The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-03
ROBBERSSHOT
AFTER DARING
TRAIN Theft
Officials Lie in Wait
For Bandits
tHy Associated Press,

icy Associated PreSs1
WlTTENBERG, Mo-, Nov. SACK
kennedy. Missouri train robber, known
as the quail hunter" and Harvey Lo
gan, former railroad employe were
shot and killed early today by post
of1lce inspectors, after they had rob-
bed mail car on a southbound pas
senger train of the St. Louis and San
Francisco. the stolen mail about 100
registered letters was recovered.
Six postoffice inspectors, three rail
road special agents and two deputy
sheriffs were waiting near the scene
or the robbery which had been antici-
pated through knowledge of Kennedy's
previous movements.
Kennedy and Logan were making
for their automobile with the stolen
mail when the officers ordered them
to halt Inspector Bob Ward. of ST.
Louis, who was in charge Of the Off.
GERS, said the bodies of the two rob
oers were found with revolvers clutch
ed IN hands. A coroners jury held an
inquest before daybreak and returned
q verdict of justifiable homicide.
describing the robbery, inspectors
said that Kennedy and his COMPANION.
stopped the train No. sos, running
from st. Louis to Memphis at 76.
statlon and one half miles north of
mere. Logan cut the mail and express
cars from the rest of the train.
Take Cars Down Track.
Ihe engineer and fireman were Or
dered Off the locomotive and Kennedy
TOOK the two cars down the track sew
eral miles toward Wittenberg. Stop-
ping the locomotive the two bandits
entered the mail car. The three clerks
were lined up against the wall. Ken.
nedy inspected the mail. taking sew
eral pouches to the cab of the 10.
comotve. The locomotive then was
ddtached and Kennedy and Logan
road to Wittenberg. About $50 wards
from the station the two jumped from
the engine and left it running wild
Nearby was their AUTOMOBILES and con.
cealed In the brush along the right of
way, were the officers. Inspector
Ward shouted the command to hail..
1t was bright moonlight and the Of
hcers could sae the robbers reach for
their weapons. Several of the Off
GERS opened fire and the bandets fell.
Record of Robberies.
Kennedy has a record Of seven rob-
berries within the years 1896 and 1899.
and has served IL years in the Mis-.
souri, pehftentary, He has been az
Liberty since 1912.
Kennedy gained the appelIation
quail hunter" just before he was
sentenced to term in the Missouri
penitentiary for robbing a st. Louis
and San Francisco train near Kansas
City some years ago. Kennedy's ar
rest at that time came about accident.
ally when two policemen patroiling A
suburb of Kansas City found him lying
in the snow benumbed with cold.
An investigation of his clothing re.
vealed an army pistol and a short dis
tance away his horse was found with
a rifle strapped to the saddle. When
he was revived and questioned as to
his reasons for being so heavily armed
Kennedy explained that he was out
quail hunting. 'The quail hunter soon
afterward was found guilty of the
holdup.
His movements for several weeks
have been watched constantly.
Watched Movements
Postohice Inspector Fred Rueter
said that several weeks ago Postoffice
Inspector Roy North ran into Ken.
nedy near Memphis and learned that
he was making frequent short trips
on the line from Memphis to points in
northern Arkansas, and was getting
of the train and looking about the
town.
North was unable to learn that Ken.
nedy had any legitimate reason for
these trips and notified Reuter- of his
1t was decided that tho
rain to watch was the night train
rom st. Louis to Memphis which fire.
luently carried considerable amounts
rom the Federal Reserve bank sent
south to move the cotton crop.