The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-14

| dropped TO the ground and Nelson. who had
| scarcely paused in his fight. ran diasonally
| across 10 the north side Of the street.
| The detectives In thu house ran out. Bra
! dy and Skidmore emptied their rev0lvcrs at
| the fugitive. and the other officers Joined in
! the shooting. Brady was scarcely thirty
| feet behind Nelson. firing as fast he
| could pull trigger
once Nelson WINGED and fa:f dropped 10
| his knees. as though So-eiy hi;. but ra-
covered himself. and. gaining the north
Side II the street. ran through the yard
between the reside noes of Mr. Crawford AMI
MI Lind, respectively. Nos %Sis and 36il
Finney avenue. lie clamber"d over an ash
I pit and the back renee partially demOi-
ishinS both in his night. and escaped into
lie looked for an open gateway and. see
ing none, tore three boards from a fence in
the rear Of vacant house. clamhurrl
through the opening thus made. and entered
the house by rear door. Two detectives
got to the alley just after he had disap-
pearei in the house. They saw no trace OF
| him. " lille they were searching he ran
through the house out into Cook avenue.
west to Nandevrnter. and turned south in
He was pursued for nearly a mile.
! but distanced the detectives and WAS
Of ,Nandeventer station. A trail %:
blood. which marked his fight from
Cook avenue. led his cha.grined pur-
| suers TO believe that he was seriously
Murray was taken to the Mullanphy Hos
Iital. where his wounds were examined
! he had lost much blood. and had been 50
exhausted by his relentless pursuit of the
robbers from the time of taking UP the
tended him, declared that ne required alb
soiute rest and quiet. and declined to let
him be seen by reporters.
Mrs. Nelson was taken 10 the station by
the Officers, ana a guard stationed in her
room. Later In the day. The rooms of Nell
son and Barnes were thoroughly searched.
aud everything Of an inlriu.iuat!nS nature
was taken to The Four Courts a mass Of
letters. postal money orders and othe; cor
resIondence was found b. the officers the
contents % which proved that both Barnes
and Nelson had coTIespondrd with Couley.
alias Doyle. with view To- holding up the
and turned over to the Kentucky authorities
for evidence.
Harness Makes a Confession.
Barnes was sweated by Chief Of Detec-
tivcs Desmond. and made :, confession Of
his share in III. robbery The confession
was made voluntarily. but later. when he
statements he had made We're made solely
to secure the release OF his wife. and that
his replies were dictated and suggested to
him. His confession briefly. Is as follows.
My name is Charles Wheeler Barnes.
and / reside at No. 1900 West Belle place.
! am y years old and am a erocers clerk.
I have been working lattcrly as "A sales
man for the Earle Fruit Company OF Red
lands. Cal. Mike Doyle. Nelson and my
self conspired to rob the Illinois Central
train ] only know Doyle slightly. |
never spoke a dozen words To him. Nelson
come on and help rob the train. met
Doyle at the Union Station. July 5. alone.
Nelson at that time was in Cairo, or BiHi's
Point | told him what was wanted. nd
sent him down to meet Nelson. | went
down there on July and met them. Nell
SON told me of his plans Doyle was not
present then. but ] met him later. Nelson
never left me out of his sight after he re-
vealed his plans TO me. don't know where
much money would he aboard the train.
We had a skiff, and rowed down TO
point about two and one-half miles from
had .vo revolvers. We had shotgun. too.
hut didn't use it. and left it ON the river
bank ,o, a., .r,,, o,,,. s,oo,,
guard at the engine. covering the fireman
and engineer. Doyle Is the one who struck
EXPRESS car and made the messenger open
tn. safe. | don't know who shot at the
messenger. There were about twenty Or
thirty shots fired. just to intimidate ihe
crsv and passengers. / fired several shots
myself in the air. When got the money
We got ON the engine and run down about
three miles Nelson ran the engine and
DOYLE fired 1t. Then We got OF and went
down to the river and got In the boat and
much we pot. but | guess there was not
more than 5000. got about 500. Doyle
left us at Cairo and We came on to Ste.
Genelieve and separated. ! got home Thurs
d,v morning and Nelson got home Thurs
day night | and my wife met him at For
est Park. and We came back TO town to-
gether.
After Barnes had sighed this statement
he was taken down % the Follower. Shortly
afterwards he engaged the services of a
LAWYER and refused to make any further
statement.
Mrs, Harness Not Much Disturbed.
Rarnes doesn't lock like n train robber.
Ha Is of medium height, slender. with light
hair and "A wsak-look.ny face. In CONVERSE
zion he weighs every question before an
swerinr When searched at the station SIS
in hills wrapped in damp newspaper. and
So in silver, were found on him. At his home
n t5-celiber Colts revolver and n dirk knife
with a finely chased hilt and Finch
blade were found. A knife of similar make
was found in Nelson's home.
Mrs. Barnes is a tall handsome brunette
When taken to the -Four Courts she was
neatly dressed in a gown of fashionable
make She declared that she had not the
least knowledge Of her husbands evil-doing
and believed him to be away on a fishing
trim When he left home on July 7, she said
ne told her that he ard his cousin, Nelson
were going down the river on a fishing trip
expect,ng to be gone several days As Nell
son had purchased A boat in Cairo a short
time before that, she said. she readily be-
lieyed the story. Mrs. Barnes was apparent
ly little upset by her husbands arrest or
the knowledge Of the predieament in which
ii had placed them.
Barnes and his wife have been living at