Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-15
With the case. without stint until he was

with the case without stint until ne Was
finally led from the building.
The reiguing sensation in police circles
jus- at this time, however. is the statement
attributed 10 Lowe that he had spent
during the trial of Kennedy for robbinS
the Chicago * Alton train. The Doilce
feel that they have made little slip, In
letting this thing get out. and Yesterday
thew denied that Lowe had ever made that
statement. The very best of authority,
however, goes to show that the reported
statement is bona flde, and now the ques-
ton is. who are the men who got this
money? Was 1t equally divided among the
jurors and the county and city authorities
who have made so many arrests and so
few convictions? 1t is a most notorious
fact that any man who has the price need
never be convicted in Jackson county, and
possibly the confession OF Lowe VIII DIS
close some very interesting testimony in
regard TO this. The twe.ve men who
served on the jury which acquitted Ken
nedy in the face of evidence which was
almost conclusive are as foiloWs:
They Turned Kennedy Loose.
c. A. Cooper. Atherton.
W. A. Rice. Tarsney.
Gerald Miles, az West twentieth street
A. c. Wilkinson Lees Summit.
". R. shaw, 170I East Nineteenth street
James Campbell. New Santa Fe
Fred A Dixon. so East Tenth street
Plutarch Malloy, 2cJs Penn street.
George Peck Ills Charlotte street
1t is probab bic that Lowe will be able
TO tell very interesting story If the police
ever, that they have already allowed him
to say too much, and he will have a muZ-
zle on hereafter. If his statement in re-
gard TO the robbery of the. Missouri Pa
cific train is true. then all the statements
which he has made about the Chicago *
Alton are certainly worthy of belief, at
least until after they are disproved.
Marshal ChileS is very much wrought up
over the matter. So Is Judge Wofford. The
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the grand jury TO the matter. and Judge
Wofford has made q bluff at the same. 1t
is possible that one of them mean some
thing. II is certainly an affair that should
be investigated in the most thorough man.
ner and Lowe, the confesser, upon whose
word the police and county authorities
place SO much reliance. should be made
70 prove the truth of what he has said
When the truth is found out. the guilty
SHOULD be punished. There is a bare possi-
bility that the eonfesser will yet he the
means OF enabling the county 10 convict
train robbers and murderers that are
brought before its courts.
Ii. z Valler the rear brakeman of the
freight train upon which Lowe said that
Jesse James rode with him when they
visited the scene of the holdup, yesterday
made the following affidavit concerning the
statement that he had claimed to have
recognized James as one Of the robbers:
Did Not See James.
III. P. Tallee, of lawful age, being duly
hlO4A O1kiIs SISS lHdl lie Is ll
the employ of the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way Company in the capacity of brake
man on a freight train; that he was act
ing In that capacity on the freight train
on that road knownsas second No. 20s, on
The 18th day OF August, 1893. when w. W.
Lowe and another man rode on that train
from the Pittsburg & Gulf crossing on the
Missouri Pacific railroad to Sheffield on
that line; that s. NJ. Downer was the con-
ductor of the train; that / have seen
and convSrsed with Jesse +. James to-day
and am positive that he was not the man
who was on the train with Lowe on that
occasion; nor have ever said or intimated
that he was, but upon the contrary l have
at all times since 1 was first asked TO look
at James and identify him said that he
was not the man. The man who was on
the train with Lowe was taller than James
and had sandy hair and three or four
days growth OF sandy beard. l have
Fever seen James On any train at any
time. The statements in the newspapers
that ] identified Jesse James as the man
who rode with Lowe on the train on Aug
Gst 2S are wholly untrue and are not based
Upon anything / ever said at any time"
The only other event OF importance
which is likely to occur in connection with
the case in the near future Is the produce
ton of the mysterious sixth man, the man
with the "swag." He is under arrest:
there Is no doubt of that, but the au-
thorities are after the money which the
robbers got out OF the Pacific Express
Company. That is another matter upon
which there is no longer any doubt The
train robbers made good haul. Confessor
as well as other things that have trans
pired lately, such as the express company
paying out money 10 shippers which was
sent on this train. the conclusion is ar
reported .'s2s" obtained. The exact
amount will probably never he known