The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-18

ago. II is understood that she was
ordered 10 leave town by the police sew
cral months ago, but did not do so until
recently. 1t may be that Searcey, was
one OF the gang. as he has all the looks
OF cattle driver or western desperate.
SURE TO BE HxLD ANYHow.
searcey has employed rs lawyers
Messrs. J. L. Macbeth and y. \. Rich
mond. who have made application for
writ Of habeas corpus. which VIII be
heard tomorrow afternoon at 4 o CLOCK.
II Searcey is freed from the accusation
OF train robbery, ne will be held on the
charge OF carrying conceaIed weapons,
for which the penalty IL $50 hne and
six months in jail. by this means Scar
cey will be held until the AFFAIR Is con-
cluded.
NR. CRuTCHFIrrD D TO sEE HIM.
States Attorney Sloan was seen late to-
| night and said the man would be con-
fronted by Crutchfeld tomorrow morning.
Searcey admits that he has not given his
right name and that he was accompanied
10 Cumberland by his pal" This com
panion Is supposed 10 have gone West
| on the l:30 train last night. He had with
him the canvass telescope he bought at
Front Royal. The men separated when
they reached Cumberland and were 10
have met later. fl ie expected here that
! the barber who shaved the men and the
man VINO sold them the telescopes viii
be here tomorrow morning and attempt
90 Identify SearCey.
No notice OF TeQuisitiOn papers has reen
received from Governor OFerrall, and
they VIII not reach here for several days.
as they cannot he served until after the
writ Of habeas corpus is heard. fhiS writ
comes up tomorrow afternoon before
Judge II. W. Hoffman, who is noidinS
court here.
sEhRcFY's COMPANION.
Searcey is locked up IN n cell sur
rounded with boiler iron. His cell com
pani0n is John Slavin. a supposed sneak
thief 4 conductor on q late train tod
the detectives that he thought SearCey
and a short, thck-set man boarded train
at Shenandoah Junction last night The
latter bought a ticket to Cincinnati ami
Searcey dropped off at Cumberland, proba-
bly, 10 throw pursuers off the track.
Detectives have wired description of
the companion Of Searcey to the West.
oNE AKRE-rED ~ .HrHrY rim.
CUMBERLAND, MD, oct. IA spe-
cial to the Times from Cherry Run. Va.
this morning says: AN unknown man
was arrested near here Yesterday answer
the Acquia creek robbery. He was as
desperate as athletic. ana caused consid-
cradle trouble before being oyerpowered.
He carried 4-caNbre. sclf-actng re
volver and held up a number Of men, but
was finally arrested by George Spangler,
a Western Maryland railroad conductor,
after slightly ,Mounding him and several
other men. There were two supposed
robbers, the principal one, who carried
satchel. escaped through a deep ravlne
In the mountain and has not been seen
since. 1t IS presumed that he kept IN
hiding there during the evening and es-
capped during the night, and may he far
away to-day. They were well dressed:
Ihe one escaping wore blue suit ana
had on a striped blue percale shirt.
oTHrBs JAKFN At MABTISsBuBd.
WASHINGTON. oct. 17-Conductor
Green, of the Baltimore and Ohio road, |
n ~ In, Il
berland, Nd He did not learn any addi- |
tional facts concerning the man arrested |
at Cumberland last night beyond those |
heretofore given, or of the two arrests at |
Cherry Run yesterday. He however, CON |
hrinod that news and reported that the |
authorities were on the track OF four men !
in addition 10 the three arrested or /
these three two. he said. had been placed /
In jail at Martinsburg this morning. They /
had boarded Il freight train and had un-
mercifully beaten the conductor. one or |
thom had very large nickel-platcd re |
VOlyer
THE ROAD INFESTED WITH ToUGHs.
The conductor says the line Of the rail |
road has been infested with tOuEhs Tor |
several weeks. There were confidence |
men on his train to-day, and nearly every |
train is troubled with them. They have !
been at the Maryland county fairs, and /
now are seeking other fields, giving a /
great deal of trouble TO the trainmcn /
Within a week a dozen or more of them
have boarded trains and attempted Ia /
swindle passengers This last statement |
arrests as indicating that the two men !
in jail at Martinsburg may have other
reasons than participation in the tram
robbery for wishing TO avoid the police.
At the same time the belief is expressed
confidently that the right men have been
caught.
THINK THY HAVE a HOT CLUE
=. ~ S,,,,,1.o.i,,,3 arrnstg
he express company officials here believe
they have hot clue, ana they threw
isidc little of their reserve ana said so.
They are hopeful that the man captured
IS one of the robbers. and are evidently
IF the belief that he knows something Of
he affair
EXPRESS OFFICIALS REIICENT.
WASHINGTON. oct. 1.-THE Adams
Express Company officials are extremely
rctCeut concerning the arrest Of the sus-
poets at Cumberland, Md, and Mr. Her
ring OF Philadelphia, general manager
for the purpose of managing the pur-
suit, tonight said 10 a reporter: w .
have got our man. Beyond thdt ne
would say nothing. He refused TO give
he captured mans name, because, he
sud, il would defeat the compdny.s S pur-
pose The robbers would read the papers
md be advised ofw hat was transplrlh3;
,lr. Herring added that he was SATISFIED
hat the man arrested at Cumberland
Was one of the robbers.
Mir. George w. Moss, local representa- |
i've Of the company, said that he dld
rot know whether the man arrested al
'umberland was the man wanted or ho{' |
lie had recei, ed no information, he sald, |
md MIR. Herring had not told him "hdI
ie thought about II. 80,
Detective Quinlan. Of the local force,
eft for Cumberland at s o'clock over |
he Baltimore and Ohio, TO interview lhe
Inspect and obtain a full description Oh
lm.
MAY BELONG TO BROTHER GEoRGE.
INSPECTOR Hollnberger thinks that the
rrested man may be Charles . LedTy'
n old three-card monte man OF NaShlh6-
on. who has hn the opinion OF the IN
hector been working the county falrs OF |
tarylaud He IS inclined To the Delel
bat The suspect viii turn out not 10 nave
cen implicated in the Aqua creek rob
cry. He SAYS that In Baltimore Iuesday
bg false jewelry confidence game was
,orked The victim lost something over
\ 0OJ and one OF the three men VINO {
,nrked The scheme answers the descnp- I
lon of the man who Is under arrest al a
j
An IMPORTANT ARREST.