, 1874-12-11
Distinguished Even More for
Moral than for Physical
Deformity.
Deyilish Action Of a Minnesota Sull'
day-School Teacher
g1nnosed Arrest Of One Of the Kan
SOS Train-Robbors.
Detailed Account Of the RobheFy--
Fright Of Tho Passengers.

LnRt cyonlnE, just aa uafhHesa "hs' eott"''a
pyor tho city, thero calno report OF THO roooers
Of tho Wells, Fargo Il Co. exprosa-car on tho
Kansaa pacitlo l,oad, which occurred scarcolytwo
houra boforo-a robbery so boldly psaunca aud
s,,cccsyfnly executed as to completely raIo any
frontior~oxpoit which tlmo las got recorded.
rho scoao Of tho robbery 10 tho villago OF
N1uucic, q small flag-station OIL tho kanEan "a
o}Ao Road, II tuiloa dtataut from Kalisas City.
Ycstortlay afternoon, short limo before tho
Train was duo tlero, party of lvo mcn rodo into
low, and deliberately llitchcl their lorBcu Az
tic trai1. ca1o Ill Wow ono Of tho party stopped
out UPON the track, aud, untysng scarf which
ho hnd worn about Ills neui, waved it to tho
nugincor, who at once began to Hlackon
Tho spcod of his train. Whilo this vas going on,
tho remainder Of tlo party wcro placing mil
roatl-tio npon tito track. as Boot, as tho train
canan to n stop slos WIS fired aud tho englnoer
was at onco ordered upon tho ground. and told
to uncouplo hla engine, from tho oxlrchs-ear;;
This ho did, but tho robbers ut onco discovered
that thoy had made mistake, and hurricdiy Or
dcrcd him to couple again, which command ho
Also oboYed. They then ordered him to ui-
couple tho e1prcss-cqr from tho coaches. which
boinng dono they buarted tho car, while portion.
of them ordered the engineer to llB post. md
told lin to pull awnY from TIM train: The ais-
tanco gone ID not AEccrtnlneu definitely, tnero
tloreto. Two mon eiloctcd tho robbery. Ti.oy
nrogcntcd tloir royoycrnut tho hca,l Of tho mos
ycngor, Frank B. Nol,stor, anu ordorcd linn to
open tic Bafo and doliyer tho contontB Which ho
thinks amounted to aonlo S30, ,e00
az near as Gun DO aHcortaincd, all ol tho men
connected with Tho affair Wcro largo 70 slntuto
and powerful oxcopt ono Nho was ratflor hl;oft.
but Btolltly built, They rot!o bay hofaos, %ilea
seemed to ho in an exhausted condition, a'ld tlo
entiro pnrty wcre arn1eh With reviewers and
Honry rifles. They woro tlroseo i'll durlS clothes:
mud their mnnnur OF oxcsnti"E or9ers sslawetl
they were alarmed anl excited. Tl1ey, nat[o no
attempt to diBtNrb Tho tNas!, AoaSlng LUG tesla-
tcrod tcttcrB llltnHcncu
AZ Booy III tho train arrived IN tlta city. Gov.
Osborn, Of kangas, was notified OF tho robbery,
III wero also tho officials Of tho raltroaa, nna III
less tnan I'LL hour rewards wore offered aH fol-
lows by tho Wells. Turgo & Co. Exl,ress Conn
pany, Al 900 each for tue perpetrators. t1saa or
alive, $4,000 for the recovery Of tho property; by
Gov. Oalosn; $500 tor tho rohh0ta; aud Fj,QQu
for tho eat,o by tho KalHaa Pacific lfoat.
Q. II. Dorrance, Division Superintendent, OF
tho KanHas Pacific, organized posse Of nei! last
night which started out iu various directions.
O1l1or partes nro III pursuit..
Tho train Nns under Tia management oa Coll
ductorJ o. Drinkorl.uN.
Among tho property tahon was ono can OF gold
dust, valued ut *5,000 consigned to kolntzs
Droa.. Now York. md . package continuing
$4,000 for the aabtin hank, of tllis city pack.
aEe for Bu}tcno, M0orcs Il Emery, anl several
,ulnllcr packages for various firms OF this city.
