The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-26
'HREE ARRESTS MADE.
E. r. Winder, Bookbinders'
Secretary, Held as Principal.
Hackman and Woman Charged
With Being Accessories.
How the Victim UnraveIled the
Plot.

Fred johnson, a man employed on
the new pipe line into Topeka, was
held UP and robbed Sunday night by a
masked man under circumstances
which caused the arrest of Bert Fish
burn, hack driver, E. r. Winder,
secretary of the Bookbinders' union,
and woman who gives her name as
Miss L. c. Huff
Johnson,s story WOULD indicate that
the other three conspired to rob him.
Sunday night, he says, he went out to
have a time" and being stranger in
town, employed Fishburn to show him
the town. Fishburn took him to sew
eral places, and they had several
picked up some more passengers,
man and women whom Johnson has
identified in the persons of Winder and
Miss Huff The three of them drove
to another place. and had another
drink, and then the man, Winder, left
him in the hack with the woman and
went away. It was arranged that
home with her. Being a stranger in
the city, johnson is unable to locate
the places visited, or the place where,
shortly after Winder left the hack, the
driver drew up at the curb. AS the
hack stopped a man, whose face was
partially concealed by a white hand
kerchief, appeared at the door of the
carriage and presenting a long re-
volver, ordered Johnson and the wo-
man to alight. They did so, and then
the driver was ordered down. and the
three stood in line with hands ele-
waited. The robber then ordered the
shackman to ''go through" Johnson:
The driver did as ordered. and placed
all the money he found in the hat
which the robber held in his left
hand. Then Johnson was ordered to
search the hack driver. This he did
under protest, but did not find a cent.
The robber then ordered them to dis
perse, which they did, Johnson, who
was badly frightened, going in one di-
rection, While the woman went in an
other and the hackman drove away.
+ Turning at the first corner, johnson
cautiously followed the robber, and in
sew minutes saw him make a sign
to the hackman, who had just driven
around the block, climb into the vehicle
and drive away.
johnson says that he noticed, while
the robbery was going on that the rob-
Der kept him covered with the pistol
but paid no attention to the hackna n.
/ He did not tell his story to the police
until Monday afternoon, and they be-
/ gan a still hunt and 4ocated the hack
man, Fishburn, whom they arrested.
He confessed to the whole transaction,
and said that it was put-uD job be-
i tween himself and Winder to rob the
stranger, out JnaI he Q10nt InfnK the
| woman, who was Winder's sweetheart
knew anything about the deal. At {
O'Clock last night Officers Pavey and
Golf went down to 318 East First street
the residence of the woman, and waited
for Winder. In short time he came in
and was arrested. He denied the charge
of robbery, and said: DO ! look like
a highwayman? ] am a bookbindeI
and secretary of the union. l am due
at lodge meeting eonight and 1 have
got to be there.
E. R. Winder was arrested about q
month ago for carrying two large re-
volvers while drunk. His defense was
that he was carrying $50 of bookbinders
union money. and had the revolvers fol
the purpose of defending it against rob-
bers.
/ The trio, Fishburn, Winder and the
woman. were 'tsweated' by County At
! torney Hungate today.