The Springdale news., 1912-09-27
STOLEN MONEY RECOVERED
Robbers Divulge Hiding Place 'o
 Eureka Springs Attorney.

Moore-in the trial at Huntsville last week, has been the means oi recovering $o76 of the stolen com.
 As previously stated, these men plead guilty and were sentenced to three years hard labor in the pehi tentiary. s.au.
 MT James made a special effort to get from his clients some clue eo inc money. wanting to restore IL to the bank, and they finally told him of the hiding place of the silver after =pledging him to make no ef- fort to recover it until they We're safely out of the country feehhs against the robbers was so strong in Huntsville that they feared lynch= ing. if anything was done to Ian tiie to blaze the outraged feelings oi the populaee.
 The robbers further advised that the search be made at nlght, lhe hiding place being so close eo Huntsville that it could scarcely De recovered without witnesses. in case of failure to easily locate the treas ure. the reward might be won oy others who would be put on the right scent by =a search instltute9 by new deetiYes or officers
 Nr James felt that he was enttti- ed to the reward, and that ne @as "a. doing no injustice to the bank offl- cials to act in accordance with these plans. Accordingly. he put the mat ter Of recovering the money mo the hands of Deputy Gonstap Die Claude Pike Taking with him W Y att Meknab, who had been With nm so often in years past ill otilelai life. Mir. Pike drove last night 10 the designated place. and there hld= den in the rocks, secure from ob- servation they found the silver stof- ed. together with some stamps.
 When the burglars fled, they stopped at the first spot they thought seeure..to hide the silver which they could not carry because of it's weight And it's hiding place was unique, and might have lain there for a century without ue1ssz tion
 Attorney James made no misake when he sent Mr Pike for it, and they made none when he took Mf Meknah. for the two make team which has seldom failed 10 get what it went after. It is said that poets are born, and may II not be that detectives likewise have the sleuth blood in their xeins2
 The money was brought to Eure- ka Springs in grip and placed In the First National Bank, MT. James notifying the Huntsville bank off cials of its re overy.
 One-fourth of the money has been offered a. q reward and this re ward Mir. James claims Eureka Springs Daily Times Echo
 The above from the Eureka Springs Times Echo. introduces the particulars of sensational seqael to the robbery of the First Nation al Bank of this city on the night of June 13. hut, in our opinion, It is highly colored. one sided pre- sehtatien of the real facts when exposed to light Whether the writ CT expresses his own sentiments or permits his editorial columns used to shield James X Cos. reputations may be judged from the following irrefHtable statement Of facts and circumstances:
 Last Friday night Ward Ellis and Henry Bynum eamped near the Withrow spring on their return from Eureka Springs with two loads of freight Some time after midnight they were aroused by the approach of a vehicle from the direction of Eureka Springs and one of them got up and chunked up the campfire in order that the light might enable the vehicle 10 pass without causing its team to become confused and possibly run over their beds which were arranged near the roadside. As the vehicle passed Messrs Ellis and Bynum saw that 1t was two horse buggy occupied by two men, but they thought nothing strange of the matter and soon fell asleep again, only to be awakened about two hours later by the repassing of the night travellers on their re- turn toward Eureka Springs. As they drove by, Nr. Ellis enquired of them the time of night and they not only refused to stop but made no reply whatever II was then that Mr. Ellis suspected that the men had been 10 search for the bank money, and as he drove to town Saturday morning he watch ed for the place where the buggy had been turned around. which he discovered about a mile north of town or. more definitely, at the up- per end of tie little field. south of c. s. Coger's residence, now own ed by Richmond Johnson. This confirmed MI Ellis suspicion, as it has been believed by many that if the robbers hid any of the mon ey near town it was in that vicinity, and he came on in and at once no- tified the bank officials of what he knew. Immediately the information was telephoned to the chief of po- lee al Eureka Springs with in struetions to arrest and search the suspieioned parties. This was about o'clock a. m A short time later Cashier Hargis and l. G. Berry were hurrying to Eureka Springs.
 About four hours later the bank received a telephone call from Prosecuting Attorney Fuller stating Wade James had just called at his office and informed him that he had sent parties to Huntsville the night before to get the money which the bank robbers had hidden and that the parties had returned with $557 which he (James) had deposited In