Of good family, whose trunk was
used to carry away the money; John
King, IN athlete; - Chellew, sa-
loon-keeper Of Negaunee; Michael and
John Shea, saloonists here; Tom Win
ters, baggageman; Moses Longtin,
brakeman on the train robbed; d. w.
Hogan, the messenger on the robbed
car; Ed Hogan, saloonist; w. Shoup,
hack driver, and - Butler, an habit
ne Of Chellew's place. ....
The officers refuse to give formal
statement OF the Liberte confession but
the following are the statements as
they have come out: Liberte, trained
as a locomotive fireman, covered the
engineer and fireman while the others
looted the train King, an athlete,
smashed in the express car door with a
sledge hammer Chellew and Butler
rifled the safe and the rest carried
away the plumber.
Marshal Foley, Of Houghton, came
here after Liberte and Liberte, when
caught, asked him to come to the hotel
and he would then divulge the secret.
Foley went with him and he made an
attempt to get away, but was foiled.
He asked to be taken to Marquette Jail
and there told part Of story implicat-
ing Express Messenger D. w. Hogan,
Of the Mineral Range train which was
robbed, whose arrest followed at Han
cock.
Then followed detailed account OF
where the trunk was left along the line
of the Mineral Range road and spe-
oial train and some officers were sent
after It. They found the trunk and on
Its arrival at the Houghton National
bank 1t was opened and found empty.
On Liberties information $4,000 was
recovered by the officers, 1t is claimed,
at Shea Brothers saloon, though the
police will not confirm this The
empty condition Of the trunk is ac-
counted for by the suggestion that the
money was stolen second time, last
from the robbers themselves, and Mes
senger Hogan's brother Is being looked
for In connection with this latest epi-
sode.
1t is now proposed to 're-arrest Jack
Kehoe, who was released on Friday be-
cause 1t seemed evident that he had
nothing to do with It. 1t has since
leaked out that he purchased the cloth
Of which the masks were made at one
Of the stores in Hancock, took It with
him TO Calumet and there manufactured
the masks for the robbers.
Cannon, whose trunk was used, de-
nies any completely in the robbery and
has engaged counsel for his defense,
who says that he has no doubt that he
can clear him OF all blame.