New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-02
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From The Chicago Tribune. July g.
About week ago the superintendent OF Track L.
pairs from LapoTte to Chicago, MIR. Oakley, hnts
one section of his beat was not kept IN proper shs
determined to dismiss the whole gang OF men on \
section. and accordingly did so, and from the tau i
the men when discharged, promptly reported 10 Z
General Suueiintendent Col. james Moore at Adm
he was afraid there might be trouble on the sect,
near Baieytown, Indiana. Colonel Moore INNS
ately communicated his suspicious TO Pnkertoa {
Co.. who forth NTH concentrated their detective iae
in that neighborhood, under the personal supervise
of Pinkerton himself. From the movements ofthns
on Monday evening Last. Mr.. Pinkerton was ei )
place On additional force of railroad men along b
track from Msrs Station TO Calumet. Toe N.Y.
was dark and rainy, just the kind of q night 9r &c
demons 10 20 10 work.
steathiy the watch stole along the track-evr
nook and Granny was carefully searched, and undg
bridge at BaileytOwn a claw-bar, such as IS used /
drawing spikes was found. As one had been Ne
ing upon this section when the men were dschage
who when questioned by Mr.. Oakley "a 10 where
wac denied all knowledge of IT, Mr.. Pinkerca ei
up a position as to watch ii any one cane Tort
About IL O'Clock two men were observed 70 ccs;
cautiously up the track, short conversation IN Va
pers was held, and one of them took the claws
from its hiding place, and proceeded with he ~
fedeiae east upon the track, closely followed BY
and the Others barefooted. The country in tbs ,
eion is wild and unsettled and Gu arriving al lave
able place near where TIE Truck cfOthts the tuiaN
River, undoubtedly selected by them for is dsass
business they went TO work with the bar drew y
spikes and slid the rails side, making pers
switch.
During the time they were at work Pnkron snt
bis men lay within few feet OF them Mthey siAfie'
TO return one of them, observing something DARK =
lay by the track, stopped TO pick it up. tpoyed
be only Mr. Z. himself, who Immediately spranZ
bis feet and seized the villain by the throst I'd
fend fought lustily, but the other coming ap,
phssed him over TO them and put after the Other VI
With the speed of ligotniDg was fleeing west upon
treck. Finding be was going to be distanced, PInfn
ton az a dernier resort, fired upon him, when The v
lain halted and fired at PinkertOn, and again fed b.
thin time ran directly into the hands OF the reare
force placed west on the track, and who bearing
firing, were fastening 10 the scene. lie WA mae
a'ely captured and brought b sex to where the co.
prisoner was, when, slipping out Of his Goa. and '
ing il in the hands Of the officer, he wheeled upon "
F., struck him violent blow, knocking him into ,
ditch and ran up the bank like bird and dissp,es'
in the woods, end although closely follosed by1
men, aided by the darkness, made his escape.
He is probably dangerously wounded, az blood y
found next morning Epon the track and IN the w.
The wound is supposed 10 be somewhere about :
body, as P.s hands were all covered with blood ms
scuffe. The other prisoner fought violently sniss
cuTely irOned, when he was conveyed 10 Cal1ns
little over three miles. He proved to be an hshn
named Peter Welsh, one Of the gang who were ~
discharged Welsh says the one who made his eset
vas also a discharged uack-hand. Welsh siroN
protests his innocence though seen 10 the yey q
mission Of the act An express and mail train va 2
az the point where q rails were removed, within
an hour and il s truly fearful TO calculate what NJ
have been the loss Of life il the depredhtons hsd'
been discovered.
On the arrival Of this a man was dispatched BY
p. TO Chicago, 10 his partner, Mr.. Rucker vbe :
patched some more detectives out 10 scour tbe sc~
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Southern Railroads, and at daylight an energetic ~
was made in every direction from Calumet 10 md ,
ruffian
Welsh las been committed by Squire Ihonssl
Calumet, to Valparaiso jail for ten days TO swsh'
examination AM give time to secure his conrsis