Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-17
ROBBERS SECURE RICH BOOTY
Broken Express Safe Was Laden with Money
to Move Crops,
WATSON CASE WILL Be CARRIED FURTHsF
HieGitimatc son VIII strive to Secure
share of Rich Estate and is Said
to Have. Additional Evil
dcncc on Hand.

DES MONIES Oct 16,-CSpecial Tele.
gram.)-It now turns out that all of the
money secured by the train robbers who
robbed the Northwestern Limited near Chi
cago, last week, was being shipped to Des
Moines and Iowa banks. At this time of
the year the Iowa banks import great sums
of money to move the crops. The Des Moines
banks have been shipping large sums for a
week or two and one night last week the
Des Moines Savings bank had 800, 900 COM
ing. 1t is one of the banks whose money
was taken the other night. The Iowa banks
do not lose the money, as the company is
responsible and 1t is the American Express
company's less A local banker says the
robbers got 100000 at least.
THE Watson Will case fight is lust he
gun, said Judge Walter l. Hayes Of Clinton
this morning. Judge Hayes is one of the
distinguished force of attorneys arrayed on
the side of the llegitimate son who claims
the estate of Mott Watson of johnson
county. Judge Hayes remark was made in
commenting on the opinion handed down by
the supreme court last Saturday, the effect
Of which is to give the entire estate Of
nearly 100000 to collateral heirs. new
trial will be asked for before the district
court or Jackson county on the ground Of
additional evidence. Judge Hayes says that
the attorneys for the son believe they have
track OF the mother of the boy.
II VIII be remembered that Mary Jones,
after the birth of her son at the jackson
county poor farm and his adoption later by
the Niles family of Maquoketa suddenly
disappeared from the scene of the interest
ing drama and had not been heard of I'D to
the time the suit was brought to secure the
Watson estate for her son, said to be Wat
sons illegitimate child.
Decisions of Supreme Court.
Today's court decisions were:
oharles ID. Foster, receiver of the North
eTh eTh investment company. appellant, against
w. w, I; davenport, sheriff, and A., l.. Stet-
son w woodbury. district, affirmed
George Niles Watson, appellant, against
Julia Richardson ct al jackson district,
John S. Moore appellant. against John
s.. Cresap, Van Burne district. affirmed
,,d,t, patrlck rick Quinlani appellant, against. VIII
firmed.
Henry Frederick Bergman and Others
district. affirmed.
Samuel f. Davis, appellant against j.
h,,r4 A. MaEeng jr county treasurer Wood
Ruth Hendron and others against Emma
kinner and others, appellants, Harrison
district, reversed.
Governor Shaw today received a letter
from Davenport signed I. Cardo, in which
the writer bitterly abused Governor Shaw
and Lieutenant Governor Milliman. He says
he is an anarchist and that if they are
elected he will kill them both
special from San Francisco says Ad-
jutant General Byers and the party of
Iowans there to meet the returning Fifty
first regiment went aboard the battleship
Iowa, now in the harbor there, as guests
of Captain Goodrich. Goodrich says the Iowa
will be there when the Iowa regiment ar
rives and the battleship will salute and
honor the returning Iowans.