Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1887 — Chesley Chambers. [ARTICLE]

Chesley Chambers.

Colonel G. W. Friedley, solicitor for the L. N. A. C. railway, says that it is the intention of' the railway company and the’American Express Company to push the prosecution of Chesley Chambers with the utmost vigor. He says that both companies are convinced that Chambers is the man who shot Peter Weber and Geo. K. Davis and roblied the Express safe on the Monon train near Clear Creek Station, and that the Express Company will be represented in the case by able counsel. Colonel Friedley says that new evidence has been discovered establish the fact that Chambers got on the train at Mitchell the night of the shooting and robbery and went north from that town. He states further that it is probable a special term of the Monroe Circuit Court will be held at Bloomington to try the case against Chambers.