Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-15
AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND
EVERY 500" OF 1T.
TO THE TASTE OF A QUEEN


49, 49, A%'HA9 = IVY W.
WHO with his brother, Frank. conspired
! wifi. Paving 1,alier pbilin NJ scl,i, Ia
-, ~. ~. 49,,
W. lhe h''hk OF minneapolis Mlhn'' Of
| SYO,OOO, was safely landel behind the
bars ut police headquarters late yesterday
. =, ',enp's VINO nau eeeh VIVA
the BANK since boyhood, and WHO as
paying teller, had access to the vaults.
distracted sg0O0o in cash ON Au,nst
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| 81 INST
With the bulk Of this stolen wealth
on his person, and In compnt,y win
Frank Iflovd scl,ci,, ,s NOW ~, ~, ~.
-, 80 '5 w" va ms way
70 southampton on the North German
Lloyd steamer Spree, which left her
Hoboken pier ON last Tpaslav ,,orrin,
Tnsr,o,.t,. Nt,1s...,I, "'o'i,''s,
-heiuuEhlh mas te.egrapned
10 the authorities at Southampton, and
Scheig and Frank Lloyd will be arrested
there.
Louis Floyd, or "1.ou." as lie Is fnmil-
inrly known, was the moving shirt In tbe
robbery, as he confessed 10 Insprctor Nj
Luuglilin last evening. Lou" was arrest
ed by Central Office Department Dctec-
tives MuEply, Rodgers and sheridan an
the steamship Wentworth Of the Tan.
port X Holt line, at the foot of West
NfAiAe TAAAh nAANNAf NfNAtIANA AAAtlublls
II had been the intention OF tho trio
of thieves to sail on The Wordsworth,
which was originally booked to leave
Harbecks Stores. BROOKLYN. on Noycm-
Der /, and the baggage of tie three men
was all found on board in charge of
'LoI" Floyd.
Philip NJ. Scheig, the ahscondinr tel
Ter. had booked on the Wordsworth as
Mr. Phillips" Frank FLOYD was down
as "a Mors1en," and Lou" FLOYD n
"a. 4. Abbott" After the Wordsworth
left her pier, however. her screw
81 oppci, off Staten Island. and She
steamed to the foot Of rwcuty-nnih
been ihore since. but Capt u,rr 3"' i ber
commander, expected 10 Sail tolny
S,heig however. bapppncd ia pirk mn
New York paper and in il saw the
dispatch from Aiinneapolis stating lint
detectives were on their track ma tbgt
their routc to New York Ind been dis
covered Greatly alarmed Srhciy nj
once packed a yaiise and fastening
around him leather bolt. eontoinine
the most of the funds. he left the vessel
Frank Floyd insisted on going with
him and Brother Lou was left behind
to guard the baggage on the Words.
worth.
1t was agreed that Frank Floyl and
Teller Scheig should take passage for
Rio after landing in Europe and meet
Lon there.
The first inklinr that Inspector Nc.
Iaugb,in bnd of The robbery was CON
tanned In a dispatch received from Chief
OF Police Vernon NJ. smith. Of Mime
npolis, on November 3, four daya infer
the robbery. Tho telegram stated fhnt
Mrs. Floyd. mother Of the Fioyd
brothers was on her way TO New York,
ana REQUESTING that she he Swallowed.
On arrival here, Mrs. Floyd Went to
the Sinclair house. al Broadway and
Eighth street. She remained in New
York FIVE days. aud then went back TO
Minneapolis, where she was promptly
arrested
10 Chief Smith. in Minneapolis. Nfre
Floyd said Scheig and Frank Floyd had
gone Souih on a trip. and a right royal
trip It was, rs the detectives soon dis
covered.
The ahscoudinE teller and Frank Floyd
had joined Lou in St. Louis, where he
berry. and where he had purchased a hunt.
ing outfit. 1t included six horses. two
wagons. tents, revulvers. repeating rifles,
two hounds and two settlers and every
ching necessary for camp life.
This was discovered in ST. louis by
Chief Of Police Smith and Richard u.
Kirby. president of the Bank OF Mime
npoHs, who at once started In pursuit of
the runaways.
Reside the articles mentioned the alb
ec1nders had bought 10000 cigars and
The same number Of cigarettes in ST.
L,Onis and had laid in big supply Of
wine. whisky and groceries.
They were traced through Kentucky
10 Oaklole. Tenn. From there they
travelled 10 Chnttanoogas Tenn. then
fo Atlanta Ga. and finally to Charleston.
s q
Plentiful evidence of extravagant OK
nsn,iif,rcs oven for such a tTip. was
discovered Inv the p,irsuers. Money had
HON thrown right and left and nothing
SHARED maj woull increase the pleasure
~ no iournev
A. Ci,orlasion sbc trin compnd outside
,a,a ~, end dnnlIv ieft five horses md
M Mi. ~ mo outfit via, n liyervstable
ilaener l., tho suburbs They also left
sIero .hsir ne,,r1 servant and nssurine
mo Lo,ncr tbef tbev ,youlJ send for the
Ia, ihe,. -, a snecSai car for New
Vo,i, 49,
..6ia zal,a tho sixth horse. WINS
rt,t',J LA, in, ~ III, a,,,ns
IN t,.,,, ~ and sever,i boxes which were
T Ia,.st,, C ~ !" fe,y davs before ne
W. w, ~. - tooi,,5 20 san An
H. ~ 10 MAJ, wore dressed In plnin
c,,i,,r ~, s,,it,H ond tbcv looked Ike
,.sac,, ivestern farmers come TO New
NJ. - no sigbts
9 0no 20 ~ III tbair 6rst aets was TO visit n
=, - ~, ho.,,sa aud tbarn