Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

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man and Fivecoat said they had done
the wrecking of the train and wanted
him to go with them in a second deal
up near the top of WOODBURY. hill east
of Osceola and Smith also said that
on that night Jackman and Fivecoat
were going to kill DR.. Sell and his wife
and rob them and burn their house
at DR.. Sell, who they thought was Civ
ing them away to myself and ]. N.
Ballou The also wrote DR.. Sell let
ter threatening what they would do,
which the state proved by expert wit
nesses, as their handwriting In the
trial put Carl Smith on train No. II
on the night of Feb. IA and sent him to
Murray Iowa so he could prevent them
from doing the job. On the next morn
myself and Major Wood went from OF
tumwa on train No. to Murray, la.
with Sheriff Lookinbill and Ballou and
arrested said defendants, The company
spent somewhere about $4,000 and the
county spent somewhere near $4,000 in
endeavoring to locate witnesses, bring
ing some from Omaha to convict these
two defendants. Jackman came to Luz
cas- and he and Harvey Boom and Tom
Jones went together near the top of
WOODBURY. HILL and looked up a place
to wreck train No. 2 the second time,
and also eat dinner close by, the mans
%. 1898, one Howard Boom, Thos.
Jones, James, Freel and Frank Jack
man, We're at Charlton at night they
got hold of John Bruffy a stock man.
who lived at WOODBURY. Iowa, near
the depot here in Charlton these par
ties threw an overcoat over BruffyS
head, and struck him / nthe back OF
| the head with pair of brass knucks,
taking from Bruffy one watch valued
at $50 and lot of money, I cannot
say how much. Afterwards l got
Bruffy's watch. Myself and Sheriff
Manning arrested Howard Boom, Thos
Jones on the farm of David Rankin
near Tarkio, Mo-, on the first day of
| April, 1898, also Jim Freel. The de-
PENDANTS were put in Jail at Charlton,
Freel and Boom got out of Jail in {,
few days after they were arrested.
Howard Boom died at Omaha and Jim
Freel was killed by Rock Island
train riding on the trucks between
Kansas City and ST. Joe, and was
and buried at Charlton, Iowa. After
these tramps got out of Jail at Chart
ton, Tom Jones did not get out. This
Tom Jones stood trial and was con-
victed August 80 1898, and was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for five
years. After he had been there two
years or over, he was paroled by Gov.
|
he would stay in the state. He left
the state and went to California and
the governor sent the sheriff of Polk
county after him and brought him
| hack and landed him in the peniten-
tiary and in which he served his time
out
Other Robberes Planned.
I'm the trial of Jones, Eli Manning,
sheriff. went to FIT. Madison and
brought Frank Jackman and he testi-
| fed against defendant Jones. Jack
man was not indicted on account of
him being sentenced for life for at
tempting to wreck a train at Murray,
Iowa. Jackman testified that he helped
hold up one John Bruffy and helped
Boom, Jones and Freel to rob Bruffy,
and he also stated that he, Jones and
| himself went one night while they
were staying at Lucas to rob a couple
of old maids whose name was Sand
ers They were sisters. They were
running store at that time at Lucas.
These three men went with a fictitious
message to the women's house and
the women would not open the door.
/ They held the message up at the win
dow so the women could read the
message, thinking the women would
open the door of the house and admit
them. Their intention was to knock
down the women and rob them as they
knew they had lots of money. AT an
other time Jones, Boom and Jackman
intended to rob one John Schenebley,
who lived about two and one-half miles
west of Lucas as they knew that
Schenebley had lets of money and
kept a small safe in his house; but
something kept them from doing it.
Jackman told about this, he said
Boom and Jones made counterfeit
money, while they stayed at Lucas i'll
To, old el,r 1Ir f1,ot Il, n
kept me quite while trying to find
out who Jackman was as he and
}. Fivecoat did not stay together long at
a time. l also went out to Broken
Bow, Neb. The agent and l drove ten
miles west of Broken Bow and l
found in the possession of a man, l
cannot give his name at present, five
saddles and seven barrels of harness
which Jackman and Fivecoat had
: stolen from parties living north OF
Murray, Iowa, before they attempted
to wreck No. 2. l brought the har-
ness and saddles back and gave them
to the people that owned them The
two defendants. Fivecoat and Jackman,
said to me they would hitch up some
ones team at Murray and take it out
of a barn and go away out in the
, country on Sunday night where some
school, church or some literary Soc
iety was in session and steal young
mems saddles and harness from the
horses. The young man would prob
ably have a girl with him and the
young man would have to hire some
one to take the girl home and would
have to leave the buggy or sleigh al
, the school house or church until he
could get another set of harness an6
, go after his vehicle They had every
!, body around MURRAY afraid Of them
T:.ey would take this stolen stuff, har-
ness and saddles to Osceols, hide II
away and drive to Murray before day
> light and have the team put up
3 Whoever the owner of the team was
would find that the team had beer
!, driven during the night, but did no
!, know who did it. Then within few
days Jackman and Fivecoat would &c
to Osceola and ship the harness ant
, saddles out to the man near Broker
I Bow, Neb., Jackman used to work fol
i, this man to whom he shipped thi.
!, stuff in Broken Bow, and the mai
:. formerly lived in Wayne county, Iowa
So you see these two defendants were
: bad men before they intended tt