The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-27
RELEASED ONLY TO
Be REARRESTED
Tom Stewart Completed a Three
Year Term at Eddyville.
Was Met nj the Door by Deputy u.
y. Marshal Saunders and An
Assistant.
POsTOFFIcE ROBBERY CHARGED

Tom Stewart, three year convict
in the branch penitentiary at Eddy
Vile, will have little cause to pleas
antly remember his Christmas. II
he had any idea that his three year
term, expiring last night at IL
o'clock. would bring him freedom.
his anticipations we're rudely shatter-
ed. When he entered the reception
room OF the prison in his new suit OF
clothes with IS bill in his pocket
Just ready to step out a free man. he
was placed under arrest by Deputy
4. S. Marshal G. w. Saunders, Of Pa
ducah. and Constable l.. w. Cosby, OF
Mayfield.
Stewart was sent to the penitenti'
airy from Bowling Green, Warren
county. for burglary. and had COM
;leted a three year term. He was ar
rested on federal Indictment from
West Toledo. o.. for alleged robbery
of the postofiice there. and was
brought down to Paducah today from
Eddyville.
Stewart had naturally been look
ing forward to the time of his re-
lease with much pleasure. and when
the federal Indictment was read to
him. and he realized that he was
still a prisoner and had to answer for
a crime even greater than that OF
burglary-that OF robbing a United
States postoffce-his disappointment
was evident.
The prison officials were also af-
fected. for the man had behaved
well since his term began three years
ago. and they liked him,
Stewart is an Ohio man and in
1901 was arrested In Bowling Green
with a full kit Of burglar tools in his
possession. A strong case was made
cut against him and he was given a
three and a half year term In the
penitentiary. He accepted the sent
ence without appeal and began serv-
ing his term Because of his excel
lent behavior in the penitentiary. he
was given an edge" of six months,
which means thSt his term was short
ened that much for good behavior.
Deputy Marshal Saunders passed
through Paducah last night from his
home in Mayheld with Constable Cos
by to secure his man. knowing the
hour when Stewart would be releas-
ed. The fact that Stewart was want
ed in Ohio was known to the pris-
on officials, but they never intimated
II to Stewart. who expected to be a
free man today.
Stewart. who is a man ABOUT 80
years old, while in Paducah today,
seemed absorbed in the outside
world. having seen nothing of IL for
three years. and was seemingly I'M
conscious that he excited any interest
as he walked along the street secure
~ handcuffed to the constable with a
deputy United States marshal trail
ing behind.
He will be returned to Ohio to
face a charge of robbing. in March,
1901. the postoffice at West Toledo,
suburb of Toledo. o. He has little
to say OF the charge except that he
has sufficient evidence to clear him
self.
Stewart did not seem inclined to
talk about his affairs but wanted to
see things. He looked everywhere
and at everybody and took in every
thing from a coal cart to the large
buildings.
Stewart at the train said to Sun
reporter that he was 81 years of age,
and a Kentucky boy. He said he
knew nothing about the AFFAIR in To-
iedo. "As Gar as i am personally
concerned" he explained, 81 don't
fear conviction. have had no hand
in any Toledo robbery and was sent
up from Bowling Green because the
authorities found pistol and a
small wedge on me along with fuse
with cap had picked up. ! was
guilty of nothing at Bowling Green,
and the conviction was job pure
and simple. don't really know
where West Toledo is, but under
stand that is where | am supposed to
be wanted"
Stewart is a man of large proper
tions and very powerful. He has an
intelligent face and speaks well. He
says that whiskey was the cause prir
cipally of his arrest in Bowling Greer