Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-23

brought to Ottumwa by Frank SHUTS,
then sheriff In Chicago Durkin was
allowed to confer with the Pinkertons
and in consideration of his telling them
of the crime and several other deals in
which he was concerned he was given
a short sentence after having been
convicted here. He got three years
and half but was afterward re-
leased. Ritchie was arrested in his
own saloon in Baltimore in 1900 and
brought here by Sheriff Suits al
hard fight was made by the sheriff for
acquisitions both for Durkin and
Ritchie but the Iowan finally won in
both cases.
Dodd Weakens.
When Ritchie was arraigned before
the Wapello county district court Dodd
weakened for the first time. 1t is
believed that he was threatened with
death if he testified against Ritchie. At
any rate he calmly told the jury in the
case that he had never seen Ritchie
before and that the man was not con-
nected in any way with the robbery Of
the Bradley bank Nothing was left
for the officers but to allow Ritchie
his freedom. Thirty minutes after he
left the court house free man he and
Dodd were talking and drinking in a
local saloon. chummy as old friends.
Dodd had weakened.
Hamilton Shown Mercy.
Justice was tempered with mercy in
the case of Jesse Hamilton, the bar
tender who acted as "go-between"
for Durkin and Dodd. He was tried
and convicted on June 5, 1897 The
court imposed sentence of eighteen
months. but four days later petition
was presented to the judge bearing
the names of almost every lawyer in
Wapello county and asking that the
sentence be set aside. Hamilton was
freed.
Menard Long at Liberty.
Indian joe" the man arrested in
Chicago today. is the last of the gang
to be detected. Hundreds on hun
dreds of dollars have been spent in ef-
forts to locate him, but he has avoided
the officers since the day he made his
escape after giving straw bond, if
it was he who was arrested and in the
Ottumwa Jail at that time. Every state
has been searched for him, no corner
has been overlooked, but he has sue
ceeded in evading the detectives until
today. when he was arrested with his
wife in Chicago, his old home.
Money Never Recovered.
Not one cent of the $4,000 secured
by the robbers has ever been recov-
cred by the bankers. Stevens says
Dodd and the Chicagoans got 1t all,
and it was partially because of this,
that he was induced to confess and in
criminate them. If they did, they dis
posed of all the money before they
were arrested and their capture has
cost their victims huge sum. But
| they are all, at last, accounted for.
| The books of the Pinkerton Detective
| Agency may now. for the first time in
more than eight years, show balance
| in the case Of the Eldon bank robbery.
| The crime was one of the most noted
ever committed in Iowa, because of
the people connected with it and the
manner in which the robbers evaded
capture for SO long. The arrest of
Menard is the end of long and tire
less search
Cremer in Chicago.
I SnerlH CremeT is IN CnlCdRO on
business. No word has been received
here at a late hour this afternoon re-
garding the arrest Of Menard except
the Associated Press dispatch to the
Courier. 1t is thought probable that
Sheriff Cremer has been notified OF
the arrest of Menard and he is prob.
ably even now making efforts to OBJ
4 tain his man in order to bring him
back to Ottumwa.