The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-30

stance of the statements made by o'NeIn
and Mcnamara is that Jack Fickler. a man
named John Durney and themselves con-
cocted the robbery and carried 1t out.
J O'Neill acted as the lookout on the pave
ment. while Durney. Mcnamara and Flicker,
IL Is said. assaulted the mail driver. Flick
Ter, according to Mr.. Dice. struck the mail
carrier on the head with his revolver, and
Durney showed his revolver against the mail
carriers abdomen. while Mcnamara seized
the mall pouch After obtaining possession
OF the pouch they jumped into the buggy
which they had in waiting. drove east TO
Second street. south to Clark avenue and
west 10 the Higgins woman's house on Fiji
teenth and Walnut streets. where the
money was divided The pouch and the re-
naming contents. 1t is alleged. were then
/ taken TO kahler's saloon. opposite the Four
Courts. and burned
With this information in his possession
Post Office Inspector Dive called in all his
available deputies and made arrangements
10 round UP all those who were said to be
implicated in the robbery either as direct
participants or accessories after the fact
Jerry Kahler was arrested at his saloon.
No. Ills Clark avenue. Thomas Commit
was arrested at his desk in the City Reg
ister's Office. Creedon was found at No. SIS
South Ninth street. and Emma Higgins a;
Fifteenth and Walnut streets. McTeague
was found at Fourth and Convent streets.
Deputy United States Marshals Noll, Bren-
nan. Watson. Osmer and Bunsen assisted in
the arrests.
Creedou and the woman were taken TO
the Four Courts. as their condition was
such that IL was deemed unwise to give
them a preliminary hearing yesterday.
KAHLER AND CONNIFF RELEASED.
Kahler and Commit were taken directly
before United Statess Commissioner Gray.
who. after a brief examination. held them
10 await the action OF the Federal Grand
Jury. Kahlers bond. in the sum of se,5oo.
was signed by Ed Butler and James H
Cronin as sureties. When Messrs- Butler
and Cronin were informed Of the gravity OK
the charge against Kahler. they at once
surrendered KahIer to the police. and he is
now in jail Both Kahler and Connin
deny the accusation against them. and de-
clare they will have no trouble in proving
their innocence.
John F1clIer. another clerk In the City
Registers Office. was arrested at his home.
No. 400 South Fifteenth street. by Detec-
tives Kelley and Murphy, and is now at
the Four Courts He and Creedon and the
woman will have preliminary hearing to-
day.
John c. Durney. whom o'Neill and Nc
Namara. in their confession. implicate in
the crime. was shot and killed by a saloon
keeper on Fifteenth and Walnut streets. in
saloon brawl. on January 10. 1907. less
than a month after the robbery.
Post Once Inspector Dice said yesterday
that he believed the evidence in his pos
session against the accused persons is suf-
ficient 10 convict them koelling. the mes
senger who was assaulted, has not as yet
confronted any of the prisoners. and it re-
mains to be seen whether he can identify
any Of them as his assailants.
Upon the expiration OF their present term
of Imprisonment O'Neill and Mcnamara
Will be prosecuted by the Federal authori-
ties for the Koelling robbery.
The contracting firm by whom Koeliing
was employed at the time of the robbery
was composed Of Louis Decker and George
F. Robertson, former members of the House
of Delegates. both OF whom are now un-
der indictment in the bribery cases.
Koelling who lives at No. '2sl1 Walnut
street. had only been in the city a few
months when the robbery occurred His
home is in Boonville. Mo.
MCNAMARA AND O'NEILES CRIMES
The pictures OF Mcnamara and O'NeIu
are In the Bertillol bureau at the Four
Coutrs. O'Neill Is 3 years old and Nc
Namara 20. They were convicted Of bur
glary on March Is. 1902 Mrs. Schreimer. of |
No. 4lo4 Washington place. and Mrs. Hof-
man of No. 2l35 Gano avenue identified
property found in their possession as hav-
ing been stolen from their residences.
Chief Desmond said last night that on the
day following the robbery he received in
formation which led him to search the
premises of Jerry Kahier. and subject Kah-
Ter to a sweating. but that he was unable
at the time to obtain any convincing eyi-
dence to implicate him in the robbery.
At the time OF the robbery Jack F1ckler
was employed in the Post Office Annex as
a fireman. He was discharged a short time
later as the result OF difficulty with a
negro employe. In which he fired shot at
the negro. Fickler Is an ex-convict. !