The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-07
HAD HELENA
BANK BILLS
Man and Woman Are Arrested in
St. Louis.
WERE PASSING THE MONEY
MAY BE IMPLICATED IN MON
TANA TRAIN ROBBERY.

St Louis, Mo, Nov. 6.-The police |
have in custody at the Four Courts a |
man and woman suspected of compile |
ity in the robbery of an express car on !
the Great Northern railway near Wag-
ner. Mont, July last, when the safe |
was blown open with dynamite and
consignment of unsigned notes for the |
1 National Bank of Helena Mont, |
amounting TO between $50. 000 and $780,
! 600, was stolen. OF this amount $500
/ in new notes Of the Helena bank were
/ recovered, having been found in the
! possession of the man and woman, who
! were registered at the Laciede hotel
as Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Rose.
They arrived at the hotel last Fri
day and announced that they would
/ probably stay several weeks. Last
night the man was taken into custody
and today the woman was arrested
just as she was about to leave the city.
/ Their arrests followed the passing of
several notes of the Helena bank that
/ were supposed to have been stolen and
/ the signatures forged.
Both prisoners were taken before
Chief Desmond today and ''sweated."
A photograph of the man was taken
and measurements made according to
the BertillOn system. Through these
and circulars giving a description of
the robbers the police identified Rose as
Harry LOughbaugh. alias kid"
Loughbaugh, alias Harry Alonzo. Lii
lie Rose is the name given by the
woman.
Part Of the Loot.
Both prisoners We're examined at
some length, but very little was learned
from either Late this afternoon
Loughbaugh admitted to Chief Des-
mond, under the sweating process. that
all of the money, s, 500, taken from
him and Lillian Rose belong to him,
but he would not say where he secured
1t. This money had been identified as
part of the loot from the Great North
ern train robbery in Montana, July 3
last
Chief Desmond searched the trunk
which was captured with the woman
! and found therein a small pocket die
/ tionary, on the cover of which was
written Wagner, Mont" The prison
ers are being held to await information
from the Montana authorities. who
have been telegraphed about the arrest.
The arrests came about through in
formation filed Tuesday afternoon at
police headquarters by Max Barnett of
the Globe Loan agency. Mr.. Barnett
said that man had entered his place
, of business and had bought a watch,
/ the price of which was $50. The
/ stranger pTOffered four new $40 bills.
! They were accepted without question.
: Barnett later took them to the Mechan-
= les bank for deposit, but the teller
would not accept them, as he believed
they were a part Of the bills stolen
from the express train at Wagner.
How They Were Caught.
z Barnett went to the Four Courts and
E related what had occurred to Chief of
s Detectivse Desmond. He gave an ac-
I eurate description of the man wanted,
I and detectives were at once detailed to
find him It was after II o'clock last
night when the detectives located him
in a Chestnut street resort The man
was taken by surprise. He attempted
: to draw pistol, but the officers over
? powered him before he could draw
E either Of the revolvers he carried.
e In his pockets was found $500 in new
bank notes, which the police believe to
be a part of the proceeds of the ex-
press robbery. He also carried a val
! liable watch and jewelry.
- ! When arrested at the hotel the Rose
. woman is said to have told Detective
= ShevIin, who reported it to Chief Des-
Z mond. that she had forged the names
- OF bank officeds to the notes. She de-
< MED this to Chief Desmond afterward.
s In answering questions the woman told
. Chief Desmond that her home was IN
9 Kentucky and that the money found IN
= her possession was given her by man
named Williams She would not give
, the name of the town in Kentucky or
= anv further information about the man
y or the money.
q Woman Does Some Ttlking.
5 Tn prls.n5rs were put through an
oh the
man finally admitted that her right
name is Laura Bullion, and that her
s home is in Knickerbocker, Tex Her
= grandparents. Byerly, by name, she
a said. reside at Douglas, Ariz-
n Loughbaugh finally admitted that he
II had not won the money by gambling
d as he had at first said, and ne SAL
n that he would in due time prove to the
- officers where he secured It. Then ne
e resumed his stubborn attitude ant
If maintained it. When the woman was
> asked bv Chief OF Detectives Desmoa1
I. where she got the money, she said
= .I.oughbaugh gave it to me. Ny share
If was over $1,000. and he had as much.
But she would not admit that sh'
had anv knowledge of his cOmplicit,
in any robbery, or that she had par
~ ticipated in any hold-up. The woman
~ laid great stress upon the eminent re
- S 6CUdpltlLy Oh u6L BittlAN Pest SAAt9i e@4''
= begged the officers to withhold the fac
- of her arrest from them.
!, Chief Desmond, it is understood, L
- of the opinion that Miss Bullion, dis
guised as a man. actually participate
n in the express robbery. In a note bool
:, found among Miss Bullion's persona
effects were several letters written {
her by W. r. Carver from Sherman
Tex, and POnca City, Okla.
One Of the most important feature
ls which developed in tonight's examina
- ton of the prisoners and their recen
lis movements is the fact. which is almos
er clearly established that George Park
rs er alias Butch" Cassidy, another O
a the train robbers. was in the city a
- late as Tuesday night.
p Ed, Stokes VIII.
an New York. Nov. 6.-The viii of Ed
ward s. Stokes was filed today in tn
surrogate's Office The viii was mad
February 10, 1891, before Mr. Stoke