Arizona state miner., 1925-05-30

fess to the robbery at ST. Louis before
he got through with me. Likewise, /
thought he was going to take the trunk
which Pacheco had given to me for EVIL
dence in the case. l have wondered
ever since why he did not do so and
why he did not come back to Dryden
and get it after he got back from
Mexico.
"His search in the mountains in
Mexico for Pacheco must have been
fruitless. These mountains are full of
caverns in which Pacheco could have
hidden himself and his treasure as
long as he wanted to. l am inclined,
however, to the belief that Pacheco did
not linger long in the mountains. My
belief is that he went to some South
American or Central American country
Immediately after getting the box. If
he remained in Mexico, / think it likely
that he vent to the Pacific coast and
into Lower California.
Story of Robbery.
after Russell left and my nerves
got steady hauled out the twO-weeks-
old st. Louis newspaper that Pacheco
had left. One Of the first articles that
l glanced at was on the first page and
under a scare head in the blacklist and
boldest of headline type. AT that time
newspaper illustration was not so COM
mon as now, and only extraordinary
items of news were illustrated. This
one was, however. There was big
column cut in the center of the page.
AS soon as l glanced at 1t ] knew 1t
was an Illustration Of the robbery Rus
sell had alluded to. The headlines at
once proved this. l read every word
Of the article with the deepest inter
est. If it had been in a special extra
edition of daily paper, published on
the day and at the very place ana time
/ then was, would not have been more
interested.
'The article began by stating that
a train going out of st. Louis had been
robbed. The robbery, however, was
confined to money in one Of the safes
of the Adams Express and Wells Fargo
Joint express safes. The amount stolen
had been $4,000. The greater part of
it had been in currency, but portion
of it had been in gold. The circum-
stances of the robbery were these:
"As the train was about to leave
the st. Louis depot, man, the descrip-
ton of whom was an exact description
of Pacheco, had entered the express
car and handed the express messenger
a letter. This letter was written on
the official letter paper of the Wells
Fargo Express company. 1t seemed to
be in the handwriting Of the local sup
erinteLdent of the company and the
signature seemed to be genuine. The
train messenger did not question 1t.
This letter instructed him to fully IA
miliarize it's bearer with all of the
express business on the run. 1t stated
that the bearer was to be placed in the
service Of the company as a messenger
on that run.
"The bearer Of the letter insisted on
being taught from start to finish with
out delay. He asked the train messen-
ger to commence instructing him be-
fore the trail. started and keep up the
instruction until the end Of the run
WAS reached. The train messenger
commenced operations by opening one
of the safes containing considerable
sums of money. He showed the pack
ages to the bearer of the letter. He
was in the act Of describing the pack
ages, their contents and destinations
at the time the train started.
"When the train got to a convenient
distance and while the express mes
senger was leaning over the open safe
sorting the packages, the man who
brought the letter hit him heavy
blow over the head, which stunned
him. The man then gagged and bound
the messenger securely. He then
gathered up into package all the cur
rency ana lot of gold money. He
next let himself out of the door at one
end of the express car. The train at
certain points in the city ran slowly
and he jumped from 1t.
1.-THE train ran through several sta
tions before the robbery was dis
covered"