Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
IDAHO SUSPECT IS MATHEWS
Hnkerton Chief Says Marvin is Bad
Actor and Ex-Conviot.
PICTURES IDENTIFIED HERE
Keepers of ROOminE Houses and
Butcher Say Marvin or Mathews
was in Omaha with Men Under
Indictment

Davis, one OF the most notorious outlaws
Of the western country, is declared by the
Omaha postoffice inspectors, detectives
and police to be the Buhl, Idaho, prisoner
said to be the fifth man OF the Omaha
train robbery gang. The man under ar
rest there gives his name as Marvin, but
the officers say that is just one of his
aliases.
Mathews has been wanted for weeks,
they say, and is regarded as the leader
Of the gang by those who were on the in
side Of the holdup investigation.
According to Archer Rosseter. chief Of
the St. Louis bureau OF the Pinkerton
agency, who has been In Omaha for some
time directing the work of his agency on
the case, Marvin admits that he is Math-
ews, but declares he had nothing to do
with the Omaha holdup,
Photographs OF Mathews have been lden-
titled as being OF a man who is known
TO be connected with the other four holdup
prisoners now in jail. SO the officers
working on the case feel confident that
the arrest made in Idaho by Pinkertons
is an important one.
Il do not care to discuss the subject In
detail" said Chief Rosseter Sunday, but
we are confident that Marvin, or Math-
6Wbt Is the man we want ana lH the IItn
man of the Overland holdup gang"
A South Tenth street butcher has iden-
tilted a picture Of Mathews, alias Marvin,
as the photograph Of a man, who, In com
psny with a woman. bought some canned
goods. bologna and other picnic or camp
supplies at his meat market a day or W
before the train holdup. Remnants Of
these same supplies were later found at
FrnmnDf whAra the rohharC On animal Nan-
porarily before doing the Job.
Pictures shown Here.
Besides the important evidence and iden-
tification furnished by the South Tenth
street butcher, whose name is not divulged,
other picture identlficatlons Of the fifth
man have been made.
Mrs. Evans of 921h South Thirteenth
street, at whose apartments in the Linton
block Woods and another of the train rob-
bers are known to have stayed for a while,
has Identified the picture Of the Idaho
suspect as being a photograph Of the man
who stayed with Woods at her roomlng
house.
Mrs. wykoff of 1914 Dodge street also says
that the photograph Of the Idaho prisoner
looks like the man who lived with Shelton
at her house for a few days at another
time.
Mathews and Woods are said by the
Omaha officers 10 have served three years
together in the walla Walla prison for
horse stealing a number Of years ago, and
to have been pals in other works Of q sim
liar nature in the west and northwest.
Mathews is not expected to arrive here
in custody Of deputies until the middle OF
the week, and Chief Rosseter says that IL
the prisoner fights extradltion, as he prob
ably will, It will be a longer time before
he arrives.
Although It has been supposed that the
local police have done nothing recently in
connection with the hoIdup Investigation,
the fact has come to light that they have
done much lately to assist the government
and Pinkerton agents.
81 see they have another holdup man."
remarked Fred Torgensen, one Of the In
dicted bandits, when he read the newspR-
per accounts OF the arrest of Mathews,
alias Marvin, at Bull, Idaho. We'll, II
they would arrest a few more real holdup
men and let us innocent fellows go they
would be doing a good job"
All four OF the suspects still maintain
their innocence and at every opportunity
make light Of the fact that they are ao-
cused OF the Overland holdup and numer-
Gus other crimes.
Warrant Issued for nrvin
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, June 2O.-Instruc-
tions have been received from United States
Marshal Hodgeson at Boise to hold Marvin,
alias Mathews, arrested in connection with
the Overland mail robbery near Omaha. A
deputy marshal will be here tomorrow with
. warrant for Marvin. Robert Splsin, alias
A.. S. Kelly, Is being detained also, as he
has been associated with Marvin.