Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-09
OPERATED IN RUS cry DURING THE
PAST TWO SEA..-.
NOLAN MAKES A CONFESSION,
ENARLtD TuE uttItTRS 10 RECOVER
SOME OF 1IIE ptISDtR.
Led by iiimathc Police Searched y Number
of Houses where stolen Goods Were
srcrctcd-- Railroads and Merchants
the Nictlms-Auuthcr
Arrest

Saturday night Detectives Trehcy ana
Caskey placed under arrest Thomas Nolan.
foreman OF the Railroad Transfer Compa-
ny's barn. at No. tg4 West Third street, AS
stated IN The journal When arrested, he
had in his possession a miscellaneous as-
sortment OF luccs handkerchefs ribbons
and dress goods.
The prisoner ana tho goods were taken
to the Central police station. Noan. when
arrested. claimed the goods had been placed
In his Keeping 10 secure a loan made TO
an unknown man. Tho police were in
clincd to believe his story but he was
held and an Investigation made, as it was
thought the merchandise had been stolen
by the party 10 whom Nolan claimed to
have advanced the money. The Goods
were identified a short time after Nolan's
arrest 10y notion stor, keeper on West
Fifth street. They had hc,n stolen from
the platform Of the Atchisou. Topeka u
santa he freight depot while awaiting
shipment
search OF Nolan's home at No. 7lO wy
andOtte street. followed, and revealed "A
box OF merchandise hidden in the upper
portion OF the house 1t was taken to the
Central police station ana Nolan was ques-
toned concerning it, He claimed that the
box and its contents had also been stored
with him AS security for a loan advanced
to a strange man. Nolan has been in the
employ Of the Railroad Transfer Com
panN Tor the past eleven years.
Yesterday Nolan was closely questioned
by Inspector of Detectives Murphy. After
sticking to his first story of how the goods
came into his possession. for two hours, he
finally broke down ana made a confession
gnnlzed gang which has systematically
robbed th" platforms OF the freight depots
Acting upon Information procured from
S6nad SNSan borpp S9G poiifg searehed number Of
o.
a house at TwSnty-saventhi' street and
carpets were recovered.
At. the. Union depot baggage room a
trunk fun of stolen shoes was found. All
OF the shoes were new and bore the trade
mark. Barton Bros. Kansas city. Mo"
Transfer company. % No. ia " West ''!ri Third ITd
street revealed a vast quantity Of goods,
which Nolan claims We're stolen by the
gang OF thieves. of which he is an az
knowledged member.
The recovered goods We're taken TO the
Central police station and invoiced The
list is connosed Of one dozen mops ,one
dozen wsshbonrds, one case Of rubber
boots, one case OF silk goods one box Of
lace goods, one fun roll of Brussels car
pet one broken roll of ingram carpet one
case of granite ironware one trunk Of
shoes, one case of canned pineapples, one
set of encyclopedias, one Trunk h!led with
dress goods. one case Of lanterns. one con-
sisnment Of curtains and a quantity of
broken packages containing articles of val
tie. The entire lot OF stolen goods recov-
ered Is valued at about 500. Nolan says
that he aud his coufederates have been
stealing for over two years, He mplcate4
prominent citizen I'm the robberies and
claims that the citizen planned and di-
rectcd the operations Of the gang.
The police last night placed under arrest
Henry Harris, driver employed by the
Railroad Transfer Company. He is sus-
pected gf being one Of the active members
of the band.
Last night j. j. Sheuard. local agent FOR
the pittshurg & Gulf railroad. called at
the Central police station and identified
part OF the stolen goods as representing
several Invoices stolen from the freight
house ana cars Of The Piusburg 4 Gulr
railroad Some Of Tho Identified goods Were
recognized as stolen over one year ago.
He said the stealuEs from his road ana
the sang Fc road amount 10 from 500 to
$1,000 pef~mOnth.
Durham, Hanna. Munger & Co. ileuti-
fed Il consignment Of yarn as one which
they had shipped to an outside customer
months ago n had never reached iis dos
tination and the firm had been compelled
10 refund the money, which had been paid
in advance for the yarn.
To-day the police expect to thoroughly
investigate NO'1n's story and find ont
whether he alone has committed the rob
berries. or whether his story duplicating
other persons is correct.