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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1927)
^^Ibanyj2)irectory M. & J. CAFE A lbany baking co . Restoring 4M West First BUTTM R-NUT b r e a d FAMOUS DETECTIVE CASES ■ fore—that Is. slart on a persona! search for McCoy and his associates ' With Frank Slurra.v. one of the best detectives In Chicago, and other de tectives, he went to Galesburg, where “T es air." "Well, the fact la. I ara a lttH* sua. plctous of Watt. You see, his story about that hand overhead does not ex- actly hang together. I don’t want to do him any wrong, but he must be looked after. Now, my idea is to have you go about with him as much as vou the gang wls said to have a sort of headquarters. The party found there A lb a n y h Floral Co. Cut flower« 1 none of the men they were after, but * * and pia ilant«. Floral art for every they learned that “Thatch” Grady, a can, see If be meets any strangers or and all occas occaaiona. notorious criminal with whom “Butch" spends much money, and let me know Flower phone 458-,. McCoy wr.s known to be in relations, whatever happens. W ill you do it?" was in Omaha. So they hurried Schwartz readily consented, on the A L B A N Y S I A I E B A N K — We to Omahu. but only to find that Albany Oregon| w >iiivite ¡yuur business. Savina* and Grady had gone to St. Louis. Then to assurance that the railroad people commercial accounts. Capital, turplu*. (Copvrlaht by W. O. Chapman ) St. Louis went the editor and his de would give blm leave of absence The undivided profit«, *108. MO. tectives, hot on the scent, end spent next day he reported that Watt had met a man who wore a'slouch hat. had no footprints were found In the snow several days In that city searching T o a r e n p ort'« M usic Hou«e, 409 unkempt red lialr, and In general HE through express on the on the top of the car. W. First street Big bargain« on high and low. looked like a border ruffian. He had aecond band piano«; *100, *150, *175 Hock Island road left Chi The method of locating a criminal in Brakeman Schwortx, the only man and up No agent» to pay. We give cago at 10:40 p. m., on a great city is as interesting as It is overheard the two talking together in yon the benefit ol reduction. March 12, 1886, with twen on the train who had not yet been little understood. The first step Is a saloon on Cottage Grove avenue, Loans money at 5% on farina ty-two thousand dollars Io questioned, “deadheaded" his way, In Io secure from the local police infor where the stranger had discussed the uplex garage fifty and one-bundred-doi- railway parlance, back from Daven mation as to the favorite haunts of murder of Nichols In groat detail, 129 E. Second. Bert Adanii, Prop. Baltimore bldg., Albany, Oregon lar bills In the keeping of port the following night on Conductor criminals of the class under pursuit, showing a remarkable fam iliarity with Storage. Wa«bing, Pohahiog« General Kellogg Nichols, an old- Danforth's train, and reported to Mr. paying special regard In the prelim the whole affair. Schwartz had a sort lubricating day a ad Xigbt service. Your eyaa examined and a fine, time messenger of the Unit Pinkerton the next morning. He was inary Inquiries to the possibility of of Jesse James theory (which he ed States Express com a tall, fine-looking young fellow, about love affairs; for thieves, even more seemed anxious to huve accepted) pair of V A b T B U R N S GROCERY pany. This sum had been twenty-seven, with thin lips and a face than honest men. are swayed in their that the crime had been committed by Aid 4th and l.yont Street sent by a Chicago bank to that showed determination. He was lives by the tender passion, and are a gang of Western desperadoes am} The place to buv good groceries at the right price. O r the corner, plenty ol be delivered k t the prin rather dapper In dress, and kept on bis often brought to Justice through the that this fellow was connected with room to park Albany. cipal bank In Davenport. Iowa. In gloves during the conversation. Mr. agency of women. With so much of them. iri a frame of your own choice addition to the usual passenger Pinkerton received him pieusantly, Mr. Pinkerton listened with interest such information in tlieir possession p lite C a feteria and confectioner coaches, the train drew two express and. after they had been smoking and as they could gather, the editor and to all this, but was