The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-12-23

right hand side with torch 10 his hand,
and commenced oiling the engine. He billed
the right hand side, aud wss l,assjhe afoHhd
to the lett, when his torch Nss kicked out
Of his hand and he was ssstd what he was
In the mean time, The upsabstor Of the
train, who was in the last car, tuh the
train boy to go out and see II any ohe was
getting on. The boy soon returned and
SAID that three or four men were getting
Into the express car. This alarmed the
cbhductor, and he ran forward, and was
just in time to see the expres car uncopsl;
ed from the passenger ccathes, the bell
rope cut, and the engine moFe oh. go
The, thieves, after getGpG the traih, Or Ut
least hat toflion Of L whi@ they had up
der their control going, tnfned their at
ifarda HaIs Ses ssBssssb Bsss b saf Sos man
ner. ahd left him for desdt The thieves
broke open the safe, and secured bonds and
money to the sihotnt Of k96, 900, They
ran HE balm to within hall milo Of Sey
mour, and there deserted il, The man who
ran the engine WINS evidently an engineer
as she sas all right wheh ibhnd, 80
As sooh hs the. passengers Of the tfaih
learned the nature of the outrage perhetra.
ted, apd having no other recourse, they
walked to the ueatest telegrath ststiuas a
distance OF six miles, ahd teleErsthed To
Seymour for a locomotive and car, 10 has
tel them to the latter place. uss. -
For weeks ho uiue, 10 ths perpetrators bi
the bold deed could be obtained, but fpally
dispatch was received BY tho ageht Of the
Company, in this city, stating that some Of
the bonds had heen offered for sale ID SYRIA;
Gu e, New York, and th6t the ihLisidual
offering theih has been arrested. This per,
son give his name as George Caniefth, and
stated to the officers, who made the arrest,
that he had purchased them from Frank
Reno and Charles Anderson. STEPS were
at once taken to arrest these men, and they
were finally Arrested at Sandwich Canada,
and lodged in jaih Simeon Reno was shor-
tly atterward arrested, and was identified
BY Harkins. as were alst his other two.
Bill Reno, another brother, was arrested in
Indiana, and lodged IN the New Albany
Jail. where he remained Until yesterday. l.,
q. Weir, ESQ.,, agent OF the c0mphhy, went
to Canada to attend to the case, AID. after
months of delay. succeeded in getting q
warrant of extraditioh issued by Chief JUS
ice Draper, at Toronto This order was
issued on October 23, and on the follow:
ing day Mr.. Weir, who has been deputized
to bring the prisoners to the United States,
started in ting from Detroit, bound fol
Cleveland. When few miles below De-
troit, the tug was run into by the propeller
Phil Sheridan, and sunk. The prisoners
were, after great exertions, finally saved
and taken to Cleveland, from whence they
were brought to this city They were kept
here for few days, and were than taken to
New Albany, where Simeon aud Bill were
already iu custody.
A nambef Of the bonds, $1,000 each,
were recovered by United States detectives
in Toronto, While endeavoring to clear
up the robbery OF May 22, the authorities
apparently lost sight of the balance vi the
Reno gang, This pHtty Of outslaws after
krehihg aiiet for short rime, determined
to make another raid, which they did on
the night cf July TO- Fortunately the at
tempt proved failure The particulars,
as published at the time. are as follows:
A train oh the Ohio and Mississippi Road,
bound eastward, was. selected .upoh which
to perpetrate the robbery, and Brownstown,
ten miles below Seymour, was selected at
the spot '"" rAt@' '95a ce#
Mr.. James Flanders, sort Of freight
conductor and engineer on the road, made
up his mihd that an attempt would be
made to FOB the express car. He lodged
what information he war able to obtain with
the company, and asked that time might be
allowed HIM to determine the matter,
which was agreed to, and be rem aimed of
for awhile --rFW q s.s.a. szgss--.
Absenting himself frotn the train for
awhile. he lounged about Seymour, where
be became acquainted with Eve men, nam.
Vol. Elliott, Frank Sparks, Jrhn Moore,
Charles Rosebery and H,nrs Jsrrcl. II
was not long before they impaired to him
the important seer, that they would Nor
gan the train leaving ST Louis at p. NJ
AT once Informing the Express officers Of
the khu~ledge ghined, q strong guard was
placed In the car, and Fland,rs having LET,
| Seymour, took his p ace as the engineer o.
the trait, making an Unusual stop al
Bfuwnstown the place designated for tht
robbery. As scun as the train stopped,
Flanders Jumped down ind coinmetced hi
usual exaininatiuh of the machine, for tn.
ostehsible purpose to see that it was oil
right, after which he got up, and was al
| most Instantly confronted by three of tb'
gang with cooked revolvers, which the!
placed in close proximity to his head, on.
being jammed against The eye hard enougl
to make a sewers confusion. itaE .1
He surrendered, at discretion, but, be
fore jumping off, requested to be allowed I,
start the pumps, 30 that the engine woul'
not he burned up, which was granted. :
| When the locomotive and car started OF
the thieves pushed the fireman overheard
and then fred several pistol shots up init
| the cir as signal Of victory. aieas Foya
After moving three OF four miles, the en-
CINE was stopped, and, the villains starte
to examine the booty In the car, which the
supposed to be already theirs, when, I
their afhSement, they were confronted wit
the armed ghatd hefetotore secreted benin
some baggage. This Was the signal for
general battle, bah sides firing With qres
rapidly, apd the battle seethed about ever
until Vol. Elliott, the iflost daffhk, as we
as the Acknowledged leader of the ganl
was seen to fall, wheh the rest beat a hast
retreat.
In the affray Flanders was shot III II
knee, and il will be remembered died froi
j the effects Of the injuries a iew days sihc,
Elliott, Clifton and Jarrel were afreste
Gay or tWU 9iter Tue occuTfehcc' ~
/ brought to this tity for safe keeping. The
were kept here until the night of July 2
when they were put on the TRAIN bouhd II
Brownstown the county-seat of Jacksc
, County, indiana. On the arrival of Il
, train, two OF three miles west Of Seymou
, IL was stopped by a large body Of armt
, men, ths gnard in charge of the priscne
being overpowered. 49,.
The subtertuge resurted 70 by the m'
was the exhibition Of signal of distress
I red Iight---upon the track, tpon seeil
Q which the engineer whistled doMn brake
/ No sooner had the train come to q stan
! still, than the buik Of the so'called Wig
9 ance Committeei who were concealed In
! thicket hear BY, boarded and took posses
8 ion Of the train, overpowsfed the guart