The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
ROBBERSUSPECTS.
SURROUNDED
CAUGHT IN CABIN
Pair Held Believed to Have
Raided Frisco Depot at
Perryville Junction.
PRISONERS GIVE UP
WITHOUT A PROTEST
Detectives VinsOn and Johnson
Say One of Men Offered
to Confess.

After tedious and painstaking in
vestigation extending over a period of
several months, the search for the
robbers who robbed the Frisco depot
at Perryville Junction on the night of
Sept. Is, was ended yesterday morn
ing when William Taylor and George
Love, who are suspected of the crime,
were surprised and captured in an
isolated house at Caruth, a town six
miles from the scene of the robbery.
The capture was made by detectives
Joseph E. Vinson and James A. John
son, who approached the house from
the front and rear, completely sur
prising the suspects who surrendered
without resistance.
Suspicion first pointed toward the
two captives when one of them was
seen several weeks ago, wearing a
suit Of clothes which coresponded in
description to a suit that had been
stolen from the depot. The Frisco Of
ficers were advised and an investiga-
ton started. discriminating circum-
stances rapidly developed, and finally
it was concluded to make the arrests
and search the premises in which the
men were living.
Both of the prisoners are called des-
perate characters by the police, and
considerable care was observed in or
der to make certain of the capture.
The officers quietly made their ap-
pearance in Caruth on the afternoon
before the contemplated move on the
suspects, and after locating their
abode in a lonely shanty on the top of
a high hill, they reached plan of ac-
ton whereby they were to approach
the building early on the following
morning.
In the darkness they secreted them
selves, one in the rear Of the premises
and the other in the front, with the
understanding that at given time
they were to appear simultaneously
at the front and back doors.
The plans carried successfully and
when the doors were forced and the
officers rushed in, the two inmates
appeared to be dazed by the sudden
ness of the intrusion and yielded to
arrest without offering resistance.
The premises were searched and nu-
merous articles were found and idcn-
titled as having been taken from the
depot on the night of the robbery.
Some of the goods that were missing
were traced and found in the posses
sion of parties to whom Taylor AMI
Love are alleged to have sold them.
In addition to having discovered nu
merous articles identified as the prop
erty of the agent whose room was rob-
bed at the depot, numerous other ar
ticles of merchandise, and later identi-
fled as having been stolen from
mercantile establishment that was
robbed in Caruth short time ago.
When the men were being taken to
the office of a Justice of the Peace,
one of them told the officers that if
confession would have the effect of
lessening his punishment he would
gladly make an admission of his con-
nection with the burglaries, but as
they were unable to give him any as
surance to that effect, he would stand
trial.
Love gave bond for his appearance
at the preliminary hearing on April
6, but Taylor was unable to furnish
bail and was taken to Perryville where
he was placed in Jail to await his
hearing.