The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-15
Station Agent and Aecomp'lee at
Good Hope Both Lay Blame
for Taking Money on
Other Fellow.
IT WAS TWICE HIDDEN
First Time In Potato Patch and Then
Picked Up and Placed In
the Coal
Shed.

BUSHNELL, I'LL, July 15.-The final
chapter in the theft OF the $4,000 ex-
press package at Good HOPE has been
written and both Walter Long, the
station agent. and Charles A. Snow
den are likely to go over the road.
Snowden. after his being once more
confined In the county jail in Macomb
made confession in which he laid
the blame for the theft on Long, the
station agent. while 1t Is said that
Long put the blame on Snowden.
snowden appeared completely over
come, and cowed by the unexpected
turn of affairs, talked freely with the
officers. Sentiment in Good Hope has
now turned against both of the men.
Long Suggested Plan.
In effect, Snowden's story is that he
was working in the elevator some
two weeks ago when Long came to
him and suggested that they pull on
some such stunt as that at Farming
ton. He told onowden that In the
Pennington case, while the money
was found there was no conviction
and that they could so arrange mat
ters that nothing would happen in this
case.
| On the day that the $4,000 package
came, Long, after he had received
the money and had carried it into
the station, motioned for Snowden to
come over and the latter responded.
The accomplice, however, claims that
he protested and did not wish to go
into the arrangement, and Long again
referred to the Pennington case and
said that they would be perfectly
SAFE Snowden's scruples overcome,
the pair proceeded to bind Long. The
latter tied his own legs while Snow
den bound his arms and put on the
il gag. Long then indicated where the
package was in the basket, and Snow.
den took 1t and went to the Arlington
| coal house and concealed 1t under the
coal
Buried tho Money.
When Long heard OF this he said
that the coal house was not safe
place for the money and then Snow
den took the money and concealed 1t
in potato patch. Shortly after. feel
Ing the need of money, he went to the
potato patch and took eight IS bills
from the package. When he told
Long of this, Long again became fear
full and told him the potato patch was
not good place. Then Snowden
again procured the package and start
ed to hide 1t in the coal house.
Meanwhile Long, hard pressed by the
detective, told him that friend of his
knew where the money was and that
it was to be removed to new place.
At his suggestion the officers kept
watch and detected Snowden when he
money there again. The rest Of the
story related to the arrest and the
subsequent actions OF the officers,
whereby they wormed out of the two
culprits the full story Of their con
spiracy.
! Was q 1ootIesgcr.
/ It appears that the authorities have
discovered that Long was surrepti'
tiously selling whiskey and this was
given away by Snowden. 1t was found
that Long dispensed the liquor from
the station. He had a secret place
under the ioor of the station Office
concealed by trap door and down in
this he kept his stock Of liquors. A
small table stood over the place Sc
that It was concealed from observa.
ton. When a man wanted a bottle
of whiskey Long knew right where to
get it.
| Long is married man and the blow
falls heavily on his family.