Lf4
Collins Peps Up
As He Is Called
"Second Carlisle"
' . ,
Comparison With jVoted Bau-
lit Magically Revives His
Drooping Spirit at Arriv
al in Union Station
'."flight iliis way to the Keith Col
lin's special," rang out on the still
night air at the Union 'station at 9:20
Monday night as one of at least 100
assembled railroad men, former co
workers and friends oj Keith Col
lins, one of the alleged leaders of the
mail robber gang, sighted the head
light of Missouri Pacific train No
107.
-'Train coming on'fourtU track,"
he continued, as he led the motley
crowd of switchmen, car inspectors
and others on a dead run down the
station platform v-to obtain an ad
vantageous position along the side
of the train that was carrying 'the
youthful confessed mail 'train plun
derer and his captors from Kansas
City
Friends Line Platform. '
The men, many of them personal
friends of Collins for he once
worked as a fireman for the Union
Pacific lined the platform acting as
a self-appointed reception committee
when Collins, first off the car, hand
cuffed to Postal Inspector V. M
Coble, alighted from the train.
The trainmen were not alone on
the platform when Collins left the
coach, for practically every passen
ger who alighted from the train be
fore Collins lined the walk, to take
a look at their notorious co-passenger,
the sight, of whom was kept
from them by the postal inspectors
during the course of the entire our
ney from Kansas City. Collins and
his guard of postal inspectors and
railway special agents occupied a
stateroom during the trip from the
Missouri river town to Omaha. .
Pulls Cap Over Eyes.
As the prisoner and his guards
passed along the side of the train
and on through the iron gates tnto
the waiting room of the depot the-p
crowd was further augmented by the
hundreds of persons at the station
ready-to take outgoing 'trains
- Collins spied the crowd of railroad
men along the side of the train be
fore they saw him and as. he still
stood on the car" steps he pulled his
dirtv, greasv cap further down1 over
his "head and eyes and, together with
Inspector Coble, became lost in the
crowd. ' .
."Hello, Keith." "Hi. Collins."
greetings from the trainmen, went
unanswered by Collins.
Collins Smiles.
Oh, there he is; there's Bill Car
lisle, the second,"- and similar ejacu
lations from those that made up the
crowd seemed 93 elixir to his weary
soul, for bv the time he had reached
the bright 'lights of the station plat
form he had regained the military
bearing, which was widely heralded
on government circulars as a sure
lead to detection of the army "cap-
As he passed through the throng
that almost packed the waiting room
af'Jhe-station he glanced freely to
lift right and left and a stnile played
arouit his mouth. Despite the ef
forts of postal inspectors to keep the
onlookers back, the; crowd: pressed
through the taxicab entrance at the
north side of the station while the
group awaited on the ulatform for
the arrival of a motor car.
Presoner Jests.
. While standing there Collins free
ly.'joked and laughed with the postal
inspectors, in the meanwhile paying
no attention to the crowds around
him. A's he stood there waiting for
the' taxicab he reached into the left
hand pocket of his dirty, black and
gray-checked nackinaw and with
drew a package of cigarets, courte
ously offering one to Inspector- Co
bt$ before taking one himself.
""The inspector refused his offer
and, reaching into his own pocket
with his free right hand, extracted a
mongrel pack of cigarets, struck a
match, lighted- it and then passed the
light to Collins. :
v The taxi rolled up to the platform
arid the prisoner, three postal inspec
tors and two railroad detectives en
tered the car and then started a wild
ride through the business section of
the city in an endeavor to lose two
following newspaper1 cars.
. ; Races Down Street.
In this endeavor the driver ' of
the government car was entirely suc
cessful. The car raced down Tenth
street to Harney and "west on Har
ney, where all trace of the car was
lost. This ride about the downtown
district consumed at least 30 min
utes. ' .;
.-In eluding theHr pursuers, the gov-
prjiment inspectors gave a fine ex
ample of the reason tney succeeded
in capturing Collins, ' Their display
of strategy was excellent,
i. Their ability to extricate them
selves from precarious positions was
wonderful and their outmaneuvering
of following automobile drivers was
of. the kind that might have earned
a promotion for a commissioned of
ficer in the army.
