The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-16
Drove Sixteen Miles Across Country
to Terrc Haute, Where He Took
Midnight Train.
CAPTURED IN A THEATER
ESCAPED KENTUCKY CONVICT HAD
BEEN LIVING IN ANDERSON.
Engineer Lewellen Ground to Pieces
Under His Engine Near New Castle
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TERRE HAuTE, Ind, Dec. 15.-George
w. McCammon, the Adams Express agent
and Evansville & Terre Haute railroad
agent, at Farmersburg, sixteen miles from
here. hired horse and buggy in that town
yesterday and said he was going to Sui
livan to get a marriage license. Several
hours later the superintendent of the Jack
SON Hill coal mine, few miles from
Farmersburg began telegraphing about the
money for pay day. The manager here had
sent him sS262S on the morning train. which
arrives at Farmersburg shortly before IL
o'clock.
AS the day passed and McCammon did not
return the route agent of the express COM
pany went to Farmersburg to investigate
and then drove to Sullivan. where there
was no trace Of McCammon. The combi-
nation to the lock Of the safe had been
changed and it could not be opened Early
this morning the route agent and the liv-
eryman at Farmersburg who let McCammon
have a horse, came here, where the lat
ter at once identified horse and buggy
which an unknown man had abandoned at
the Big Four depot last night as the II 80
o'clock west-bound train was leaving. He
had barely time to get aboard. Up to
this time 1t had been thought that per-
haps McCammon was on a spree. but the
changed combination of the safe and the
drive of sixteen miles In an hour and a
quarter to catch the train told another
story. He had nearly killed the horse In
the effort. The conductor of the train says
McCammon left it at Mattoon and it is
thought he went south from there on en-
afternoon Illinois Central train.
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morning and a locksmith worked on it most
of the day, but could not get into ii. Agent
Davidson, Of this city, says he hopes chat
McCammon did not take more than s.. 800,
but admits that he may have obtained
$4,000. There are several coal mines near
Farmersburg and somtimes the money
shipments are of large amounts. Most Of
this money comes direct from Chicago,
where the mining companies offices are To-
Gated. The amount for Jackson Hill was
been on strike. Last night they were much
incensed over the failure to receive pay
and to-day they threatened not to return
to work, asserting that the story of the
absconding agent Is made up FOR the oc-
casion.
who carries the money TO the mines from
Farmersburg. 1t Is said that he had several
hundred dollars intrusted to his SON to
keep in the company's safe.
The young woman who was thought to be
engaged to McCammon says she had no
thought of marrying him. He had called on
her often, but she had received no pro-
posal of marriage and would not have
married him had he asked her. He was
under bonds both to the railroad and ex-
press company, the bond being furnished
by fidelity insurance companies. 1t is not
believed, however, that the bond will cover
so great shortage as $1,000. The auditor
of the railway company checked up his ac-
counts about two weeks ago and it is not
thought that the railroads money formed
a large share Of what he has taken. He
had been agent for several years.