The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-12

The Vinceunes Saa contains letter from
its Olney correspondent giving the follow
ing account OF the Dissection and arrest OF
two scamps for attempting to throw off a
train from the track Of the Ohio and Missis.
sippi. Railroad ia Illinois, "A little, west oi
Vincenhes: - ~ r. / e1
- Between Little w abash and Muddy rivers
is low bottom of two miles, crossed on al
ternate tressle-wOrk and entertainments,
where three attempts have lately been made
to throw off the trains. Officers Raney and
Gudgeon, of Cincinnati, were sent for, and
here is a part of their statements on the
witness stand: ~ -. q 43aiE1LtL GLt
"Got handbills for stolen horse-p posted
them about the bottom learned that Poole
was suspicious character; told him was
Hamilton, the great connterfeiter; got his
sGrnfidence; gave him some counterfeit mon
ey he told me how to make counterfeit
half-dollars; 4 looked up to the tressle-work
-(being under III; told him might make a
good thing here; Poole said ace tried it
three times, and we can't make the d-d
thing bounce; a chunk Of lead would make
her bounce like III; and chain would
throw her, too = -f a.a b.
.l4 1t was finally agreed 10 make the attempt
at the edge of the woods, west of Noble,
where the trains run fast Gudgeon re-
mained with Poole 10 fix the track Raney
went to Vincennes to come in on the train,
and warn the conductor. As the time ap.
preached, Poole introduced Mr.. Hulen TO
Gudgeon as " friend, all right," who went
with that officer, and at various places put
on ties, with one end down, so that the pilot
would ride them, and SO as 10 make her
"bounce" The moment the train came up
and stopped, Gudgeon made Hulen lie still
in the grass with revolver at his head,
and Raney Tan and put on hand-cufs-put
him aboard the train and sent him on, Hulcn
remarking, am sold" But II. was sur.
prised to see it was not Pooie-who had
gone to make good place to hide mail,
express, money, or whatever the smash-up
might produce. The officers told Poole the
day before that they had mind TO back out
to kill and mangle so many women and
children, was more than they could stand.
Poole called them chick en- hearted, aud told
them that it was the passengers own mis-
fortune 70 be on the train " and that rail-
road men might go to HI
After Hulen was secured, Poole was
hunted and found about three o'clock in the
morning, at his mothers shanty,-he met
them at the door with an axe. "Hallo,
Poole" said Raney, 'what made you send
that id fool up here? They got him and
have taken him TO Clay City, and we must
get him tonight" Poole stood moment
=" well, you the right stripe. III 60
with YOU" So he changed hats, turned his
coat Though not the first rascal that ever
did), and proposed to shoot through the
window-kili the guard, and Raney to rush
in and hberate Hulen. As they came TO
Clay City, still dark, Poole became suspi-
cious-and after little parleying was Sc
cured by Raney's simply placing hollow
piece of iron to his ear. q TaI[t-ss 81
Hulen has been in the Indiana peniten-
tiary, and Poole recommended him to Gudg-
con as L" safe on that account. Poole said
he stole DIR. Webb's horse Of Washington,
lind, aud had been engaged in murders and
robbcries iunumerable. He has a moB-
strously villainous loOk-with more sense
than llulen--who looks like baboon--but
its enough To make man shudder To look
Poole and Hulen were held TO bail in
$1,000 each by Esq. Hoffman, 1who are in
Jail here now with the Just imprecatOns,
execrations, and anathemas of everybody
on their heads.