Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
DIABOLISM.


Island and Pacific Railroad-One of the
Most Daring Pieces of Rufianism ON
Record.
IDes Moines tJuly 22) Cor. Chicago Times.l
Further details of the robbery of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train
last evening have been received. The
train was thrown from the track at 1856
on short curve between Adair and
Anita, in a cut of about ten feet, where
there is an open prairie divide. The
north line was Ioosened, and a line run
| from that under the south rail, and as
the train approached, the rail was
drawn. This threw the engine on the
ties, and in less than 100 feet it was
ditched, turning on its side, throwing
the engineer and fireman into the ditch.
The fireman, Dennis Foley, found the
body of the engineer was upon him, and
struggling from the ditch, found he was
dead. Some shots were fred, and man
told him he would shoot, and he told
him to "shoot and be id" He then
let the water of, and saved the engine
from explosion. The express messen-
ger was ordered to open the safe, with a
revolver at his head, and did it. One
of the robbers unmasked himself, and
looked at the money, and took
the same, amounting to $1,700. He
was a sandy -whiskered cuss, with a
broad brimmed hat, and two navy re-
volvers. The jar had affected the men
in the express Car. Assistant Superin-
tendent Royce being one of them,
pitching one over the other, and Royce
taking a hard bump ON his nose. The
two ruffians in the car wanted to know
where the balance of the treasure was,
and the messenger pointed to the bags
of gold and silver bullion, which were
too heavy for him, and were not taken.
Superintendent Royce, whom the
robbers supposed to be a passenger,
was led out of the car bleeding from his
wound by the robber, and soon was at
work doing the best he could to repair
the disaster and report the robbery.
Randolph Knight, prominent mer-
chant here, on the train, SAYS the pas
sengers were thrown from their seats,
though none were seriously injured.
Although they heard the popping of the
pistol shots, they did not at first realize
the situation. He started out of the
car, and as he landed pistol was point
ed at him from the bank. He was told
to get back or he would be shot. He
Immediately returned He then at
tempted to get out on the other side,
with the same result. He began to
plead for the passengers and the help
less women and children, but they were
without pity. In the car the scene beg
CARED description. The women and
children We're screaming. Some of them
got down on the floor and covered their
heads. A number of men crowded I'M
der the seats to protect themselves. On
the train were thirty Chinese, twenty
eight of whom were on their way to
Springfield, Mass, to attend school.
They appeared to be less scared than
the others around them. The number of
the men engaged in the robbing is placed
at from five to eight, the latter number
being about the figure. A number of
marrow escapes were made by balls be-
ing in close proximity to persons.
The body of the engineer was brought
here this morning. He leaves a wife
and two children. His body was taken
in charge by the Masons. The railroad
company offer a reward of SIS, 900, and
it is thought trail leading south is a
good one for the robbers, and is being
followed. Other rewards will be offered,
and nothing spared for the arrest and
conviction of them
The Governor has offered $500 for the
arrest of any one OF the robbers.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
When about sixty-fve miles west of
this city (Des Moines), about half-past
o'clock, at sharp curve in the road,
and an an isolated spot, with no house
within several miles in any direction,
the train moving about twenty-five miles
an hour, the engineer, John Rafferty,.
suddenly saw one rail move from its
place about sixty feet ahead of the en-
CINE. He instantly reversed his engine
and applied, the air-brake, and while in
the act of doing it, bullets came pelting
into the engine like hail The engine
ran into the bank and turned over,
throwing out the engineer, John Raffer-
ty, and the fireman, the former falling on
the latter, dead. 1t is supposed that he
was killed by the conclusion, as no bull
let wounds were found on his body.
The fireman escaped unhurt. The train,
being heavy one, ran about one hun
dred feet and stopped. The engine ran
up into the bank and turned over, and
the two baggage cars doubled up and
were badly smashed.
As soon as the train stopped, six large,
athletic men, masked in full Ku-Klux
style, appeared at the express car, in
which were the conductor, VIM Smith,
Superintendent Royce; the express
messenger, John Burgess, and three
other persons, and commenced firing
rapidly into the car, yelling: " Get out Of
there, damn yel-get out of there p'
Two bullets passed through the clothes
of the conductor, one grazed the skull
of the baggage man, and one the side OF
! the head of the express messenger The
inmates jumped out, when they were
ordered to the rear under cover of hall
a dozen navy revolvers. Two of the
robbers marched up and down the train,
threatening to shoot any person who
showed head on the train, saying
"Get down out of sight, damn We, OF
we'll shoot vel