The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-03
A BAD GANG CAPTURED
They Had Intended to Hold Up a
Railroad Train,
A DETECTIVE LET INTO THE PLOT.

a DEIhUIlVb LEI INTO The PLOT
He was TO Have TaRen Part in the Hold
Up, hut Put Omcers on Their Track,
and TWO Of the Gang Are Now in
Prison.
ST. JosErH, Mo. oct. 3-Lee Jones and
Scar Faced Charley Frzzell were ar-
rested here charged with conspiracy tb
rob the Chicago, Rock Island and pa.
cihc train. The conspirators were bee
trayed by one of their own band. A week
ago it was planned to rob west bound
Rock Island train and to blow it up If
necessary. This was postponed and finally
abandoned, the would he robbers learning
that the police were after them. The ar
rests followed, and others are expected
Since the attempt made about a month
ago to rob the Denver express the officers
Of the road have been looking for the men
concerned in the enterprise. Suspicion
pointed to "a long haired crook from the
Indian Territory" as the prime mover
Chief Special Agent Martin X. Flynn, Of
the Rock Island went to st. Joseph aud
was not long in identifying the "loug
haired crook with Jones, who had re-
Gently arrived from the Indian Territory
and carried his character in his face. He
was clustering bully with no vi8ible
means Of support aud with habit Of fire.
quenting saloons and associating with
desperate characters. Among his asso-
ciates was Lee Frizzell and a man named
CallahGu who a few days after the ar
rival Of the railroad officer was arrested
by the local officials on the charge Of
burglary and was lodged in Jail. 1t was
learned that the trio had instigated the
,, former attempt, aud that Jones and Friz-
zell had not abandoned hopes of ulti-
! mately gaining possession Of the treasure
in the express and mail cars.
Special Agent Flynn returned to Chi
cago, and on Sept. a meeting of railroad
officials was held in the Office of General
| Manager w l. Allen. As a result Of the
meeting Detective c. c. Barshard took a
a train for St. Joseph, and in the guise of
| a Chicago crook went to the Buffalo Head
saloon, resort much frequented by
Jones, Frizzeu and similar characters.
| Barshard found it an easy matter to gain
| access to the society circle i'm which Jones
| was a shining light and when on Sept. II
| Flynn, i'm the guise of a Chicago gambler
/ out of luck, arrived at the Buffalo Head
| Barshard was in position to introduce
him. Speaking of the episode Flynn said;
Jones was a character. He drank
freely and talked openly of crime. He
was hideous looking object, six feet tall
broad shouldered and powerful physique.
His long black hair, hanging from be.
meath a broad brimmed sombrero did not
| conceal any part of the most repulsive hu.
man face l ever saw While in fit Jones
fell into a camp fire, and his entire face
was burned almost out of human sem.
| blance.
"He was one whose criminal proclivi
| ties could not have been concealed He
was 80 years old and possessed of liberal
| education An accomplished artist, he
J would not work, and openly boosted that
( he would yet out do the exploits of Jesse
! James. Jones had served two terms In
the peniteutiary for counterfeiting, but
had escaped all punishment for long
list of violations of the state laws. This
was the leai"r Of the gang with whom
| Bmshard wa. on friendly terms. Jone,
was always heavily armed, and would moi
hesitate to shoot on tine slightest proyoca
| ton But he was NOT really a dangerous
man. lacking mental force and depending
! for his reputation on brute courage anl
| blulfn
/ A most dangerous man was Lee Friz
| zell, also an ex convict. He was quiet aut
| watchful, and some times appeared TO sus
| peCt that Barshard was not all right. II
required much tact to dissipate the fel
| lows suspicious, but the detective finally
succeeded and was taken fully into the
confidence of Frzzell and his friend auC
associate, Fraukhnburg. Barshard wa,
admitted into all the plans of the raid OF
the train. The party was to consist o
Jones, Frank ,iuburg. Frizzell, Barshart
and two good people" who were to be OF
hand in time.
Tuesday evening, Sept, 25 was the tim,
set for the attempt The Denver express
due in st. Joseph at I:4O o'clock was t
| be intercepted at the water tank sever
miles east of town. As the locomotiv,
stopped at the water tRnk one of the ban
dts was to break the couplings behinC
the mail and express cars, while the other
| commanded the engineer TO go ahead int
| a deep cut, half a mile up the track, leav
! ing the passenger coaches behind. In thu
cut the work of robbing the car was 10 b
. completed four men going through tn,
| express and mail cars, while one, armet
/ with "a riUa kepr watch on tba aDgiDpa