The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-07
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had double-barreled shot guns. When
the fellow grabbed me didn't know what
to make of it. -
Weren't you frightened ?''
We'll, reckon was somewhat fright |
ened; but he put me right at my ease
he comforted me"
What did he say p
STAND STILL, OR I'LL BLOW THE TOP OF |
YOUR HEAD OFF,"
I stood still. [ saw two of the gang lump
on the engine, and they made the engineer |
and fireman get down. They were brought |
to where | stood, and the robber covered |
us with pistol. He spoke to those who |
looked out at the windows, and told them |
if shot was fred he would kill the con-
ductor. That was me. One of them stood
on the opposite side of the train, and as
the passengers put their heads out, he told
them to take those heads back again or
they'd lose EN-. He had double barrel
ed shot gun, and | don't think he was fool
ing any, Two of them went into the bag
gage car and hauled out the baggage man
and brakeman These they put under
the same guard that held me- There was
another brakeman, but he got into the
sleeping car and stayed there They then
went into the mail-department and deman-
ded the registered packages Of the mail
agent They rummaged through the let
tiers and picked out those that were regis
tered, and brought the agent out to the
platform and handed him over to the guard
The express messenger was the next man,
and as they went into his room he covered
one of them with pistol, but another
drew a bead on him with gun and in
structed him to lay that pistol down gently
He did So They then demanded his keys,
OPENED THE SAFE, AND TOOK THE MONEY
packages. They took out one package
marked Watch, but when they opened
it and found it to be a silver watch they
dropped it. They put the other packages
into bags and then went through the bag
gage boxes. They opened my satchel and
took out my pistol. After that exploit
they went through the train. They were
not careful with passengers. They punched
them in the ribs with pistols and pointed
their shooting-irons into their faces. Not
a man escaped them. Every one was robb-
ed Several had fine silver watches, but the
thieves passed them over There were
three ladies in the ladies' coach and two in
the sleeper; ore of the latter, Mrs. Scott,
of Pennsylvania, bound from ST. Louis to
Hot Springs with her son, was robbed OF
$500 leaving her only ten cents. One 9th
er lady was relieved of three pocket hand
kerchiefs, but that was ALL She had a
magnificent gold watch and heavy chain,
but they didn't take it. They didn't seem
to care for watches. The one they took
belonged to a man who wouldn't give his
name.
: ''Do you know the names of those who
were robbed and the amounts taken?"
They got $l,0S0 in money package:
from the express car, Adams express
{ $3.50 from Silas Terry $l5425 from C.
: ID. Henry; $50 from G.. L. Dart 500
from Mr. Lincoln 5000 from MIR, Moran
' $40 from .. S. Newell, sleeping car con
7 ductor; SIS in money, ring valued a
: $780, and a pin valued at 500, from w A
e McLanan 50 from James johnson, porte
: : of the sleeping car; $40 from the train boy
' and $50 from me. They took my watch
but the baggage man said, For God
sake, don't take his watch,it was presen
to him, and the captain ordered them t
give it back. They seemed to be
UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CAPTAIN,
and gave the watch back to me.
did they get anything from any Of tn
: citizens of Gad's Hip
t. They took $500 and rifle from on
+ + man, and | did not hear of any other. W
# had a member of the Legislature on on
r. train whose son was waiting for him &
y, n Gads Hill. He was under guard when "
| tynnr WI ha {
RS his father was robbed or not.
ID did they touch any baggage ?"
n. mo, they didn't stop for that. NJ
Oh Morley. our chief engineer, was on tt
train, and he expostulated with them, bl
: they told him to sit down and shut his hea
and mind his business"
That was his business, wasn't it p
Il think so, and so did he, but the
didnt seem to agree with him. He aske
them to restore the property they had t
ken, but they showed a pistol under b
nose, and ordered him to keep quiet. Whe
they took the money from the express ca
one of them asked the express agent +
his receipt book. He gave 1t up,
AND THE RoBBER WROTE
in it: Robbed at Gad's Hill Said h
I think have had the honor Of writing
this book before The agent has been 70
bed five times, and he thinks this fellC
had something to do with it. / shouldl
wonder if he had think they were
old at the business. When | thought tn
had got about through, asked them if
might GO They said yes, and / sent
man to shut the northern switch and we
myself to shut the southern. They b
bent the rod SO that had to get boa
ito and Strengthen it. This took me some tin
by and in the meanwhile they made off. Tn
went in a westerly direction, to where tn
. horses stood, and made off as fast as tn
could Before they went away they sho
hands with the engineer and told him
. ways to stop when he sees red flag.
told them he always did. The engineer
\. named VIM. Wetton, and the fireman
name is Campbell / don't know his fl
90 name. One thing | forgot; before tn
and departure they wrote out telegram
DIS, the S.. Louis Dispatch, and gave it tc
IN IN passenger to send through. They said Il
he'd paper has misrepresented them on one
casiou, and they wanted to put it in poss
ont ont sion of all the facts. / telegraphed
saw dispatch to the railway Office in St. Lol
ing: and an operator took it off the wire {
a1 sent it to the Republican and Times a
ing, special.
a All How long had they been waiting
five you?"
: la About two hours 1t took them 70
an minutes to go through US, and in that ii
doz- they made about So, 800, besides the mo-