The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-31

somewhere, sometime, Webb will be C.
 The Harrison gang of train bandits is alleged to have been responsible for all the big train robberies in the Fir mingham district in the past three or four years. Following is partial list of the trains held up and robbed:
 SOME OF THEIR ROBBERIES
 Southern railway train at Stevenson in September. 1912, where a haul of about $150 was secured.
 Illinois Central train at Batesville Miss, in July, 1913, where about $14Ho was secured.
 Alabama Great Southern train at Bibbville in September, 1913, where the robbers got about $25OO in cur rency.
 Alabama Great Southern train at Irondale in February, 1914, where $4e.- 900 in unsigned currency notes was se- cured.
 Louisville and Nashville train at Greenville in July, 1915. where the gang reaped s5OOO as a reward for their efforts.
 Baltimore and Ohio train at Central Station, ". Va, on October 8, 1915, where the Harrison gang secured over $100,00o in unsigned currency.
 Following is brief sketch of the leading characters of the Harrison gang and when they were arrested.
 JEFF HARRISON'S ARREST
 Jeff Harrison, the leader and dad dy" of the train bandits, was arrest ed on January 22 in San Antonio, Tex, on federal warrant alleging com plicity in the robbery of the Baltimore and Ohio at Central Station, w. Va.
 Harrison is an Alahamian and was convicted in Birmingham on Apri! ., 1893, for having held up and robbed Southern railway train at Piedmont. He was given life sentence in the federal prison and later taken to Huntsville, where. after another trial for train robbing, he was again con- yicted and sentenced to life.
 In 1900 Jeff Harrison was pardoned by President William Mckinley He Is row in jail at Parkersburg, w. Va, awaiting trial on his latest exploit, the sensational raid on the Baltimore and Ohio express at Central Station last October. where he secured over $10OOO0 of United States currency
 Dick Harrison. another member Of the gang, well known in Birmingham as Jack Evans and Jack shannon, is now dying in jail at Grand Rapids. Mich, from an incurable disease. lie was arrested on March 25 and imme- diately confessed to six train rco- berries, duplicating Henry Grady Webb. of Birmingham and Ben Mckee or Alabama City. Dick Harrison was con victed with his brother Jeff on April 5, 1893, for robbing the SouthSrn frair at Piedmont and sent to the reform school at Washington, as he was then under 16 years of age.
 ARRESTED IN CINCINNATI
 William Carl Rentz, aged "A years, of Atlanta, a nephew of the Haril- son brothers, was arrested in C1ncin- nati O. on March 25 In suit case at the time Rentz was arrested was found $2665, of which amount S590 Was identified as a part of the unslsred currency stolen at Central station, w.. Va Rentz has been a member of the Harrison gang Tor only IeW years and has no jail record.
 Ben Mckee, an automobile dealer at Alabama City, and also a relative Of the Harrisons, was arrested on Wednesday and is now in jail at Gads- den. He was arrested through implica- tion in the confession of Dick Harri- son.
 After the arrest of Mckee, Rentz and Dick Harrison, all within a few days in widely different parts of the cour- try, Henry Grady. Webb, known as "the financier" of the gang. or the fixer," became alarmed and when 2, squad of postoffice inspectors appeared at his offices at 1410 American Trust building yesterday morning they found that their quarry had flown and con- fidentially the message was given 60 them, that they would have h-l of a chase" The inspectors merely smiled and went back to the federal building to prepare photographs and descriptions of Webb in order that the police of the whole country might be on the alert for him. The secret se-v- lee men are very optimistic that Webb will be captured within a few days.
 WEBB ACTIVE SOCIALLY
 In the Birmingham directory, Webb is listed as a commercial traveller residing at 1916 Marshall street. In the telephone book he is listed under the name of the Grady Webb Auto Supply company. He is said to be a member of several clubs