Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-17

eyes II was impossible to see any
money in our endeavor to land tins
rascal behind the bars Were he be-
longs. our agents all along the line
are busy on the case already, and IT
would not surprise me at any moment
to hear the right party has been cap
| tured"
New Clew Found.
| The county police learned Saturday
that negro. Bill Brown, who works
about the depot at Bolton, saw
strange man alight there Friday af,-
ernoon from the Western and Atlantis
accommodation train, and, with his
overCoat slung carelessly over his
shoulder start out along the railroad
track in the direction of Winnings.
From picture and description OF
the suspect Nolan. Brown said he and
the strange man were the same.
Brown will be taken to the Tower by
County Policemen Williams and Allen
10 take look at Nolan
with this new evidence in hand, the
authorities are working on the theory
| that Nolan left the accommodation at
I bplltu ana Ndiktu 10 ' lnlnSS III IN
| effort TO avert POSSIBLE suspicion. He
| would have had ample time to wax
| this distance, four miles. The accom-
mediation arrived at Bolton at SD
| o'clock and passenger train No. |. On
| which the robbery took place, passed
| Winnings about 1;l0.
| The police think the man who
caused the train to be stopped at
| Winnings that he might aiight was
| probably n pal Of the robber,
Man on Train = Pal.
They also advance the opinion that
| this man did not actually leave the
! train at Winnings, but secretd himself
on the rear platform until the bandit
| had completed the job Under this
| theory, the bandit rushed to the rear,
| handed the loot to his hidden pal,
and then both jumped to the ground
when the battle ceased, going in OPP
poslte irections.
The police say this would account
! for no discriminating evidence being
| found on Nolan.
| Or J. II. Catron called at the Tow
er Saturday and identified Nolan as
! one of two mysterious men he saw
| downtown Friday afternoon in his
| five passenger Ford automobile
| which was stolen on December 10
| from In front OF the Fourth National
| Bank Building DIR. Catron said that
| when he made a rush for the stolen
| car the two men drove hurriedly away
and escaped. He is certain Nolan
was one Of these strangers. The au-
to still Is missing
The police, however, are satisfied
that Nolan did not go to Bolton in an
| auto. in view OF his own admission
that he went out on the accommoda-
! tion, and the statement of Bill Brown
| the negro helper, that he saw Nolan
alight from this train.
Tracing Pawn Ticket
| Detectives are trying to trace n
watch and pistol, pawn tickets for
| which were found on Nolan at the
| time of his arrest
Nolan admits he pawned the pistol
| IN a Decatur street shop, explaining
| he needed the money" but says he
| bought the pawn ticket for the watch
from stranger,
The police are holding the three
letters found on Nolan and will in
vestigate them in the hope of bring
! ing to light some new Clew. Two of
| these letters were written in Des
| Moines, which he gave as his home
and the other in Savannah.
The letters were signed merely
with initials, and gave no information
that would throw any light on Nolan S
career.
Did Job in Five Minutes.
Here is the story of the hold-up:
one tall, lean bandit, all by himself
swung out of the darkness and board
ed the Nashville, Chattanooga and ST
| Louis train as il rolled southwark out
OF Winnings Station at :: 20 o'clock Fri
day night just eleven miles from At
lauta
In the course OF five weu-llled min
utes the bandit had stuck up" the
| occupants of the parlor car "Nyssa,"
robbed four men passengers of $3.50,
| passed by the two feminine passen-
gers without notice, terrorized The
| conductor, fought a revolver battle
with the porter and a county police
| man, and dropped off the rear plat
form OF the car. laughing. as the train
ground slowly TO alt at Bolton.
! Fifteen minutes later a man, who
gave his name as John Jones. was
| picked up by county policemen on
suspicion, not far from Bolton. ana,
after being questioned, was locked in
| the Tower. suspected OF completely IN
| the hold-up, II not actually the ban
| dit Only 81 was found ON him.
Accounts Well Missed
| From a we'll mixed account uy
many ratified passengers and clear
cut narratives by Carl c. Heard, the
county policeman. and j. y. jackson,
the Pullman conductor the ncrvlest