The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-11
MULCAHY is STILL
Will Not Affirm or Deny a Part
in Wateryille Robbery.
UnmOved by Sweating" He
Sits DefiantIy Two Hours.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Identified by Detective as Man
TraiIed in WymOre.
Marshall County Authorities Go
to Kansas City.
SHADOWEDBYOFFICER

Kansas City, Jan. 11.-Refusing to af-
firm or deny the charge that had been
placed against him that he was one of
the men who had robbed two Water
vile, Kan, banks about two weeks ago
of 1000, Neil Mulcahy sat for two hours
in a defiant mood while he was put
through one of the severest sweat
ings'' a man was ever subjected to at
police headquarters, conducted by w.
e. Griffin. chief of police; Edward P.
Boyle. inspector of detectives, and
Lowell Spence, resident superintendent
of the Pinkerton detective agency.
Not only the city police and detec-
tives, but the Pinkerton detectives, who
have been employed to run down the
bank robbers who broke into and rifled
the vaults Of the WaterVille banks, be-
lieve Mulcahy is one of the men wanted.
Mulcahy is the last name the prisoner
has given the police. When he was
arrested he told the police his name
was Mclaughlin. Then it was chang
ed to Theodore Thomas. and this was
followed by other names, until finally
the man gave the name of Mulcahy.
Mulcahy was arrested at o'clock
Monday night in house at Third and
Walnut streets by Sergeant Lorraine
Mastin and Patrolman r. A. Bourtross.
The police officers had received infor-
he was heavily armed and that he was
carrying a large sum of money.
When searched, two revolvers, one
with an eight inch barrel and a shorter
one of So caliber, were found in his
pockets. In addition he had $2S1 The
officers say he had $500 in gold an hour
before his arrest. What he did with
this money is problem the police and
detectives are trying to solve. Mulcahy
will not discuss the subject with them.
Hidden Dynamite Found.
One of the things that led to the
arrest of Mulcahy was the finding of
a package of dynamite, fuse and caps
wrapped in piece of wallpaper, Sat
urday afternoon at "a East Third streeW
by Patrolman d. P Pierce. When Null
cahy was arrested, the dynamite was
connected with him.
1t was learned that after the rob-
berry of the Waterville, Kan, banks, the
officers had traced an automobile to
cornfield outside of Waterfield. AT the
place where the car stopped in the corn
field earth had been freshly turned and
investigation disclosed a number of
things the robbers had used in break
ing into the bank. These were wrap
ped in wallpaper and when the dyna-
mite was found here, Inspector Boyle
teiegraphed to the sheriff of Marshall
county, Kan, asking for a description
Of the paper found in the cornfield.
The wall paper wrapped around the
dynamite and that wrapped around the
tools found in the cornfield near Water
Vile after the bank robberieS matched.
Lowell Spence, resident superintend-
ent of the Pinkerton agency, left Kan
sas City Monday night The officials
at the Pinkerton agency did not tell
where he went, but it is believed he is
working on the Waterville bank rob-
berry. Before he left Kansas City he
took a Pinkerton representative to po-
lice headquarters, who identified Null