The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-28
RUDOLPH OFFERS TO
LOCATE BANK LOOT.
Continued From pare One

along the wall furtherest from the door
We then laid the money, still in its orieina
sacks, there and covered it I'D.
1T was left there for about four days
In talking the matter over we decided that
the blacksmith shop was too public and toe
near the clearing for safety
| That night we dug up the sacks and
brought them into the house. William had
| given his mother 500 and this she had
| buried in the cellar. 1t was in glass jar
| ana while we were talking about where we
| would dispose of the money she happened
TO mention that hers was in good place.
we thought so too. and Lewis, Bill and
myself went down into the cellar. AL
| though the house is nearly 100 feet in length
| and about half as wide, the cellar Is only
ten feet square. 1t was followed out I'M
der the southeastern corner of the house
and is lined with stone.
BURIED MONEY
| IN CELLAR OF HOUSE
When We got down there Bill picked I'D
| shovel and started to dig a hole. He soon
| tired and l finished the work, although IL
! remember correctly, Lewis assisted a lit
Tie. We put the money in and the exca-
vation was then covered up and the ground
| made to appear as much as possible as it
was before we disturbed it.
The money remained there for over two
weeks One night some one happened
10 think that it would be conclusive proof
or our connection with the robbery should
the money be found under our house, and
upon the advice of the others I once more
dug 1t up.
The henhouse. which stands about twen-
~ feet from the main building. was the
hnal hiding place. I saw the money and
papers put in there and unless some one
mas been there since have been away they
are still there"
Rudolph told me that he had never known
the man Lewis before he was brought to
the house by his son. He said the latter was
called Fred or sometimes Lewis and that
he had never heard any other name men,
TONED The man Lewis did not receive any
mail while he was with the Rudolphs
The old man said that Lewis claimed his
home was in Hartford Conn. although he
mad not lived there for many years Ru-
doiph also said that his son had been away
from home for over four years and that he
had no idea where he had been.
When confronted with her husbands con-
fesson Mrs Rudolph gave down and de-
clared that her son returned the night after
the robbery with sacks Of something. Lewis
was with him. She denied, however. that
she had ever received or saw any of the
money.
The elder daughter makes the same state
ment.
Sheriff Bruch will go over to Potosi to-
morrow morning. He has ordered that the
horses found near there yesterday be held
for him, and 1t is quite probable that he will
take Armstead with him.
BOY WAS WITNESS
TO THE KILLING.
Local interest to-day was centered in the
story told last Sunday to Doctor W. H. Eld-
ers by Edward Miller. The latter, who Is
IA years of age, claimed that he had been |
in the Rudolph house when Schumacher |
was killed.
When the boy told this story to Doctor |
Elders, the latter communicated the facts |
to the authorities, but they were not be- |
lieved for some reason or other. and no at |
tempt was made by the Sheriff to either |
disprove or verify the lads statement The |
boy explains his presence in the house by |
saying that he went there to see the young |
Rudolph girl. who is about 13 years old:
While the children were upstairs the fight |
began and they witnessed It from the WIN
dow. Rudolph first discovered the approach
of the deputies and seemed to take the |
lead. He told Lewis that when he counted /
three he would open the door and that he
(Lewis) should be ready to follow him out.
Lewis was wounded twice.
Miller told me that after the deputies had !
been driven away he descended the stairs
and assisted in dressing Lewis's wound. He
said that the bullet entered the mans FORE
head and emerged just above the ear. He
pointed on Doctor Elders head the course
If the bullet and indicated the spot on his |
OWN leg where the second shot entered. He
said that Lewi3 was wounded by No.
The lad had accidentally shot himself in
he hand about week ago and was in the
labit of visiting Doctor Elders Office for
reatment, and 1t was during one Of these
,isits that he mentioned the subject
OFFICERS COPING
WITH CLEVER MEN.
Gradually the fact is being impressed
lpon those engaged in the pursuit of Ru-
Iolph and Lewis that they are coping with
wo clever men, instead Of one experienced
nan, handicapped by the presence of a
arm boy.
The skill with which the men have con- {
ucted their retreat from the scene Of the
murder cannot be longer credited to good
lck II they are in rapid fight for
,orthern Missouri, or are bending their
curse toward the more friendly territory
( Arkansas or Indian Territory. the clev- I
rness with which they have timed their ]
rival at places where they undoubtedly I
'ould be seen and recognized, II they ap- g
cared at an inopportune moment. 10 wor- I
ny Of better cause. I
Or, II. as others assert, the men are con- q
ealsd in the vicinity Of Stanton. It would q
,Quire equal, Il not greater strategy to Fl
eep their hiding place a secret from the +
,ores Of armed men who have been SCOUT c
g the woods for three days.
1t is also evident that they are not D
iendless or strangers in a strange land, h
the contradicting reports regarding their c
do not all emanate from re- G
able sources. Men who have Jeen with U
uses have assured me that in many
ses persons they have r11t along the road r,
I've tried deliberately to mislead the off, II
rs Of the law, when 1t was evident that | ir
o misstatements regarding directions, II
mes of roads and other important de- 81
lis, were>not due to ignorance of the
untry. d.
this neishborhood ten years or more b,
no do not remember William Rudolph. A,
e Is associated in their minds. however, n
tn q rather wild and lawless but never n
eless. a typical country youth. -