The record-union., 1898-10-02
Had Told His Wife That He Belonged to the
Gang. That Committed the Deed.
Letters Found on His Person From
John Kennedy, the Alleged
Train Robber, and Jesse James,
Son of the Famous Outlaw
Killed by Bob Ford Several
Years Ago at st. Joseph.

KANSAS CITY (Mo.), Oct. wv.
| w. Lowe, a switchman formerly en-
ployed by the Santa Fe Railway in
| this city, is under arrest, suspected of
| completely in the robbery Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific southbound passenger
train near Leedson Friday night last.
| The arrest was the outcome of a state
ment made to the police by the sus-
poets wife. Lowe had told her, she
said, that he was a member of
gang Of six men who held up the train.
He refuses to talk further than to say
he was only joking when he made the
statement attributed to him. Lowe is
an intimate friend of John Kennedy,
the alleged train robber, and was born
| in the famous Cracker Neck district.
Letters written by Kennedy and
Jesse James, son Of the famous out
| law, are said to have been found in
| Loves possession. Chief of Police
Hayes refuses to divulge the contents
| of the letters, but acknowledges that
they will form very important evidence
| when the gang has been captured and
| brought to trial. Young James has
borne a. good reputation. The officers
assert that between statements made
| ny 4oNC dIIo ILLS wife they nave GIlOuSu
evidence to convict him of robbery, and
to warrant the arrest of several other
men.
The indirect connection Of the name
Of Jesse James, son Of the noted Mis-
souri, outlaw of the same name, whose
unparalleled career Of train robbing
was cut short by bullets from Bob
Fords revolver at ST. Joseph. Mo-.
| a Missouri Pacific train near Kansas
City Friday night, September 23d
last, caused somewhat of a sensation
mere to-day. Young James. who is %
years old, and who has been in busi-
ness in Kansas City for several years,
bears an excellent reputation. He runs
cigar store in the Courthouse. In an
interview this afternoon, James adj
mitted having known Lowe, the sus-
| pected man arrested to-day, for some
time, but did not recall having writ
ten him. a letter
Had 1t ever been limited to you" a
reporter asked the young man during
the course Of an interview, that you
had been suspected by the police of
| completely in the train robbery"
For a minute James did not reply.
A1Ae~AAy AAC Sdid OCliDSldlSly. GU
know I thought perhaps the police
might suspect me because I am
| friend Of John Kennedy"
Then he Strengthened up and with
quick gesture added: "And I am
friend to John Kennedy, and I don't
care who knows it. 1 don't care what
was that night, and so do they. They
SnSnact all tbpU Mo oil
care"
Would you mind saying where you
were during the evening of the train
robbery"
mo, but 1 want you to take out your
pencil and paper and write it down just
as l tell YOU
places he had been that night, declar-
ing that he had returned to his moth
er's home at s o'clock, and to have re-
tired at IL. The robbery was COM
mitted at $40. five miles from the
James home.
James said he had become acquaint-
ed with Lowe during John Kennedy's
trial for the murder of Miss Schu-
macher, a grocery woman, at which
James and Lowe were strict attend
ants.
In reply to a question, James said
that Lowe was familiar with the work
ings of locomotives, having been rail-
road man for years. 1t will be remem-
bered that the men who robbed the
Missouri Pacific train manned the en-
CINE themselves. On this point the po-
| lice count much.
The reporter started to go, and one
| Of a crowd that had gathered asked
young James what was the trouble.
They're trying to connect me with
| the train robbery
"Who is?" a man asked.
Chief Hayes and his detectives. But
| let me tell you / don't care for Chief
| Hayes"
| The Cracker Neck district, the pres
ent home of Kennedy and the scene of
several train robberies of recent years,
| with which Kennedy is said to have
| been connected, was first made famous
| bv TaSca Tarnac and bic ,,otor;o,,c