The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11
ARREST OF THREE MEN
SUPPOSED TO BE IMPLICATED IN
THE MANILA, Ia, ROBBERY.
Safe Contained 100000, of Which
$4,000 Was C~ash-NOne of the
Money Has Been Recovered.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Feb. 10-Prompt and
effective work by the authorities at Manila.
Ia, resulted in the arrest of three men
who were accused of having been impli-
Gated in the theft of a United States ex-
press safe, said to have contained $4,000.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul train
on which the safe was taken from Sioux
City, arrived at Manila at sos p. m. Satur-
day night. The Omaha train was late, and
James Sturtevant, of Sioux City, the ex-
press messenger, did not hurry in I'M
loading the goods and packages from his
car. The express safe, with other articles,
was unloaded and placed on the platform,
and Sturtevant and the -baggageman went
TO the other end of the platform to get
another truckioad. When Sturtevant re-
turned he noticed that the articles on the
truck were ~disarranged, and a glance
showed that the iron box was gone
There was great excitement, and no
time was lost in spreading the alarm. City
Marshal Terrell hastily assembled a
posse and vigorous work was begun. Snow
lay thick on the ground. and 1t did not
take long to discover the tracks of two
persons, who evidently had been carrying
some heavy object directly from the truck.
a. IL SlOOo dPO lhc utpOl pldllOILl. 1HtI
carried the safe a distance of about two
blocks and then loaded it into a wagon
which had been left there in waiting. The
wagon was driven about a mile and a half
out into the country, and there the safe
was forced open and the contents abb
Stracted. The men there abandoned the
safe and went their way on a new track.
1t was not difficult to trace them, how
ever, and this morning three arrests were
made. TIL men arrested are John Jack
sen, John Stovall and Charles Hayes. All
are men who live at Manila and are well
known. Their regulations heretofore have
not been bad. They stoutly protest their
innocence, but the authorities believe the
evidence against at least two or them will
prove conclusive. The safe which was
stolen contained in the neighborhood OF
$4,000. Twelve thousand was in cash and
the remainder in drafts, checks and vari
Gus valuables.
While the robbery undoubtedly was de-
liberately planned, as the horse and wagon
were In waiting in a convenient spot, 1t L;
not believed that the men knew they Were
making SO rich a haul. They had no means
of knowing the contents of the safe, only
that it was used for carrying valuabIes
tunity when Sturtevant left the safe on tia.
truck, and had 1t not been for the ~tell-talt
tracks in the snow, it is not likely that
arrests would nave been made so romptI
Jackson, Stovall and Hayes have been in
the habit of hanging about the depot n
train time, but that was not considered sig,
nihcant, as 1t is the custom of a number
of townspeople at Manila.
Mrs. Jackson, wife of John jackson. also
was arrested. but at a preliminary hearing
held this evening. she was released. Tlt
examination will be continued tomorrow
The three prisoners are in jail. having beer
Urable to furnish bonds of ST., 600 each.
The authorities say the shoes of two o.
the men exactly fit the tracks in the snow
at tho depot, where the safe was carried
eff. None of the money or valuables has
been recovered.