The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-09-19
THE $4,000 RECOVERED.
It Was Put In . email Trunk ans
Checked Through to Houghton.

HANCOCK. Mich, Sept. 1s.-The entire
$4,000 secured by train robbers on the
Mineral Range road, on the way to pay OF
the employees OF the Calumet and Hecla
mine, has been recovered. After securing
the booty, the robbers put il in o small
trunk and sent II by one of their number
addressed to minor to Houghton. He
induced the baggaGeman OF the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic to check 1t
through for him for consideration Of 80
cents. It 10 not known whether hs was
aware Of its contents. The officers learned
OF the transaction, took . special train,
overhauled Il some distance from Hough-
ton and recovered the entire sum. Il has
become evident that the robbers had con-
fetlerates among the trainmen. and two
firsmen have been arrested at Marquette
on suspicion.
George Liberty, q locomotive engineer
recently discharged from the Duluth,
South Shore q Atlantic railway. has been
arrested. He Is supposed to be the man
who handled tho throttle on tho engine at
the time of the train robbery Friday. He
is claimed to have made a confession i'm
plicating KING and his companions and
Express Messenger Hogan. Liberty told
the officers the money wac contained i'm q
trunk which he shipped from Houghton to
Marquette Saturday morning. The trunk
was found by the officers, bu: the money
was not there. Hogan, the express mes
senger. was arrested last night in this
city. A special from Marquette says six
others besides Liberty and Hogan are ar
rested and large portion OF the money
recovered. Liberty has been associated
with Butler, King. Chettew and other
hard characters alleged to be implicated
in the robbery. Soon after the arrest he
made q clean breast of the whole affair.
He is In the Marquette Jail.
The entire plot was Matched in Calumet.
The police have arrested John and Mi
chael Shea. saloonkcepers; Moses Long
tine, q brakeman on the passenger train ;
Tom Winter, baRRageman; ID. W. Hogan,
express messenger on the Mineral Range
Ed Hogan, a bartender; Wesley Houp. q
hack driver.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Sept. ls.-Probably
all the robbers of the American Express
car on the Mineral Range road Saturday
morning havo been captured. Sunday
morninaG George Laliberty, "a suspended fire.
man of the South Shore road was arrested.
lie made q confe ssion and Eddy Hogan
jr.. former employe of the American Ex.
press company here, Jack and Mike shea
saloon keepers, Thomas Winters, q South
Shore baggageman. Robert Clemerson, .
South Shore brakeman, West ShooE
and Nose Longtime were arrested
Laliberty was suspected to bo the
person who jumped on tho engine. The
engineer thought he recognized Laiiberty',
voice. Laliberty gave Hogan baggage
check for his trunk. Hogan gave the
check to Nose Longtime and he to the
drayman, who delivered the trunk Satur.
day forenoon at Lalibcrty's house. There
II was found and in 1t were over 1900
supposed to be part Of the stolen money
Winters, Shoop and Clemerson were seer
in tho baggage room Of the South Shors
station Saturday morning. II 10 believed
the trunk was opened and the bulk Of the
booty removed. 1t is strongly suspected
that the robbers have robbed each other
Lalibcrty's confession implicated Kins
and Butler now in jail at Houghton.