Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-11
81 AN NOT ONE OF THE GANG"
Shelton Insists He Did Not Help Rob
Overland Train.
NOT IDENTIFIED AS SUCH YET
Denver Captive says he Just Hap
pened 20 Get Into bad Company
and Got In that Auto
Photograph.

"I was not a member Of the gang that
held up the Overland = while ago" de-
clared Jack Shelton. the Denver captive,
alleged to be the fourth holdup man.
He was seen In the office OF the county
jail While waiting to be locked up, after
having been measured by the Bertillon sys-
TEN at the city jail and photographed on
South Sixteenth street for the rogues' gal
lery.
I'm not a desperate bandit, like they
are trying to make me out to be-" Shelton
continued.
lie seemed willing to talk and spoke with
out being questioned.
Il lust happened to be in bad company
out at Denver when that auto picture was
taken. 1t may be a fact that the other
men In the picture have bad police records,
but / did not know Il then and don't now.
either.
They have been trying their best to
identify me ms one Of the men who held
UP the train" he said with a smile, but
they haven't done It, although about twenty
men nave tried. They can't Identify me,
either. l wasn't there to be seen, so there
isn't any use for the witnesses to try TO
make out that ] was"
Does not Look Like Bandit.
II has been remarked by a number Of
persons who have seen him, including some
of the officers, that he does not look like
a bandit. Only a pair OF keen eyes dispeI
the idea given by the rest OF his appear
ance that he is a young farmer.
Shelton has not seen the other three men
who tho police say are his partners in
crime. The Stephenson woman has moi
been seen by any or them to speak to. All
five Of the party are closely watched and
confined in separate cells, except the
woman. who is kept IN the matron's de
partment.
According to Mrs. Mcpherson, the matron
Lillian Stephenson does not talk at al
about the holdup case, the four men, theii
trial or .he part she lie to play in II.
She seems to be comfortable and makes
the best OF her situation says Mrs. Nc
Pherson. so far as her presence here II
concerned, she seems quite an agreeable
woman. l think she Is several years oldel
than she claims to be-"
After Shelton was measured by thu
police Thursday morning, he was shown
to August Paper, his wife and friend, whit
live on a farm two miles south of Souti
Omaha. Papez thought the three might b.
able to identify Shelton as a suspicious
looking man who asked for work and wa
hired at their farm the SUNDAY loliO"Ahs
the arrest of the other three suspects. The!
failed to do so however.
shelton IL Not the Man.
The man who came to our place" said
Paper to a deputy marshal who accom-
panied them, wore his black soft hat SC
far down over his face that at first glanc'
we could only see his chin. He said h
was out Of money and wanted to go t
work.
That was on Sunday and he refused t.
work on that day, He told us he wouit
come back Monday morning, but we neve
saw him again. While at our place he et'
an awful lot and we thought afterwerdi
t~hat,dmaybe he was one Of the holdup mel
who had been hiding for a few days. Thi'
man Shelton is not the man."
When Shelton was being seen by Pape'
Thursday morning. he looked him SQUARED,
in the face. made no effort to hide or dis
tort his features and smiled when he hear
that they thought he might be the mai
they had IN mind.