Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-17
Suspect Vigorously De
MES Connection With
Fl o ! d u p, Despite
Partial Identification.
Continued From Pso. I,


as the footprints were discovered n
f, take Nolan's shoes to the spot and
10 put the bloodhounds on the tran.
Chief Mathieson feared that the scene
= might be cold by time, but ap-
peared inclined to make the test
The crew Of the train went back to
Nashville Saturday morning Pull
man Conductor ]. f. Jackson viii
make his formal report Of the hold-up
AT the other end Of thc line.
Jackson was confident that In Jonn
Nolan twhose name was first printed
rs jones' the police had the right
man.
Jackson got an excellent view OF the
robber, because he was the first TO
look into the muzzle Of the bandits
revolver.
Jackson thought the gun was a joke !
until the intruder made his intentions
quite clear and proceeded to take $3.50 ,
away from the men passengers in the
parlor car "Nyssa" as calmly as YOU
please, and vanish into the woods
Bailey Barnum, negro train nor
ter opened fire on the fleeing robber,
who returned the shots. he bullets
lodging in the baggage car.
Nolan Not Perturbed.
y could just see that man when : !
pulled my gun said Bailey. Il fired ,
just as particular as could. AFT
never touched him. lie turned around !
however, and let me have three bul- |
let's and had TO do some quick duck /
ing Then he vamoosed'
Nolan apparently was unperturbed
Saturday as he sat in a cell at the
Tower and similingly denied that he
Is "stick-up man. as he termed IT, |
My name is John Nolan ] am Il |
years old anC am a carpenter by !
frade,' he said, in repsonse to dues- |
lions by reporter for The Georgian |
MY home is in Des Moines, which !
place left about a week and half !
ago TO come South in search of
work
The first news heard of the train |
robbery was when the officers took |
me in charge at Bolton and told me |
a guy had stuck up a passenger train
and they would have to hold me for |
investigation
What was I doing at Bolton? |
Why, it's like this. | had heard that |
carpenter named George Smith out |
there was in need OF help and went |
out TO see If could connect with a |
Job.
Couldn't Find Smith.
II didn't know Friday afternoon
when 7 went out that car line ran
out that way, go | went out on
W. & A. train.
When ] reached Bolton ! inquired |
ali about, but couldn't get a line on
Smith. People out there said they
knew no such man
About O'Clock, when I started |
back to Atlanta, ! was told a street !
car ran into the city and ! was walk
ing down to get a car when ar OFFICER
turned his fiashlight loose In my face |
and asked me my name and where |
was going. I answered the questions
and asked what the matter was
Its something serious, all right,
one of them told me. Youn have 20
wait here a bit until the chief comes
up
Well. In a few minutes the chief |
vawe up and told me about some guy
sticking up a train That was the
~, "A % NJ, 8,
me on to jail and here | am"
Says He Is Not Worrying.
Nolan takes his arrest coolly and
smiled several times as he answered
questions put by the newspaper men.
Il reckon 1t did look as though /
might have had hand in the thing,
he admitted "Of course no one
knows me and the fact that ! was in
the neighborhood makes IT look sortor
funny. But / am sure ! will be re-
leased when the stick-up is invesd-
gated ! am not worrying i
Nolan had about So on his person
when searched after his arrest
He declined TO discuss his rela
tives, merely saying he supposed most
OF llCUl are utdNs
This man Nolan. as he calls him
self said Jackson saturday has the
same general appearance as the man
who pulled Off the robbery" said the
conductor after he had paid a visit
TO the Tower and given the prisoner
a careful inspection.
The man in the car wore a mask
and couldn't see his face, Of course,
hut all his general outlines tally with
the man held at the county jail. |
couldn't of course, 40 so far as TO
swear the prisoner is the man, but he
certainly looks very much like him II
he is not
Road Detectives Bus.
General Superintendent J. L. Nc
Collum, of the Western and Atlantic,
said Saturday morning that the inn
pudence OF the bandit had momeu-
tarily paralyzed tho roads detectives,
but that their inactivity was but Tor
3 moment
II il is within the power or tho
shrewdest thief-takers in the country
TO get this man. we will get him. de-
clared the official.
We shsn't offer a reward. not FOR
the present, anyway" he continued.
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