The morning call., 1893-09-19
GOT 1T ALL BACK.
Arrest of the Mineral
Range Robbers.
RECOVERY OF THE MONEY.
There Were Too Many 1en in the
Job to flake the Secret
Safe.

HANCOCK. Mich, Sept. 1S.-About the
entire $4,000 secured by the train-robbers
on the Mineral Range road. on the way to
pay off the employees of the Calumet and
Hecla nine, has been recovered.
After securing the booty the robbers put
it in a small trunk and sent 1t by one of
their number dressed as a miner to Hough-
ton. He induced a baggageman of the
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic to check
it through for him for the consideration of
90 cents. 1t is not known whether he was
aware of its contents The officers learned
of the transaction. took special train and
overhaued it some distance from Hough-
ton and recovered the entire sum.
1t has become evident the robbers had
confederates among the trainmen. and two
firemen have been arrested at Marquette
on suspicion.
CALUMET, Mich, Sept. 1S.-G. Lalib-
erty, a locomotive fireman, lately dis
ch harged from the Duluth, South Shore
and Atlantic Railway, has been arrested.
He is supposed TO be the man who handled
the throttle on the engine at the time of
the train robbery Friday. He is claimed
to have made a confession duplicating
King and his companions and Express
Messenger Hogan.
Laliberty told the officers the money was
contained in trunk which he shipped
from Houghton to Marquette Saturday
morning. The trunk was found by the
officers, but the money was not there. 1t
was. however. found later
Hogan. the express messenger, was ar
rested last night in this city.
A special from Marquette says six others
besides Laliberty and Hogan are under ar
rest and large portion of the money is re-
covered. Laliberty has been associated with
Butler. King, Chettew and other hard
characters. and is alleged to be implicated
in the robbery. Soon after arrest he made
clean breast of the whole affair. He is
in the Marquette Jail.
DETROIT. Sept. 18.-A special dispatch
from Marquette. Mich, says: The officers
remain very reticent regarding the arrests,
but admit that they now have all the men
they want, and are directing their energy
TO finding the remainder of the stolen
funds. They refuse to state how much
money was recovered or where it was
found, but report is current that the
amount is $4,000 and that it was
found in the possession of the Shea
bro theirs, who run a saloon in this city.
The entire plot was hatched here and In
consequence of Fifeman Laliberty's confess
sion the police have arrested John and
Micheal Shea, saloon keepers; Moses
Longtime, brakeman on the passenger
train; Tom Winters, baggage-master; d.
w. Hogan, express messenger on the
Mineral Range train; Ed Hogan, a bar
tender. and Wesley Shoup. hack-driver.
MARQUETTE, Mich. Sept. 1S.-ProbabIy
all of the robbers Of the American Express
car on The Mineral Range road on Satur-
day have been captured. On Sunday
morning George Laliberty, a suspended
fireman of the South Shore road, was ar
rested. He made a confession, and Eddy
Hogan Jr., former employe of the Amer
lean Express Company here; Jack and
Mike Shea, saloon keepers; Thomas Win
ters, South Shore 5aggageman Rober.
Clemson, South Shore brakeman; Wes-
ley Shoup and Nose Longtime were ar
rested Lalibertv was suspected to be the
person who jumped on the engine, as the
engineer thought he recognized Lalib-
erty's voice.
Laliberiy gave Hogan baggsge-check
for his trunk. Hogan gave the check to
Nose Longtime. and he gave 1t to dray-
man, who delivered the trunk on Saturday
forenoon at Laliberty's house. There it
was found. and in it was over $1,000, sup
posed to be part of the stolen money.
Winters, Shoup and Clemason were
seen in the baggage-room of the South
Shore station on Saturday morning, and
it is believed the trunk was opened then
and the bulk of the booty removed. 1t is
strongly suspected that the robbers have
robbed each other.
Laliberty's confession also implicated
King and Butler. now in Jail at houghton.