Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-06-02
POLICE FIND EIGHT
MAIL POUCHES
D IN SCHOOL HOUSE NEAR WHERE
SUSPECTS WERE AR
! Y RESTED.
FosToFFIcE AUTHORITIES Be
LIEvE MEN ARE UNION PA
CIFIC ROBBERS.

sbpa, May 29-Developments
yesterday in the running down of the
men who last Saturday night held up
and robbed the overland limited train
on the Union Pacific near Omaha had
their Iclimax in the discovery in the
attic jof the Brown Park school in
soutE Omaha, of six large and two
smy6n registered mail pouches, the
speontents of which had been rified.
Following the arrest Thursday night
in the vicinity of the school house of
Z three suspects as they were approach
ing a point where they mad Hidden
revolvers and other material, a de-
tail of secret service men, private
SSpd city detectives yesterday
searched the locality for further
evidence. A teacher in the Brown
Park school noticed ladder
used for reaching the attic OF
the building had been displaced
L lie JduIlOI was CdIlCu dlQ
crawled into the attic, where he
found eight registered mail sacks two
! rain coats, long top coat and a pair
OF overalls. Examination of the con-
tents of the packages showed every
letter and package had been torn
open and contents of value removed,
and the letters stuck back into the
envelopes. There is every indication
that the robbers took the mail
pouches to the retreat near the school
trance through basement window,
went UP the stairway and into the
attic, where they were secure in ex-
aiming the contents of the pouches
at their leisure.
Postoffice authorities and railroad
.kSeicials are fully convinced that in
u The arrest of Woods Gordon and Tor
genson they have secured the right
men The only regret is that tne
fourth man should have escaped.
A search of Torgenson's room on
18th street yesterday revealed a
photograph of the three men under
arrest and another man and woman,
taken at a Denver photograph gallery.
GoTdon's room was not found.
Woods was at first inclined to be
talkative but carefully avoided say
ing anything which would incriminate
himself Later, however, he refused
to talk at all.
The Union Pacific railroad offered
reward of $1,000 each for the robbers
on the night the holdup occurred
and it is matter of interesting spec
ulation as to how the reward will be
awarded in the event of the men I'M
der arrest being convicted. Three
small boys, none of them over eight
years, were first to give the police the
clue which led to the arrests OF
Thursday night. Chief Briggs and
two detectives made the capture and
will share in the reward. A number
of other persons have been directly
connected with The case in the way OF
assisting the authorities in securing
evidence against the men.
An extended search is now being
made for the iewelry and other valu-
able articles taken from the regis
tered packages. The police believe
that if Gordon7s room is located, they
viii be able to find some of these
vabSshes and are making a persistent
search Of all the rooming houses in
Omaha and vicinity.
The postoffice authorities consider
the arrests the most important made
in years, and have congratulated
Chief of Police Briggs on his work in
the case,
Warrant Issued.
A warrant was issued by the
United States court against all three
men last night and they will be ar
raigned today on charge of robbing