The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-15
NO CLEW TO The ROBBERS.
The Express COmpany'S Loss Still
Claimed to be Over Si5O,OOO.

The Man Who Surrendered at Wash
inRton Claiming to be One of the Rob
bsrs Proves Irresponsible-Pink
Detectives Securing the Country, But
the Chances All in Favor of the Rob-
bers Making Their Escape-The Side
tracking Of the Wild Engine.
Washington, oct. 1A-There are no de-
velopments in regard to the Quantico
train robbery that afford the sufferers any
satisfaction.
The original report that signal man
saw the flying engine coming along the
track and telegraphed to Quantico to
look out for it Is incorrect. The engine
was rushing into Quantico station un-
announced at the rate of a mile a minute,
when a switchman named OLeary by
happy instinct, came to the conclusion
that something was wrong and instantly
seized the switchbar, threw the target
over and sent the engine dashing up a
steep grade into a coal dump, where it
smashed three or four cCal cars, and
up-ended itself in a miraculous wreck.
But for his promptitude the engine which
dashed into the Atlanta express, which
was then standing at the station with
over 300 passengers on b5dTd, many of
whom would undoubtedly have been
killed.
The managers and assistant managers
of the Adams Express Company were in
consultation in this city last night and
most of this morning. 1t is understood
| that their part of the investigation has
been placed in the hands OF the PhiIa-
delphia officer of the Pinkertons. The
Adams Express officials themselves abso-
! lutely decline to make public any state
ment on the matter.
The governor of Virginia has offered a
reward for the arrest of the robbers
| Other rewards have been offered by the
| express company and the railroad, and
| 1t Is understood that the governor Of
| Maryland will cooperate in every way.
Application was made by the governor
| of Virginia to the authorities of the Dis
trict of Columbia, but, inasmuch as the
! crime was not perpetrated in the dis
! trtct, the commissioners are without power
! to offer a reward to facilitate the cap
! ture, but have assured Gov. O'Ferrall
! that in every other way they will CO.
operate to the fullest extent, and that
the police authorities here have been and
are actively on the alert with a view of
obtaining some clue to the whereabouts
of the desperadoes.
A number of detectives from the Pink
! erton headquarters at Philadelphia
reached Aqua Creek to-day and started
| a search of the locality. Several New
York Pinkerton men are also there. J.
Q. A. Herring, general manager of the
| Adams Express Company, visited the
| scene of the robbery this afternoon and
had long talk with the officers.
The robbery is one of the largest on
record. Seldom have train robbers made
q with h 1fr Err
been extraordinary. There is little doubt,
however, but that he Aquia creek bandits
secured $l50000. The manifests of the com
| pany, It is said, show that s1s2, 900 is miss
! ing. but rome of this Is believed to have
been in bonds and paper which cannot be
readily negotiated by the thieves. The
chances for the capture of the robbers are
poor. The men had ample time to get
away before being pursued. The country
! through which they went is thnly settled
and not accessible by telegraph. The men
could have hidden their booty in some
out of the way place in Charles or st.
| Mary's county, Md, where it would be
safe for years. Almost the only hope
the detectives have of capturing the rob-
| bers is after they commence to spend
the money. Some one of them may be
| caught, and from him a clue to the gang
| may be obtained
| The man Turner who was arrested here
while in a drunken condition Saturday
night and who claimed to be one of the
| robbers who had been cheated out of his
share, turned out to be an irresponsible
person. The express messenger saw him
to-day and said that he was not the man
who entered the car
The police authorities to-day received
| word that a small schooner with susplc-
ious characters aboard was anchored
about twenty miles down the river. Think
| ing they might be the robbers, squad OF
officers, heavily armed, sailed in the po-
lice boat to the schooner. Arriving there
the officers found the schooner deserted
but the inhabitants of that section said
that the schooners occupants had not
deserted the vessel, but had left her
temporarily probably over Sunday.