The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-18
RUNNING DOWN THEROBBERS
A Probability That One Of the Gang is
Under Arrest.

CROOK OF some Alnu-A suspicious
Character Also Under Arrest at
Cherry Run.
Cumberland Nd. Oct ia man an
swerlng the description telegraphed to
the chief of police of this city by Gov.
O'Ferran yesterday was arrested as he
was about to take a train for Plttsburs
about / O'Clock this morning. He gave
the name of c. j. Searcy.
The officers had considerable trouble be-
fore he was overpowered. He carried
44-caliber self-action revolver and held up
a number of men, but was finally arrested
by George Spangler, a western Mary
land conductor, after slightly wounding
him and several other men. There were
two robbers. The principal one, who
carried a saohel escaped through a deep
ravine in the mountains and has not beCn
seen since. It is presumed that he kept
in hiding there during the evening aud
escaped during the night, and may be
far away to-day. They were well dressed
The one escaping wore blue suit and had
on a striped blue percal shirt.
A special to the Times from Cherry
Run w Va, this morning says: An
unknown man was arrested near here yes
terday, answering the description of tho
men implicated in the Acquia creek rob
berry He was as desperate as athletic
and caused considerable trouble, and
claimed to all from Kansas. He ad-
mitted having been in Front Royal Va.
yesterday morning, and had sl,05l on his
person, besides two watches. He was
heavily armed and attempted to get rid
of his revolvers when arrested. He was
committed to jail to await the action of
the Richmond authorities. as he is sus-
pected Of being one of the men who rob
bed the train on the Richmond. Fred
erlcksburg and Potomac railroad last Fri
day night.
Cumberland, Nd, Oct II, II 80 p. M
1t is evident that the man arrested here
this morning upon suspicion of being
one of the train robbers has abundant
reason to regret his arrest. He was reg
istered at the hotel as c. ]. Searcey,
Memphis, Tenn, but he has given very
contradictory accounts of himself He
has employed counsel. His explanation
for the money found on his person is
that he has had 1t for over a year and is
the saving of his labor. He says he
worked on the new station at Harpers
Ferry He said he had lately resided in
Roanoke, and had been in the cattle bust
ness, but decided to give up this and go
to contracting He claims to be car
penter,
Washington, Oct. IA Cumberland,
Nd, special says the man arrested there
early this morning had 1883 in two wool
en- stockings. Nine hundred and twenty
three dollars were in notes and $500 in
silver, one silver watch and one gold
watch, one lot of pawn tickets and three
silver pocketbooks. A fine Colts navy
revolver was on his person. There were
43 cartridges in his pocket and a memo
randum book showing where the entire
Doodle had been divided between the men.
In his sachel were found old muddy
shoes, a slouch hat and wearing apparel
that looked like disguises He claimed
that he was an ex-detective in Missouri
and afterwards denied 1t. He asked to
be taken to the water closet, and while
there tried to hide another revolver and
some money, but was caught in the act.
1t is rumored that several men have been
arrested at Cherry Run, w. Va, all of
whom have large amounts of money and
these are also suspected like the Cumber-
land prisoner, Of being members of the
Quantco gang of train robbers.
Conductor Green of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad arrived in Washington to-
day from Cumberland, Md He did not
learn any additional facts concerning
the arrest at Cumberland last night be-
yond those heretofore given, or of the
two arrests at Cherry Run yesterday. He,
however, confirmed that news and re-
ported that the authorities were on the
track of four men in addition to the
three arrested. OF these three two, he
fbsaid had been placed in jail at Martins
burg this morning. They had been ar
rested on a freight train and had un-
mercifully beaten the conductor. One of
them had a very large niokel-plated re-
volver.
The conductor says the line of the road
has been infested with toughs for several
weeks. There were confidence men on his
train to-day and nearly every train is
troubled with them. They have been at
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seeking other fields, giving a great denl Of
trouble to the trainmen. Within a week a
dozen or more of them have boarded
trains and attempted to swindle passen-
gers. This last statement is important In
case of possible bearing on the arrests as
indicated that the two men in Jail at Mar
tinsburg may have other reasons than
wishing to avoid the police At the same
time the belief Is expressed confidently
that the right men have been caught.
In the case of the Cumberland arrest.
the express company officials here be-
lieve they have hot clew, and they threw
aside little Of their reserve and said so.
They are hopeful that the man Haxfured
is one Of the robbers and are evidently OF
the belief that he knows something OF the
affair
The Adams Express Company officials
in this city are extremely reticent In re-
BdFu 10 the arrest VI the suspect at Cum
berand, and j. Q. A.. Herring of phila-
delphla, general manager Of the company.
who is in Washington for the purpose of
managing the pursuit, tonight said TO a
reporter: I'VE have got our man." Be
yond that he would say nothing. He re-
fused to give the captured mans name
because, he said, II would defeat the com
pany's purpose. The robbers would read
the papers and be advised OF what was
transpirlng. Mr.. Herring added that he
was satisfied that the man arrested al
Cumberland was one of the robbers
George w. Moss the local representative
of the company, said he did not know
whether the man arrested at Cumberland
was the man wanted or not lie had re-
ceved no information, he said, and MIR.
Herring had not told him what he thought
about Il.
Detective Quinlan OF the local force
left for Cumberland at o'clock tonight
over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad TO
interview the suspect and obtain a full
description OF him. Inspector Hollinber-
ger thinks that the arrested man may be
Cherries OLeary, an old three-card-monte
man OF Washington, who has, in the opin-