The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-07
SPECIAL JURY EMPANELED
Inquiring Into the Pickpocket
Cases That Happened
Yesterday,
THREE SUSPECTS ARE HELD
They Were Caught One and One
half Miles From This
City Las Night
THREE SUSPECTS ARE HELD

day OF coupe OF l. isSehgels oeine
robbed at the depot Ly pick-pockets
Just as the train pulled up here.
Soon after the occurrence Mar
shal Casey was made acquainted
with the fact, and he called to-
gether hls officers and detailed each
one of them to go out and search
the city and also take the roads
leading out of town and see if they
could be run down.
He took the cannon ball north
and thought he would head then
off at Mandeville, and sent Police
men Culley and deputy Styles Rag
land to scour the woods south OF
town and follow up the railroad
track north. Messrs Culley ant
Rdgland soon got on track of three
men, seen walking in the woods
back of the Iron Mountain stock
yard and they followed them VI
hearing of them from different ones
until they had Travelled three miles.
1t seems then that the men turn
ed, started eastward and after get
ting within two miles of the city
again they stopped at a negro
shauty and ascertained the direc-
tions back to the Iron Mountain
railroad and the officers coming up
soon afterwards learned which d.
rection they had taken and they
followed it quickly and when near
the Dillard place came upon them.
They we're placed under arrest and
searched. They gave their names
as Charles Mayer, Joseph Coleman
and W. G. White. They had in
their possession $75.
They said they were just walking
abont looking at the country and
were going out on the northbound
train
They were brought back to the
city and placed in jail, and the men
they robbed identified one of them
as being one of the men on the
train when the robbery was com
mitted.
The men are dressed in the hight
OF fashion and carry good gold
watches and look the gentlemen (as
far as dress is concerned) all oyer,
but their faces tell different tale.
A special grand jury has been
called and is in session now and will
give them every opportunity to
prove who and what they are,
where they belong and what busi-
ness they follow and if they are not
guilty they will be turned lose, but
otherwise they Will be sent to the
penitentiary at the present term of
court.
We should stop this stealing on
trains, as it is getting too common.
Since the above was written the
officers have made an additional
search of the clothing of the pick
pockets, compelling them to pull
all their clothes off, and in search
ing the seams on the inside of their
pants the officers found a sum Of
money amounting to 5000.
The three suspects seem to take
their arrest good naturedly and
are reticent when talking about
themselves.
They appear to regard their ar
rest as huge joke and will keep a
silent tongue depending on the
state not being fully able to make
out a case against them
We learn evidence of sufficient
strength will be introduced to the
grand jury and that bill will fol.
low as also a speedy trial will be ac-
corded them as our circuit court is
now in session and will take up the
bill as soon as one is found against
them.
The parties who were robbed are
here and will testify against these
men this afternoon.
We hope they will meet with
their Just deserts " they are the
guilty ones.