- Crossing the river the car carry
iag the prisoner and his captors
speeded directly to the postoffice
Mid federal . building in Council
Bluffs. There' the driver was dis
missed and the party retired to the
office of Sumner Knox, internal
revenue agent in the Bluffs;
IXighting Fixtures Oranden Elec
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from 92.00.
400 Outside
rooms. Writ
for map and
folder.
J. H. Van Home,
Mfr.
Partialiist of Unrecovered Mm I 1
Loot Issued by Postal Inspectors
Value' of Missing Stocks and Bonds Set at $1,351,77$;
Additional Losses to Be Announced Later; ... ;
Securities Were Burned.
A partial list of stocks and bonds
stolcn?in the Council Bluffs mail
robbery was issued t last i night by
the postal yispecto'rs. This is the
first official list which has been is
sued. None of these securities have
been recovered, with the excep
tion of a $50 liberty bond and $100
City of Bordeaux, France, bond.
According to the. .stories; of Pofien
barger, Collins and others, all of
those securities were destroyed by
fire. .
The mspectors state that addition
al losses will undoubtedly be re
ported from time to time as. the
checking progresses, but they are
ure the big items nave ail Deen re
ported. The list:
Liberty bonils eancelad, from
th Federal lieservs obiik. on
Francisco to the United States
treasurer at Washington 423,600
Shipment Liberty bonds, coupon.
not registered, rrom an Fran
cisco to Chicago TTTi 600,000
Cash shipment, San Francisco
to Chicago dv.vvv
Endorsed notes, San Francisco
to Chicago 61,000
Liberty bond coupons, going
east for cashing - 6,664
Two bonds. Province Manitoba.. 8,000
Two bonds, Southern Pacific
Equipment Trust t. ...
Five Louisville A Nashville rail
2,000
6,000
; 6J900
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15.000
road bondsw.
Five bonus, Klrfelalr Consolidated
Fifteen bonds. United Rallwaye
of San Francisco
ThraA hnnria. Pacific Gas & Elee-
trio company , S.000
Twelve bonds, unlisted 12.000
One certificate, unlisted .1,000
Southern Pacific coupons , (25
LlbortTvbonds o.nao
Notes, fSm San Francisco to
U. S. Agents Find Hidden in Home
Mail Loot Taken by Keith Collins
(Continued: From
officials have been figuring on re
covery of one cash shipment of $50,
000 stolen from the pouches. -
One insurance company, the in
spectors have admitted, revealed.
they had earned $8UU,uuu insurance
on securities and bonds in the ship
ment looted.
Helped Destroy Bonds.
The inspectors declared yesterday
they believe Collins did hjelp destroy
some of the bonds.
Bond of $10,000 for Fred Poffen
barger, sr., was increased yesterday
to $25,000, according to Deputy
United States MarsHaJ Fred Shoe
maker. This act would indicate that Col
lins has given inspectors information
which implicates the elder Poffen
barger in the robbery to a greater
extent than at first believed.
Collins is held in the Pottawatta
mie county jail, held for the grand
jury in $50,000 l-ral
He was not the "brains" of the
$3,500,000 robbery, in the opinion of
W. L. Noah, postoffice inspector of
Sedalia, Mo., in charge of the inves
tigation and under whom federal
agents cleaned up the case in just
two-weeks and 12 hours.
Inspector Noah declares he be
lieves Fred PoffenbargeY concocted
the crime and argued Collins into
taking par -' . .
With Collins' arrest Sunday at
Collins Traveled by Freight arid
Taxicab in Flight From Officers
Frightened at the enormity of the
mail robbery, in which he has con
fessed a part, Keith Collins left
Council Bluffs the - Tuesday night
after the robbery on a freight train,
riding the, bumpers, according to the
story told bytferjeral 'agents.
He went straight Columbus,
Neb., where fie visited a sister all
day Wednesday. '
Reports front "Columbus said he
gave his sister five $10 hills. Mrs.
Lottie Langhein, the -sister, denied
this in a letter tcAJay - ' -
Locate 'His .Trail. '
Thursday Inspector Noalj; of Se-
Serve fruit with LORNA
DOONE Biscuit and
learn , what real short
bread is. They have a
wonderful flavor, wjth
just-enough richness.