less edified than chatting for an hour or so, he sug ■4 Home cooking, l'leatant surround cars: the first, for express only, Just liis detectives spent their time In I Schwartz imuglned, since two of his inga. Conrteous, efficient service behind the engine, and, following this, Bested to Schwartz that he would be likely resorts, picking up acquaint- most trusted shadows, who had been V/e make our own candies. one for express and baggage. These n,<>re comfortable with his gloves off antes with frequenters, and, whenever following Schwartz, had given him re- W S. Done am . cars had end doors, which offer the Schwartz accordingly removed them and revealed red murks on the backs poastble, turning the talk adroitly P°rts ol t,ie latter s movements, uiak- best opportunity to train robbers. )RD SALES AND S E R V IC E upon the man they were looking for. I *ng phi.n that the red-haired des- Messenger Nletiols was in tlie first car, of his bunds, such as might have been Tires and accattone« 1 perado was u myth, and that no such It is a mistake to suppose that in mude by fiugernalls digging Into them. Albaoy, Oregon and was duly at bis work when the Repair« meeting us Schwurtz described had "How did you hurt your hands, work like tills detectives disguise Kiaa-PiiLLAK Muroa Co. train stopped at Joliet, about forty taken place. Nevertheless, professing themselvts. False beards and mus miles southwest of Chicago. But at Schwartz?” asked Mr. Pinkerton. to be well pleased with Schwartz’s ef Must eell “Oil, 1 did that handling baggage taches, goggles and lightning changes pVirtm iller Furniture Co., furni the next stop, which was made at of clothing, are never heard of except forts, Mr. Pinkerton sent him out to A ture, rug«, linoleum, »love» range« Morris, Harry Schwartz, a brakeman, night before lust," explained Schwartz track the fabulous desperado. Funeral directors. 427-43J west First came running from Nichols’ car, cry and then he related Incidentally that In the pages of badly Informed story Schwartz continued to render false re street, Albany, Oregon. us he was on bis way back to Chicago, writers. In his experience of over near Halsey. W ül sell on easy ing, "The messenger Is dead.” ports. Flnully, without a word to terms to resposible party. I’boiie The messenger’s lifeless body was the conductor of the train, Conductor twenty-five years Mr. Murray never arouse his suspicion, he was allowed intel wrecking co or address f. A. Given, found lying on the flooj of the car. Danforth, had discovered a valise left wore such a disguise, nor knew of to resume bis work on the railroad. «36 W eit 1st The head had been crushed by some by somebody In one of the toilet rooms. any reputable detective who did. In Vandran Hotel, A lb an /. The shadows put upon Schwartz a f this expedition the detectives simply Used 1'arta for all cart Later In the day M r. Pinkerton sum heavy weapon, and there was a pistol ter this reported a suspicious Inti wound in the right shoulder. Appar moned the conductor, who said that assumed the characters and general macy between him and W att, and a emstitching, «lamped goods, ently he had been overcome only after the valise was an old one, of no value; style of the persons they were thrown detective of great tact, Frank Jones, fancy work of all kinds at the a hurd fight. His face was set with and, havlng.no contents, he had thrown with, passing for men of sporting S P E C IA L !Y SHOP was detailed to get into their confi fierce determination. His fists were It out on an ash pile. The only thing tastes from the E as t; and, having sat 3l8 West Second it. clenched, und the hands snd fingers he had found in the valise was a piece isfied the people they met that they dence, If possible. He was given a “run" as brakeman between Des Moines Manufacturers of cut and scratched in a curious way, of paper that attracted his attention meant no harm, they had no difficulty U O L M A N A JACKSON while under the nails were found what because it was marked with red lines. In obtaining such news of McCoy and and Davenport, and It was arranged *A Grocery— Bakery the others as there was. Unfortu that he should come In from the west Examining tlds piece of paper care proved to he bits of human flesh. The E verylliing in the line of eats and lay over at Davenport on the pistol wound was from a weapon of fully, Mr. Pinkerton saw that It had nately this was not