The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-08-08

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their horses, which were hitched about q
hundred yards south of the track, and,
mounting them, rode away toward the
southwest. They did not run TO their
horses, but walked In a deliberate man.
neir, and went across the country just as
deliberately.
The above includes all the main features
OF MIR. KS statement. He said the
whole thing did not last more than five
minutes" and In fact, no person had time
10 recover from his establishment before
the robbers were gone. Ii seemed incred-
ible TO him that so much should nave
been said and done in so short a time.
After Superintendent Royce and the
rest had been released from surveillance,
they had opportunity TO view the situa-
ton. The robbers had chosen a good
place for their deed-and this and the way
In which they ditched the engine, were
the only evidence of smartness they gave.
The locality was n of the most lonely on
the whole line, and the place of operation
was I'm a cut with the banks fifteen feet
high on either side, and was at the round
ing OF a curve, too. The way they man
aged TO throw the engine was TO unspike
a rail. and remove a fishplate at one end,
and when the engine was within a few
yards of the place the rail was pulled to-
wards the other side Of the track-and
thus the engine would fall from, instead
Of toward the scoundrels, who held the
rope and were concealed among the weeds
In a ditch. The engineer had slackeneJ
speed a little on the curve, but
was still going at the rate of nearly
twenty miles an hour. The engine and
tender turned over into the ditch, the
front baggage car turned nearly across
the track with one end up the embank-
Dinnt xxrhtln tho 1N.. -. $500 ~--I
ing against the baggage car, and then
veered for the embankment. left the track
and turned on one side, as described
above. The passenger coaches did not
leave the track; the forward trucks of
the advance coach went off, and that wa
all.
Now we come to the other doings of the
robbers-we mean the pranks of the chaps
in regard TO the train generally. The
passengers-there were three coaches OF
the firing and shouts of the
robbers and then, with the noise of the
crash in front, were all brought standing,
and thrown about generally by the smash
up ahead. The Chinese all lay down fiat
on the floor, and We're in that position
when Mr.. Claire went 10 them. Some Of
the passengers, after the train stopped,
put their heads out of the windows, and
the scoundrels on the sides of the cut fired
down n told them to stay in or they'd
shoot. Several stepped out upon the plat
forms and were told TO get back. Not
liking the looks of the evolvers leveled at
them, they obeyed. A few got off at the
rear, and started to run away but the
called to them TO come back. say
Ing, We don't want TO hurt you. and
the passengers returned and were told to
yet nj the car quick, which they did.
There was ono nlnCEu old mont tUhn
got off the rear platform of his car and
toward the engine; a robber told
him to go back; he told the robber TO go
10 regions below. called him a damnable
s%coundrel, and cried TO the passengers to
= come out and go for the villains. and not
let them rob the whole train" But no
body was infected by the old mans heroic
conduct, and he stood and vented his in
.iignation at the villain on the bank.
The firing was almost constant from its
until the leader gave the call to
kept firing down the e~mbankment,
taking aim at anything. The
passengers told Mr.. killingsworth that
me chap was drunk, and fired with
vabbling arms" as they expressed L..
70 bullet holes were found I'm the coaches,
Ior their windows.
After the smash-up, and the robbers
Iad gone. there was "A general out-pour-
ng Of passengers. Some of the ladies,
vho had been frantic with terror, came
ut pale as ghosts and still trembling
several of them wept like children
vhen they heard of the death of the engi-
Ger and the manner in which he stood at
is post.
Gold watches seemed to be no object TO
robber chief. There were four OF
lem in the express car. with costly
attached, on the persons of the in
Iates, but he took no notice Of them.
Bullion" was what he wanted.
The pursuit of the robbers was carried
ut yesterday according to the plans tele-
raphed by Superintendent Kimball on
night. 1t is probable that not
SIS than five hundred men, a large
lumber being mounted, were on the
INT for the sc%oundrels, yesterday. Up
q late hour last night no intelligence OF
lie capture of any of them had been re-