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

money III our enuedNOr TO ldnu tnls
rascal behind the bars there 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 a negro. Bill Brown. who works
about the depot at Bolton, saw
strange man alght there Friday AFT
ernoon from the Western and Atlantic
| accommodation train, and, with his
overcoat 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 were the same.
Brown win be taken to the Tower by
County Policemen Williams and Allen
to take look at Nolan.
| With this new evidence in hand, the
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. |. nn
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 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
posite ireCtions
The police say this would account
for no discriminating evidence being
found on Nolan.
DIR. J. r. Catron called at the Tow
| err 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 Is
from in front of the Fourth National
Bank Building. DIR. Catron said that
when he made a rush for the stolen
|
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-
ton, 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 a
watch and pistol, pawn tickets for
| which were found on Nolan at the
time of his arrest.
Nolan admits he pawned the pistol
in Decatur street shop. explaining
he needed the money" but SAYS he
bought the pawn ticket for the watch
| from a stranger
The police are holding the three
letters found on Nolan and will in
Nestigate them in the hope of bring
ing TO light some new clew. Two of
these letters were written in Des
Motnes, 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 Nolans
! career,
Did Job in Five Minutes.
Here is the story Of the hold-up:
one tall, lean bandit. ali by himself
swung out OF the darkness and board
ed the Nashville, Chattanooga and ST.
Louis train as ii rolled southwark out
OF Winnings Station at 1:20 o'clock Fri
day night just eleven miles from At
lanta
In the course of five well-flled 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. a the train
ground slowly to 4 alt at Bolton.
Fifteen minutes later man. who
gave his name as John Jones, was
picked up by county policemen IN
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 Mixed
From q welt mixed account by
many ratified passengers and clear
cut narratives by Carl @ Heard the