The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-29
THE DALLES ROBBERS
They Are Arrested, Confess, and
Make Restitution.
MEMBERS OF 4 LOCAL GANG.
The BRIG Luess, From Heodspors 10
n. Yvanesseo. Ahsnd essd ~ sea.
tie Grew Saving Their Livsa

tyr DsrrEs. Or, Oct 2s-After two
weeks OF unsuccessful endeavor on the
pars of detectives and local officers. the
persons Who robbed the Pacific Express
Company in this city Of 81. 90 on Oeto-
Der Is have at last been apprenended and
rlaced under arrest, and al bat
500 Of the money recovered. Frank
Klein and Otis Savage, young men OF
respectable parentags, living here. are In
sail, having made q complsts confession
az theft. Many cisws were followed by
d.,scsives. but all proved fruItlsss until
Sheriff Driver suggested thai possibly
Klein and Savage, who have been living
in sdlsness abou. town. aud who once
bs.onged to what IL known locally ~
the Hawthorne gang Of dsspsraioes,
might be implicated, IL Was known that
those two young men were ssparstsa rom
the gang on account of disagreement as
% the plan for robbing the Union Pacinc
train at . point between here and Fort
land. Shortly after the separation Has-
thorne and pals robbed Nav Il Crows
store here OF lot Of guns. pistols and
ammunition, and lsfs for their rendezvous
near Mount Hood.
IL lie said the only cisv 20 the robbers
was bar OF steel sharpened as one end
and fashioned into hook a. the other.
which was found beside the treasure box
on the floor OF the express office on the
morning of the robbery. Following
the suggestion OF Sheriff Driver,
Detectives Sam simmons, of Port
land. and Lord. OF the Surety
company Of Kansas City. visited the
shop and living rooms OF Klein and
Savage, which Is barn in Kiein's yard.
The walls of this room brlstied with guns
Of every description, and the room also
contained an anvil and tools for doing
light blacksmith work. Sheriff Driver,
learning this. took the steel tool 10
Salem, where Rowe. one OF the
gang. is confined in the penitentiary,
and from him learned that IL was fash
toned in this shop by members of the
Hawthorne gang from drill stolen from
q Union Pacific locomotive ut the time
they contemplated the train robbery.
Rowe also stated that Klein, who Is by
trade an expert locksmith, possessed .
key 10 the express Office.
Armed with this information, Mr..
Driver, accompanied by Detective SIM
mons, returned to The Dallcs. and late last
night caused the arrest OF Klein and
Savage. They wsre captured without
trouble at their room and confined for the
night in separate apartments at q
hotel. where District Attorney Jayne
and Mr.. simmons attempted TO gain a
confession from them. They withstood
all advances until this morning, when
Klein broke down and. sobbing, confessed
the whole matter, telling where tho money
was hidden. Search was Immediately in
stituted for II, and bag containing 81. 500
In gold was found In q cesspool under q
China washhouss which once belonged TO
Savage. Two bags containing 81 500 in sil-
yer we're found under an old building near
the Cosmopolitan hotel and one bag, which
had contained 5000 In gold, but from
which $500 had bean taken. Was discov-
cred buried In Kisin's back yard. Savage
ct first maintained stolid silence when
told Of klsin's confession. saying
he Was innocent of the crime. bat
when confronted by his pal he had
nothing more to say. Klein also con-
fessed that they had robbed the postoifies
here on tho night OF September e. These
arrests break up one Of tho worst gangs of
robbers In this section and relieve the ex-
press agent. +. n. HUI. of the odsum Of
suspicion which has rested on him.