The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-10
When the search began he said

When the search began he said
threateninSly:
"IH make You folks sweat for this
You can't bluff anybody here said
Chief Gardiner. we've locked men up
before
At th@ the stranger seemed to real
ize that ne was in the hands Of defer
mined men for his head fell ON his
breast and he made no further objec-
ton.
Officers present say he wept
He refused to tell his name or give
any Information about himself He
hung his head and tried to distort his
features evidently in an attempt to
disguise himself fearing perhaps that q
snap shot camera might be near.
The man wore q black coat and in
little hole in the left front corner of the
coat tail were found two diamonds
In q small slit beneath the lining OF
his trousers near the top i'm front were
found four more diamonds and three
$50 bills.
Wrapped next to the skin around the
calves of his legs we're found bills
amounting to nearly $500 and in q vest
pocket was a splendid gold watch and
beneath it a SO bill. In his pocket was
The value Of the six diamonds is
about $500 and the money found
amounted to 1898.
Mr.. Stanshelds diamond was not on
his person and ne either gave it to his
pal or dropped ii at the bench show or
on the street
Thai he had q pal is certain for they
registered at the ThrOOp hotel yester-
day as r. u. Endson and Charles III La
velle Of Wichita. The pal was with him
a the dog show and stood only a few
feet away from him during the hat i'm
cident.
He has not been seen since.
All of the hay and dirt on the floor
al the bench show was swept up and
put in a large basket last night and is
being searched today
streets along which the man went be-
fore he was arrested.
The mans telescope satchel was pro-
cured from the hotel last evening and
thoroughly searched. 1t contained a
large supply of good clothing and clean
linen. A pair of trousers was found In
which slit exactly similar to the one
in which the four diamonds and the
money were found in the pair he wore.
During the searching process the mar
took a tintype of himself from coat
pocket and tried to destroy it but it was
taken away from him.
There is very little doubt that the
man is "COokOO" Jim Collins, who ls
wanted at Denver and at other places
for diamond rObberies. He had in his
possession a list of coming events all
over the country where there We're
likely to be big gatherings.
A picture Of Collins at the station
looks very much like the prisoner and
the description tallies even to the scar
of the bullet wound in tl-~~ back The
Denver authorities have been notified
They had offered a reward of $500 for
him.
Lew BIackman appeared at the sta
ton this morning and said that one of
the diamonds was most certainly the
one he had taken from him at the Atch
isOn Corn carnival last year.
Mrs Stansheld was at the station
this morning with her camera to take a
snap shot at the man but he turned his
back and refused to either be photo
graphed or looked at.
He is a man Of perhaps twenty eight
years, well dressed with a black coat
and vest and lighter trousers and DER
by hat. He is smooth faced, excepting
for a very heavy mOustache and his
laws are of the determined sort de-
scribed as bull dog" He is about
feet inches tail and weighs about $50
pounds.