Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-25
Daring Exploit of EiBcOIn Emissaries in
CSeOrgin.
We find the following in the Atlanta hteIti.
gencer of the 9th:

We find the following in the Atlanta h,teIii.
gencer of the 9th:
On Saturday morning last we were startled by ntei
gencs teegraphed here from Marietta that the engne
with three attached 10 the mail train, from this
place 10 Chattanooga had been detached therefr0m,
while the conductor engineer and train hands were
Oreaktasting at Big ~hauty and had been steamed up
road by unknown parties Prompt measures were at
once taken there 10 pursue the robbers. Mr. l. Ken
dicki who, it ascertsned that the -ngine
in possession Of the thieves rode with speed TO Ma
retta and from there elegaphed the fact this place.
Major Rowland the super iutendent being absent up the
road, Nr. Walker, the master Of transportation mme
dately directed Mr.. Kendrck 70 take engine, and
such armed force he could get and proceed in
pursuit This done But as our readers will be
interested in detailed account Of this extraordinary
and most audaciOus attempt of Lincoln spies to rob.
burn and destroy the State road give below the
statement Of Mr. Fuller the conductor the train from
which the engine and three detached by the
Lincoln hirelngs
Mr. W. A. FULLERs STATEMENT.
On Saturday morning left at 4 o'clock, with the
train, and reached Camp Mcdonald" (Big andy at
regular train time. While at breakfast heard the en-
gine exhaust very rapidly and suddenly. Immediately
rose up and stated Mr. Murphy who s boss of the
that morning, and Nr. JEFF Cain, my engineer that
something wrong with the engine. We three has
tened out and much TO surprise he engine was out
Of sight ! once suggested to MessTs. Murphy and
Cain the prOpriety of following the engine TO Chata
nooga, If in no other way on foot, aud pursue till
overlook and captured the unknown thieves But when
/ first got out inquired Of q guard who was on the
platform, who had taken the engine OFF, He replied
that he did not know but that he was a tall black
bearded wearing military black overccat with
large cape" On foot them in double quics time. we
three started in pursuit.
/ the first TO reach Moons station some two and
a halt miles from Big Shauty." There found hand
and returned short distance 70 take in my compan-
ions Messrs Murphy and Gain, and we then with a few
men, whom we got al Moons station 10 push the car
along pursued to within half mile Of AcwOrth At
this point found some forty fifty ties laid
the aek Of the road to obstuct pursuit and the tee
graphic wires torn down quarter OF mile 1t
took time to remove thess distractions When
we got 10 Acworh we took another hand car and some
ten men, all armed as well as ourselves and pursued on
till within mile and half Of Etowah where were
again mpeded by the track being torn up in short
curve, by which were thrown into a ditch. Having
exrCated ourselves from this difficulty proceeded
10 EtoWah where we took Major COOpers engine,
which cheerfuly delivered to- and run by IFS eugi
for 70 Kingston. We also took at Etowsh
coal car for the purpose Of carrying our men, who then
had increased to about twenty, mostly citizens.
When arrived at Kingston, found that the
thieves had passed some twenty-five minutes ahead U.s.
We were there told that they stated that they had been
pressed by the government 70 carry powder and amnu.
milton Beauregard-that Fuller and the regular mail
train was behind and would be directly This they
did, get the switch keys and plausible their
statements that they completely deceived the agent al
Kingston. At Kingston We changed engines-taking the
Rome engine, which was already fred up, and which
kindly offered to usby Mr.. Smith, the conductor
We pursued then till within four miles Of Adarsve
where the track again torn up and crOsses placed
upon Il.
Mr Murphy and myself then again took it e f,ot at
double quick till we met the down express train one
and half mile this side OF Adsirsville his we
stopped and turned back to Adairsville where we
switched of the cars and took the engine alone Mr.
Bracken, its engineer, running it, In this way, still
continued the pursuit. after having stop TO the
distractions Of tes etc, that the thieves had put
At intervals. the shortest curves, in our way.
We reached Calhoun, where they had left about five
minutes before arrivs there, and when about mile
and half from that station cRme In sight Of them,
where they had detached their hindmOst car and left il
as an obstruction 10 our pursuit
This We coupled TO engine and carried il on
ahead in our pursuit. till TO within 8 mile Of |
Ressca where they had detached another This we
so couped on ahead and continued thus In pursuit till
we reached Resaca, where switched the two Of
and without delay still continued the pursuit In the
meantime it that they bad loaded the third car
which they had with ties punching out the
hndmos end Of it, they dropped ct intervals before
the crosses upon the track These obstrucons delayed
Us 4 little, but removed. Beyond Dalton,
about three miles, opposite Col Glenns camp, the OBJ