Frani D. Webster, the mnHsonEer, Inado tho
following statement to tho IiMts reporter, who
met Linn ut tho onica Of Wolls, Fargo It. Go. I'M
modiato1y OIL his arrival:
':Abous s:i5 this afternoon, as tue train drow
up ut adunnio, hoard s loud Aa!loaing outside,
and, not suapecoing anything wrong, wnlked MP
to o small window. w.which is betweola tho masl.room
mud tho expraBa-roon,. A revolver was thrust
under nly raoset and saw large iaaa1a III dark
clothes, with cloth tied over lis faco, completes
Iy conconlMg his features, standing in tho mail
room, l1o ordprod mo to como out, threaten
r r1f,u fr chart T ff,1aft
dlatoly crawled through into tho mail-
room and from thence TO the ground.
On getting outHido another man approached mo
aud told no to hold up my han.a. did 80, and
nuking tlyo, and all Of thorn maskca appd heavily
armed. In momont they ordered mo to 60 buck
uto tho chr, which did, both Of thom following:
0nco inside one placed revolver to my tlcnd
Nll,lo tho o.stx eyeled lIe;xy ritlo OIL tho other
hide, and wus told to unlock tho sato. readily
oooycd. and ut their ordor handod out the COLI
tents, One OF thenl took q mailing, aud az
handed out tho PACKAGES Tho othor threw thein
tho aate. Tho; aa,d they did no. waut q slvor
brick which WAS thero, and also Earo mo buck
my watch, Baying. they did not want my personal
property. After having got all there WAS in tho
snfo without touching anything olso, thoy ordorcd
ME to got out OH tho ground. Who one guarded
mo. tic o.hor took tho Molley ana got OH l,la
horao The other loft nc, and with tho others
rode away to the north, going over u hill"
tho ' irst Ct coaoa % baok Of p' to osprcsa-ca, @ a
whose homo ia in Chlcago, told representative
Of tho Times tho following, atory:. iio hal got
OIL tho train Mt Lawrence. When in tho vicinity
of lIuncia, tho locomotive sounded tho signal to
put o1. tho brakes, tho train hoing Tagged. At
tIla sound OF tho whistle. Mr.. lii!bourn noticed +.
n'an get up from t'ih sent in tho Coach where he
WaA, mud GO rapidly forward. MI. Allhoutn 1a
nov pf tho opinion TINT this man was ono Of thE
md Ind bo,I, utncnft tim To
forward ut the aignal, to nscanplo tho train from
the bagGage-car; at all orontH, circ'netancc1
aconl to WPxrant n1r. kiDourn In lis conclusions,
for IN fo% minutes aftcr tho man Ind oilo ONT
tho trim WINS nnconpiea and tic baggayo-ea1
en.l locomotive drawn aheal about tho length of
q coach aud stopped. Tllcu tho conductor came
into tho cur and assed it any Of the passengers
had royolyerH, III ho thought thoro was sotno
announcement thoro commenced gonera]
scramble nnl conmoeion. which il amusing
10 road about, but tho average render wlu
sill put himself in tho place uf tho unfortunate
nothing funny in tho transaction. Aton conl-
nouced to got down botwcon tho RontE aud d.
EcHt themsolyas OF ti,olr valunbloa, placing them
u t4oir boots: Ladies' h9rsie'lly took their
lewclB from tlloir cAsH, neckB, mud hands. and
Eithous hlusling particle. Iittod their dainty
aktrta, and' showed their valt.abloa down nntol
lilo clasp Of gartora which hold tho snowy hoyt
lbont finely fashioned limbs.
hayo heard inccasant shooting. Tho train waf
now at . full stop, air. X, upon hooking out q
tho window, haw fro man nlaaked With kni
soarfsi Honlo wore hoayy oyorcoats, and aon't
we're in their sllirtsloayes, 1Io also saw a wugo,
Oontaning two nv.,. Which 'i wa atandng in clon*
tory lire, doahtloss for clio purpose at lnti1ni
dating tho passengers. Tho conductor III tht
meanwhile wont TO tho rear coach followed b,
several pasHcngosa. for tue purpose Of guarding
tho paHuengera thoro, whom ho feared would b,
attacked. Tho whole transaction occupied abou
twenty minutes, aua, aftor lho work Ind bee.
accom- pliHhed. the robbers rodo away to tho loft
oyor II hill, in very quiet manner.
Lator in tho evening Times reporter rccoivct
information from tho sllcrin OF WyIndotto &lla
he Ind returned from hls campaign towsrls t!l
North. While north OF Arlnatrong thoy ti,ougl,
they perceived tho trail Of tho roibors, and, fol
lowing it up. aoon ,ca'no to party ot mon OIL
campeu OF tho road. Surrounding tlsonl, tho
ca!lod for them to surrender, Tn approaching
thoy discovered that they had captnrol load i
grassloppes.s who were torrihl
$,{uhtera1 hv tle War1fltn nnnnarhncD nj II,