Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-19
Large Sums Taken From
Mail Train at Council
Bluffs Found.
HAD BEEN HIDDEN
In CHICKEN COOP
n. A. Reed and r. A. Daily Arrested
and Reed Makes Confession .mpIi-
eating paIy-Detaiis of Great Mail
Robbery Gradually Developed-6is
Part Of Loot. Recovered Except
Bonds Which Mere Burned.
So Mathematical Press.

that they have under arrest all the
principals in the robbery of storage
mali car on the Burlington mail train
Saturday, government officials who
erected. the captures today are gath
ering up the tangled ends OF evidence
preparatory for the preliminary ar
raignment. The prisoners are Orville
Phillips, IT: Merl Phillips. 20; Fred
f. Pofl'enbarger, 10; T. A. DAILY. As,
and Ii. A. Reed, 40. No estimate will
I be made now by government men on
4 the amount of the loss or on the sum
recover ed. A count Of the cash Which
was discovered early this morning is
being made. None Of the bonds has
been found and the statement Of
!. Oryiile Phillips and Fred e. Poden-
parger is accepted as true. N
Y Epuncil Bluffs, Nov. 19.-Seven
IN arrests, one more confession,
Necoyery OF a large amount Of
" Y, all in $40 bills and the dis
y or an automobile during last
kghI aid this morning have resulted
Z In the clearing up Of the nystery
surrounding the $3.500,000 mail car.
robbery in the local yards Saturday
night.
Two of the men arrested.s T. A.
DAILY and H. A. Reed. are whites and
the others are negroes. The money
was recovered from the chicken house
OF the lDaIy home following the con-
fession OF Reed. Reed rooms at the
Daily home, The negroes arrested gre
T<,1, 2f,1I 70
were held In connection with one mail
i sack not yet recovered, but We're
later released. Reed was arrested at
1870 o'tloclS last night following his
implication in the case by Poffen-
barger yesterday afternoon. He was
taken t,, the federal building and put
thru severe grillins, and at length
gave information which led to the ar
\ rest Of DAILY at 2:40 o'clock this morn
ing.
Amount Recovered Unknown.
The money which was recovered
Shy sha investigators with the arrest
OF Dali, and Reed was In $40 bills.
but officials this morning had not
! ,nade public the total amount.
Federal officials announced this
4 morning. that the case had now been
completed to all intents and pur-'
poses. The five men under arrest
will be given a hearing before United
states Commissioner w. A. Byers to-
morrow morning. They are now In the
tower ef the federal building.
The touring car said to be con-
nected with the robbery was found
early last night in a rented garage
but lew blocks from the scene OF
the robbery. The number on the en-
sine had been tampered with.
Reed S.a.ns OF Gang.
1t appeared thai sseed was the
brains of the gang. .licials said. Reed
and Daily are Is years of age. DAILY
has been workins at the Omaha
Grain Exchange, Ut Reed has been
unemployed tie last few weeks.
Mrs. DAILY inS4sts that Reed was at
the Day home the -1tsht of the rob-
berry.
According to Mrs. Daiy. Poffen.-
barger brought the money to their
home early Sunday morning wrap
ped in packages as currency Is hand
led at banks. She saw them handling
the money in B. back room, she said
this morning.
Hid Money in Chicken Coop.
Y II asked them If that was the
B money taken at the robbery Satur-
day night, but they just laughed. I
said I was going to have company
during the afternoon and I didn't
want any officers coming in. Then
! they went out to the garage and hid
the stuff in sack.
Il overheard them say that they
had burned everything in the sacks
but the currency.
THAT evening my husband moved
the money from the garage to the
chicken coop.
Next morning Fred Poffenbarger
came to our home and took away
about $4,000, saying, I'm going to
get honest to- goodness money. I'm
afraid this stuff is marked
My husband knows nothing of the
case. TIe and Mr.. Reed. were home
the night of the robbery"
An automobile was used in the
+ robber.5. 1T was driven along side the
Burlington fast mail as the train was
slowing down for crossing, enab-
ling the robbers to enter and leave
& the car quickly.
Evidence goes to show that the car
speedily carried them away from the
spot with their piunder The car
found asst night is believed to be the
one the robbers used
Poffenbarser's Father Arrested.
Fred A. Poffenbarger, father of