People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-12-07
Evidence Against the Bank Robbers.

1 uCJCOIlhG WIZ udS Oud &c VI Tue dun
City bank robbery, says he has con.
elusive evidence against T. H. Morris,
whose arrest at Winfield was reported
in the JOURNAL last week. Mr.. Til.
lOtsOn is employed by an eastern 10.
sursnce company, in which the bank
was Insured against burglary.
There were four men concerned ia
the robbery. They obtained about
$500 10 coin and currency. 1t is
thought they made an even split Of
the proceeds. When Morris was ar.
rested he had something over $40 in
cash, but had spent nearly 500. Part
OF this $500, however, had been taken
away from him by men IN Winfield
and s64 OF this amount was later
recovered.
The officers are searching for anOth-
er suspect, a man known as oscar
Face" who was wounded by the ex-
plOsion that wrecked the bank safe.
"Scar Face" has a distinct wOuad
across the face, caused by a knife
slash In fight. The robbers used a
heavy charge of dynamite ia open
Ing the bank safe, and the explosion
was so violent that "Scar Face was
injured about the face again by flying
debris. 1t is thought he and the
other two men, who are also known,
will be captured.
Morris had his preliminary last
week at Anthony before Justice Pebee
and was bound over to the district
court for trial. His trial will come
up before Judge Gillett at the Jan.
uary term OF court.
Detective TillOtSOn will attempt to
get pictures Of Frank Wayne, Frank
Deneen, Jim Callahan and Jim Sean
Ian, who are under arrest in Wichita
charged with the Clearwater robbery.
The men are known widely as bank
robbers but they have never been
captured while at work.
Speaking Of the recent bank rob-
berries in Kansas, Mr.. Tillotson said
that he thought it was not being done
by experts, but by what the detec-
tives call tramp safe robbers. The
experts use fine tools and are 1ne
mechanics at opening safes, bun
tramp safe robbers simply supply
themselves with a bottle OF nitro.
lglycerlne and take crOwbar from the
nearest blacksmith shop. They carry
this explosive IN their pockets and are
very dangerous fellows TO have around
the city. Most OF them are ignorant
and liable TO do great damage vii h
their explosives. Mr.. TillOtson helped
to convict nineteen bank robbers this
year and only two OF them had the
detectives ever heard Of before. He
says the man Morris arrested at Win
field is a tramp robber and doesn't
think from the way he acted that be
had ever been arrested before.
The system Of charging for tbs
transportation Of live stock on the
basis Of weight instead Of by the Cal
has been inaugurated by the railroads
west Of the Missouri river and the
cattlemen throughout the west are
preparing to fight the change, Suits
will soon be Instituted In the court
and bitter legal battle is certain To
follow. Two years ago the roads gave
notices that they would on certain
date put in the rate per 100 pounds
lsystem. The state, on behalf OF. the
,cattle interests, flied suit in the Lyon
county district court to enjOin the
roads from making the change. A
temporary injunction was granted,
but before the case came up for final
trial on its merits the law creating
the Court Of Visitation had been
passed and the case was dismissed.
Recently the road put the new system
iuto effect. The cattiemen claim that
under the new system freight rates
will be advanced on live stock.
Wichita Beacon: A warrant was
sworn out Saturday afternoon charg
ing Frank Wayne, Frank Deneen, Jim
Callahan and jim Seaman, now in the
county Jail, with the Clearwater bank
robbery. They were taken to the
city court where they pleaded not
guilty, and their preliminary hearing
was set for Saturday OF this week.
Pinkerton Inspector TillOtsOn endeav-
ored to obtain pictures OF the men,
but was unsuccessful, The men
lsQuirmed and wiggled and distorted
their faces to such an extent that it
was impossible to obtain a likeness.
TIE men are Of the opinion that the
officials Of this county have no right
to hold them. Nothing will convince
them but that Clearwater is not in
this county. They declare that they
are being illegally restrained. County
Attorney AmidOn says be will be
able TO convict the men on the evi