Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-28
4 Fight on Il Train.

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The passengers 90 the eastern bound Kansas
Pacific train, on Saturday night, enjoyed the
rare opportunity OF witnessing one OF the nero
cs. fights between desperadocS andequally cour-
ageouS Texans ever witnessed upon the west
.ru plains. The facts, as related by one OF the
railway men last evening, are as follows
An Old drnvcr from the far off plains OF IcXas
rot upon the Kansas Pacific train at Ellsworth,
with the incution Of going to Kansas City.
There also got on board the train at the same
station. two ot' the cattle dealers, one of them a
short, muscular little fellow, who plays the
most prominent part in this affair \ party OF
three of those pestiferous thieves known TO all
Western railways monte gamblerS-soon made
their presence knowu 10 the car next to the
the sleeping car, and in u few minutes had
pcketed the old drovcrs last $50 note. III
was at this inncture that the above mentioned
little man came out strong as Mark Iapey
wou say He interlcrcd 10 the old drover 5
behalf. when the monte men very arlogantly
told him To mind his own business. The young
man resented the hint, word led to word and
words to blows The young cattle droycr
mapaged to put in series of sclcuthc sledgc
hammer blows, which soon scut the monte thief
how.ing and bleeding over the seats. The 9th
er monte men )ined in to take hand when
the other cattle drovcr met them, aud. 10 a
shor; tune, punished them feariuIly. Finding
themselves beaten, they retreated at the muz-
zlcs of the cattle mcn's revolvers to the sleep
ing car, and. locking themselves up IN the
drawing room. drew their rcvoverS aud knives
and bad. defiance to further attack.
\ council OF war was held in the front car,
When it was agreed that the monte men should
be permitted to hold the Sleeping car until the
train reached Saliua, where Il sheriff posse
had becu tcegraphcd Tor. But this arrange
mcnt was not satisfactory to the brave little
drnver He had resolved upon recovering the
old man money, and appeared to treat with
Contempt the knives aud pistols poluted at the
windows of the drawing ROOM After washing
off the blood from his face aud hands he walk
ed boldly into the sleeping car, where the three
gamblers. driven to bay. stood watch within
the locked glass door With huge navy re-
volvcr in each hand the young man dashed
open the door Of the den, aud, poutlog his
cooked revolvcrS at the astoUished gamblers,
coolly demanded the old drover's lost money.
Flndng that he was determined to havel 1t or
do worse. and seeing the passengers closing ID
with cooked reviewers. the gamblers gave up
the money This did not satisfy the brave
Young drovcr. He now demanded the surren-
der of all the knives and pistols 10 their posses
sion. After some pareying, the arms were
given up aud the monte men held under guard
until the train rolled into Salina, where sher-
ifs posse awaited them With bracelets and a
guard of honor. They we're taken from the
train and escorted to Jail. Conductor Brine ker,
hotf and Pullman Car Conductor Flint. received
the thanks of the passengers for their COO ness
and prompt action in securing the arrest OF the
monte thieves, while the young drover deserves
more praise and credit than mere words can
express. He learned the monte gang Il lesson
they will never forget.