Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-17
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ort to see If could connect with a
Job.
Couldn't Find Smith.
I didn't know Friday afternoon
when ] went out that a car line ran
out that way, so went out on a
w & A train
when ! reached Bolton I inquired
all about. but couldn't get line on
Smith, People out there said they
knew no such man.
About s o'clock, when | started
back TO Atlanta. | was told strecy
car ran into the city and was walk
ing down to get car when al officer
turned his flashlight loose in my face
and asked me my name and where
was going | answered the questions
and asked what the matter was.
It's something serious, all right
one OF them told me. 'You'll have 20
wait here a bit until the chief comes
up
Well in few minutes the chief
came up and told me about some guy
NAiNh4ib UP a u nat was TIC
first had heard of it. They brought
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 it did look as though
ght have had a hand in the thing
he admitted, "Of course, no one
knows me and the fact that | was in
the neighborhood makes it look sortcr
funny. But | am sure will be re
leased when the stick-up is investi-
gated. l am not worrying
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 them are dead.
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 visit
10 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. IL
couldn't. of course. go 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. Me-
Collum, OF the Western and Atlantic.
said Saturday morning that the i'm
pudence OF the bandit had momen-
tarily paralyzed the roads detectives,
but that their inactivity was but for
a moment
If it is within the power of the
sErewdest thief-takers in the country
10 get this man, We will get him" de-
Jared the official
We shan't offer a reward not for
The present, anyway" he continued
We wish to have the credit of taking
him in tow without the aid OF re-
ward II We can. or course. our agents
VIII be assisted by the county and
city police, and we will import otter
men II II becomes necessary.
We shall spare neither time nor
money in our endeavor to land this
rascal behind the bars where ne be-
longs. our agents all along the line
are busy on the case already, and It
would not surprise me at any moment
70 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 a
strange man alight there Friday aft
ernoon from the Western and Atlantis
accommodation train, and with his
"Nercoat slung carelessly over his
shoulder. start out along the railroad
track In the direction OF Winnings
From a picture and description OF
the suspect Nolan. Brown said he and
the strange man We're the same.
Brown will be taken TO the Tower by
County Policemen Williams and Allen
10 take a look at Nolan.
With this new evidence in hand tho
authorities are working on the theory
that Nolan left the accommodation at
Bolton and walked to Winnings in an
effort to avert POSSIBLE suspicion. He
would have had ample time to wax
this distance, four miles. The accom-
mediation arrived at Bolton at $40
o'clock. and passenger train No. /. on
which the robbery took place. passed
Winnings about 40
The police think the man who
caused the train to be stopped at
Winnings that he might alight was
probably pal OF the robber.
Man on Train a 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 10 the rear
handed the loot to his hidden pal,
and then both jumped 10 the ground
when the battle ceased, going in OPP
posite irections
The police say this would account
for no discriminating evidence being
found on Nolan.
DR.. J. T. 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