The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-05
GANG is HALF GONE
TRAIN POBB5R FLYNN KEEPS KEN
NEEDY COMPANY.

Landed Behind the Bars, He Tells the stor,
of the Two Blue Cut Hold-Ups After 9
Due Season Of Reluctance-He and Ken
needy, With Two Others Named, DID
Barred, Which is Found Accordingly
Cracker Neck's Reputation Maintained
Crime News.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 4.-Early thi;
morning the detectives working on the
Blue Cut train ROBBERY case, brought in
fannotner suspect, arrested near Glen
dale, and who, they claimed, was with
John Kennedy, the leader of the gang
now under arrest, on the night of the
robbery. The officers at first refused 10
disclose the identity of the suspect
claiming that it would interfere with
| their plans in locating and arresting 9TH
er men under surveillance. Later in the
day, after securing a complete COMES
sion from the man, the officers gave ont
| the suspects name as Jim Flynn. Flynn
is 81 years old, and farmer. He has
| lived in the vicinity of Blue Cut for the
| last fifteen years. Flynn implicated
Kennedy and another man, also resi-
dent of the Blue Cut locality, and the
| last of the bold robbers will doubtless
| soon be behind the bars.
Flynn's confession tells in minute de-
| tail how the two hold-ups of Chicago
and Alton trains at Blue Cut were plan
ned, with Kennedy as the arch-plotter.
1t gives the names of all the men in each
of the affairs, tells how the money was
divided and where the jewelry was
buried near the scene of the robberies.
Besides Kennedy and Flynn, the gangs
are said to have included two others, for
whom the officers are now searching. A
quantity of jewelry, as indicated by
Flynn, was found buried near Cracker
Neck. together with $25 in gold, two
shotguns, three revolvers, and a mask.
Late tonight officers came into indie
pendence from the Cracker Neck district
with another culprit who is charged with
completely in the Alton holp-up. The
prisoner is a young farmer named
George Bowlin. He is reported to have
made confession and corroborates the
confession of Flynn, duplicating John
F. Kennedy as the leader of the band,
and others who are still at large.
MURDERESS PARDONED.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 4.-One of Cover
nor Upham's last official acts an
nounced at 1890 o'clock this morning,
was to pardon Rose Zoldoske from the
state prison where she has supent the
past four years under life sentece for the
murder of Ella Maley. Governor Up
ham states mis- reasons for the pardon of
the girls as follows:
II do not question the accuracy of the
judgment of the courts on grounds for
those judgments appear upon the rec
ords, but there is good reason to believe
that the verdict of the jury was influ-
enced adversely TO the accused by the
fact that her counsel. in the exercise, no
doubt, of a sound discretion, failed to
place her upon the stand, as witness
on her own behalf. The law is that she
shall not be prejudced by her failure to
testify. This fact is necessarily very
detrimental to the accused, and if it had
been made to appear at the trial court,
in due time, undoubtedly, a new trial
would have been granted, but it is now
too late for that procedure. / believe,
therefore. that the case is one in which
executive clemency may be safely eXer-
cised.''
ACCUSES HIS FATHER.
Wilmington, O., Jan. flames Har-
charged with the murder of his wife, Ida,
on December Is, this forenoon filed an
affidavit before the mayor, charging his
father, William P. Harvey, 50 years of
age and Quaker preacher, with being
her murderer. He has shown signs of
weakening for several days. and wished
TO make a confession a week ago but
was prevented by his attorney. His
father was lodged in Jail tonight but de-
MES being implicated in the crime. Great
excitement prevails here.
IMPROPER INFLUENCES"
Detroit, Mich, Jan. 4.-Judge Donovan
Of the circuit court has sustained and
made permanent the injunction hereto
fore granted restraining the board of
county supervisors from proceeding with
the erection of county building under
a contract recently closed. The principal
ground for the application for Injunction
vas that Improper influences were
used in determining the selection of
stone for the structure.
FOR EMBEZZLING.
Washington, Jan. 4-The grand jury
today filed three indictments for en-
bezziement against Francis Kieckhofer,
formerly chief Of the bureau of accounts
in the state department kieckhofer was
dismissed October &c, 1895, when irregu-
iarities in his accounts were discovered.
The shortage is alleged by the govern
ment. in a recent amended declaration,
to aggregate $l27,54i. The indictments
only cover a little over $4,000. the
amount which the prosecuting officer
never accounted for. The indictments
specify slS.299 embeZzled July ., 1895;
Sl6.S30 on October 30, 1895: and 1854 on
October 70, 1895. The first two amounts
were principally part or the indemnity
funds paid by foreign governments n
account of United States citizens. Mr..
IIiechCefer is now under heavy bonds TO
await trial. He was disbursing officer
of the state department from January
%. 1854, TO October &c. 1895. and the SIM
ullaneous announcement of his shortage
and removal from Office created big
sensation.
DIAMOND THIEF SUICIDES.
New York, Jan. 4.-The police today
gave out a statement concerning Belle
Morgan. who committed suicide in Gin
cinnati yesterday. Captain O'Brien said
she was known all over the country as
an expert diamond thief. In Europe she
was Quitd as wei known. She had trav-
cleo under the names Of Mary Stuart,
Mabel Stanley and Mabel Millet-
UNFORTUNATE PUGILISTS.
New York. Jan. flames Duffy, the
clusion of a tea-round boxing match with
George Justus at the Broadway Athletic
club Saturday night, died today without |
having regained consciousness
Justus. Dick Roane. who acted as ref |