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COMPANY
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. 4 San-Francisco
At the Ferry building (tiere's
a picture of Its tower). I stepped intd the
Hotel Whitcomb limousine and was taken to
one of the most delightful hotels I ever saw.
It reminds you of those old Southern homes-
aristocratic, comfortable, quiet and very hos
pitable,. My room is nice and big with the un
streaming in.. I'll tell you this warnr-CaK :
fornia sunshine is quite a relief from the' cold -.
back home. More later. ,
Hotel Whitcomd
71.429
(.260
f J.60
11-.000
lfo.ooo
16.000
1,000
6,000
12,000
1,600
- S.000
3,000
1,000
i.ooo
2.206
3,600
1,000
1,000
10,000
1.000
COBO'
Standard Oil stock, face value.,.
Liberty bonds ,.
Liberty bonds '.
Storks and bonds, miscellaneous
-sortment 4 '
First Liberty Loan bonds,
a., i-ks ami lHnds
Swiss Rovernmont bonds (five)..
Two bonds, Great Britain and Ire
land Stocks various railroads and tele
phone One bond, Inter-borrough Rapid
Transit
Two bonds, Cuban Cane Sugar,
company J
Three bonds, Denver & Riu
(Irande raiiroad
One bond. Central of Georgia rail
road One bond. Chicago Great Western
railroad
Detrolt-Edlson bonds, 1930
lotrolt-Edlson bonds, 130
French Republic, one bond
Sinclair Oil, one bond .'.
Pennsylvania railroad short term
' notes
Iron Mountain railroad bonds . ..
Total
Stocks of which
11,361.778
no face value is
given:
Seventy-five shares Royal Dutch Indian
Netherlands Oil compaay.
Fifty-seven shares United Railways ,of
San Francisco.
One hundred fourteen' shares preferred
stock United Railways of San Francisco.
Fifty shares Kennecott Copper stock.
Fifty shares Inspiration and Consolida
ted Copper.
Ono hundred shares General Motor.
1 he , inspectors state S43U in
cash has been recovered, in addition
to which Collins had in his posses
sion, when arrested, $131.00.
Securities recovered are: One $50
liberty bond: one $100 French bond
of the city of Bordeaux. Three'
diamonds valued at a total of $150,
Page One.) .
Westville, Okl., postoffice inspectors
say they have cleaned up the case.
Leave Council Bluffs'.
But it was reported yesterday they
are still looking for tine man and
one woman.
It was even reported warrants
have been issued for the 'arrest of
the man who is suspected of having
a large portion of the Bonds and se
curities Poffenbarger and Collins
say they burned.
The woman is supposed to have
been Fred Poffenbarger's sweet
heart. Both man andwoman are
said to have left Council' Bluffs im
mediately after Collins' the .Tuesday
night after the robbery. :"
He appeared relieved when the in
spectors. told him he was under ar
rest. -,'.- " ?-
He had been masquerading-Hmder
the name of a cousin at hjs ancle's
home. Payne had never seen Collins
or the cousin and was easily "duped.
Payne told the postoffice. men he
and Collins read of the robbery and
arrests in the papers and discussed
it cooly, lamenting the fact that his
nephew and Keith's cousift was
wanted in connection "with'lt.
Collins did not put bp" a scuffle
when arrested. His signed confes
sion to' driving the automobile was
seeded by the inspectors while in
the federal building in Kansas Cjty
yesterday
dalia, Ma, arrived to take charge
of the investigation into the robbery.
From then on results began to ap
pear. . , ;
Federal authorities located ' Col
lins' trail at Columbus and ques
tioned his sister. He had gone to
an uncle's " home at Cedar Rapids,
Neb., from there, they learned, and
then into Oklahoma by taxicab.
He was afraid of trains.
Inspectors Noah, Adamson and
Coble, hot on the trail, located Col
lins, on the farm of his uncle, E.
Payne, near Westville last Saturday
night.
They enlisted Deputy Sheriff Dun-
new York . . ,
Four bonds, Sears-Hoabuck
Danv
Announcement
and :
At a Discount of
"Vt-
Nothing'
carf aVtficlr guide, hired anautomo-
bile at 6 Sunday morning after a
short sleep and rode to within a
half mile of the farm.
