Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
ANOTHER CRIME ON ROBBERS
Jswelfy Steal is Credited to Them by
Denver Detectives.
LATTER HERE FOR GRAND JURY
They say Firm Man was In the
Limited HoIdup ana Acted az
BRnker-woman OF Lit
tie Consequence.

stu another crime is said to have been
committed by the three alleged train rob-
bers arrested in Omaha.
Detectives p, j. Carr aud Coleman Bsu,
the Denver detectives who effected the ar.
rest Of James Shelton, the fourth suspect,
and Lillian Stephenson. the woman In the
case, have arrived In Omaha to attend the
hearing before the federal grand Jury.
They say the men known as Woods. Tor
sensen and Gordon pulled off a $4,000 Ola
mond and jewelry robbery at Denver IN
September.
'Shelton's real name Is Lawrence Hoi-
den" says Detective Carr. and his home
Is at Spokane we believe. We have reason
to think that he and the other three men
now held for the Overland holdup, also held
up a Rio Grande train at Military Junction,
Colo, on February 12. 50,
Lillian Stephenson's connection with the
case viii prove OF secondary and only lndt-
rect Importance" say the Denver officers;
"she was not smart enough to have been
trusted with the secrets OF the holdup
gang and only acted as a friend and COM
panion OF the men,"
BY knowing OF her before the Omaha
holdup Detective Bell was able to trace her
and connect her with the gang, after which
the two detectives managed by some clever
work to secure Information from
her against Shelton and the others.
A statement was made by the woman he
fore she was brought to Omaha Sunday.
but It is said It was only Of a general ma.
ture and went to show that she knew little
Of the inner workings Of the gang.
Woman Identifies Them.
Mrs. Bond, from whom the Jeweiry was
stolen last fall" said the detectives 10 speak
ing Of the new crime OF which the men are
suspected. has positively Identified the
men Woods, Torgenson and Gordon OF the
automobile picture as the trio who robbed
her.
Woods and Gordon went TO her apart
ment house end rented a room, she says,
and then Torgenson came around and
wanted to rent another room on an upper
floor. While Mrs. Bond was showing him
the upper room and was being kept there
for a short time by the mans 'staning,'
Woods and Gordon are alleged to have
climbed over the transom into Mrs. Bonds
room and to have stolen 81. 900 worth or
more of stones and jewelry. Til valuables
were kept in a trunk, which she had opened
in the presence Of the first two men to
give them chang for a large bill when they
paid their rent"
Against Woods, Torgenson, Shelton and
Gordon in the Rio Grande holdup case the
Denver officers say they have a fairly
strong case of circumstantial evidence, but
probably will never bring It to trial, as the
men are wanted at so many other cities.
They say one OF the details which fastens
the case upon the quartet of professional
stickup men, as they call them, was that
two days after the train robbery Torgenson
appeared in Denver and bought the clothes
which he wore in the automobile picture.
paying for them with a $50 bill from a, fat
roll Of paper money that Icame from the
holdup. =
Think They Have FistA Man.
That a fifth man is In some way con-
nected with the Limited train hoidup gang,
is asserted by Bell and Carr, who say they
firmly believe they would nave caught the
fifth man at Denver II he had not been
forced by circumstances to arrest shelton
and the woman when they did.
I'VE think the fifth man, probably the
banker OF the outfit, who stays on the out
side and furnishes the money and any
legal assistance needed II his pals get into
trouble, arrived in Denver. probably from
Spokane, tho day after we took Shelton to
jail. The fifth man is quite likely some
kin OF Gordon, possibly his bandit brother.
The reward offered for the apprehension
Of the fourth train robber probably will go
to Detectives Bell and Carr II Shelton Is
convicted. They already have agreed to
share It equally il 1t is paid, and there Is
not likely to be any dissension over the
matter by others, as no dispute has arisen
yet. They are old-timers in detective work
and nave lived at Denver for fifteen or
twenty years. They are the only men
working directly out Of the office OF the