The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-11-24

ObeVnG the instantaneous impulse OF my
heart, | rose and went over to her.
''You heard what VIC were saying, my
child ?"
"Yes-a murier-oh, how horriblet''
s'Do not be frightened-no one shall hurt
YOU"
She smiled up in my face with sweet con-
| fiding innocence.
| Our stay in EXmouth was but brief but
during the delay, could see that the watch
| ful detective had changed his seat for one
nearer the british man in shaggy coat.
| See faltered the young girl, ''they lock-
ed the cars at Exmouth they are unlocking
them now" She was right.
Probably they were fearful that the Grim
inal would escape" remarked in an under
| tone.
"Will you-may trouble you to bring me
a glass of waterg
| | rose and made my way towards the ice
cooler by the door, but with difficulty for the
train was again under rapid motion. To
my disappointment the tin goblet was chain
ed to the shell
'No matter said she with a winning
smile, II will come myself"
| | drew the water and held up the cup but
instead OF taking it as she approached, she
brushed suddenly past me. opened the door,
and rushed out upon the platform.
Stop her! stop her ~ shouted the detect
i've, springing to his feet. ''She will be kill
ed conductor. brakeman, hold up!"
| There was a rush, a tumult, a hustle l
was first upon the platform; but it was
empty and deserted, save by q halt-frozen
| looking brakeman, who seemed horror
stricken.
''She went past me like a shadow, and
jumped off as we crossed Grain turnpike
road" he stammered.
Jumped off the express train. Well"
said the conductor, Struggling his shoulders
''she must have been killed instantly. What
mad folly!'
Its five hundred dollars out Of my pock-
et," said the detective -uefully. II didn t
want row before we get to Bayswater, but
was a confounded fool. A woman corner
cd will do anything, believe
"What ?" calculated, "yon surely do not
mean that child
Il mean" said the detective calmly, "that
child as you call her. is Attila Burton, a mar
ried woman of twenty-sM years Of age, who
last night murdered four persons in cold
blood and was trying tc escape to Canada
That's what mean
The train was stopped and party OF us,
headed by the conductor and detective went
back to search for any trace Of the beautiful
young creature whose loveliness and appar-
ent innocence had appealed so strongly to
my sympathie5. Nor was it long before we
found her lying quite dead by the side of the
track, frightfully manged by the fall, and
mutlated almost beyond recognition.
'Well, she's escaped ustice in this world,
if not in the next" said he detective gloom
ily, as he stood looking down upon her re-
mains.
'.Do you suppose she expected to be able
to spring off the moving train without in u
ny ?" asked.
Without much injury women are un-
reasonable creatures But | never dreamed
of such insane folly. or should have taken
prompt measures 10 prevent it
They lifted up the dead fair thing, and car
ried it to the nearest place OF refugee lone
ly farmhouse among the frozen hills, and
we returned to the train, reaching Bays
water only a few minutes behind our regular
time.
And when IN the next Mornings papers
read an account of the murderess, | thought
Of the slender creatures blue eyes and rose
bud mouth, with strange pltying thrill at
my heart
How THE PACIFIC RAILROAD ROBBERS
WORKED. The particulars of the first rob-
berry of trains on the Pacific Railroad, briefly
mentioned by telegrapha few days since,
are thus given by the Colo Hill (Cal.) News; I;
1t appears that the eastward bound train
had been delayed an hour by the freight
trains which collided yesterday, and conse-
quently it was an hour behind time when it
arrived at Verdi. The rans here waited
for the westward bound passenger train
from Reno to pass it; ald after it had pass
,fxIf fI,nr rNI1ftr
of the express car and the next passenger
car, standing in the way of the brakeman,
who desired them to get out of his way, as
he could not operate the brakes; but they
paid no heed to him, and he went into the
car for the conductor, who, on coming out,
had several pistols pointed at his head and
was requested to go back. just then the
bell-rope was cut and tie highwaymen took
the locomotive, and with drawn pistols com
manded the engineer to start the locomotive,
and the express and mail cars down the road.
The engineer at first protested; but it was
life Or death with him, md the formidable
weapons pointed at his head plainly convinc-
ed him that his strange visitors meant bust
ness. He accordingl ly raj the locomotive and
Express car down the road about eight
miles to Hunters old crossing OF the Truckee
river, where he was commanded to stop,
WHICH lit Niu tilu Wllllt NWo "a eAc NV ay
men kept the engineer covered with their
weapons, the others went on each side of
Wells Fargo & Co.'S Express car and knock
ed for admission. There was but one clerk
in the Car, and he was entirely ignorant as
to what was going on outside; so he partly
opened q shutter or small door, and seeing
the men hanging on to the other side of the
car trying to get in, he quickly closed it, and
on going to the other side of the car he found
several others trying to force the door open.
He accordingly surrendered, opened the
doors, and the highwaymen entered. 1t was
the work of a few moments for the five rob-
bers to clutch the sacks of gold containing
between forty and fifty thousand dollars,
which were in the safe, and to leave the car
and be out of sight among the chapparal
In the haste of seizing the coin, some Of it
got scattered over the car floor, and was af-
forwards gathered up by the clerk OF messen-
ger. There was also considerable silver
coin in the safe, but the robbers took none of
it. After the seven had left the car and loco
motive, the engineer concluded to go back
for his train at Verdi, which was standing
Just where it had been left-most of the pas
sengers being asleep, and only about do
zen being aware that tho seven masked men
had ran away with the locomotive and ex-
press car. After the conductor had been so
lnncaran,on;onslv ordered into the Slaaninp