The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-21
eUANTIoo's ROBBERY.
The Express Company Ofoiasl Sure
They Have Two of the Men.

1H9 express company Omciasl Sure
They Have Two of the Men.
Washington, Oct. 2O.-Local detectives
to-day profess to believe that searcy,
arrested at Cumberland for completely in
the Acquia creek train robbery and Nor
gan Field, the suspect held in Cincinnati,
had nothing to do with the express rob-
bery, but obtained the money found on
Ihem In recent robbery in Baltimore.
officials Of the Adams Express Company
diner with the police in these views, and
claim that Searcy and Morgan Field
were with the AcQuia creek gang. To-
DAY the express people received informa-
ton which showed that articles found on
Searcy We're taken from the express car.
lie mad with him a number of bars of soap
ana the manifest of the goods in the car
showed that soap similar to that found
IN his valise was among the stolen goods.
There is one thing the express company
officials do not explain, however, and that
is how Searcy and Morgan Field came into
possession of so much silver money in
view of the statement of the express com
pany that there as no silver in the looted
car.
Cumberland, Nd, Oct 2O.-At o'clock
this afternoon Charles J. Searcey, the sus-
pected train robber at Acquia Creek, was
brought into court before Judge Hoffman
in habeas corpus proceedings. Searcey
looked pale and nervous. After a short
consultation with his lawyers, Messrs.
Richmond & McBeth, the latter arose and
asked Judge Hoffman to dismiss the ha-
deas corpus proceedings, stating that
requisition papers would be brought here
tonight, and Searcey had been advised
by his attorneys to go to Virginia with
the authorities and stand trial there.
Judge Hoffman dismissed the habeas cor
To11G nd nv
back to the county jail, where he will
await the arrival Of the Virginia authori-
ties, and will go quietly to Richmond,
leaving here at II o'clock tonight. This
morning Gov. Brown, who is in Cumber-
land investigating the alleged immortality
and mismanag of the Western
Maryland Home and Infirmary, received
the following telegram from the governor
of Virginia.
Richmond, Va. Oct 19.-Gov. Brown of
Maryland, Cumberland, Md.
1 have just signed TequFition papers
for Searcey. Officer will leave here this
morning at O'Clock for Cumberland with
papers. (signed) Charles T. O'Ferral,
Governor of Virginia.
Gov. Brown will be here tonight and
will sign the requisition papers directly
they are handed to him on the arrival of
the o'clock train. This settles the
Searcey case in Cumberland, and the
many detectives, express representatives
and others who have been here all the
week will follow the suspect further south
and endeavor to prove his guilt and put
him where he belongs if he is the bad, bad
man they think he is.
Parkersburg, w. Va. Oct. 2O.-A one
legged man suspected of being the party
who it is alleged carried off the Quantico
train robber Morgan Fields bundle at
Cincinnati, has just arrived here. He
gives several names and tells many diff
ferendt stories regarding where he is from
and where he was going. He is closely
guarded while investigation of his iden-
tity is in progress.
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 21.-At midnight
Robert Pinkerton positively identified
Morgan Field, now in the city hospital
here, as one of the Quantico train rob-
bers.