The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-01

CAUGHT
BANDITS STOLE $4,000
FROM G. N. EXPRESS.
WERE CAPTURED BY OFFICERS
ON DINING CAR AT
SPOKANE.

point OF drawn TeFOiVelo anu w"
rounded by a squad Of stern-faced de-
tectives, two rough-looking, shabby
dressed men, believed to be the ban
dts who held up the Great Northern
Oriental Limited train near Rondo
siding, Mont, in the early morn OF
September IL, 1907, and secured $4O'-
600 in greenbacks, threw up their
hands amid the luxurious surroundings
of the diner attached to Great Nor
thern westbound train just within tne
city limits at Spokane last Friday.
Steel manacles were snapped on their
wrists and they were safely locked IN
strong cells in the city jail They
were held under the technical charge
of fugitive.
When searched at the police station
$14,1OO in bills was taken from their
clothing. The descriptions given OF
the highwaymen exactly fit the pair
On the paper wrappers about the pack
ages of greenbacks was the stamp OF
the Commercial National bank OF chi
cago, with the date September l.
1907, the date on which the money
is thought to have been expressed by
the Chicago bank. The suspects
gave their names as G. E. Mcdonald,
43 years old, and Ed Smith, 80 years
old. They said they were miners. In
the possee that captured the supposed
highwaymen were Detective Aleck
Macdonald, Sergeant D. D. McPhee,
Detective R. T. Briley and Claim
Agents Michael E. Ryan and Tim
othy P. Enright of the Great Northern
company.
Boarding the train at Hillyard, on
telegraphic information furnished the
railroad company by Jesse E. Howe,
a liveryman, and Thomas Riley,
dance hall proprietor, both of Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho. who were star fig
ures in the apprehension of the sus-
poets. the squad of sleuths waited
until the train had entered the city
limits before they made their drama
tic entrance into the diner. Entering
the detectives saw the suspected rob-
bers with Howe and Riley sitting at
one of the tables. Detective Mac
donald. his hand clenching his revolv-
err which he had concealed in his
coat pocket, was at the head Of the
posse.
Throw up your hands, all of you;
I'll kill the first man who makes a
move for his pocket" commanded
Mcdonald, suddenly flashing his re-
, volver and covering the quartet. With
look Of intense surprise on their
faces. Mcdonald and Smith arose 81
multaneously with the decoys, Howe
, and Riley, and in an instant they were
r handcuffed.
, The posse, with the prisoners, went
Immediately to the police station as
, soon as the train pulled into the depot
, Then, while an amazed crowd of spec
, tators stood looking on almost stupe
, fed, package after package of green
a backs was taken from the clothing O.
the captured men by Jailer Wallace
j. and Sergeant McPhee, who searched
f them. Each package contained $500
!. the denominations being S., $40 ant
q $40 bills.
n was finished they were taken to thu
v Jail under a strong guard and locke
up separately in two of the stronges
a cells in the bastile. The detective
+ then went to the Great Northern depo
:, and gained possession of the baggage
J. of the suspects, consisting of tw'
grips, which were thoroughly search
d ed. No discriminating evidence wa
v found in them.
e Their Amusement.
. Lining up bottles containing 50
worth of wine or beer on the bar Q
g the dance hall at Boomers Ferry, Ida
I no, and then with one sweep of ar
# other bottle breaking all into man
. pieces was one of the pleasantries il
q dulged in by c. R. Mcdonald and E
Smith, arrested upon suspicion of BIZ
o ing the Great Northern bandits VIII
. held up the train at Rexford, Mont
2 September -, securing $4,000 COZ
signed to the Old National bank c
Spokane from the Commercial NJ
!. tional bank of Chicago. The SLABS
, found upon the two has been ident
= fed as part Of the booty secured b
. the bandits.
- Such was the story related b
:. Thomas Riley, the proprietor of tn
- dance hall, who with Jesse E. How,
= liveryman Of Boomers Ferry, Idaht
- came to Spokane with the two mel
- with the purpose Of surrenderin
- them to the police, so they declar,
" mo sooner would they sweep ava
20 bottles of beer or four bottles {
D. champagne than they would call fo
y another bunch to be set upon tn
"a bar" said Riley in remarking upo
the amusements of the two men du
ing the three days they were at hi
resort.
Fight for Reward.
J From present indications there wi
r be a stiff legal flight to determine I
N whom the $14,100 reward for the cal
u. ture of the two men believed to b
is the Great Northern bandits belongs.
N Jesse E. Howe. the liveryman. an
is Thomas Riley, the dance hall pro-
s. rietor, both of Boomers Ferry, Idah,
who came to Spokane with the me,