Little Falls herald., 1901-09-06
one 0F The GANG JAILED
Posse Captures . Participant ii the
McGrath Affair. ..:.s.. I. =
TWO OTHERS sIItl AZ large.
Robb5rs We're in little Falls Twice
After the Murder.

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A man calling himself Walter
Clark. and giving his home as at Tus-
cola, M.. was arrested about seven
miles from P,llager Saturday even
ing, by part of Sheriff Tanners
posse-Ed. Flood, Fletcher Ferrell
and Frank Jarboe making the ar
rest. Clark has confessed that he
was in the stock car when John Me-
Grath was murdered, but eays that
he did not fire the fatal shot
The prisoner was brought to Lit
tie Falls on the Sunday morning
train and lodged in the. county Jail.
Clark appears to be about 10
years of age, f1ves feet g inches in
height and not intellectually very
bright. He is willing to talK, and
converses fluently in poor English
mixed with the elang ii the road.
His story seems to be sincere. ..Trs5: s-
The prisoners tale of the waudpr-
ings Of the gang shows how mislead-
ing someof the trails. were, and how
little accurate information at the
right time would have resulted in
the capture Of the three. :. @s.., !.
Clark says bis fathersliye in Cali
iornia, that his mother is dead, that
he has relatives in Illinois. He
reached Minneapolis August 2lst,
from Iowa. where he had been work
ing. The next day at Elk River, be
met the two men stil' at: large. He.
had never seen them before. 0ae
was called Mike, the other George,
who said he had been a soldier in the
18th Infantry in the Philippines.
The two talked of several sue:
cessful holdups to their credit IN.
Western! hIlnnesota on the MilWau:
Akes line. On E rilday the tris, took an al
N. p. freight ltst. Cloud, and,
learned at Little Falls that there
we're Others on the train. When
leaving Little Fails George proposed
that they get what they could from
the men in the car. Clark was given
u revolver. The robbers walked
over the cars till they reached the
stock car where the McGraths were,
got in the end door and held up the
crowd. Clark confirms Conniham's
statement about a match being
lighted. He saw only three men in
the car. John McGrath resisted
George. who shot him. The robbers
followed Paul McGrath outside, got
his money, and after driving him
back, locked the door, set the brakes
and jumped of, Clark getting of
some distance further on. The trio
walked back to Little Falls the same
night, got drinks ard lunch at
Wachlorowicz's place on the West
side, then went to Randall, got to,
bacco in the town, ,hid:in the vicinity,
got to Green Prairietat dark and
again went to Little Falls, where at
the same restaurant they we're at
before, they learned that McGra th
was dead: They went north, sleep
ing in q barn at Green Preirie Sum.
day night: Monday mo rning they
got breakfast at s. Gauthier' .. house..
Mrs. g. spoke of the. murder, and
they got out quickly made for the
river, crossed it on the logs, aud got
food at Peter Doucetts's in Ripley
that night, They went on to Brain.
|erd, reaching there Tueedav night at
dark. They separated to meet on
the other side Of the city, and Clark
saw his companions no more. He
waited near the sanitarium till day.
light, slept in q car for. few hours.
and wal lked toward the vest. Ha
got food near Gull River, and start
ed north, but got ,confused. and
spent Wednesday afternoon, Thure-
DAY and Friday in the re egiion
around Gull River. Saturday she
walked toward Pillager, and met.
late in the day, three men in q Bug
|gy. They Questioned him and start
ed on, but soon got out, and seeing
that they we're snrro rounding him, he.