Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-24
FROM Mondsy's Fargo Forum. Il
~. r. TRAIN ROBBERS.
Northern Pacific Train Rob-
bers Are Supposed to Be
Under Arrest Again. y

NOIIU0In TACv1C II0H nO0~
bers Are Supposed to Be
Under Arrest Again. -
The Northern Pacific train rob.
berry last October has been source
of considerable speculation among
the officials Of Fargo aAd other
cities, and there has always been
an endeavor to locate the guilty
parties. It seems that. the effort
now has some show of success, and
strange to say either the expert
sleuths from the Twin Cities, nor
the secret service men from Chi.
cago in the employ Of the overn~
ment have been the men to bring
the guilty parties to justice. What
the officers, with the government
and the Northern Pacific backing
them up, failed to accomplish
seems to have been done by a mem.
Der of the Fargo police force, and
the Forum hopes he will get due
credit aud a big reward for his
work-it he's right. There have
been so many arrests and fake
stories about the matter that the
public has come to regard the
whereabout OF these robbers as
mysterious an affair as the presence
of Talcot, or the identity of the
man who assaulted our old friend,
Billy Patter>on.
A month or more ago member
Of the local police force, whose
name is withheld at present, got
onto clue as to the identity Of
the robbers. He said but little
but sawed considerable wood. He
finally located man, whom he
suspected Of completely in the af-
fair aud by little trick induced
the man to come to Fargo for
further Identification, while the
fellow thought he was to meet one
of his pals. The man was kept
under surveillance for three days
last week. In the meantime De-
tectlves Newton and McFetridge
Of the N. p. were notified and
came to Fargo. Last Friday night
the suspected man was induced to
g. to Moorheal, where he was
placed under arrest and subse-
quently taken to St. Paul, The
arrest was made on the other side
to avoid any trouble on tn ground
of rtquisition.
Since he was taken to the Saint
ly City, 1t is reported that he has
made a complete confession, inn
all the men concerned
Ill the atfair-and the gang is now
all under surveillance ready to be
whenever the officers deem
it best. The matter has been kept
as quiet as possible to enable the
oifici lis to get trace OF the other
mn. The Forum secured it's in.
formation from a perfectly reliable
source through parties not inter-
ested IN any way with the case,
but was requested to withhold the
name Of the officer who worked up
the case, and the name of the
prisoner under arrest until the
whole gang was scooped in. The
prisoner is said to have come to
Fargo carry last fall for this pur-
pose, and secured employment IN
q local hotel. He planned the
whole affair, arranged the place and
time, as well as securing his as.
sociates. One of the litter, a local
man, weakened at the last moment
and refused to perform his part Of
the deal, and it was partially
through this that the clue to the
robbers was secured. o&e 60. .
The men returned to Moorhead
Immediately after the holdup and
with the excited crowds,
who were at the tram when it
finally came in. They were louder
than the others in their theories
and suggestions as to the identity
Of the guilty parties. Tie whole
story is promised at an early date,
aud will, it is said, rather surprise
some local people. Fargo seems to