The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-07

his watch. They then proceeded to rob the
avnress messenger and his safe, and TOOK
ali the registered letters from the man
agent. They then went through the Tram,
robb;np all the passengers of their money
and valuables.
FROM the st. Louis Republican, Feo. Snd;
The audacious robbery OF the Little Rock
cypress train on the Cairo and Fulton rail-
road on Saturday, at no greater distance
than one hundred and twenty miles from
St Inu;s was as might well be supposed,
The absorbing topic in all circles yesterday
III was Thought surprising that so small
a Gang of robbers could overpower or in
timidate a whole tie load of passengers,
Init it will be seen b. the account below
that the passengers were very few and
practically unarmed. Strange as it may
seem, experience has shown that most OF
the persons carrying arms on railroad
carry them in their carpet-sacks or trunks,
or some other place equally inaccessible IN
! an emergency. This is caused probably
by the law against carrying concealed
weapons, which, if it works well in some
instances, works very badly in others, The
following fair and evidently truthful &C
lcount, given by the conductor. Will COM
mend itself to public appreciation;
CONDUCTORS STATEMENT.
, Mr.. C. A. Afford, the conductor, COM
g mencing at his start from st. Louis, said
y well, run out train No. Z, the Little
n Rock express, and started from Plum
s street at $50 Saturday morning. We got
II behind, and when we reached Cad HILL
d 100 miles from St. Louis, we were an houl
e late. Gad's Hill is regular stopplr place
is though there is no station there-only
p platform. 1t is a small place, OF no &C
g, count, and there are only few houses
OF There used to be a mill there.
IN "a grist mill z
he "Grist mill?" No, they Il never have
as grist mill there in the world; saw mill
es The country around there is heavily tim
ne bered. and is just the place for saw mill
Id ora robbery, ,o,,
rs "Of what was your train composed Z?
to -Four cars mail, baggage, and .eS
be press car, all in one, two coaches and
IN sleeper. reckon we had twenty five pas
,oi sengers in all, FIVE of them ladies. W
IL were due at Gad's Hill at six minutes pa:
by 4, but we didn't get there until quartz
so of 5. AS we approached the place the Ell
Is. neer noticed red flag and whistled dow
tn | was on the step of the car, and saw IL
MS nag. ana L juniper Oh pOlOAO thS u Az"
as fully stopped, for thought the track WI
ms torn up, or there was some other difficult.
er. because red flag means danger. AS
ley struck the platform, | noticed the tral
so running on the side track. The northel
Ov- switch had been opened and so had Il
Ter southern, and when we got on the sid
ng track we were stuck, for had we starte
nat forward or back, we wonld have run off Il
of track. Just as jumped off, man grail
lr- bed me by the collar and
III TANNED A PISTOL IN MY FACE.
ell eli He was a huge six-footer, and his ia
'as' was covered with mask made of viii
HE cloth, with holes cut for his eyes and mout
oh Here, I'll show you" and taking
o in handkerchief, Afford put it over
san face, tucking the lower corner IN his We
his How many men were there In t
,ley party?"
IN There were only FIVE, and the funniC
re- thing was they had captured the place fl
NOT and pulled every man, woman and chi
rho out of the houses. They had built
rec bonfire near the platform, and there We
-asc the inhabitants crowded around it, tryi
H. TO keep warm. The robbers stood oy
and them on guard, all armed with from t
AE- to three navy revolvers, and three of tn
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