much. Opposite Postoffice After going from one city to another same days when Schwartz and W att 82 caliber; but it was not the cause been torn from a money draft, and a I of the man’s death. This, unmistak once thought of the package in the on various clues, hearing of one mem laid over there, coming In from tne U ’UB C o n f «c t i o n e r y. Noon ber of the gang here and nnotlier there, east. Jones played Ills part cleverly. ably, was the blow or blows, on the express messenger's safe. lunches Homemade candy and Mr. Pinkerton at once ordered a and in each Instance losing thetr man, an<l was soon on intimate terms with head, probably after the shot was fired. ice cream. First street, neat dooi ro All who knew Messenger Nichols were search made for the missing valise, the detectives finally brought up In Schwartz and Watt, taking his meals Illain Clothing Go. surprised at the desperate resistance and also an inquiry regarding the pas New Orleans. They had spent five or llt tlieir hoarding house and sleeping In mperial cape cod a nr»t he seemed to have made, for he was sengers who bad ridden on Conductor six weeks of time and a large amount a room adjoining theirs. They finally A Harold G. Murphy Prop. Danforth’s train between Davenport of money, only to find themselves ab came to like him so well that they a small, light man. R h o n e 665 The express car wag immediately and Chicago on the night following solutely without a clue ns to the suggested his trying to get a transfer WK NKVMU CI.OSK detached from the train, and left at the murder. The valise was found on whereabouts of the men they were to their run, between Davenport and Morris, guarded by all the train crew the ash heap where the conductor had pursuing. They were much discour Chicago. This was successfully ar ir n n ilig a Auto Top Shop— A nto except Schwartz, who was sent on thrown It, and In tlie course of the aged when a telegram from Mr. Pin ranged, and then the three men were trimming, »eat cover» and winter in with the train to Davenport. After next few days tlie detectives had lo kerton told them that “Butch" McCoy together constantly, Jones even go closures. 202 IÎ Second Filone 4l8J. tlie first cursory Inspection no one was cated or accounted for all passengers was back In Galesburg, where they ing to board at Schwartz's bouse In N. L. Jennings Manager allowed to enter the car where Nichols on Conductor Danforth's train, with had first sought him. Proceeding Chicago. About this time Schwartz la y ; and nothing was known precisely the exception of one man who had thither with all dispatch, they traced began to talk of giving up railroad us to the extent of the robbery. The ridden on a free pass. The conductor McCoy Into a saloon, and there three work and going to live In Kansas or AGNETO E L E C T R IC CO. safe door had been found open and the could only recall this man's features of them—John Smith, representing tbe far West. It was arranged that Investigate the new Prestolite vaguely; and. while some of the pas the Iiock Island railroad; John Mc Jones should Join him and Sirs. Battery prices before buying. floor of the car littered with the con D och sengers remembered him well enough, Ginn, for the Pinkerton agency, and Schwartz on a western trip. Mean tents of the safe. time Schwartz applied to the company An urgent telegrum was at once sent there was no clue to his name or Frank Murray, working for the news W ill lie at to Chicago, and a force of detectives Identity. As It appeared that no other paper—with drawn revolvers captured for leave of absence, on the plea that A IA R IN E L L O PARLORS arrived nt Morrfa on a special train «if the passengers could have been him. In spite of a desperate dash he he wished to arrange some family mot- (A beauty «id for every need) ters In Philadelphia. St. Francis Hotel. Winifred Rcse, Prop few hours later. Search parties connected with the crime, efforts were made to escape. were at once sent out In all directions redoubled to discover the holder of McCoy’s capture was the occasion M r- Pinkerton being Informed by Tuseday. May 3 along the country roads and up and this pass. /"Y ak la u d . Pontiac A gen cy— Use, of much felicitation among the peo- Jones of Schwartz's application, used So great was the public Interest In pie Interested In the matter. Mr. St. Ills Influence to have It granted. ” ears bought and sold. When in Ihi