The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-18
TIE POLICE ON HOT TRAIL.
The Kan Arrested al Cumberland, No.
Believed 10 BE- a Train RObOsf'
ITBOUsLSD DOLLlRS FOUND ON Elm.
r.. ct,s. t.o Name Of c. 7. seSrosy-- n''-
,eus,r Crutehdold will Try TO i0'A
hb Him To-Day.

l.,.,,,rrt,>p MD. oct Especial.
.., 1..,.flH was sent from here
.l.4.. FL, the Baltimore sum
,r.r f.e days ot tracing oy the oe-
te,tl... and five DAYS ot ahAle'y on 'he
r.rt OF re Adams Express Company
,to or lrt. " those connected with the
,..,rsr.t have been rewarded by the ar
IN ono of the men connected with
tas robbery Of the express car. which
,.....,r.g af Aqula Creek last Friday
night From the description OF the
nan gh5 lei the robbers. the man here
e rs one who planned and executed
,a coolest and most successful robbery
Vf... has ever been known In this part
Of t.a country. The express officials
her. are so certain Of his identity that
tn.r dii not even have Messenger
CrutcHGcld identify him to-day, although
Do came on from Washington for that
purpose.
The man arrested was captured here
about ! 80 this morning, as he was ab"Ht
10 board "A west-bOuud train. Ah0ul
10 O'Clock "A telegram was received hy
Chief Of Police Pitzer from Governor
QEsrrau.
HOW HE WAS ARRESTED.
About 80 o'clock Captain lllZ'T anu
Bf1cer Beck were standing on Iir pa
form Of the station watching me tid,n
pull out Just as IT was at2"' ,,9ioIeoy
they saw % man run from the W luuaoi
Hotel. which is only q few doors ""%''
and attempt TO board the tram; IN &'Ht
officers, who were on m" Wd'l", go,
that he answered the description on 'It
of me Front Royal men, ana I"ii,,,.i
to arrest him. He attempted 10 bodiH
the train. and started 10 throw a ,''g
scope satcheL which he cat tIlel, ,,atoi, U,t
IfFfIy
seized him. and on Chief Pitzcr IS ar
rival. hc was arrested. ne dlitHP,,55
TO eXpOstulate with the "HceIs, a,I
e7id n they would accompany hlm 10
Ma bntg he would prove his character.
They informed him ne vas nhp'i an a
rest FOR attempting TO board ,, a rdIiIn CTiIn
iu motion. Hc vas taken 10 l4e 1'i'LEe y Le
shown fo n water closet While Ia the
closet ne attempted 20 dispose Of large
roll ~ hiu5 and an ugly-lookihE re-
VOivcr.
THE MONEY ON MS rERsoS.
He was thwarted In his attempt and
was Immediately searched. on MN was
I'm silver. 2pO lottery tickets, ana several
of The Express Company blanks. Inc
silver was in two socks Which We're
contained in n satchel carried I'm the
telescope In IL were also SUIT OF
underwear purchased here. In the itIe,
scope were FOUND pair of SHOES Slaiuea
with yellow mud. some rOuEn tloiucS'
"a slou,u hat aud other articles moi
cofiy. OF q disguise He was then lock- |
rI up. and inquiry developed that ne |
was seen here as early as ~ o'clock !
Tuesday morning, aithouEh ne qua a,,rtH uGi |
register at the Windsor Hotel uhui
after the arrival of the 7.@0 train last |
evening
PouoHr NEW SUITS 1HfRR.
