The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-09
THINK THEY HAVE THE
THREE.
ONE OF THEM HAS INFORMED
THE AUTHORITIES THAT, THE GANG.
ARRESTED is THE RIGHT
ONE.
SAFE ROBBERY AT HUNTER, N. d.,
Bids Fair to Be UnrayeIed Soon I'm
the Inquiries of the Criminal
Courts.

Chief Special Agent A. r. Noble of
the Great Northern, is very jubiianr
over the capture Of a gang of supposed
safe blowers and burglars who have
been plying their vocation in the
northern part of the state and North
Dakota, seemingly without INTERRUPT
ton for the past two or three months.
The gang now under arrest is sup
posed to be responsible for at least
four different offenses, and the officials
of the road now have sufficient evil
dence against them to send them to
the penitentiary for a number Of years
The gang proper was composed Of three
men, one of whom, however, was a
young man Of eighteen or nineteen
years Of age, who was recently in
duced to become identified with the
work OF the other two. The leader Of the
trip was J. G. Haynes, or big Jim. .
as he was called. He has served two
or three terms in prison already for
burglary and another stares him in
the face. The young man is a native Of
North Dakota and his true name is
James Ream. He is said to be th,
son Of respectable North Dakota farm
ers The third member of the crowd
under arrest is Jack Mckenzie, an
old pal Of Haynes. Mckenzie and
Haynes have Travelled together for.
years and are said to have committed
crimes from one end. of the country
to the other
The crime for which the trio are now
under arrest is the blowing Of the safe
in the depot at Hunter, N. D.. less
than month ago. For some time
the officers led a blind chase, but finally
the trio turned up many miles from
the scene Of their work, and were cap
tured In Moorhead and Fargo, where
two of the gang had committed other
depredations.
There is no doubt as to the guilt Of
the gang, as the youngest member.
Ream, has made a.. full confession
telling every detail Of the affair
Ream's story has been fully verified
by the officers. Mckenzie and HAYNES
are now serving a short sentence in
Fargo and Moorhead for other offenses
and upon the expiration of their terms
they will be taken to the scene of
their crime and tried. Haynes is not
a tough citizen in appearance If he
was dressed up he might be taken for
country preacher. He maintains
a very sneering and defiant attitude
and ridicules the attempts of. the Of
f1cers to question him. However. his
pals have told some Of his record. "A
good picture was secured of both
Haynes and the young man Ream, but
MckenZ1e's face was so battered at
the time of his arrest that no photo
graph will be taken Of him until the
swelling subsidies
Rearn says he was working on a
farm near Mayville, when he fell In
with the two safe blowers, at Hunter
n. D., where the crime was committed
Mckenzie and Haynes appeared to
take great fancy to Ream and thev
asked him TO Join them on trip Easf
Ream consented. Ream says that he
soon learned that the two men were
old friends and rather tough citizens.
During the second day of their ac-
quaintance the two men announced to
Ream that they were going to .sblow
the peet" at Hunter, meaning thar
they were going to blow up the safe
in the depot. Ream did not back out
of the proposition, being afraid to do
SO. He accompanied the two men to
Hunter that day and Haynes walked
up to the window and made a Quick
examination. He soon returned and
said he could easily raise the ticket
window with a Jimmy. He also re-
marked, IT have never = crossed the
Dakota line without $100 In my pocket
and we will not do 1t this time. :"
Haynes remarked that he could easily
blow up the safe, and exhibited some
of the necessary tools with which to
do the work. That night the trio left
the town so as not to be seen around