down the tracks. Hundreds of people Office hours 10 or m. to 4 p. m. market for new cars see ni first 121 W. Joined In the search, for the news of the crime and the mystery surrounding John and tbe editor were confident " ’hen the young man started East he Second. I'none 043 Bysrley Motor Go. the murder spread rapidly through the It that three separate, well-organized that now the whole mystery of the ex dld n°t travel alone. His every move- whole region, and not a square yard Investigations of it were undertaken. press robbery would be solved and I m* nt watched and reported, nor The Rock Island railroad officials, with of territory for miles between Morris the murderer convicted. But McCoy W8S he Ieft unguarded for a moment, p t 'L L M A N CAFE and Mlnookn station was left unex their detectives, conducted one; a O il showed on trial that he had left New d®y or night, during an absence of Good food. I’opulat pntei plored. It happened that the ground cago newspaper, with Its detectives, Orleans to come North only the night several weeks, In New York. Phlla- 2 '7 W First Dr. Mellemhin is a r e jU ’sc graduate was covered with snow, but the keen another; and the Pinkertons, In the licfore the murder and had spent the delphia, and other eastern cities, Interest of the United States Expres whole of that night on the Illinois To one unfamiliar with the re m nteili, inc and surgery ankl 1» licensed est scrutiny failed to reveal any sig centrai railroad. It also appeared I sources and organization of a great R O S C O E AMES H A R D W A R E by tha- state of Oregon, l i e does not nificant footprints, und the search par company, a third. Mr. Pinkerton, as we have seen, con that McCoy's associate, Connors, was detective system It Is incoinprehensl- "I crate for chronic appendicitis gall ties returned after many hours, having n jail at the time of the robbery, and ble how continuous shadowing day af- The Winchester Store stonrs ulcers of the stomach, tonsils made only a single discovery. This was eluded that the crime had been com mask found In a cattle guard near | rallied by railway men. The railway thnt the mnn "Jeff" was dead. Thus ter day and week after week, through or aifenoidt. , ’»clals were naturally disinclined to the whole Plunkett story was exploded Ila has td.his credit wonderful re Minooka—a inask made of black cloth, thousands of miles pf Journeying, can C< Challas Lartier shop— Man’s Some time before this the man who accomplished. The matter Is made , «ml women's haircuts. 35c, chit sults in diseases of the stomach, liver. with white strings fastened at either ! believe III of their employees, anil an ■>°* J Is, blood, skin, nerves, heart, kid- side, one of which had been torn out j Incident occurred about this time had ridden on the free pass, and given none the simpler when you know that ilrens, 25« < >pen dava and evening» which turned the Investigation In an the detectives so much trouble, had 11 ’* must be a change of shadows ev- I_trst at Washington,______ Phone 1B3-J n r.k> bladder, bed wetting, catarrh, of the cloth as If In a struggle. '"♦ak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, I xr Meantime Mr. Pinkerton himself en ! entirely new direction and made them been accidentally found by Jack Mul ery d«y However adroit the detec- Accra and rectal ailments. the more disposed to discredit Sir, tered the car and made a careful io Ins. a brakeman on Conductor Dan tlv«. continued presence In a lo- Pinkerton's theory. This was the re forth « train. He proved to be an I eallty would soon arouse suspicion, vestlgatlon. Below are the names of a few of Ina I ceipt of a letter from a convict III the Coming to the safe, Mr. Pinkerton . •!* Iow ,,t ral* Of interest advertising solicitor, employed by no Tlie dally change of shadows Is easy Real Estate insurant» W ny satisfinl patient» in Oregon w lrol ft»uud Hint the twenty two thousand Michigan City penitentiary. Mimed other than that self same newspaper, I "'hfin the man under watch remains In * * a * * " ,r* * ,r<* ,OT °®e nl the above I do liars were missing, and that other Plunkett, who wrote the Rock Island which would have given a thousand I one place; for then It Is only neces- I rompt ter.ice. courteous treotniejfl h "*|, i * HI i »« ’ papers had been hastily searched over, railroad officials, saying that he could dolhirs to know what Its agent knew; sary to send a new shadow from the " u B ain Room 5 first Savings Bank Mrs. II II Blake, Marshfield. furnish them with Important informu I but left helilud an valueless. _______ builning. Albany for the advertising man had seen the '’entrai office early each morning to Mrs. J V. McAdoo, Scio. Among these wus a bundle of can- . lb n. conductor bring out the valise con- | replaça the one who "put the man to W. I., Kirby, Bend. Mr, St. John, the general manager . *f ' on en* ’* * *°*mI u ,,* l «.’led drafts that had been roughly torn 31. 