The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-02-12

watch, but the baggage man Sal', 'for
Gods sake, don't take his watch, II
was u present TO him. and the captain
ordered them to give it back, They
seemed to he under the control OF the
captain, and gave the watch back ~
me-
Did they get anything from the
citizens Of Gadshi.ly'
"Tllry took $500 and a rife from
one man, hut ! dill not hear vi any
other. We had II member Of the Leg
stature on our train. whose son was
waiting for him at Galshi.l, He was
under guard when we got there. and
don't know whether he or his father
was robbed or not"
Did they touch airy haggagc?'
No, they didn't stop for that. MIR.
Morley, our chief engineer, exp"stu
lated with them, hut they told him 10
81. down and shut his head and mind
his business"
.'That was bis business. wasn't it 2
II think 50, and SO did he, bat they
didn't seem to ncr"c with lin. lie
asked them to restore the property
they had taken, hut they showed n pis.
tol undcr his hose, and ordered him TO
keep quiet. When they took the
money from the express car, one OF
them asked the express agent tor his
receipt book. He gave it up, and the
rohhcr wrote in it, 'R~h',cd at Gals
hill Said he, i think | have had the
of writing in this book before
The aucnt has been robbed five times,
and he thinks this fellow had something
to do with it. shouldn't wonder if
he had. | think they were all old at
the business. When | thought they
had got about through | asked them
| might 90. They sail yes, and |
sent a man Ia shut thc nortliern switch.
and | went wysell to shut The southern.
They had bent the rod so that | had
to get a board an" straighten it. THIS
took some time, and in the meanwhile
msde oil. They went in Il wester-
" direction, to where their horses
and made of as fast as they
,ouih. Before they went they shook
lands with the engineer, and told him
I" stop when he sees a rel flag.
lie told them he always dit. The en-
is named William Wetton. and
he lircmnn's namei is Campbell. | don't
snow his first name One thing | for.
got. Before their departure they wrote
,ut a telegram for the St. Louis Dis
and gave it to a passenger TO
'cnd through, They said that paper
lad misrepIe,rnted them on one "c-
aston, aud they wanted to put it in
possession OF all the facts"
:" How long had they been waiting
here for youT'
About two hours. 1t too k them
nrty minutes to to 20 Through us, and
II that time they made about $4,000,
the money packages and the
$500 they took from the GalshiIl man.
" have heard that Manlrriile hpd
$4,000 on the train, and That the rob-
mrs got it; 40 you know ANYTHING
that =
NO; | y heard that bri.rn. He
have had it in Il trunk, but |
ont think he did"
Have YOU any clue to the identity
I the r0bbcrs-auy theory of who
Ncv are ~
II think they are the same gang
hat rashed the Hot Springs stage
tw" weeks ago. and the Iowa
rain some time past. They took din.
Ter at Moark on Tuesday. aud at Hot
'pr:ngs on Friday. That is the only
race If tIem we have now"
When dit you come hack 2"
IL went on To Pirdmouut and tclc.
raphed from there, anA then went to
he State line, and came back this ar-
craOOn."
Verify, there five robbers almost win
little respect by the boldncss of their
ctlsn and a show of honor in not ia.
ing all The money a man had. Dir.
II. Henry, Il passenger, SAYS:
zone man, apparently in poor cir.
umstanccs. was on his way to Texas.
MT he gave up all his money; but,
the gang learned that he was So
from his destination, they handed
IN back fifteen dollars; another man
al live dollars returned under similar
circumstances. The robbers examined
ne han'lS Of the male passengers, and
found hard they were let off without
eng robbed, hut it found to he sott
'ry were invariably plundcrel. On
kim one Of them why this was done
c replied. Hard handed men have to
ORR lor thcIr money. while the soft.
an''ed oncs are capitalists, professors,
Mt Others that get money easy"
They must have rca,! Paul Clifford.
nj determined to he as daring and
'norable as hc-the prince of noble ,
'''brrs. And, they arc good natulcd
lows. just read the following note
ev left on the train, to he published
the newspapers. They said they did
wish to be misreprescnted, and
included to be taeir reporters, as 4
:
INC most dsring robbery on rec.
q, The south bound train on the A
Mountain Railroad was robbed
re this evening by five hcavily-armed A
en-. and robhed OF blank dollars. The
hoers arrived at the station a few
nules before the arrival of the train. -,
ii arrested the oUnnt ,nJ ,,,, H.: 90