The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
GOT THEM ALL.

The Participants In the Late Frisco Hold
Up Captured-Two Of Them Make .
Clean Bresst-The Men are Railway
Brakemen. and Were Formerly In the
Employ Of the Frisco Road.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 9.-There is no longer
any doubt surrounding the identity of
the three bold bandits who held up the
Frisco passenger train at 'Sand Cut" :"
miles east of Pacific, last Tuesday
night. All three are in custody, and
free confession of their share of the
affair. The third, and smallest man of
the three, Muncie Ray, was arrested
shortly after noon to-day at Valley
Park, 16 miles west on the Frisco. The
police expect that he, too, will readily
tell all he knows Of the affair, but
whether de does or not is of small mo-
ment, since they have already more
than sufficient upon which to secure q
conviction.
Early this morning Chiefs Harrigan
and Desmond and the detectives who
have been engaged on the case COM
menced work again on Pennock and
Robertson. Pennock, it will be remem-
bered, was arrested on the night of the
hold up by the conductor of the held
up passenger train. He is a brakeman,
and was recently In the employ of the
Frisco. He was brought to the city,
and told enough to cause the arrest Of
Sam Robertson, another Frisco brake
man.
Pennock had nothing to add or de-
tract from his former confession this
morning, but Robertson stubbornly de-
MED his guilt, and waxed very indignant
when the police refused to credit his
statements of innocence. Finally Chief
Desmond brought him face to face
with Pennock in the board room of the
police commissioners Pennock re-
peated his original statement in the
presence of his partner in crime, who
weakened visibly when he saw be-
yond doubt that the latter had "'fessed
up"
As Pennock concluded his statement
Chief Desmond pointed to Robertson
and asked him: "yas this man with
you?"
"Yes, he is the man." was the reply.
Its a-- lie," was Robertson's S
emphatic answer.
"Now look here. Sam, what is the use
of holding out? They have got us dead
to rights, and the easiest way out of a
bad mess is to make n clean breast of
the whole business. They are bound to
send us over the road anyway, and
they won't be so hard on us if we own
up" was Pennock's reply.
His partners words evidently made
quite an impression upon Robertson,
who meditated few moments in ST.
lence before returning any answer.
Finally Detective Sam Allender VEN
tured the remark that Pennock's words
were true, and that a plea of guilty
would make all the difference in the
world in the length of the sentence.
"Well, - it, let her GO" was the
sudden reply and Robertson wheeling
around in his chair commenced his
story, prefacing it by the remark, II
was in it and guess have to go up
any way"
Once started Robertson appeG red
really anxious to unburtlen his mind
of the whole transaction. He went in
to the most minute details and an
swered all questions with great
readiness As he proceeded his
conscience became much ightened
and his spirits rose in conse-
quence. Several times he laughed
aloud as he told of the evident fear of
those confronted by the muzzles of the
six revolvesr in his and his companions
hands. After telling the story his
statement was reduced to writing,
which he read and then signed.
Ray was formally a Frisco brake
man, and was discharged about year
ago.