The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-24
SEARCEY'S CONFESSION.
1t Leads to the Recovery Of Train
Robbers Booty,
MORGANPI1LD c. OF THE GANG.

Positively Identified by Messenger Murray
rs the One who Held Him Up-It Is
Now Believed There Were only Three
I'm the Gang.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 24.-Thc relentless
search which the officials of the Adams
Express company have prosec...ed to ap-
prehend the criminals who held up a train
at Acquia Creek, Va, on the 18th inst
and to recover the stolen property were re
warded yesterday by the finding of the
pouch in which the robbers had placed
most Of their booty, The pouch was Sc
cured through the aid of G. j Searcey, one
of the robbers who was arrested at Cum
berland, Md. This fact proves conclu-
sively what the express officials have
claimed-that Searcey was one Of those
wanted, and the relationship which has
been shown to exist between Searcey and
Morganfleld, now held in Cincinnati, es-
tablishes beyond doubt that Morganfleld
was his pal, and it is now known that the
latter was the man with the shrill voice
who entered the express car and held up
Messengers Crutchfeld and Murray.
The details of the recovery of the pouch
or how much money it contained, are not
known here, except that the sack was
found hidden in the woods of Virginia
near Calverton, and that there were pres
ent Prosecutor w. Seymour White, c. w.
Burlington, sergeant of police Of Fredericks-
burg, Sheriff Hugh Adie and Robert A. .
Pinkerton, when it was secured 1t can
also be stated that not more than four
men, and probably only three, were con-
cerned in the hold up. Two are now under
arrest, and the third, it is expected, will
be caught within a short time.
When the pouch containing the money
was unearthed Searcey said: "NIy pal and
hoped to do great things with all that
Doodle We agreed to take enough to see
us through for year. and then come back
for the balance. We therefore abstracted
s., 800 and divided it equally"
The relationship between Morganfleld
and Searcey, the alleged Acquia Creek
train robbers, was further established yes
terday when photograph of Morganheld
received from the chief of police of Cincin-
natl, was shown the proprietor of the lodg-
ing house where they stopped in this city
The proprietor promptly identified Nor
ganflelds picture as that of the man who
was at his place with Searcey whom he
had previously identified. The pawnbroker
where the two men pawned some jewelry
also recognized the picture
Searcey, who led the authorities to the
booty, made partial confession all the
statements Of which have been corrobor-
ated and this knowledge has very mate
rally aided the express officials in their
search.
Much of the credit for the arrests falls
TO General Manager Herring, of Philadel-
phia, and his assistant, Mr.. II. NJ. Forbes,
who have labored indefatigably day and
night to run down the criminals. They
are particularly pleased because they are
able to reiterate what they have always
claimed, that no one has ever robbed the
Adams Express company and escaped
Morgantlelds condition will necessarily
| have to be considered in regard to when he
will be taken from Cincinnati to Stafford
Court House, Va. where the trial will
occur. The maximum penalty for train
robbery in Virginia is DEATH and the min.
imum twenty years confinement at hard
labor.