Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-15
THREE ARE ARRESTED
THEY WILL BE TAKEN TO HEBRON
FOR THEIR TRIAL
OFFICERS NONE TOO SOON
sheriff OF Thayer County Arrives in
Grand Island In the Niche OF
Timo-prisoners Held
for Him.
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GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct. 10.
a great s<irmiSh has taken place
by the alleged bank robbers caught at
Shelton and retained here. The
prisoners secured legal couus and a
petition for witt OF habeas corpus
was presented to County Judge Mul.
lin. The necessary orders were
drawn upon the sheriff to produce
the prisoners In court for hearing as
to whether they were unlawfully de.
tanned or not. The sheriff was busy
and absent. He had the jury Of the
TutleJ murder trial out for an even
ing health walk and was not found
until he brought the jury into dis.
trict court. Then he had some hours
in which to make the return of the
order and In the meantime the
sheriff OF Thayer county, accom-
panied by Fl. ID. Fisher, president of
the Byron bank started for Grand
Island and arrived at the court house
three-quarters Of IN hour before the
time was up for the sheriff to make
his return. sheriff Taylor then pro-
duced the prisoners in county court
and Sheriff Hensel of Taylor county
took possession OF them at once.
Carroll, the ring-leader of The trio,
was definitely identified as one of the
men in Byron on the day before the
robbery ny Alex Jones, barber OF
Byrin, who accompanied THE officer
and banker here.
The story Of how Sheriff Taylor OF
Grand Island baked the ATTORNEYS
who were trying to secure the release
OF the three men on writ Of habeas
corpus reached Lincoln yesterday
'Sherllf Taylor learned that writ
bad been applied for and papers
would probably be served upon him,
lie was anxious to hold the men IN,
I'll the Thayer county officials could
get to Grand Island. He was stopping
at the koehler hotel and the register
showed him In room %. AS a mat.
terror fact he was in room 10 The
lselIch for him was not successful.
When he was served with the pa.
pers the lawyers learned that the
money taken from the prisoners, TO,
when they held an order on the
sheTlir, had been shipped to Lincoln
nv Detective Owens, who made a
hurried trip to Grand Island on an
early morning train yesterday. With
the purse gone and beyond the reach
or the lawyers and the men from
whom the money was taken differ.
erent phase OF the legal struggle was
presented.
President HID. Fisher of the By
ron Bank and the sheriff Of ThayeI
county made hurried trip to Grand
Island yesterday. They arrived there
early IN the afternoon and found
that they were none too soon. The
prisoners were being taken before
the court FOR hearing on the habeas
corpus case. They were at once
arrested on the warrant In The hands
or the Phayer county sheriff.
An interesting circumstance has
come 10 light that may helm to prove
VINO Is the owner of the roll Of bills
amounting to $515 found in a locker
IN the Brown resideHce where the
men were caught. After the roll had
been found Carroll borrowed a lead
pencil OF Sheriff Sammons of Buffalo,
county and wrote on piece OF paper
the figures "5l5." This piece Of pa
per he placed In his pockets. Att
mat time officers did not know how
much money was In the roll. Later
when the roll vas counted this cir.
was reca He'd
1t was said that McDermott, the
man who was visiting with the trio
1t the Brown residence, has been
AIKEN to the jail in Buffalo county.
II IS alleged that he hid some money |
n that county and the railroad de.
,ertiVes want to do some investiQa-
tion along his line, although they
made no charge against McDermott. |
70 Is believed that at least 81 900 Of |
hidden money has not been found. |
Members OF the train crew in charge
IF No. Al when it was held up at |
\ maZonia, Mo-, on September %, |
VI u be taken to Hebron to view the |
prisoners.
Mr.. Malone said last night that |
mere Is no question about the iden- |
ihcation If the three men, so FAR as
elateS to their having been at Byron |
ne night before the robbery, the day |
'efore the robbery and the evening |
preceding, They were not seen in |
hat vicinity after that date. It was
aid they came from the south TO |
{vron,. Byron is almost on the |
Kansas Nebraska line. The Pinker-
on detective agency sent a man to |
irand Island as soon as the news OF |
he capture spread.
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