The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-10
NOTHING NEW.
John kit:ereli. Que OF he Express Robbie 8
sill II Large.

| There is nothing new in the express rob-
berry case since the arrest of Beck, Hancher
and Greer night before last.
! The negro, John Kitterell. is now the
only man wanted, and Sheriff Ault is after
him and is making the trail hot. IL is said
| that he was so near him yesterday morn
| ing that there was only about an hour
| between them. There is no question but
what he will catch him, and that probably
within twenty-four hours. kItterell. by
| his flight and his persistence In eluding
| capture SO long, shows that he was the
best fitted among the lot for criminal
work, and the indications are that this is
| not the first time that be. has lodged officers
of the law. He is evidently dandy AZ his
business, but he is no match for the men
pursuing him, and sooner or later he Will
be run down like tired fox and captu red.
The law in almost all cases of this kind is
successful. and this will be no exception.
Yesterday was great day for Il told you
so" and il was surprising to ind such a
lot of detective talent in a community like
this that is essentially business. Every
Tom. Dick aad Harry the EAGLE man
met in his rounds said that he knew who
thC SAiLAfudlS were al tho eAhAS. AAAS Al WV
human nature of such things.
The arrest. however, was quite an inter-
estiug event and a second edition OF the
EAGLE had to be issued yesterday morning
and then the supply WAS exhausted early.
The outside papers also considered 1t an
interesting event aud many of them gave it
prominence in scare heads"
An EAGLE reporter called at the Jail
yesterday and saw the prisoners. Hancher
was both defiant and hot and showed
clearly that his nature was more crImtn-
ally inclined than that of the other two.
Greer came next aud was fairly light
hearted, while poor Jack Beck was all
broken down. Jack is naturally square,
but the influence of the others and the
prospects of gay trip to the worlds fair
were too much for him. He put in most
of she day yesterday crying and would
utter frequently in a half-moaning state,
"Oh, this is terrible" He furnished a fine
object lesson for the youth who contem
plates wandering away from the straight
and narrow path. To see him caused
shudder at the thought Of committing
crime. Early in the morning while Beck
was enjoying good cry the other boys
were singing few dashing lines from
Lottie collins boom-de-aye, and this
made jack mad and he told the other
boys SO in the most serious manner. Jack
is about twenty years old, Greer's par
ents live at Ell Dorado and are SAID to be
very respectable people who will keenly
feel their boys disgrace. lie is eighteen
years old. When the EAGLE man saw
him yesterday in his cell in the steel
rotary of the county jail he was reading
novel and smoking cigarettes, two very
light habits for boy OF his age. 1t was
very noticeable fact that in his confession
as published in yesterday mornings paper
he referred indirectly to his cigarette
smoking habit good deal. He wound up
nearly every statement with some such re-
mask as II then went after pack OF
cigarettes" or II then lit cigarette.
Hancher's only regret seems to be that he
didn't get away and he says he intended
to but couldn't get the money from Beck
for some reason. Beck states now that he
was compelled to hold the money by Han
cher and Greer who threatened TO kill him
if he didn't. The more they talk the worse
the mess becomes.
Hundreds of people went to the Jail yes
terday to see them, and there is a slight
Of that great obstacle to the
fulfillment OF justice-sentimenta
The general opiuion is that if the con-
spiracy to rob the express wagon was con-
fined to only Hancher and Kitterell that
they would be more successful in getting
outside the bounds of Kansas law. Two
many boys were in the scheme