The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-21
TRAIN ROBBERSJAUGHT
The Men Who Stole Seventy Thou
I sand Dollars in Custody.
RAILRoADERs WERE IN THE PLOT,

The Express Messenger Who Was 'sForcedn
TO Give Up the Money Believed to Have
Seen tho Rincleader of the Gang-Oyer
$4,000 of the Stolen Money Recov,rod.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Sept. 19.-Practi
caiiy all the men who had anything to do
Win the robbery of the Mineral Range ex-
press last Friday of $4,000 are in Jail or
under espionage and up to date S4i Ono ~
their booty has been recovered. Yesterday
Gorge Llberte, a former fireman on the
Beiuth, South Shore and Atlantic road.
was arrested here by the police OH the tele.
graphic order of the sheriff of Hourhton
county, ana made clean breast of the
whole affair. The other men under arrest
are n. ;. Cannon, of Hancock, a Young
man OF good family, whose trunk was used
10 carry away the money; John King, an
aehie'e; Chei.ew, saloon keeper of Neg
aunee; Michael and John Shea. saloonists
here; Tom Winters, baggageman: ID W
hogan, the messenger on the robbed car:
Ed Hogan, saloonist; w. Schlope, hack
driver, and - Butler, an habitue of
Chellew's place
Liberte, i'll his confession, gave a de-
tailed account of where the trunk was left
along the line of the Mineral Range road
and special train and some officers were
sent after it. They found the trunk, and
on lts arrival at the Houghton National
pank it was opened and found empty. On
Liberties information s14, 900 was recovered
Dy the officers, it is claimed, at Shea
Brothers saloon. while $50, 900 was found
in his possession. The empty condition of
the trunk is accounted for by the sugges-
tlon that the money was stolen the second
time, last from the robbers themselves
anu Messenger Hogan's brother is being
looked for in connection with this latest
episode. 1t is now proposed to rearrest
Jack Kehoe, who was released Friday be-
cause it seemed evident that he had moth
Ing to do with it. 1t has since leaked out
that he purchased the cloth of which the
masks were made.
Ihere Is good reason to suspect that the
remainder OF the money is concealed in a
cellar near the Marquette depot, and three
places are being watched, as Liberte snid
That the money would be found in one
OF the three places. The officials of the
south Shore believe that of the money
they have not yet recovered no more thnn
$4,000 will be entirely lost.
The case against the robbers was worked
up from clew furnished by the engineer
OF the train. The man who covered him
with revolver while the robbery was 90
ing ON showed n familiarity with tho
working OF the engine and proved that one
OF the robbers nj least was an old railroad
man. The engineer was unable to sec the
mans features for the mask which COW
cred 1t, but recognized the mans voice and
III his report stated that he was sure the
man had formerly been employed on the
road Suspicion ut once fell Oh Liberte.
and his arrest and confession followed
According to Liberties story the express
messenger was one of, if not the ring
leader OF the plot. 1t is believed that he
furnished the information as to the train
the money was on, and pointed out the
place where it could best be tagged and
robbed. He made Il prctensc ut resistance
to deceive the rest of the train crew, but
gave up the money willingly I.iberte
stated that after the money was taken
from the car it was put into II trunk and
checked as baggage from Houghton to
Marquette. The baggagemaster Mt Mar
quette, while not originally i'll the plot.
kncwSof the contents of the trunk very
shortly after its arrival, and in this way
made party to the crime