Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-01
ROBBERS CASH BOOTY SMALL
Get Less Than Three Hundred Dol.
lars in Money.
DYNAMITE FOUND IN SCHOOL
officers IRE StiII Gathering Clues
and Bending Their Efforts 10
Round I'm the Fourth
Bandit.

1--WE have discovered that less than $500
in money was secured by the robbers who
held up the Union Pacific Overland Linn
tied train" said w. r.. Canada, chief of
the Union Pacific's secret service. There
were papers in mining stocks and other
forms OF securities, but not over that
amount of cash"
-Four sticks OF dynamite were found In
the loft OF the Brown Park school in South
Omaha Monday morning by Janitor Bentz,
which is an evidence that the train robbers
were prepared for all emergencies. The
sticks o: dynamite wore hidden in a Sc
Guided part OF the loft and were discovered
by the merest accident. These have been
turned over to the federal authorities.
The postoffice inspectors are busy assert
ing over the rifled mail and getting 1t in
such shapes as possible for identification
This work is in charge of Inspector Ran
dali. Thus far nothing has developed that
will Indicate that the robbers secured any
great amount OF money.
ID. w. Woods, the leader of the holdup
suspects, has again been identified, this
time by a Fremont lad, who says that
Woods asked him for some matches at FIRE.
mont the day preceding the night of the
holdup. He was not sure whether he had
ever seen Torgensen and Gordon, the other
two prisoners.
Chief Canada OF the Union Pacific was
with the lad when he Identified Woods
having brought him to Omaha from Ere
mont Just for the purpose.
1t is supposed that Woods wanted th'
matches for lighting candles used by the
bandits after they had secured their booty
and were hiding II.
Warner is Positive.
United States Marshal Warner says:
although / am positive we have a sure
case against Woods, Torgensen and Gordon
and can convict them on the evidence
mostly circumstantial, now in our posses
sion, we look for still more development
tina will greatly assist the prosecution
Things are turning up all the time tina
are important"
III the mail clerks who were on the trail
held up by the bandits have now Identifies
one or another of the three suspects hell
by the government authorities.
sunday morning Tune Corey of Council
Bluffs. one OF the mail clerks went to tn,
county iail with Marshal Warner and iden
tilted them.
am positive of Woods" he said. IAN,
fairly ,ufs of Torgensen, but 1 cannot sa,
that much about Gordon"
Clerks Rush, Miles and Ryan identifie'
the prisoners Monday. between them man
aging TO identify each one, although al
three were not sure OF each suspect, Thi
leaves Woods. Forgensen and Gordon full,
identified. for at least several of the clerk
are sure OF each man. Woods being tn
one about whom the Identification is mos
certain.
The three prisoners are KEPT in close con
finement, They have made no statement
other than a denial, since being arrested
That Torgensen may have been connecte
In some way with government investiga
tions befroe this time is deemed probabl
b. a local member Of the secret service
The latter states that he believes the secre
service has had daiings with Torgense
in past years. supposedly in counterfeitin
cases,
The officers say that prior TO the hearin
OF the suspects before United States Con
missioner Anderson today they hope I
uncover more evidence and arrest III
fourth man.
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