Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
ON THE ROBBERS TRAIL.
Evidence that Rudolph Family Had
a Part in the Union Bank
Robbery.
NITRo-GLYcERlHE PLANT FOUND IN HOUSE
Detective and Deputy sherins, Aided
by People of the Neighborhood,
Keeping on the Trail of the Out
laws, and the Prospects for Els
cape Are Small.

Union, Mo-, Jan. 27.-Evidencc
which fastens the crime of the Union
bank robbery upon William Rudolph
and Fred Lewis, beyond doubt, and
which in%criminates the entire Ru-
dolph family, has been discovered
here.
1t was the disclosure of a small nj
t~ro-glycerine plant in the Rudolph
home, Monday.
Rudolph and Lewis. however, are
safe for the time at least in the fast
nesses around Buford, Mo-, and
though the posse is keeping up it's
search, it is striking no trails.
Assistant Superintendent Charles
worth, of the Pinkertous, is at the
head of the posse near Buford.
A Deputy on the Trail.
Deputy Sheriff Bruchs, armed with
a Winchester, left here Monday morn
ing, single handed, to hasten to Shot
well, where he hopes to get a trail
as to the fleeing men.
Lewis is wounded. He may be I'M
able to keep up with Rudolph, and
Rudolph is too desperate a man to
let Lewis fall into the possess hands
alone.
"Dead men tell no tales" is his
motto, and it is believed he will GER
tainly kill his confederate if the
emergency arises.
Deputy Sheriff Nedder and Pinker-
tons meantime are sweating the Ru-
dolph family, father, mother, daugh-
ter, and a neighbor, George Harness,
who are in jail here.
The developments of Mondays
search of the Rudolph premises are
by far the most important since the
inquiry was begun into the Rudolphs.
Found $500 in Cash.
After the arrest of the family Sun
day the deputies returned and found
$500 in cash. This, in the light of
Mondays developments, is %undoubt-
cdly part of the $4,000 secured from
the Union bank. Deputies returned
to the Rudolph home Monday and in
prying about discovered a closet on
the first floor. 1t was securely fas-
tened. Tools were secured and the
door was forced open.
A perfect nitro-glycerine plant was
revealed. Carboys and bottles OF
hydrochIoric acid, nitric acid, sui
phuric acid, alcohol and all name OF
chemicals used in the manufacture of
the high explosive were stored in the
closet. Further search there also re-
vealed drills and a complete outfit OF
tools.
Entire Country in Arms.
The Rudolph family's guilty knowl'
edge of the existence of these arti-
cIes in the house will undoubtedly i'm
pIicate them.
Advices received from Stanton at
two o'clock Monday afternoon by the
officials of the Union bank, state that
100000 worth of the stolen securi-
ties were found on the Rudolph prem
Uses early this afternoon.
The reward of 81 800 for the bodies
of Rudolph and Lewis, dead or alive,
and the general indignation has
stirred the entire country to arms.
A Good Hiding Place.
The cabin where the battle took
place is situated at the Old Door
mines near the Bourboise river. The
abandoned shafts and caves generally
afford an excellent hiding place for
criminals, but just now the ground is
covered with snow and for that rea-
son they could be tracked. 1t is just
the place and environment for an out,
law gangs rendezvous.