Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

agreed and peeled them off, On the back of his left
hand 1 saw deep imprint of four finger nails Later
on examining the body of Nichols found shrPds of
skin under the nails his right hand. After that
scrap of bond paper in the caboose where the
men slept"
While the public and the authorities accepted the
story the bandits without question Pnkerton worked
for year the private theory ne had formed. He
traced Schwartz Philadelphia, where he visited his
wife. This of the interest in that Schwartz
had recently married woman in Chicago. On the
brakemans return to that city Pnkerton caused his
arrest on a charge of bigamy. A well known Phia-
dephia attorney brought on to defend him. just
at the moment when Schwartz was bailed out on tne
bigamy charge Pinkerton caused him to be splrlteu
into the hands of the Grundy county authorizes "ho
had papers ready for his arrest in the Nichols case
Schwartz and Watt were sentenced TO nIe lhprlson-
ment for the murder
Pnkerton's effort to recover the $4,000 loot
came to end i'll peculiar way. The Chnago VIE
Schwartz said that the money had been rolled INTO
shot gun cartridges and that she had turned II over 10
the lawyer The lawyer always denied this vigorous
y and there the matter rested. Incidentally MI Flhk
erton took care of the unfortunate woman ut MS own
expense until her death. .
The history of express car holdups Is not without
its touches of humur John Dalton, Il famous bandit
conceived picturesque holdup ON the Northwestern
Railroad, He had a stuffed buffalo constructed Tor
his purpose with a space inside in Which he could
conceal himself Having ensconced himself In ms
strange hiding place he had the buffalo shipped oy
express.
ance former monarch of the praries that occu
pied of his until the train passed Dead
wood, s. d. He was suddenly startled to observe
that of the glass eyes had disappeared presently
something else that he recognized as II rhe Darrel
pushed at him through the socket and voice that
apparently from the spirit of dead bison or
dered him to throw up his hands. Quick as hash
the messenger had seized the situation ana with
spring to one side he out of range.
Then be vaulted onto the back of the bunalo'
reached forward gripped the gun barrel In both
hands. The stuffed figure sank beneath ms t weign1
until it rested on the shoulders of the helpless bandit
and there he remained until the next station brought
aid
Missouri Their Lair.
According to Mr.. Pinkerton, Missouri has produced
more train robbers of the traditional type than any
other section OF the outlaws from this State the
James boys were the most desperate During the war
afterward with Cole, "Jm," John and Bob" Young
or Charles Pitts the Miller boys, the Tompkins
brothers and Others they held high carnival robbng
banks trains express and individuals right and
left Another we'll known character was Charles Bull
lard known as piano Charlie" who with ike"
Marsh robbed an express car on the Hudson River
Railroad of 100000 Bulard afterward opened the
notorious American bar in Paris which became kind
of international rendezvous for thieves of all nations
He died in prison after having been associated with
wears stole millions of dollars and the famous Gains
borough portrait ana who came to a miserable end
in poverty.