Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-19
FOR TRAIN ROBBERY.
Jesse James, Jr., and Others Placed
Under Arrest.
ACCUSED OF A SERIOUS CRIME.
The kansas City Police and Detectives
Claim to Have the Men Who
Committed the Leeds
Train Robbery.

Committed the Leeds
Train Robbery.
Kansas, City, Mo-, October 1.-THE
police are nearing a solution in the
matter of the Missouri Pacific train
hold-up near Leeds on the night of
September %, when the express car
was blown to atoms by dynamite.
Six men were concerned in the rob-
berry, five of whom the police have
under arrest. The identity of the
sixth man has not as yet been clearly
established, but the police believe
they know who he is, and that his
apprehens ION is IL matter of only
few hours. He is not now in Kansas
City.
W. w. Lowe, the Santa Fe brake
man, arrested at his home, 1901 West
Sixteenth street, October 1, for COM
plicity in the hold-up, has made a
full confession and the police have
been guided entirely in their move
ments in bringing the case to Gull
nina tipn by the details of loves
statement. The confession was made
Friday at No. 8 police station, on the
Southwest boulevard, where Lowe has
been confined for week, and is re-
duced to writing. Lowe has read and
affixed his signature to the confess
sion.
In his confession Lowe duplicates
Andy Ryan, Jesse James, Jr., Caleb
Stone, Charles w. Polk and himself
in the hold-up. Ryan and James are
confned in cells at the Westport po-
lice station. They were arrested yes
! terday, the former at the Armour
Packing company's plant, in the west
bottoms, where he has been employed,
about noon. James was arrested at
4:30 yesterday afternoon at his cigar
stand in the county court house. City
Detectives SanderSon, KeShlear and
Bryant, Assistant Superintendent Til
lotscn of ahe local Pinkerton bureau,
and Detective Del Harbaugh of st.
Louis, were instrumental in the ar
rests.
Stone and Pom were taken into
custody Monday morning at the home
of the former, 1712 Harrison street.
They were detained at the Westport
police station until Monday evening,
when they were allowed to go home
under the surveillance of a detective.
They will be taken to central police
station this morning at 9 o'clock.
Stone is am old man, being past 60
years, and has lived in Kansas City
many years. He conducts boarding
house at 1912 Harrison streets, and
Polk lives with him with his wife.
Lowe let drop little by little facts
which the detectives eagerly grasped
and weaved into a chain of evidence
He was cajoled and petted, cursed
and threatened by turns, and as the
facts leaked one by one from his lips
they were woven carefully together
by the detectives. The time for max.
ing the arrests was bided and brded
well Aided by their many false
steps In tine past the detecrlves oe-
cided to get their evidence first END
then move on the culprits. They an
positive now they have a strong case
against every man under arrest anc
are exceedingly happy.
. The rea sons for not OBTAINING Stone
and Polk behind the bars, the police
say. are as follows: Folks wife j!
nearly dead with consumption, ant
. it is feared the shock of her husband,
, arrest on a. charge of train robbery
would hasten her death. Polk sits b,
her side constantly, and although
closely watched by the detectives
vows he will make no effort to escape
Stone has no intention of leaving, q.
he does not know of the written con
fession of Lowe, and thinks becaus
the police have released him that the,
are confident they are on the wron.
. Do1l SC cold to b.o r
: of the Lowe confession.
Polk was arrested once before, o
Sunday, October 2, ON suspicion o
knowing something of the holduI
| but SO carefully did he talk and s
weak was the policies evidenc
! against him that he was released tn
following day. Since then the polio
have been hard at work, and with tn
/, | aid of outside talent have finally sue
= ceeded, SO they claim, in weaving
, net of strong evidence around tn
, suspected men.
The arrests yesterday were mad
without clamor or show of authorft.
the police moving quietly but firml
= In the matter.
a Young James had just finishe
A waiting on a customer when Dete,
e tives Bryant and Keshlear appeare
in the corridor.
e eve want YOU" said Bryant l
n James.
!. James was in the act of placing IL
l. receipts of the day from his cfgs
= sales in small sack when the dete
tive laid hands upon him. A sms
= crowd of people had gathered, amor
, which was Attorney w. II. Wallae
3 representing attorney of Jacks
| county and the man who he'd in Il
IL prosecution of Frank James, your
n Jesse's uncle, at Gallatin in the ear
'S0s for the killing of Conductor Yves
fall. James was not surprised VIII
u the detectives approached him, a.
N without tremor passed his money sd!
, to'Mr Wallace, saying as he did so
Take care of this, please, Mr.. Wa
I lace. I have been arrested"
Mr. Wallace replied that Jes
a owed him nothing, and hesitated b
u fore taking the sack.
FL AT this juncture Detective Brya
i grabbed the sack from James ha
and placed it in his pocket.