The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-29
v.o,ibal Youth Who is Out on Bond
Here For Suspicion Of the
Robbery Of the WedIcr
House.
POST OFFICE ROBBERY
~. Man confesses to the Crime
and duplicates Young Man
Who is Wanted Here
B e Soon.


ros recently bound over to the grand
,,rv here on charge of having
rohhed the residence of F. A. We'd
,or last October and who is out on a
$1,000 bond, is now in jail at Hannibal,
charged with being implicated in a
nostofice robbery. The Hannibal Jour
nal of this morning has the follow
ing to say of the case:
There are now four persons locked
IN the city Jail charged with the Has
90 postofiice robbery They are John
pell who is stranger in the city.
1obn Corners, Bert Wiseman and
Leon Fitzgerald
Bell made complete confession
Yesterday morning to Marshal Ritch-
ardson Postmaster Thomas B. Morris.
postofice Inspector Reed and officer
Wilson. In his confession he impli-
Gated Wiseman, Corners and Fitzger-
gerald and said they were with him
when the robbery was committed
They did not enter the store. but
stood guard while he robbed the of
fee. They had arranged to blow a
safe in store at Tlasco and went
into the store about 10 o'clock Tues
day night and examined the safe, and
concluded it was too early to crack
the safe. fearing that they would be
detected. They afterwards went into
the postofice and robbed it of stamps
amounting to about $224.71 The
stamps were of one cent to ten cents
After robbing the office they made
division Of the stamps and came on
back to Hannibal and stopped at the
Union station, where Bell was given
back the stamps. He says while they
were at Iasco they talked of robbing a
safe at New London and also the safe
of John Seibel Oh the corner of
Eighth and Broadway When Bell wan
arrested Wednesday night stamps
to the amount of s2a1.24 were found
on his person, showing that the qua
tet had made away with stamps to
the amount of s23.47. A quantity of
black powder and sandle were also
found on Bells person when he was
arrested. After he made this confes-
sion the officers set about to arrest
Corners, Wiseman and Fitzgerald. In
the meantime, however. Corners had
been arrested on another charge and
was in Jail. He was fined in the re.
corders court yesterday afternoon the
sum of S2o and in default remanded
to Jail
About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Wlsemar and Fitzgerald were ar
rested. They We're taken into the
marshal's office and "sweated," but
'hey would not divulge anything. They
are all placed in separate cells SO that
ihes cannot communicate with each
otaer and it is believed that Corners
VIII eventually make confession.
me officers feel confident that they
nave the right parties and that there
VIII be SUFFICIENT evidence to convict
them.
Leon Fitzgerald was out on a 81. 900
peha Tor his appearance in court at
: neokuk where he is charged with
burglary and larceny He and young
uiSan are charged with robbing
Nore IN Keokuk several months ago
trial
Inc officers believe that these
.eang men blew the safes at oakwood
al anu Withers Mill some time ago and
.ua' lney were implicated in the bur-
slaries that occurred in this city a
s snO,' .ine ago. The four men will
tas have a preliminary hearing
way either before a justice of the
s s,s or the United States commits