1J. Anatadt, Astoria. tulnlng tlie all-important fragment of bed" the night before. But It Is very _______ oj the rood, went In person to the pen op?t! and then thrown aside. (M ts.'Fre.l Krutow, Grass Valiev. tbe draft. But be bad not realized different when the subject Is constant (Airs, Lewereaa, Portland. All the train hands were linmedltely i itenfiury to take Plunkett's statement, tbe vnlue of tbe news In his posses ly traveling about on boats or rail Mr» C. H Horning. Hauser. questioned, but none of their stories which was In effect that be knew tbe sion. ami Mr. Pinkerton took good ways. and perhaps sleeping In a differ ^Jrs. J I . Henderson, Oertti Ponder uten who bad cotuiiiltted the robbery care to keep him from that knowl Lurs«liys whs In any way significant, except that ent town each night. Without a net Mra Andrew Anderson, Westport. G E O M. G ft-C H R IS T of Newton Watt, the man In charge of .ihil killed Nichols, and was willing to edge. Not until he had seen the man work of agencies, Including large and the second car. 11« said that while j »ell lids Information In exchange for a safely on u b-nln out from Chicngo small bureaus established nil over the Remember the above date, that busy counting over Ills way-bills anil full pardon, which the railroad people did Mr. Pinkerton breathe easily; and I nlted States, the shadowing of a man I I ket office Bell l , m stag , eo«i»uJtatioit .......un gins on inn this u til trip he will hire be five could secure by using tlieir Influence. receipts he had been startled by the It was not until months later tliat the In rapid flight would be Impossible. Alluny. u .'».a P, .»cisco, 16.50 p « l that this treatment is d i,ferra ; crash of broken glass In the ventilator This they promised to do if Ills story editor learned how nenr he came to As It Is, nothing Is easier. Schwartz, proved true, and Plunkett then told M am ed women m int be aecompatt- overhead, snd that at the same mo getting a splendid "scoop” on the whole fnr Instance, spent several days tn ment a heavily built inan. wearing a them of a plot that had been worked city and country. . their I hja a; • , Buffalo, where his actions were re black mask, had entered the car and I out a year or so before, when he had The Identification of the pass-holder ported hour by hour until he bought lieen grafting with a mob of pick «(<1. " If you m u t t , the man tip there Addre«« 2 || BrsdlAiry bld g . Lo$ will bore you.*’ Looking up. Watt said pockets at county fairs. There were removed the last possibility that the his ticket for Philadelphia. As he valise had been taken Into the train by took the train g fresh shadow took An tries. Cal. further, he saw a hand thrust through with him at that time “Butch" McCoy, any of Conductor Danforths passen It. too. securing a section In the same j lames Connors (known as "Yellow- flie broken glsss and holding a re gers. And yet the valise was there sleeping car with him, and taking his N O . ICE ol Appoinliueiil o( Haecutris vblver Thus Intimidated, he made no hammer"), and a man named "Jeff.” How came It there? In tha course of meals at the same time Schwartz took Not!,» is hetrby given that, the nn atiempt to glre an alarm, and the whose surname he did not know, their examination two of the passen his. either In the dining car or nt sta •««rsign^l by an cider „ f the County masked man presently left him under i These three men, Plunkett said, had cers had testified to having seen tions No sooner had the train left fu ri ot 1 inn County, O rt g*u hat twen gaerd of the pistol overhead, which Planned an etpress robbery on the the station than the Pinkerton repre appoimsst Usocutriv of the Isat will and rovfiyed him until shortly before the ! Rock Island road, to be executed In Schwartz enter the toilet room dur Ing the run. Brakeman Jack Mullins sentative In Buffalo reported by cipher tutaineug