The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
Kansas City Train Robbers Caught
at st. 10.
SPENDING THEIR MONEY
WERE WELL SUPPLIED WITH
MUTILATED GREENBACKS.
Three Men Arrested With $3.50 In
Their Possession, But the Express
Company Lost Several Thousand
Were Blowing Themselves at
the Saloons-One Showed Fight.

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 25.-Chief of
Police Hays tonight received a telephone
message from ST. 10 that three men sus-
pected of completely in the robbery of
the Missouri Pacific train out of Kansas
City on Friday night had been arrested
in that city. Their names were given as
John RYAN. James Mclleer and John
Morgan, and it is alleged that they had in
their possession 500 in mutilated green
backs. The explosion that wrecked the
baggage car and the Pacific Express COM
pany's two safes is believed to have mu-
| tilated. if not destroyed. any valuables
contained in the safes.
The three men had spent the afternoon
ordering drinks at each place and ten
dering in payment paper money, which
was invariably changed into silver Some
of the bills showed signs of having. been
burned slightly. The fact caused one bar
tender to call the attention of the police
to the incident. AS a result Police Officer
kenneman Swallowed the men for several
hours finally arresting Morgan and Ryan
at the Musee, a place OF amusement.
They made but little resistance and at the
station Morgan was found to have in his
possession $l9l and Ryan $2..5c.
McIleer was located at the Gault house,
where all three had registered earlier in
the day. McIleer from New York and
Morgan and Ryan from Mexico, Mo. Nc
Ileer was in bed and when the nature of
the officers visit was shown he showed
fight A revolver poked into his face
soon landed in jail with his pals Under
McIleer's bed in a satchel was found 1856
in money. some of it powder burned, and
two revolverS and quantity OF cart
ridges.
In the sweatbox each of the trio stub
bornly refused to talk. All are strangers
in St Joseph and none could give a good
excuse for being there. Mclleer is de-
scribed as being about % years OF age,
smooth-shaven and weighing 135 pounds;
Morgan about 50 years. five feet ten inches
tall, weighing $50 pounds, and Ryan q
years and weighing 40 pounds They
jubilant in the belief that they have at
least portion of Friday nights bold
roadmen.
superintendent G. w. Moore of the Pa
cific Express company, upon being notified
of the arrests tonight Immediately swore
out warrants for the men and made pre-
parations to have them brought to Kansas
City on a special train.
1t was stated freely today that the rob-
bers' haul Friday had Melted between
$40, 600 and $50. COO but the express officials
no more than $1,000 if that much
1t is said that an express company
money bag, such as the companies use in
transmitting money, was also found in
McIleer's possession. The local police
profess to believe that Ryan is a rela-
tive of Bill Ryan, a Kansas City man,
whose name has been linked with that of !
the notorious John Kennedy In former
train robberies around Kansas City.
The police are searching for a fourth /
member of the gang. who is known to
have been in st. Joseph with the three |
men now under arrest.