The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-12

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evening and proved to be an expert
pool shot, doing all kinds of fine shots
on the table. He changed handful
of small change for a five dollar bill
and while walking around the table.
the form of pistol was seen bullying
from the back of his coat. He made
inquiries about the next train out of
town and was waiting to go to the
depot when Deputy Marshal Monogue
and Sheriff Crimmins nabbed him.
He was taken to the station and lock
ed up.
Possibly Local Talent.
The impression is strong in police
circles and among the public that the
work was done by local talent.
From the fact that the three men
did not shoot two Keokuk citizens;
from the direction the men ran after
completing the robbery and from 9th
err things in connection with the rob
berry and the reputation a number Of
Keokuk young men are getting, thf
belief is expressed that the three men
all live in Keokuk.
The stolen boat however knocks
this theory all hollow.
The work of running down the
thieves continues today and Marsha
Kenney and his force are busy on th'
case. Work is going on down at War
saw to try and locate the men ant
Marshal Cooksey of Canton who ha:
proven himself to be valuable mai
in a case of this kind, is taking
hand in the work. He was in Keokul
yesterday.
Arrived on Foot.
] The three men arrived at the hote
! on foot and not in carriage as wa
rumored. A Keokuk man Tho left tn
hotel just a few minutes before tn
holdup, remembers OF seeing tire
men standing on Johnson street acros
/ from the hotel near the billboards
but thought nothing of the inciden1
for groupes of men are often seen i
that vicinity late at night.
This groupe was undoubtedly tn
three men who pulled off the viii
west act and at that time they wer
possibly arranging their masks an
getting ready for the assault.
The police thought that they had
clue during the night when myste1
ious buggy with three men in IT wa
reported having been seen in the v
entity. The buggy was tied in fron
of the Grand Hotel for some time du
ing the early evening and strange
entered the hotel and inquired fc
three men. Later on three men cam
In and asked about the single man VIII
had been in before.
Later in the night four men in
buggy drove up to the Vermaze
stable and asked to have their hors
fed The animal was fed and the
the men drove away.
This clue was run down and tt
men were found to have come from tt
powder works and were not implicate
in the affair at all.
Money in the Safe.
Had the highwaymen gotten into Il
safe they might have made rath
heavy haul, for besides containil
some money belonging to the hotel,
number of guests had money and VI
uables in the safe for protection as
customary in hotels.
The arrival of guests into the
~ -
from further work. or perhaps h
they been unmolested they would ha
made an attempt to get into the sa
Police Were Busy.
n The police spent busy night aft
r the robbery was reported. When
a early morning up train arrived,
ficers went through each car a
watched every passenger who got {
S The railroad yards and the vicin
& Of the hotel We're given thorou
. search and the telephones were ke
a busy notifying the exits of the city a
the nearby towns Of the holdup.
9 The only thing found was the ov
y coat which was picked UP in the all
: back of the hotel and this gives
clue to the desperadoes. Why c
70 Of them should shed his overcoat. il
0, mystery. unless the coat was sto
u one and he wore another beneath
There are many circumstances
I'd lead to the belief that the work y
done by local mon and inst as m q