Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-02-14
LEFT TRACKS IN THE SNOW.
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Sioux City. Ia. Feb fi.-Promps
and active work by the authorities at
Manila Ia. resulted in the arrest OF
three men who are accused Of having
been Implicated in the theft of .
United States express safe. said to
have contained s40.0oo. The Chicago.
Milwaukee a ~. Paul train. on which
the safe was taken from Sioux CITY.
arrived at Manila at SOS ,. IN. sat
urday night The Omaha train was
late and James Sturfevant OF Sioux
City. the express messenger. did not
hurry in unloading the goods and
packages from his car. The express
safe. with other articles. was unloadesi
and placed on a truck on the depot
platform. and then sturtevant and
the baggag~msn went 10 the other
end Of the platform TO get another
truck load.
When Sturtctant returned he no.
ticsd that the articles on the truck
were disarTangrd. ard glance
showed that she IRON box was gone.
Th.r~ was sr-at exciteuen, and M
time was host IN spreading the alarm
Cify Marshal Farrell hastily Assem-
hled posse ans. vigorous work was
begun Snow Law thivk on the ground.
and u did not tske . long time TO
tnd the tracks of two persons. who
evidently h1d t-vn carrying some
heavy obi-ct directly from the truck
ss il stood on the depot platform
They carried the safe distance OF
about two blocks. and then loaded I,
iato a wagon. ~hich had been left
there in waiting The wagon was
driven about a mile and a half out
into the country. There the safe was
forced open and the contents alb
s'racted- The m~n there abandoned
the safe aud went their way on
a new track IL vas not dificult to
trace them. however. and this MORN
ing three arrests were made. The men
arrested are John Jackson. John sto-
vail and Charles Hayes. All are men
who live az Manila. and are we'll
known Their regulations heretofore
have not been tad. They stoutly pro-
test heir innocence. but the authori-
ties believe the evidence against at
least two OF them will prove conclu-
sive
The safe which was stolen con-
tanned in the ~ighborhood Of $4,000.
Twelve thousand dollars was in cash
and the remainder in drafts. checks
and various valusbIe<.
While the robbery was undoubtedly
deliberately planned. a. the horse and
wagon werr IN waiting in a convenient
spot. il is not believed that the men
knew they were making 50 rich n haul.
They had no means Of knowing the
contents of the safe only that IL was
used for carrying valuabI~s- They
found an unusually favorable oppor-
tanity when SturtevzRt left the safe
on the truck ami had il not b--n for
the teiltale tracks in the snow. it 10
not likely the arrests would have b.-eu
made 50 promptly.
Jackson. Stovali and Hayes have
been IN the habit q. hanging about the
depot at train tims. but that was not
considered significant. a. it iS the Gus
tom Of . NnHah~r Of toWH>people a.
Manila
Mr.. Jackson. tn. wife of John jack
sou. also was arrested but az a pre-
hminary hearing held last evening he
WAS released The examination will
he continued TODAY The three pris-
Oners ar- in jail. having h-~n unable
"a furnish bonds Of $4,000 each
The authorities say th- shoes Of twa
Of the men exactly nj the tracks in
the snow sr the aepot Nh-r~ the safe
was carried Of Nons Of the money or
Faiua ahl-s h1S b~en recovered.