ol Richard ( i Farwell, de- train reached Morris, when It was precisely the same way, and at pre- stated that he had been In the same dispatch to the bureau In Philadelphia, retted | clsely the same point on the road, os A l peibort having cist« is against said wtthdra«?. He was sble to locate the rocm twice that night, that the sec whither Schwartz was going. The ex etr.te ,t e required to present them place wherA the crime must here been i In the case In question. ond time he had noticed the valise act form of the dispatch, which well The story was plausible, and won within >*■ mouth« troni Ohe dtle ol thit committed, ss he remembered that the but that It was not there when he went' llustrates a system In constant use Hetdarh.«, iud «m no n tl«»plessii«<» | Mr St. John's belief. Il won the be- ,he PTOP»'" » ouchtrt. to the engine was wh’atling tor Minooka snd s ttio s ) trcuhks» art often canted by r t " l " " b’ r »»«>’*"<» «bout when the stranger entered the car i b«f. also, of the Chicago newspaper; In first. Other witnesses In the car In the Pinkerton bureaus, was as fol •yestram Ao »««»litin it caused by Co?.. ’ « * • ,M t H f*< d d , in Linn lows : th* t ,h’ This left shout thirty minutes for the «nd forthwith the railway detectives, not wearing I be right gists««. Right co n ati. Oregon R. J. LIN D EN , b*ft>r* th « »'"I. j working with the newspaper detec w hen At murder, robbery, end escape clssses will K iw is «»«strain and iron I'sted tnd first pv|»litbed this 2ith S ch w .« ! the V" llM wa’ ' 441 Chestnut street. tive«. were Instructed to go ahead on his du« to «yostT i£iy will dittppetr. The ll*y Apri'. 19x7, Returning te Chicago. M r Pinkerton - - M 6 V U* ,h* rh'" B nf “Philadelphia, Pa first tiling so do *« (o ha»« your eys* Investigated the character of tlie man new Knee, regardless of trouble or wia thfbtenlng. and M r r ,nk(lrton ? r,c* Jatwall. F Semwtr,« afor«taid Anxious shoes sucker Brown mar • ttm in sd «nd know what gtastes will " » ’ ♦ g A Tu.tmg, > at va for F ata. V e t f and found that be trad a clean ! expense Their first endeavor was to •ent f’»r Schwtrti. b* tbs right ones bles man other dropping eight arrive» record was regarded ss s trusty and 1 rapture "Butch" McCoy, the leader of After Hiking with the brskeutsn In pot grand fifty marbles articles along Quirk Optical Repnir U prJi - Butch" was a plrkpo ket. ?h.M ellclent roan, and bad tWV* brother« the gaa« d e r a ^ den? ’ W#V '* * "»5 Glass«« or tpictatlJt broken’ . Obsrdt or derby coat ship very tan seer wear o wn hed been railroad men for years burgiar, and all-oround thief, whore IbciH «• 7 8 ,0 ,0 ’ "««ton him ing these have and is ribbon Ink dust bent out of »Ugnment) Temples toe peratlnns kept him traveling all over «tifj had always given perfect sstisfac long or too shot),’ IH u t t ie r your re fichw.« L hl* f,llow 'r»lna»n central Tuesday for dust to He« hat tlon W atts good reput st tea and the United States. quirement« our ter» i,-» u prompt and snd and paper vest yellow Ink get must The police la various cities having straightforward manner ware strong La^bdr« «ent Tuesdays highly satisfactory. Bring your repair ,P° k* h‘«hl-T of hl® j£w#!ry morning depot on. been communicated with to no pur i f / ' points In bis favor, and yet there St is ' ” k to•• M E A D E & A L B R O Agency Hub Cleaning Works •onset ntng questionable In bis story of poea. the editor finally decided to do a “D. ROBERTSOX." Optom*tTists. JIA First s t , Alboay, Or». <h» jnyaterlous bsnffi_ ro r one tiring <hlM ««>« Hhe of which no newspaper In dispatches in this sort tm-vortant -£*? Lllfist you, Schwvtz?" Prt»prtti«c rerhape, undertook information regarding criminals Is con- •L*®*1! . J u b lM ojet the wires, witX 2 5 c Meals 11 5 Lyon st. George William Wright ATTORNEY AT LAW . D Foric Reading Glasses $ 6 to $ 7 .5 0 I F. M. French & Son Jewelers and Optometrists F High Grade Used PIANO . F A lbany Creamery Association H L IN N BUTTER and B uyers o f Eggs A Farm ers’ Co-operative Creamery I , » /, C o m jn g tc Albany Dr. Mellenthin Specialist in Internal Medicine for the past fifteen years M N o f O p e r a te HOTEL ONE ALBANY DA Y O N L Y No Charge foi C onsultation FARM LOANS PARAGON CAFE h,,Hh ALIUNY ( Modern liarber Shop A A B C S PLACE B y Cleveland Moffett Mysterious Murder and Robbery of an Ex press Messenger and the Final Solution of a Most Difficult Crime Problem