They dismounted and walked -the
rest of the distance in the darkness.
Coble and Noah posted them
selves outside the! house. Adamson
and, Duncan walked througluthe din
ing room into the kitchen. There sat
Collins at a table, eating breakfast.
Adamson placed his hand on his
shoulder. I
''You're under arrest." j
Collins spoke no word.
Coble and Noah Entered and
Adamson drew forth the hatitjcuffst
V , Leap on Him. , . J-
Collins made a move as if to re
sist but when the three inspectors
leaped toward him, he held forth Ins
wrists to be shackled.
He was taken to Muskogee Sun
day night where the party missed a
train, getting into Kansas City Mon
day morning. His signed confession
was secured in Kansas City.
Throughout the trip, Collins was
docile and pleasant, the officers said, j
He was handcuffed to Inspector i
Coble all the way to Council Bluffs.
Grieves Over Girl.
With his right wrist shackled by
handcuffs to the left wrist of Inspec
tor Coble, Keith Collins leaned
against a corner of the wall in the
lobby of the federal building in
Council Bluffs Monday night.
He Svas tired. He showed it.
"What 'about Ella?" Collins was
asked. - .
Ella . Peterson, Collins' fiancee,
was the girl whq sacrificed love on
,the altar of duty and- informed
federal agents of her belief that Col
lins was implicated in the robbery
because of his suddenly acquired
wealth.
She now lies at her home, the vic
tim of a nervous breakdown.
' "Oh, Hell!" groaned Collins, be
fore he .thought.
Then he lunged with his huge bulk
toward his questioner, onlyto be
jerked back with his handcuffs by
Inspector Coble, who put in gruffly.
"Get avay Don't ask him any
questions," brushing the questioner
away with an angry gesture.
"Are you a newspaperman?" asked
Collins. -
J'Yes;- they all are. Don't say a
word to , them," said Coble, and as
the janitor unlocked the inner doors
of the corridor leading to the stair
way, the prisoner was taken up
stairs for his arraignment.
Cleared Up Without Shot.
"If it is true that the nations seek-
commttted, and its Investigation by
federal officers netting nine arrests
and recovery of a goodly portion of
the loot was concluded Sunday with
the capture of Keith Colfins.
And not a shot was fired.
Officials working on the case, in
secret and government service for
years, are still talking of that fact.
Not one of the nine suspects, ar
rested was armed when appre
hended. And evidence of the use of
a revolver by the robbers was dis
closed but once.
This was when the glass in the
window of the niail car was shat
tered with the butt of a pistol.
Railroad special officers, postof
fice inspectors and, federal agents
who are responsible jfor the clearing
up of the case in but 12 hours more
than two weeks after the crime, de
clare they never heard of a train
robbery, however-small, before, to
tally, devoid of gun play. ,
D'Annunzio's Troops .
Roused by His Appeal
Fiume, Nov! 30. Gabriele d'An
nunzio's legionaries have been great
ly stirred by passionate appeals of
the poet to "save Fiume," which
he has been issuing at frequent .in
tervals since the treaty of Rapallo
settled the Adriatic question be
tween Italy and Jugo-Slavia far
from d'Annuriiio's liking.
Preparations are in progress to
conscript all citizens between the
ages of 18 and 50 in Fiume for "the
defense of the city."
Large reinforcements of Italian
cattibineers are arriving on the bord
ers of the Fiume territoy. It is as
sumed they are there as reminders
to the legionaries that the, Italian
government intends to enforce the
provisions of the treaty.
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Public Buildings
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Armed Motor Boats Patrolled
Thamesin Front of Parlia
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:j tures All Last Night.
' London, Nov. 30. Pubiic build
ings in London and in many of the
other large aties of England were
closely guarded against apprcWided
Sinn Fein attacks by heavy Jciach
ments of police and detectives last
night. In this city the, patrol jVas
not limited to streets, but armed
motor boats moved up and down the
Thames in front of parliament
buildings. '
With Downing street and its im
mediate neighborhood shut off from
the rest of the city by a high fence,
which was constantly under the eyes
of uniformed men, and with the
Parliament . buildings sentineled,
government sections of London to
day assumed the atmosphere of an
armed camp.
i ' Bomb in Swan Lane.
