The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-22
Is Released From County
Jail on Bond of Two
Thousand Dollars
PRELIMINARY TRIAL
SET FOR SATURDAY
Inspectors Say That Practically Moth
ing Was Secured From Car.
Further Details of Arrest of
Moon Are Given Out

| That Marshall Moon, the young white
| man charged with holding up and rob-
| bing Southern passenger train No. -
in the vicinity of Lincoln early Sunday
morning, has been positively identified
| by the two negro mail clerks on the
| train. was the substance of a state
ment given out yesterday by local
rostoffice inspectors. 1t is said that
Moon was recognized by Mail Clerk
Robert Bailey at the time of the hold
up and that Bailey almost spoke to
him at the time.
Moon, who was arrested Monday aft
ernoon at a house in Woodlawn, was
released from the county Jail yester-
day at 1880 o'clock on bond of $4,000,
| the bond being approved by Judge r.
B. Watts. His preliminary trial has
been set for Saturday morning at II
| o'clock and it will be heard by Judge
Watts in the courtroom in the federal
| building
Obtained Practically Nothing
! From information received by postal
! inspectors, the man who held up the
train was very familiar with the meth
ods of railway mail service. He entered
| the mail car near Riverside, held the
| two negro mail clerks, Robert Bailey
and Edmund Crogman, at bay with a
revolver and made a hurried search
of the registered mail box. Inspectors
stated yesterday that the bandit OBJ
tanned practically nothing and that the
| Admission, Atlanta and Columbus
pouches of registered mail had been
untouched It will be some time be-
| fore the exact amount obtained can be
ascertained but it is not expected to
the effect that the bandit had obtained
about $4,000, but the inspectors state
that this was greatly exaggerated.
| Further information concerning the
arrest of Moon was given out yester-
day. 1t is said that he came to Bir-
mingham Sunday afternoon on a 4
o'clock train, boarding the train at
Pell City. inspectors and detectives
traced him to Birmingham and after a
days search located him in house
| ON Fifty second street, Woodlawn.
Three officials went to the house while
score of mail clerks who knew Moon
walked the streets in an effort to catch
| sight of him. He was arrested in
ernoon by Special Agent G. I. Secarlet;
of the Southern, United states Deputy
Marshall Oscar Fillghum and E. S. Nc
Queen, special agent for the South
| ern.
| 1t was stated yesterday that Moon
| bad held a position In the railway mail
service at three different times. He
| first took the examination to qualify
for the service in Birmingham and re-
ceived an appointment to work out OF
Atlanta. 1t is said that he had some
| trouble with the cEief mail clerk on
his run and was dismissed from the
service He was known in the sery-
| ice at that time as Henry Moon. Some
| time afterward he is said to have
| come to Birmfn CHAM and taken another
examination, wearing glasses this time
| and going under the name of Marshall
| Moon. He passed the examination and
received an appointment for the second
time By coincidence he was placed
with the man with whom he had had
| the trouble before 1t was several days
| before he was recognized He was then
dismissed for second time, according
| to the postoffice inspectors.
Worked in Texas
| The next officers heard of him he
was in Texas, whore he is said to have
| gone under the name of Hudson Moon
He was working in the railway mail
| service in Texas and was injured in a
wreck. He is said to have sued the
| railroad and ii was through newspaper
accounts of the wreck that local Of
| ficiais saw the name of Hudson Moon
and thought the man might be the man
dismissed here. Investigation proved
| this to be true and Moon is said to
have been dismissed from the service
| for the third time.
| inspectors stated last night that
with the clearing up or the present case
| 1t was expected TO throw light on the
mail car robberies near stevenson and
| the one at Boyles some time ago.
| 1t was from Bai.ey's statement hat
| local authorities obtained their first
clue that led to the arrest of Moon
| Bailey is said to have worked in the
service with Moon and was well ac-