Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-24
FOUND THE BOOTY.
Searcy Makes a Confession and Leads His Guards to the All Im-
 Fortant Doodle.

CALvERTcN, Va, Oct. 23.-Before being brought to Fredericksburg Charles J. Searcy, the Aquia Creek train robber, made confession, which was taken down, put into type writing, and is now in tho hands of the proper authorities.
 There were but two men concerned in the robbery, Morganfield and Searcy. They had known each other before and had talked of a scheme of that sort, but Searcy for some time refused to go into it. They finally met in Washington, and there agreed to rob train, but fixed on no par ticular one. From Washington they came down to Fredericksburg and hung about there for two or three days, staying in the woods most of the time, but coming
 into Fredercks burg several times.
 On the afterno oon of the day of the rob- bery they walked over to Brooks station from Fredericks burg, and there waited for the north bound train. They got on the train at Brooks in the darkness behind tue tender, havsng hidden near the pickle factory under box car. When the train stopped they had no particular cause for selecting Aquia Creek for the robbery.
 Morganfield blew open the car door with dynamite. using half stick, with fuse and cap on the end. Morganheld also en- tered the ear while Ssarcy stood outside and terrorized the crew and passengerssa After the robbery they got off the engine and struck north west over the country, going to Calverton station, in Enquirer county, and then to Middleton and Balls ton and on by Faquirer to White Sulphur Springs, following the telephone line to Front Royal. Near Calverton they hid iE the woods some of the goods they had got ten from the express car After being brought here Searcy agreed to go and show where these things, con- sisting mostly of bonds and bank drafts, were hidden. On Monday he was taken in team from Fredericksburg with MT. Robert Pinkerton of New York, Sergeant Q. W. Edgington of Fredericksburg and a d Mir. W. Seymour White. commonwealth 8 attorney for Stafford county, over the route traveled by him in trying to escape, to endeavor to locate the spot where the booty should be hidden.
 Monday night the party. spent the night with Ex-Sheriff Hugh Adie of Stafford.
 After breakfast with MT. Adie the party set out to find the place where Morganfield and Searcy had hidden the money and the express pou oh containing the bonds and drafts. Up through the Stafford's road they went by s affo I'd s store on to Bristows- burg and to Caiverton, Searcy trying to rememb Der the road he and his pal travelled and the place he left the road. From Cal verton the party drove to Cattlett's and there back onto the road to Stafford's store. About three miles from Catlett's Searcy identified the place where they left the road and took the woods. Driving into a field the horses were tied behind hay stack, and the search for the bag began.
 The shades of evening were falling and Searcy handcuffed to Pinkerton, with
 Edgington, Ex- Sheriff Adai and Common wealth's Attorney White spread out through the pines. Seercy had described the spot exactly, but an hours search failed to find it.
 It was getting quite dark when MT. Adai cried out that he mad found the spot, and all parties hastened up, where, under the roots of blown down tree, just as Searcy had described, the bag was taken out. It's contents were not examined. The party drove at once back to Calverton. where the bag was sealed and shipped to the Adams Express company at Washington. The party will spend the night here and drive back to Fredericks burg in the morning.