The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-27
DEVELOPMENTS IN
UNION ROBBERY CASE.
Continued From Page One.

another posse was expected from Stanton
later in the day no attempt was made to
verify whether or not there was a man in
| the house.
1t was not until nearly o. clock that the
re-enforcements arrived. headed by August
| w. Hoffman. cashier of the Union Bank
! The wagon containing Hoffman and his par
| ty was not seen by the deputies guarding
the house until it had stopped Immediately
| before the front of the building and the men
were preparing to alight.
instantly cry Of warning was raised and
the white faces of those standing near the
| shed warned the new arrivals that some-
| thing out of the ordinary had occurred.
Alter consultation il was decided to rush
| the building. and a young man named Con-
way of Union Offered to lead the way into
| the house. The men with rcvoIvers were
detailed to support him.
In order that the serious mistake made
Saturday might not be repeated, the dept
! ties having WinchesteTs. were placed so
as to command all sides of the building
| The late arrivals rather secuted the idea
| that there was any one In the building, bat
Rudolph and Lewis have taught thosa who
| are pursuing them a costly lesson, and
| there was no disposition to treat even a sus-
.'Ni'h Va t'i'i piCSSltt hSHty
| Conway ard his compa Mons cauti5u-ly
| approached the house. covered ard pro-
! tect2G TO some extent by the guns CT those
| nerves of those surrounding the house that
| the lutter of shade or the slightest move
| ment of door would have bsen the signal
| for fulisade.
| EXCAVATORS FOUND
A BURIED KITTEN
These precautions proved needless as
Conway's advance met with no resistance
and not a person was found in the house.
although it was thoroughly ransacked from
cellar to garret.
The scare, however, had greatly interfered
With the search for the money. as it was
then after O'Clock. The remaining hours
of daylight were devoted systematically to
going through each room in turn, but moth
ing of value was found.
A rather ludicrous incident occurred just
after the attack upon the house. While
standing behind the shed one Of the men
noticed that the ground had been recently
disturbed ard several deputies began to ex-
cavate at that place.
Some one suggested that there might be
dynamite buried there and the possibility
of hitting the explosive with their picks
helped to dampen the ardor of the
searchers.
In accordance with suggestion from
Charlesworth the hole was lied with
water for the purpose of wettng the dy-
Mantle. Half an hour later two of the men
became impatient and determined to finish
the work at all costs. A wide berth was
given them by the rest OF the party.
There was a quck rush that way a few
minutes later when one Of the diggers an
nounced that he had struck bundle with
his shovel: The earth was carefully re-
moved and one man, more impatient than
the others. thrust his hand into the hole
and removed the dead body of a small
kitten.
1t was learned yesterday that Lewis was
seen in the vicinity of Spring Rock, Mo-.
at the house Of man named Lawrence. 1t
is claimed that Lawrence is a relation Of
Rudolph. and that Lewis stayed at his
house Sunday night and that his wounds
were redressed there.
LITTLE GIRL SAW
WOUNDED MEN.
H. c. Hayes is credited here with being
the author of the rumor that robbers
crossed the Frisco tracks near Moselle, but
denied 1t when questioned by me.
Grace Roller Of St. Clair. IA years old,
says she saw two men in a box car in a
train that passed her at $50 p. m. She says:
II was standing in the yard at our house.
which Is east of the station, watching the
cars as they passed.
"In one car I plainly saw two men just
before they closed the door. One was sit
ting on the floor and there was bandage
of some kind around his head. The train
was going too fast for me to see the men
very plainly"
The statement made by the little girl does
not seem to have been actuated by any de-
sire to create sensation, as she did not
appear to attach any Importance to what
she had seen. She mentioned the matter
casually. while listening to a conversation
regarding the robbers.
BANK ROBBERY
CAREFULLY PLANNED.
With each days development in the in
vestigation Of the killing OF Schumacher it
becomes more evident that the Union Bank
robbery was planned and executed by a
master mind. That the directing genius is
the companion of William Rudolph is also
becoming palmer.
The man who broke into the vault of the
Union Bank was in no sense a novice in
such matters. The vault was not wrecked,
nor were the contents destroyed by the
force of the explosion.
It is also evident that one familiar
with the tactics OF the experienced and ex-
pert detective was the counselor in the
consultations that caused the death OF
Schumacher.
It was no accident that upon the de-
tective's first visit to the Rudolph home