The herald., 1893-09-19
THE CALUMET TRAIN ROBBERS,
All of Them Now Believed to
Be in Custody.
A Considerable Portion Of Their
Booty Recovered.
Nearly q Dozen Men Implicated in the
Robbery-Trainmen In the Plot.
One of'the Prisoners Makes
Confession.
BY The Associated Press.


bly, ell the robbers of the American ex.
press car on the Mineral Range road,
Saturday morning, have been captured.
Sunday morning George Lalliberty, a
suspended fireman OF the South Shore
road, was arrested. He made confess
sion, and Eddy Hogan, ir., former en-
ployee of the American Express COM
pany; Jack and Mike Shea, saloon keep
ers; Thomas Winters, a South Shore
bsggageman Robert Clemason, South
Shore brakeman; Wesley Shcup, a hack
driver, and MoHe Longtime were ar
rested.
Lalliberty was suspected to be the
person who jumped on the engine. The
engineer thought be recognized Lal-
liberty's voice. Lalliberty gave Hogan
baggage check for his trunk, Hogan
gave the check to Nose Longtime, and
he to a dreyman who delivered the
trunk Saturday forenoon at Lal-
liberty's house. There il WAS found
and in it was over $1,000 supposed to be
stolen money. Winters. Shoup and
Clemenson were seen in the baggage
room of the South Shore station Satur-
day morning, and il ia believed the
trunk wac opened and tho bulk OF the
booty removed. 1t is strongly suspected
that the robbers have robbed each other.
Lallibeyty's confession implicated King
and Butler, now in Jail at Houghton.
RETIcENcE ABOUT THE ARRESTS.
DETROIT, Sept, 1S.--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
mainder OF the stolen funds. They re-
fuse to state how much money has been
recovered, or where it was found, but
the report is current that the amount is
$4,000 and that it was found in the pos
session of the Shea brothers, who run a
saloon in this city. The entire plot was
Matched here. In consequence OF Fire.
man Lalliberty's confession the police
arrested John and Michael Shea, saloon
keepers; Moses Longtime, brakeman
on a passenger train; Tom Winters,
baggage master; D. w. Hogan, express
messenger on the Mineral range train;
Ed Hogan, a bartender, and Wesley
Shoup, a hackdriver.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR.
CALUMET, Mich, Sept. 1S.--Geo. Lal-
liberty, locomotive fireman, lately dis
charged from the Duluth, South Shore
and Atlantic railway, has been arrested.
He ia 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 confession
duplicating King and his companions,
and Express Messenger Hogan. Lalli-
berty told the officers that the money
was contained in trunk which he
shipped from Hought0n to Marquette
Saturday morning. The trunk was
found by the officers but the money WAS
not there. Hogan, the express messen-
ger, wac arrested laat night in this Il Y.
A special from Marquette says SIX oth-
ers besides Laliibcrty ard Hogan are
under arrest, and portion Of the money
has been recovered. Lalliberty has been
associated with Butler, King, Challew
and other hard characters alleged to be
implicated in the robbery. Soon after
his arrest he made clean breast Of the
whole affair. He is in the Marquette
jail.
The entire plot was hatched here. The
police have arrested John and Michael
Shea, saoonkeepers; Moses Longtime,
brakeman on passenger train; Tom
Winters. baggageman D. w. Hogan.
the express messenger on the Mineral
Range train; Ed Hogan, a bartender,
and Wesley Shoup, hackdrivers
ALL OF THE BOOTY RECOVERED.
HANCOCK, Mich, Sept. Is. The en-
tire 10000 secured by the train robbers
on the Mineral Range railroad, on the
way to pay off the employees of the Calu-
met and Hecia mines, has been re-
covered. After scouting the booty, the
robbers put it in small trunk and Hent
it by one of their number, dressed as
miner, to Houghton. He induced
baggageman OF the Duluth, South Shore
and Atlantic railroad to check il through
for him for consideration of so cents.
1t is not known whether the baggage
man was aware of the trunks contents.
The officers learned OF the transaction.
took special train, overhauled it some
distance from Houghton and recovered
the entire sum. It haa become evident
that the robbers had confedaYates among
the trainmen, and two fremen have
heen arrested ST Marouatte on allsDiciOn