The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-24
SEARCETS CONFESSION.
It Leads to the Recovery Of Train
/. Robbers Booty. ,
MoRaANrIELD ONE OF THE GANG.

Positively Identified by Messenger Murray
rs the One who Held Him Up-It II
Now Believed There Were Only Three
in the Gang. -
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-The relentless
search which the officials of the Adams
Express company have prosecuted to ap-
prehend the criminals who held up train
at Acquia Greek, Va, on. the 1sth inst
and to recover the stolen property were re-
warded yesterday by the finding Of the
pouch in which the robbers had placed
most OF their booty. The pouch was Sc
cured through the aid Of G. j. Searcey, ono
of the robbers who was arrested at Cum
berland, Md. This fact proves conclu-
sively what the express officials have
claimed-that Searcey was one Of those
wanted, and the relationship which has
been shown to exist between Searcey and
Morganfeld, now held in Cincinnati es-
tablishes beyond doubt that Morganfieid
was his pal, and 1t Is now known that the
latter was the man with the shrill voice
who entered the express car and held up
Messengers Crutchfield and Murray.
The details of the recovery of the pouch,
or how much money 1t contained, are not
known here, except that the sack was
found hidden in the woods of Virginia
near Calverton, and that there were pres
emit Prosecutor w. Seymour White, @. W.
Edringtbn, sergeant Of police of Fredericks-
burg, Sheriff Hugh Adie and Robert A.
Pinkerton, when it was secured. 1t can
also be stated that not more than four
men, and probably only three, were con-
cerned in the hold up. Two are now under
arrest, and the third, it is expected, will
b.,c mi al,
When the pouch containing the money
was unearthed Searcey said: my pal and
hoped to do great things with all that
Doodle. We agreed to take enough to see
us through for year, and then come back
for the balance. We therefore distracted
1880 and divided it equally
The relationship between Morganfeld
and Searcey, the alleged Acquia Creek
| train robbers, was further established yes
terday when photograph of Morganfleld,
received from the chief of police Of Cincin-
natl was shown the proprietor Of the lodg-
ing house where they stopped in this city.
The proprietor promptly identified Nor
ganficlds picture as that of the man who
was ut his place with Searcey, whom he
had previously identified The pawnbroker
where the two men pawned some jewelry
also recognized the picture.
| Seafceyi WHO leu the huthofltlcS to the
booty, made n partial confession, all the
statements of which have been corrobor
ated, and this knowledge has very mate
rally aided the express officials in their
search.
Much of the credit for the arrests falls
to General Manager Herring, of Philadel-
phia, and his assistant, Mr.. H. NJ. Forbes,
who have labored indefatigably day and
night to run down the criminals They
are particularly pleased because they are
able to reiterate what they have always
claimed, that no one has ever robbed the
Adams Express company and escaped.
Morganfield's condition will necessarily
have TO be considered in regard to when he
will be taken from Cincinnati to Stafford
Court House, Va, where the trial will
occur. The maximum penalty for train
robbery in Virginia is death, and the min
imum twenty years confinement at hard
labor.