El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-01
TRAIN ROBBERY
CASE PUZZLING
Man Arrested in Texas With
Stolen Money; a Puzzle
to the Police.

! san Antonio, Texas, Feb. II. Har-
! ilson the man who was arrested here
: a lew days ago on the charge of hav-
! ing been connected with the robbery of
! Baltimore & Ohio train in West
virginia of 100000 last October, is a
| mystery to the police.
! Nothing has as yet developed which
! SHOWS that he was in West Virginia
/ at the time it was committed In fact,
I according to information that has
reached here, Harrison was in south
1 IeNas during the fall of last year. As
( yet, 1t has not been determined whether
ne was out of the state at the time Of
I the robbery.
Few Days UnaccouDted For.
his Whereabouts for several years
preceding the robbery are we'll
accounted for but there is a period of
a rev days Of last fall which have not
as vet ceen filled in. 1t is considered
possible by the police authorities that
uurlhS that brief time in October he
made quick trip to West Virginia
"HG pulled of the daring robbery.
Harrison lived at Falfurrias, Texas.
Tor Tour years. He went under the
name OF j. c, Harrison there. He con-
uucled a blacksmith and plumbing
shop IN Falfurrias and during his resi-
uence there he was regarded as a
sober industrious citizen He laid nv
some money and invested it in town
property which he still owns. He left
i, aIIurrlas last August ostensibly COM
ins 10 san Antonio. a few weeks later
ne opened well equipped machine
sIop IN South Presa street in this
ely In the interim the Baltimore &
ONO train robbery was committed.
Money Found In Shop.
I@iIlson made many friends after
coming to this city. He lived quietly
, anu showed no evidence of having
Huch money The circumstances that
led 10 his arrest were interesting. The
9lVU'OUO which the robbers stole was in
unsigned bank notes being sent by the
treasury department in Washington to
hanks IN Illinois. After taking the
notes' the robbers signed them with
HdH1eS OF Dank officials. some of whom
are connected with Houston banks.
me FEDERAL authorities sent a descrip-
iloh OF the stolen money over the
country and a watch for the hills has
neen Kept up ever since the robbery.
recently some OF the bills began to
make their appearance in San Antonio.
me united States pOstoffice inspectors
were notified and began working on
the case. Finally, one of the $50 bills
was presented at the postal saving
department at the pOstoffice IT was
quickly traced to Harrison and his
arrest followed "A search was made
Vi the machine shop and premises by
government officers and beneath the
tlo9r of the shop. buried in the ground.
was v, found a glass jar which contained
y 20 in bills. Il part of the money /
stolen No trace of the remainder Of 8
the money was found. Harrison refuses
70 give any information on the subject !
lie claims that he is innocent of the
ROBBERY and that he will be able to
prove an abb when the proper time
Remarkable, If True.
An effort will be made to establish
the identity Of Harrison as one of tho
men seen in the vicinity of the rob-
Oeiy- He Will be taken to West Vir-
gina IN short time, TO be tried in
the federal court in that state
The local police are conducting an
Exhaustive investigation here in the
NOPE that ALLEGED accomplices OF Har-
rlson may be found. While the accused
man made many friends during his
tesldence in Falfurrias and san An
tonic, he had very few close associates
~ IS considered somewhat remarkable
that he should have Travelled all the
way from San Antonio to West virginia
10 commit train robbery, and then re-
turn direct to his home here.