, 1873-07-23
The RAILROAD BANDITS
Further Particulars Of the Mur-
der and Robbery on the
Rock Island Rail-
The Train Attacked by Six Or Eight
Rufiians Masked and Ncav.
lily Armed
The Engineer Killed While
Applying the Air-Brake.
Passengers Threatened with Dealt,
Should They Leave tho Cars.
The Express Agent Forced to De-
liver at the Pistols Mouth,
Seventeen Hundred Dollars in Money
Carried Off by the Raiders.
Summary Lynching Predicted in
Case Of Capture.
Passengers Threatened with Death
Should They Leave tho Cars,
The Express Agent Forced to De-
liver at the Pistols Mouth.
Seventeen Hundred Dollars in Money
Carried Off by the Raiders.
Summary Lynclling Predicted in
Case Of Capture.

Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
sTATEMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT ROYCE.
DEs MONIES, H., July al interviewed Mr.
n. F. Royce, Superintendent Of tho Iowa Di-
vision Of the Rock Island Railroad, who was
on tho train whom 1t WAS ditchcd and robbed.
uo stated tint tho train was tho Atlantic Ex
press, which loft Council Bluffs at 4:15, md con-
sisted Of nh engine, two baggago-cara, throo
coaches, and two Shoppers. ALI wont vol until
they reached point midway botwoon Anita and
Adair and about sixty mios from this city. It
WAS about o'clock, and growing rapidly dark.
They were travelling at the usual speed, about
twonty-yix miles an hour, through wild, unin-
hnbited prairie there waa not houee In
my direction botweon them and tho horizon.
Mr. Royce was seated in the second baggago-car
couvarsing with fFiend, whom lo felt the appli-
cation OF
THE AIR DRAKE.
Ho wondered for d momont what 1t meant.
there was no atation there. and something must
be amtss, or tho train would not stop in that
lonely 1ooality. He jumped to his feet, but had
hardly stood up before he felt
TIE SHOCK
canHod by sudden ntoppago, and simultaneously
tho cur was thrown from the track against tho
ombanAmont, tho floor incining ut an angle Of
thirty degrees. Ho was pitched against the side
OF tho car, tic bridge Of bis noao colidng with
tho stanchion. causing painful wound which
bled oopiously. He was
ROUGHLY SHAKEN up AND STUNNED.
Recovering his faculties, he saw what he do
scribed as "a very powerful mixture Of mon,
baggage, bullion, and express packages" Ho
heard the sound Of shots, supposng It to be tor
podoeB. Stepping from tho car to tho bank to
rtmfF> I'm nf I'm
by two mon,
MASKED AND EQUIPPED WITH NAVY REVo1vEn5,
ono In onch hand. Ono of them remarked,
"G-damn yoa, get back into that car. Get
ory invitation ho got back as far Is the door OF
tho car, whom another MASKED nun, standing in
side, also With q revolver in his hand, OBJ
served, "Got out Of llero, O. damn you;
bewildered between two threatening Afos. He
went out on tho platform again. Another armed
ruflan pointed q pistol from tho other aldo Of
the car, and uRing tho eamo expietives, advised
him to get in out Of that or he would kill him.
BULLET WHEELED rAsT Ills EAR,
and Mr. Royce retired into ono of tho passenger
coacncs, remuining thore until tho highwaymen
left.
In the meantime three OF tho robbors lad
CAPTURED THE EXPRESS CAR,
whcro they expected to find from Thirty to fifty
thousand dollars, the amount usually carried on
through trainB. Tho route agent, NlljngeWorth,
was scarcely confused by the concussion. Bur-
gees, tho express messenger, was raising him
from whero ho fell, when tho robbore entered.
Ono Of them acted as sontinol to atop any oao
from coming In, another held d cooked pistol to
the oxproBsman's head, while tho third demand
ed tho key Of the eafc. Burgess, finding discre-
tiou to he tho better part Of Valor, and that it
was uaeoss to resat, handed over tho koy, with
which the robber
OPENED TIE sArE
and took out money packages amounting in all
to s1,700. Ho was disappointed ut tho small
amount, and demanded Information as to where
there WAS more. Tho messenger replied that
there was no more. The robber called Burgess
ly q foul and nasty, epithot burgess then vol
unteered to provo there was no moro money by
opening the package box. Tho robbor cut aome
OF the packages With q knifo, and WAS onragcd
at finding thoy contaiued nothing Of value
| There Was
LARGE QUANTITY OF BULLION
on board, but it escaped notice. Ail-bng Waa
taken up and IN effort nude to cut 1t, but not
thiuking 1t e1pedient to lose time with 1otterB,
tile thief throw It aido. Whilo tho messenger
| WIS being crosB-e1amined By one OF tho road
agents, another invited Killingsworth to
FoAK OVER Ills pooKET-DooK AND KNIFE,
| and he did 80. Tho cur WAS then evacuated, tho
thieves scaled tho ombankmont, mounted horscs
and gal1opel away 10 q southerly direction, dis
appearing at once In tue gathering gloom.
! THE nODBEA dUAnp.
| While the car WAS being ran6acked, four men
with navy revolgers two on each side Of tho
train, kept guard outside to insimidate the paasen-
gers and proyont them from interfering with the
| operations Of their confedorates. Tho passon-
| gors wero alarmed, not knowing the ulonlont d
volloy would bo poured into tho windows or how
| long thoy had to live. Some advonturous heads
were pointed out, when the Aighwaymen with
horrible profanity ordered them to disappear i'll
! sido, or they would send 4 bullet into them. 4
| passenger asked ii they intended to
! KILL INNOCENT WOMEN AND CMILDnEN,
when ono Of tho robbora answered: j" II you
get back VIC won't hurt you. Wo aro not potty
! robbors. We arc big robbors. We take
from tho ;neb, from those who are
poor. Wo aro Grangors by O." Mr.. Royce
says the reference to Grapgors was Pickwtokan.
| Tho passenger took in his hoad, aud no others
yontured to put thoirs OUT
| THE FATAL FART OF THE DuBINEHa
| waa enacted at tho moment the engine STRUCK
tho gap III tho traek., A volley was fred into the
ongine. Donnis Foley, tho froman, who was
anw tho engineer shut on the steam with ona
hand aud put on tho brakes with tho othor. slack
what's tho inatteri" shouted Folsy, and then ile
hoard a crasl,, fnsilade Of shots, and Jack fell
over on him dead, tho wood and coal on top ol
both. Wl1ou Foley, who was bruiaod and stun
nod, oamo to, lie e1trioatoa hnself and lii
faithfnl conrade WHO dlod at the post Of duty
No MavlH of plstol-AhntB Wero found npon TIL
body, nnd it III thought death was oauHed by cob
| oushion.
Tl!E HEROIC ENGINEER,
h1r. Royoo said he could have sworn that naf
forty Hnt uf1 tho steam and applied tho lrako
and lAo knows the thought Of navlng tho hun
dred iivoa that rodo behind him WAS tho last tlla
entored the mind OF tho heroic ltafrorty. IL
aaya that 1afrorty WAS QUO OF tho lnoa
careful, faithful, and brave mon tha
| irny, o1at1c inn 1r71, rnat n had hnn,