! There' is nothing to connect the
Sinn Fcm with the explosion of a
bomb in a warehouse vin Old Swan
Lane, this city, early this morning.
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Trinity Cathedral
Every night this 'week' at
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but.th people of Uke citv ascribed
U (O) Him organization, inc ocnuo
blew out the windows of buildings
nearby and started a fire, but the
police and firemen succeeded in ex
tinguishing the flames before they
gained headway.
Several men suspected of setting
fire to warehouses in Liverpool on
Saturday night are under arrest. It
Ss claimed by the police that Ameri
can -"gunmen are in that city and
assertion is made that men wanted
in Ireland for shooting policemen
and soldiers have crossed the Irish
sea to Liverpool. " , ;- r
The financial loss occasioned by
Saturday night's fires in Liverpool
is estimated at 1,000,,000.
Reprisals Are Made.
The killing of 15 police recruits
at Macroom, Ireland, yesterday has
already been followed by reprisals
by the "black and tans," and it is re
ported there is an exodus of fright
ened people from towns near where
the recruits were attacked.
Masked men entered and set fire
to the ..building housing the Dublin
Freeman's Journal last night. Con
siderable damage was done the
building.
Glasgow and the Clyde shipbuild
ing district have been placed under
close guard and it is declared by the
authorities that many Sinn Feiners
are known to be in Scotland.
Indict Coal Companies. ' ,
Chatanooga, vTenn., Nov. 30. The
federal grand jury today indicted 24
coal companies on the charge of vio
lating the' Lever act.
; "A loose ?nd easy dress contributes much to those fir. proportions observable in the Grecian statues." j"7&.
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Mexico to Consider
Proposal of Colby
(Continued From l'age One.)
try, which animate this government.
"We have not required the as
surances, so unqualifiedly given in
your Jitter, of Mexico's, regard for
the discharge of her obligations, and
of her respect for the principles of
international law. Your suggestion
of a joint arbitration commission to
adjudicate the claims ffrescnted by
citizens of other countries, for dam
ages sustained as a result of disor
ders in your country and the fur
ther proposal to enlarge and to
strengthen existing treaty provisions
for the arbitration of all controver
sies, now pending or which may
arise between our respective nation
als, bring convincing support of your
declarations, if that jvere needed.
Corrects Misunderstanding.
"You refer atMcngth to the mis
understanding that has arisen and
which , has widely prevailed, as to
the true scope and effect of article
27, of the Mexican federal consti
tution. That such misunderstand
ings have existed, and has exercised
an unfortunate restraint upon the
impulses of friendly governments in
their desire to co-operate with .he
Mexican people in the recovery of
the full measure of their material
strength and prosperity, cannot be
denied.) But I can conceive of noth
ing better calculated to correct this
misunderstanding and to allay the
fears of those who have acquired
'
soon as you
showin
exclusively
s m 5 j
valid titles or who have made sub
stantial investments in conformity
with Mexican law, and in reliance
upon its protection, then the state
ments of your letter referring to the
declaration of President De La Iluer
to and President-elect Obrcgon to
the effort that article 27 "is not md
must not be interpreted as retroac
tive or violation of valid property
rights."
Sympathy for Mexico.
"The interests of other nations in
this subject should not; and 1 am
convinced it is not, attributed to any
desire to interfere witk Mexico in
the adoption and pursuit of any pol
icy with regard to its land and re
sources, which expresses its aspira
tions and satisfies its people. In
deed, I may remark that there is
wide sympathy for tha apparent de
sire of your country to inaugurate
a policy which shall protect its
great resources against' waste, dis
persal or other, improvident treat
ment. The f r'ecdgiii to do this,
which no olie can dispute nor even
criticised is in no sense compromised
by the due respect for legally vest
ed interests which you so fully avow,
with a convincing' sincerity which
is beyond question. "
"It only remains to give these un
derstandings a form which is usual
in dealings 'between friendly states,
and I have the honor to suggest as
our fruitful discussions draw to a
close, that commissioners be prompt
1) designated -by both Mexico and
the Unitedjstates to formulate a
treaty, embodying the agreements
which have been reached as the re
sult of your successful mission."
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