The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-07
Eleven Thousand Dollars of
MutiIated Currency Hidden.
Full Details Of the Robbery
and the Confession.

Two of the most desperate train rob-
bers who ever operated in the west are
in the Hutchinson reformatory. Their
names are Chad Stowel and Seth Rose
brook and a written confession made by
Stowe1l tells the story of the most dar-
ing of the famous train robberies of re-
cent years. The two young men who
are only 1S years old were sent to the
Reformatory from Topeka and it was
Topeka officers who unravelled a mys-
terry for the solution of which inter
ested parties have offered $4,000.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train
was held up at Leeds a few miles from
Kansas City on the evening of Septem-
ber %. The hold up was in the early
part of the evening only a little later
than O'Clock. The passengers were
not molested but the safe and strong
boxes in the express car were blown to
atoms and it is supposed that at least
$4,000 in money was secured.
This is the robbery for which Jesse
James Jr-, is now under Indictment and
arrest in Kansas City and if the story
told by young Stowen is true Jesse
James, the son of the famous outlaw is
no more guilty than the men who have
prosecuted him.
When this paper goes to press the
booty should have been found. Accord
ing to the confession 1t was buried in
the woods about 75 miles east of Kansas
City. The officers have the exact Ioca-
tton and Sheriff Cook, Under Sheriff
Williams and Chief of Police Strauss
have gone to the place to find the mon
ey. They have no doubt whatever of
success a
been tested and it has been found that
he has told the truth so far as the de-
tails connected with the robbery are
concerned.
These Were Topeka Boys.
The story of these boy bandits reads
like a dime novel. Seth Rosebrook and
Chad Stowen were raised in Toneka
and they did not belong to the better
class of boys. They were too youne to
be noted for their viciousness while in
topeka Both families moved to KAN
Sas City several years ago where the
father of Seth Rosebrook secured a di-
Vorce and StoWeu became the second
husband of Mrs. Rosebrook and Seth
Rosebrook and Chad Stowell became
brothers.
The two brothers by marriage read
the life of the James and Younger bro-
thers, When mere children they began
thelr law breaking in a small way They
robbed farm houses and stopped men on
the roads and relieved them of their
Yaluables. They found that being out
laws just suited their tastes. They
worked a year or more before they felt
that they We're sufficiently educated to
extend their operations. They lived in
and near Kansas City and they soon
round older companions ready to whet
their appetite for more daring ex-
ploits
The Missouri Pacific train robbery
was planned in Kansas City and ac-
cording to the confession of Chad Sto-
Wen there were five people interetesd
The boy bandits planned the work care
fully. They studied the use of nitro
glycerine. They knew what Quantities
to use. They secured masks and the
other tools necessary to the success OF
their business
When everything was ready thew
went to the place at which the train
was to be stopped. StowelI helped Sc