07 Jan 1899
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1899
Page
1
Seth Rosebrook and Chad Stowell, both near eighteen, were identified for the Missouri Pacific Express robbery near Leeds, Missouri on September 23. Stowell dated a written confession detailing the crime, while the other suspect remained unnamed.
Topeka officers report a dramatic confession by Chad Stowell and Seth Rosebrook 18, claiming their role in the 1893 Missouri Pacific express car robbery near Leeds. They describe planning with older accomplices, misusing nitro and dynamite, and hiding mutilated currency later found by investigators who map the treasure’s location.
Ex Governor Crittenden backs pursuit of Young James case while Stowell confesses implicating others. Topeka and Missouri officers race to arrest defendants as detectives pursue leads from Kansas City to Topeka. The Missouri Pacific express train holdup near Kansas City involves dynamite, wrecked safes, and gunpoint scenes recounted by operator Hisey and Express Messenger Hills.
Washburn College erupts in a two hour melee between sophomores and freshmen over class collars. One student hurled from a window, another with a fractured skull and a third with a dislocated shoulder. Professors and student nurses aid the wounded as the fray ends with freshmen still wearing collars amid chaos on the campus.
Uneven report ties a recent bail release for a Miss Schumacher murder to last night’s store hold up. A card claimed by Operator Hisey names John Kennedy and others as “masked knights of the road.” Kennedy remains at large amid sightings near Kennedy’s Cracker Neck district.
State Senator George W Hanna reportedly resigned rather than vote for the supplemental railroad bill fueling a political furor in Clay Center and Topeka. Hanna issued a statement denying a caucus deal while detailing attempts to pressure him, including a midnight conference and a threatened resignation to govern or.
The state board of pardons members M W Welly Mayo Thomas and Judge J Randolph handed in resignations to Governor Tete at noon and this afternoon the state is left without a pardons board. They cited their offices and the governor's action as reasons and questioned the board’s future funding and function.
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