He ordered two suits Of clothes here |
yesterday aol paid FOR them, giving |
ne namc Of @. 6 scarcey lie claims |
10 hail from Muuffor Texas. The news
Of Inc arrest of S.9rccy WAS conveyed |
last night TO the officials Of the Express
Company at Washington hv sun rep |
res,utany,, and tuis morning Mr. i. 1t. |
Alexander, route AGENT of the company
for the Chesapeake aud ohio and South |
cu railway. "a Iiukcrton detective. ana |
T. IS. CT'chGelj. off Richmond, the mes |
train for Cumberland. ON their arrival |
they were met by Mr. c. G. Hildt, of |
urh Pa, who has charge OF the Nor
folk aud Western express line. Mr.,
iiIIt left York Monday morning for |
Roanoke. Va. Here he found telc-
rum from Governor O'Ferrall concern
iHF the Front Royal men. and he Inn
mgIIa,oly left Roanoke for Front Royal.
l|o followed the two men to Sh"nan-
ooah Junction. and thence 10 tumher-
land, arriving here this morning TO find
one ~ them captured.
THR MONEY IoTNTIFItp.
The men from Washington were
Clo-rfc' with Mr iHitt for some time |
Ilc informed them that he had examined !
the money found ON SCarccy. and had !
identified 10 hy the stitches iu it, where
Il had been scWed iu the packages He !
had also sucn the lottery 'ickpts Of the /
Honduras Lottery COMPANY. which mad
been shipped from Honduras 10 New
York via Tampa and JackSouviUe Fla |
Ih'se facts. together with the Gcscrip-
ton , OF Searcg(' ,convincel him he was
fn h..,. IL.
cidcd to see Mr. j.. w Sloan. the states
Attorney for Allegheny county. He |
th2ught The man could he held without
any dmculty, SO 10 was decided to send
To Governor OForrall for rcquisition
papers. This was Immediately done
1hC detectives along the line were i'm
nedialely notified that the leader Of
the gang had been arrested and 10 keen
q sharp lookout for the others
TIM MANS IDyNrrrICA1IoN rosrpoNYp.
II was then decided to POSTPONE the
1entlucatun of SeaTCcy hy Crutchfeld !
1nni t3,m"rrow morning. when st is
loptd ms companion viii have been |
arrested, and from the two the whole
story may Dee gotten.
prscmToN or sEARceY.
Searcey is a tam. wcll-bult man with
smooth face. muustaohc, ricau-cut fea
urcs ard keen eye a.. is tbe ,-.r,.
nan one would pick for desperate ion.
He is dressed I'm q black rnprh s.nt
nit with a light Fedora hat ana s1'oof
iis time to-day pacing the corridor of
he Jail smoking Il CivHr No Uae NOT
,vcrse 10 being interviewed but rpade
uch conflicting statement. THAI Iittia
Information could be gained iron, bin1
te urst gave his residence as Missouri
nj then said ne had been in this mart
Z the country for several years
lie claimed he was a carpenter and
al accumulated the money found ON
IS person by saving. althoueh he spant
,onty very ifeeN last niEht He COM
'ained OF the hard times. and said ne
as touring the country I'm search ~
ork Searcey said he had been recent
employed at Hapers Ferry I'm re-
'lrlhg me bridge; lie admitted De had
ONE 70 cumberland from Shenandoah
'ncton. but when asked what he Was
Ding here he refused 10 answer
NOW n Is R,uiNa.
he admitted that he knew he was
'arsed with train robbery. but fol-
WED the admission WITH the sienifcgut
mark. Don't you think il strange that
man Who was concerned in q $4,000
-'H robbery should be found with
''" IL was suggested that perhaps il
were more concerned in the rob I
.t 'u'H appeared, or that the money ),
~, N' .tFy been hidden
i', I,.a.gi 10 talk. Early IN the day Il
rresIsI .s '''. that his pal, had hceh e
'''' '" I'' alleged capture. ~
WHAT fW WN9aANpA shows. n
a memorandum was found ~, M, ,.r- h
;. which showed thai a sun, - 80 Sao d
recently been divided among fyVo a
= S"HS' on "hch he received half The u
.tIyi showed how he had spent ali D
p MN was h"' found Oh his person. with y;
...i b,. is,e,', y, ~" which IL IL sup a.
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