Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-08-15
FRED NJ. HANS HELD FOR
CONSPIRACY.
Chief Detective of r., E. & NJ.
v. Has a Heap of Trouble

Cnlef Detective of r., i. & N.
v. Has a Heap of Trouble
Sheriff SHELTON of Harrison :
county scored decided victory
yesterday when through the evi.
dence and testimony collected
through his individual efforts,
Fred M Hans, Chief Detective Of
the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley railroad system was placed
under arrest on a charge of con-
spiracy, the arrest occurring in
connection with the preliminary
hearing of Daniels the man who
was arrested by Sheriff Shelton
after the latter had received the
confession of Latta, the man who
was arrested by Hans during the
car robbing episode near Cal.
Junction a few weeks ago.
From the very start yesterday,
the evidence introduced at the
preliminary hearing was exceed
ingly strong against Daniels and
also Hans who was accused of in
citing the entire deal 80 as to pro-
mote himself in the estimation of
the Company.
For the past few days Sheriff
Shelton has been quietly but
nevertheless industriously at work
collecting evidence in the case
and yesterdays elimination was
surprise to many, even those hav-
ing partial insight to the matter.
During the progress of yester-
days hearing which was conducted
before Justice Hyde in Logan, the
mother of Latta testified that Lat
ia ard Daniels went to Blair July
S. Frank Meyers, conductor,
testified that Daniels and Latta
rode on the train from Omaha to
Blair and that they exhibited
pass signed by Hans. The pass
was shown to the witness and
identified. @ K Turner, brake
man on the same train, identified
Daniels as riding on the train to
Blair July S. Amelia Brown,
mother-in-law of Daniels, testified
that Daniels stopped at her house
in Blair July S and had friend
with him who slept outdoors. She
swore that Daniels told her that
Hans had hired him to get Latta
into trouble.
II A Wentworth, bridge fore
man at Blair, identified Daniels as
crossing with man to Iowa over
the railroad bridge July 6. Geo.
1 Houghton, bridge watchman,
identified Daniels and Latta as
having crossed the Blair bridge
to the Iowa side the morning of
July 6. Burrell King identified
Daniels and Latta as having taken
dinner at his home on the Iowa
side of the bridge July 6. He
said they then went fishing.
Charles Dean, section foreman on
the Iowa side, saw Daniels and
Latta fishing July 6 on the east
side of the bridge. Charles
Haynes, night Waterman at the
Blair bridge, testified he saw and
recognized Daniels the night of
July 6 about eleven feet west of
the Blair bridge. He asked him
where he came from and he said
from the Iowa side. He asked
him if he heard shooting and he
said he heard something, but did
not know what it was.
OF Nelson, night operator at
Blair, saw Daniels the night of
July 6 and remarked to him there
was some fun on train No. 81.
Hans was there. Daniels came
into the Office then, showed his
pass and told Nelson it was all
right, as he was in Hans employ.
Witness identified the pass found
on Daniels and signed by Hans.
s A Albro, chief of police at
Council Bluffs, testified that while
Daniels was in the jail at Council
Bluffs Daniels said: "This man
Latta had made number of pro-
positions to me in regard to steal
ing different things and / laid the
matter before Hans and Hans
said it was all right; to go ahead
on this job. Hans told me to go
ahead; it was all right. I asked
him if Hans was on the train"
said the witness, "and he said he
guessed he was on the train, but