Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-20
N|PP[D / BIG FRAUD
St Louis Detectives Arrest Jesse
Reinach, Wanted in Iowa For
Express Robbery.
Confession Of Confederate. in Chi
cago Leads to Reinach's Arrest
Details OF the Fraud.
Robbers Succeed in Securing Money
on $1,000 Worth Of Orders
Other Arrests Expected.

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st. Louis, July 20.--Jesse Reinach, Az
years of age, said 10 be one of the most
expert telegraph operators in the coun-
try and for some time a resident OF
Chicago, has been taken back 70 that
city by a Chicago detective and later
Will be taken to iowa to stand trial for
his alleged participation in the robbery
at Storm Lake of the Office of the
American Express Company Reinach
lis Well known among telegraphers all
over the country, but none of them
knew he was held prisoner as fugi-
tive from justice BY the st. Louis police
until he was sent back 10 Chicago.
Rcinach was arrested in the teie-
graph room on the top floor of the
union station building as he was send
ing cipher kilograms to men in indians
apolis and Chicago, supposed to be cons
federates.
The capture of Reinach was one of
the results of a confession by y. i.
Dillon. under arrest iii Chicago. and
his confession to the police there indi-
Gates that there was a conspiracy by
which those in the plot hoped to de-
fraud the express company of thou
sands OF dollars.
I'VE know nearly. all the men who
were in the game" said Detective
Thompson, .,and With Dillon and Rein
acl under arrest we think we are sure
ef getting the others al some time or
iother. There We're six or seven men in
| this plot, all expert telegraphers, but
the actual work was probably done by
no mere than three of them. Early in
June they broke into the office of the
| American Express Company in Storm
Lake ana stole u lot of books contain
ing blank money orders They robbed
the office for the purpose of getting
! these blanks alone, but when they
/ found there We're several hundred dol
I lars in the safe they could not resist
the temptation OF taking the ready
/ money With these blank orders ii
their possession the gang began circu-
Hating them all over the middle west
4 passing them on merchants and store
Keepers by means Of Geographic noti-
l,tications that they We're all right
H It's said the robbers succeeded In get
Ting about $1,000 worth of these worth
les, and forged orders cashed before the
.ioiiicia.ss Of the express company learned
lof the uaa to which the stolen blanks
i We're being put. With the arrest Of
4 Dillon last week in Chicago the officer:
4 learned! enough 10 i!npiicate Reinach
l.thay say. and When they made hun
4 for him they found he had lef, ST. Louis
4 All the men were TO meet in this cit,
Ito divide the spells. Reinach was tn,
first Of the men 10 reach st. Louis, ant
he registered al the Imperial hotel. Ac
lcofalng to Dilonis confession in Chica
go, he expected 70 get a cipher message
from ST. Louis, and the operator a
Union station gave a signal to the de
teetive az Reinaeh was fling his ciphe
4 ines,aage
lseiHicn was held a, the Four Court
Iunbil the arrival OF the Chicago detec
tire With the proper requis!tion papers
HE isa small. quiet, mild looking man
tand Claims he 10 innocent. The polio
say tho reason they kept his arrest 81
crgi Maa that they hoped to catch thr'
him some of the other men. The polio
declare the conspiracy against the com
pany had three scenters-St. Louis. Chi
cago and lndianapolis-and that III
forged money orders, Mere being iistrih
uted form all three places Other al
rest are expectat!5to be made in Chicag
land Indipnapoiis