The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04

CENTRALIA, ILL.,. Sept. SO.-Hardin, the
last of the Centralia gang OF train rob-
bers. who was captured last night in
Cincinnati, was taken from Detective
Smith at Odin at Ais this morning by
the sheriff. Helm, on a state warrant.
When being conveyed to st. Louis on
the o. & NJ. railroad the detective was
unwilling to surrender the prisoner, but
had no papers on which to hold him, AMI
he was conveyed to the Salient Jail, where
his pals, Jones and O'Dwyer, are con-
fined. While the officers We're disputing
over the possession of the prisoner some
one reported in the hearing of Hardin
that news Of his detention in Odin had
been telegraphed to Centralia and 800
railroad men were en- route to Odin on a
special train to lynch him. He begged
the officers to hurry him off to jail. He
then made a full confession of the rob-
berry.
"There were three OF us implicated
Jones, O'Dwyer and myself he said
The robbery was planned at 1913 Choteau-
ave. st. Louis, over three months ago
Jones was too drunk to play his part
well. He held up the engineer and fire
man before O'Dwyer and 1 were ready
to attack the car and our plans were
thrown into confusion. When we en-
tered the car L found myself in the
grasp Of Baggagen-aster Armstrong, and
was never able from that moment to
fully release myself. 1 saw the man
coming into the car with gun
and supposed we had been trapped by a
fixed up job and that moment my sole
object was to get out of the car. en-
deavored to keep Armstrong between
myself and the gun and did so pretty
successfully until impulsively reached
for the bell cord to stop the train. II
was then that Saunders shot me i'm the
arm. The shooting filled the car fun Of
smoke and / managed to jump out at
the east door. O'Dwyer was a few feet
ahead OF me. We both landed outside
about the same time. We ran east I'M
oil we reached O'Dwyer's house where
he stopped l passed on in a circuitous
route until returned to the Illinois
Central track nearly a mile from the
hold-up. My arm was paining me and
1 crawled into a culvert and lay down.
While 1 lay there a wild engine bound
for St Louis on the Air Line pulled up
to the depot and stopped. While the
engineer and fireman were I'm the tele-
on the engine on which rode into ST.
Louis. / went to Mrs. Rays, and was
treated by n doctor as reported I'm the
dispatches. left Mrs Rays about 7
In the morning after the robbery, hav-
ing been I'm the house only a few hours.
I kept myself secreted during the day
in. the vicinity OF the relay depot in
East st. Louis. and at p. m, Sept 81
j boarded an Ohio a. Mississippi train
and rode TO Cincinnati. No one on the
train suspected me. | have friends in
Cincinnati and went direct 10 the city
hospital after resting up a little and
had my arm dressed. ] registered I'M
der the name of Kay. had been read
ing the papers regularly and supposed
that the detectives were searching for
me in Missouri and Indiana II was
this that caused me 10 be off my guard
when / was arrested. I think IL was
the description OF my wound given 10
the press by the ST. Louis woman that
caused the city hospital authorities to
identify me and give me away"
The bandits arm is by no means in a
bad condition and he can use IL freely.
Hardin told the officers he left the re-
VolYer I'm the culvert where he rested
the night Of the hold-up and they found
the weapon.