The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-07
GREAT NORTHERN LOOT
ss.boo OF THE STOLEN FUNDS
 RECOVERED.
Man and Woman Arrested in St. Louis Believed to Have Been Implicated in Robbery at
 Wagner, Mont.

St. Louis, Nov. 6.-The police have in custody a man and woman suspected of compiicity in the robbery of a nexpress car on the Great Northern near Wagner, Montana. July 8. last. when the safe was blown open with dynamite and consign- ment of unsigned notes for the National Bank of Helena. Mont, amounting to between $50,o0o and $loo.o0o. was stolen. Of this amount. $500 in crisp new notes on the Helena bank were recovered. hav- ing been found in possession of the man and woman who were registered at the Laciede hotel Friday as Mir. and Mrs. J. W. Rose.
 Last night the man was taken into cus- tody and today the woman was arrested just as she was about to leave the city. Their arrests followed the passing of several notes on the Helena National Bank that were supposed to have been stolen and the signatures forged. Both prisoners were taken before Chief Des- mond today and sweated. photograph of the man was taken and measurements made according to the Bertillon system. Through these and circulars giving des- cription of the robbers. the police ident- fed Rose as Harry Loughbaugh, alias Kid" Loughbaugh, alias Harry Alonzo. Lillian Rose is the name given by the woman.
 Both prisoners were examined at some length, but very little was learned rom either. Late this afternon Loughbaugh admitted to Chief of Detectives Desmond under the sweating process that all or the money, $S50O. taken from him ana Lii- Han Rose belonged to him, but he would not say where he secured 1t. This money his been identiefid from description as mart of the loot of the Great Northern train robbery in Montana July 3rd, last.
 Chief Desmond searched the trunks which was captured with the woman and found therein a small pocket dictionary, on the cover of which was written, "Wag- ner. Mont.'' On the fly leaf was in- scrlbed note supposed by the police to have been written by Lillian Rose, but no name is signed to 1t.
 The prisoners are being held to awit information from the Montana authori- ties who have been telegraphed about the arrests.
 The prisoners were put through another .'sweating" tonight and the woman final iy admitted that her right name was Laura Bullion. and that her home was in Knickerbocker. Texas. Her grand parents, Byerly by name, she said, re- sided at Douglas, Ariz. Loughbough finally admitted that he had not won the money by gambling, as he had at nrst stated, and said that he would in due time tell the officer where he had secured 1t.
 Then he resumed his stubborn attitude and maintained it. 5 When the woman was asked by Chief Of Detectives Desmond where she got the money she said: 'Loughbough gave 1t to me. My share was over Nooo, and ne had as much"
 But she would not admit that she had any knowledge of his compllcity In any robbery or that she had participated Tn any hold up. The woman laid great stress upon the eminent respectapiiity or her grandparents and begged the ofncers to withhold the fact of her arrest rom them.
 Chief Desmond, 1t Is understood. is of the opinion that the woman. disguised as a man actually participated in the ex- press robbery. In a note book found among her personal effects were several letters written to her by w. K. Carver from Sherman. Texas and Ponca City. Oklahoma.
 When Chief Desmond finished his final examination of the woman at midnight he said:. 'I cannot tell you anything just now. Later on may do SO"
 One of the most important features which developed in tonight's examination of the prisoners and their recent move ments is the fact that George Parker, alias Butch" Cassidy. another of the train robbers, was in the city as late as Tuesday night.