Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-13

left for the home of his sister. Mrs. Tally.
i'll the Crackerneck district The same
evening two men believed To he Pinkerton
dGteGtives dSn,Sra 81 inquired ] as to Evans. where
apouts. ana after hiring a four seated rig
at Rasland's livery stable set out for
trackerneck- Later in the evening Evans
one OF the strangers. Several saloons We're
VISITED and the other stranger joined them.
inc trio dropped out of sight all at once.
but their disappearance caused no unusual
STIR. for the reason that Evans compau-
IONS We're believed to be his friends and
not detectives. Evans formerly worked for
the flttsbufg u Gulf as a fireman. but re-
cently stated that he had quit raiiroading
ana was gong back TO the farm, giving as
ms reason that so many of his "buddies
meaning his co-workmen) had been killed
DN accident, and that railroadnS was IL
dangerous business.
Evans is Il large, red-faced individual.
mas Il perpetual grin on his face and walks
with a shamhlc. He has a brother. Rob-
crt: who was an engineer. Some years ago
Robert was engineer in the yards al Sc
dalia and with others quit work, when the
wage padding scandal was rife among the
railroad men of the Missouri Pacific al that
point.
Chief Hayes would not discuss the case
last evening.
Sorry for james.
"All I can say is that We have all worked
hard on the case. We believe we have evi-
dence sufficient to warrant legal inquiry
and We are presenting it to the grand
jury II lney uo not return indictments We
cannot help it,. We are simply doing our
duty and we have no desire TO harass
persecute or disgrace any one.
Take the of Jesse James. | have
known him for years. He was 4 near neigh
Dor of mine. and | know il hurts me more
TO see him in his present plight than. it
does some OF the men who are denouncing
the police for arresting him. He has many
sincere friends. i have no doubt. Thea have
seen him only when he has been OH his
good behavior. Jesse should have been
more particular in choosing his associates.
He has associated with bad men and for
his trouble he has only himself to blame.
No effort was made to sweat him. He
was not put in Jail. He was given a good
room and had plenty to eat. AS | said
who are denouncing the police for his ar
rest should await developments before crit
iCising us for doing what it is our duty
to do
Il believe we have a good case" said
Railroad Detective Lem Harbaugh, in a
jubilant tone. We have worked hard on
the case and Chief Hayes and the men
who have assisted him deserve great credit.
Everything was carefully sifted before
conclusion was arrived at. For ten days
we have been corroborating the essential
points in loves confession and when the
whole story is laid before the grand jury
ii will read like a romance. And let me tell
tips we received. That story of Loves
friendship for Amanda Harris put us right
on several things. The confession Lowe
made to her she repeated to us. just as
The Journal published it, and from it We
made considerable headway. For one. al
Chief Hayes and others. I am satisfied that
no mistake has been made and that the
train robbery industry in Jackson county
has met with setback