Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
POLICE DEF|ED
BY SUSPECT IN
TRAIN H0[DUP
Railroad Offers $3.50 Reward for
Lone W. and A. Bandit as
All CIews Fail.
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once in Omaha and have been de-
tanned in other places.
What were YOU arrested for IL
Omaha" he was asked
oh, ! was just picked up on sus-
pic!on," he responded. airily. and be-
yond that he would not 60,
Doesn't Blame Police.
1 don't blame you fellows for pick
ing me up he told the police, in an
tndulgent and patrontzing manner.
''Of course | was near where the
most natural thing in the world to
arrest the first stranger yot. came
across. | don't blame you Bit
Nolan engaged Don K. Johnston,
former justice Of the peace, as his at
torney late in the day and referred Ali
inquiries to him.
Police Still Suspect Gang.
The detectives an county police
have not given up the theory that
Nolan was the head OF a gang of roo
bers. and that his confederates are
with him in Atlanta and that they
met him and helped him hide e
plumber after the train holdup. They
were unable to get any clew TO
strengthen their belief. except the in
formation that a famous Westar
train robber, Just escaped from jail At
st Louis, is reported to have headed
toward Atlanta. IN effort to identify
Nolan as the eN- .Dnvict, whose name
is given as oliver. failed, and the po-
lice fell back on the theory that No
Ian AND Oliver are two distinct per
sons but have been working togeth sr
For two hours Saturday the counS
police trailed footprints that were
found leading from the tracks be-
tween Bolton and the Chattahoochee
River bridge but they were lost when
the hard ground was reached BY aft
ernoon they had become so indis-
tinct that it was impossible to fit
Nolan's shoes into them to any pur
pose on the trip to Bolton.
Policeman Williams made the find
OF an empty wallet near the scene of
the robbery 1t was Identified as be
longing to William G. Dunlap. Nolan
was arrested only a short distance
from where the wallet was found.
Victims Still Talking OF bodup.
The sensational robbery <and the
cool manner in which 1t was perpe
irated was still the talk on all sides
Saturday night The victims were a
unit in saying that IL was the nerviest
exhibition they had ever Witnessed,
The robber, IT is believed, boarded
train No /. on which the holdup oC-
CURED, at Winnings. The train was
due there at 40, and arrived about
on time Friday night. He took IA
seat in the day coach, and just be-
fore the Chattahoochee River bridge
was reached he went back to the
Pullman chair car.
All of your money, please" ne
said in quiet voice to his first vic
tim. a man sitting reading in a chair
near the front of the car
The man looked upward into a
blue steel revolver The bandit wore
a blue handkerchief tied about his
face. His victim quickly dlsgorged
Then the robber walked rapidly to-
ward the rear OF the car. collecting as
he went. He stopped only at the
most prosperous looking passengers,
Ignoring six or seven out of the dozen
or more in the Pullman.
When he had finished he was richer
by nearly $500. County Policeman
G. G. Heard, returning from Chatta-
nooga, heard Of the excitement in
the Pullman and went back to inves-
tigate. He arrived there just in time
10 engage in a thrilling gun battle on
The rear platform with the desperate,
in which the negro porter Joined.
None Of the shots took effect ex-
cept in the woodwork and windows of
the car and the robber swung off,
laughing rnockingly at Heard and
the porter