Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-25
TAKEN BACK TO JAIL
Searcey, the Train Robber, Again in q
Cell.
MOrganfieId Denies Knowledge of the
Other-Dispute Over the SUBJ
ject Of Reward.

Robert Pinkerton and party, with Charles
]. Searcey, one of the Aqua creek train
robbers, reached Fredericksburg, Va, yes
terday afternoon at 1 o'clock, having driven
back from Calverton. Nothing of special
interest happened on the route. Searcey
was cheerful, and seemed relieved that the
thing was over, though he said he would
not mind prolonging the drive. When he
parted with ex-Sheriff Adie he shook hands
and asked him to come to see him when he
came to Fredericksburg, which Mr.. Adie,
who Is kind-hearted man, promised to do.
At the suggestion Of the commonwealth
attorney Of Stafford, Judge Ashton Of the
county court of that county has issued an
order adopting the Jail Of the city Of Fred
erlcksburg as the place of confinement for
Searcey, and there he will stay until the
list or November, at which time the county
court or STAFFORD Will sit and a grand Jury
find indictments against the train robbers,
Nothing has yet been determined about
any preliminary hearing before q magis-
trate, and nothing can be gathered on that
point until after Morganfield has been
brought to Fredericksburg.
Detective Robert Pinkerton left last night
for the north. Just before leaving he said
gan. and that he is a professional gambler
Of Neelyville, Mo. The photograph of him
printed In The Star from Cincinnati has
been positively identified by Searcey as the
man who was his accomplish in the train
robbery.
Charles A. Morganfield, the broken-legged
suspected Aqua creek robber. at Cincinnati
was piled all day yesterday with every de-
vice of detective ingenuity to elicit a con-
fession. He is mute. who the - -
is this crazy fool SearceyT' he exclaimed
when told of Searcey's confession and the
recovery of the stolen money. Sheriff Ken
nedy Of Virginia and Capt. Hinde, the Pink
erton man, supported by the Cincinnati
detective force could get nothing more out
of him. He positively denies that he is the
Missouri gambler, Jim Morgan.
In the application for requisition for
Morganfield Assistant Superintendent Her
ring of the Adams Express Company makes
affidavit that the amount stolen was over
$4,000.
President L. c. Weir of the Adams Ex-
press Company was seen yesterday at New
York and questioned regarding the recovery
of the express pouch.
President Weir said: 1--WE have not opened
the bag yet, and, of course, do not know
what 1t contains. But l can tell you now
what 1t should contain. The contents in
clude some bills Of lading for cotton and
several thousand dollars worth of railroad
receivers certificates. OF course, the loss
on this would be very small, but would cause
considerable trouble to our customers and
ourselves in replacing them. We have now
recovered everything"
In an interview Mr.. Pinkerton said:
"Searcey, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, has never before been connected with
a train robbery. He is well up in Masonry
and the Knights of Pythias, and evidently
at one time stood well. His confession was
due to papers found on him that would
have convicted him. His implication or
Morganfieid was willingly given, the entire
confession having been made in Washing
ton last Sunday.
"Morganfield's right name is Charles
Morgan, and he is from Neelysville. Mo-,
where he followed gambling for living,
and was no doubt the promoter of the hold
up
Morgan" continued he, rs the right
man; for, besides certain papers found on
him, / have since my arrival here secured
his picture, which Searcey recognized"
Referring to the pouch, Mr.. Pinkerton said
he did not know the amount of the con-
tents or value. for 1t was shipped to WASH
ington. He, however, knew that it con-
tanned all, with the exception of about
s296O. This amount the robbers kept, the
larger portion OF 1t, however, being re-
covered.
Omcials Here Reticent.
The express officials here profess to be
completely ignorant of what the contents
Of the stolen pouch are as well as of any
further developments in the case. General
Manager Herring left the city this after
noon for New York. He was uncommuni-
cative, as usual, regarding the matter in
which he Is most deeply interested just now.
There Is no doubt that he believes that
the two men now under arrest had COM
panions In their crime and that he Is direct
ing all the efforts Of his agents toward
their discovery. The one legged man who
Is known to have been In Morganfelds
company prior to his accident and arrest
is being looked for In several directions
by the Pinkertons and express detectives,
and several people in Fredericksburg and
this city are under close surveillance.
There will probably be bitter struggle
for the possession of the $1,000 reward Of
fered by Gov. O'Ferrall and President
Myers of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad Company. The Of
fcers at Cumberland who arrested Searcey
and those in Cincinnati who caught Nor
garfield will resist the efforts of any one
else who may try to secure any portion Of
the prize money, while Detective Pinker-
ton will also claim it on account of having
procured the confession from Searcey and
recovered the pouch and its valuable con-
tents. 1t is probable that the case will be
closed so far as the public interest in it
is concerned in another day or two.