The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
Third Member of Alleged
Band of Hattiesburg Rob-
bers Arrested
BODEKER TELLS
OF HIS EVIDENCE
Says He Will Prove That Ennis
Brothers Exhibited Large Sums
of Money After Hattiesburg
Robbery-Not Wealthy

After several hours of grilllng exalni-
nation by Chief of Police George II. Bode-
lSer, and several of his assistants Jerry
EMS, the last Of the alleged Hattiesburg
train robbers. was placed in the hos
pital of the city jail late last night. Jerry
EMS would admit nothing and denied all
connection with the Mississippi train rob
berries.
Jerry EMS was captured on the streets
of Hamilton the county seat of Marion
| county, at IL O'Clock yesterday morning
by City Detective Carl Ray EMS was
driving into Hamilton with his cousin. w.
r. EMS sheriff of Feyette county. when
Detective Ray approached and announced
to Jerry EMS that he was wanted for
| highway robbery.
| without a word of protest he alighted
and went in a store with Ray while Sher-
iff EMS drove on without inquiry. Later
as Detective Ray and his prisoner were
leaving for Guin in an automobile they
net Sheriff EMS, and Jerry Enls instruct
ed him to take his buggy and mules back
to Lamar county and bade him farewell,
lsughingly.
| The trip back to Guin was made un-
eventfully ana Detective Ray and his
prisoner arrived in Birmingham at .
0 clock yesterday afternoon.
Climax to Bodeker's Plans
The capture of Jerry EMS was the
climax of Chief Bodezers plans for the
simultaneous capture of the three sus-
poets for the holdup and robbery of the
New York and New Orleans express at
! Ckohala, eight miles south of Hatties-
| burg, Miss on the night of May IA, 1912,
in which $4,000 in currency was secured
It was planned to capture Jerry Ennis at
his home in Lamar county, IA miles south
west OF Carbon Hill, at about o'clock
Sunday morning, at the same time that
Henry EMS, his brother, was captured,
but Jerry was away from home when the
detectives made the raid.
The detectives who made the raid on
Jerry EMS home were Carl Ray, William
Rurge, j. 7. Moser, Hugh Tully and Wal
ter Gardner City Marshal James Tread
| way of Carbon Hill was taken along as a
guide The party left Carbon Hill early
Sunday morning and did not reach the
EMS home until long after daylight. At
the house they We're told that Jerry EMS
had gone to Hamilton to obey a court
summons. The detectives then returned
to Carbon Hill and later to Birmingham.
However, Carl e. Ray, who was in
charge of the squad, and who was fam-
liar with Marion county, decided TO ride
cross country and meet Jerry EMS in
Hamilton before he was notified of his
brother Henry's arrest. 1t was arranged
that the rest of the party return to Bir-
nirgham as such large party would at
ira ct suspicions and 1t was felt that one
man alone would stand more chance. Of
capturing Jerry EMS than whole posse.
Ray went on horseback to Guin and
there passed the night. He was not cog
infant that Jerry EMS was only a few
hundred yards away sleeping in a farm
house until after the capture. In the
morning the detective hired an automobile
and proceeded to Hamilton ahead of jerry
EMS and awaited his coming. The rest
is history.
Turned Tail and RAN
At the Terminal station just prior to the
departure of the officers Saturday night,
an amusing incident occurred. Chief
Bodeker suggested that the reporters pres
|
! tectives. One of them accepted The
other, who on account of Inherited valor,
had been considered a man of remarkable
fortitude, and who, Judging from his oft
repeated accounts of his own chivalrous
adventures. had frequently posed as a
modern Galahad, declined. The amuse-
nent of the detectives was inordinate. AS
result of their jibes, the reporter finally
agreed to go. But the artificial courage
| taA itlcf ac q to
move, and the neophyte of the press.
brought face to face with the issue,
! turned tals and ran" Before running,
however, he was considerate enough to
picture the danger into which the other
reporter was about to go, urging him all
the while TO follow his own example and
remain in the salubrious atmosphere of
old Rirmmgham.
Last night all the detectives that
: had been concerned in the raids re-
! tired early, as they had not seen a
bed in over 4S hours and were wearied
J. unto exhaustion. All retold in detail
the adventures encountered and ex-
pressed their pleasure that the noun
taineers of Fayette county had proven
to be such amiable fellows Oh close
acquaintance. The pet subject. how
ever, was the tale of traversing the ex-
tremely rough road from Carbon. Hill
: to Henry Whitley's house. The de
tectlVeS VINO lndue tnal trip are likely
3 to talk about that particular road for
l the next year and especially Jim DAILY
who drove the team and suffered blis-
4 tered hands
j When Chief Bodeker was asked fol
D a statement on the case last night he
5 admitted that in part he was response
d BILE for the capture of the alleged Hat
: tiesburg train robbers.
e Il am naturally quite pleased witt
the success for the capture of .ne EMS
n brothers and Barney S. Lewis sait
d Chief of Police George IA. Bodelser lasl
: night "and now only the work OF con
t victing remains ahead of us. As fol
conviction | feel that we have more
: than enough evidence to convict fol
: all three.
: Already there are over 80 persons
: some of whom are relatives of the
S EMS who have been subpoenaed tc
: appear at Biloxi, Miss before the fed
eralN grand jury which convened yes
, terday morning Complete indiatments
: are expected against Henry and Jerry
e EMS and Barney Lewis by Wednesday,
e night
Exhibited Large Sums of Money
1--WE haye several persons who will
0 testify to the fact that Harry EMS
d when he married Henry Whitley's
daughter several months ago. decorated
: her wedding dress with $50 gold GER
tificates, and that on various and sun.
dry occasions he showed publicly large
sums of money. when 1t can be proven
that none of the EMS boXs ever had any
| money before the Hattiesburg traif