The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-02
Daring Railway Robbery.

sT. LOUIS, Jan. 3l.-A most daring anC
successful robbery was committed: thi
evening on the Iron Mountain Railroad
ABthe, train which lett here at 9.45 a. M,
came In sight Of Gadis. Hill, a station
one hundred and two miles below here, Al
4:30 P. NJ, 1t was signaled to stop. The
switch was turned and the train ran In OF
the side track. As the train stopped
Conductor Afford stepped of to ascertain
what was the matter, when he was con-
trontei by q man In a mask; a pistol wai
placed at his head and he was marched
of under guard. The engineer, fireman
mail agent, express messenger and the
other train men were then seized by five
masked, heavily armed men and also
placed under guard. The robbers then
went throug h the entire train, and took
from the passengers about two thousand
dollars. q large amount Of jewelry and
over athousand from the Adams EXPRESS
messenger and rifled the mail. The robbers
then lett in q southetly direction and re-.
leased the train men. The train started
southwark Sthe robbers left on the tram a
document,ot which the following is copy
original now In possession Of Conductor
Aliord.-"T The most daring robbery on
record" The south. bound train on the
Iron Mountain Railroad was robbed here
this evening by five heavily armed men
and robbed OF dollars. The robbers
arrived at the station a few minutes be-
fore the arrival Of the train and arrested
the agent and put him under guard, and
then threw the trsin off the switch.
The robbers were all large men, none OF
them under six feet tall. They were all
masked. They started in a southerly di.
rection. After they had robbed the train
all mounted fine blooded horses. There
Is great excitement in this part Of the
country. Ira A. MERRILL.
The robbers offered no violence TO any
one on the train, and did no harm TO the
train men. a
FuRTHERPRICULARs.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. Further particulars
Of the train robbery at Gadis Hill are
to the effect that the robbers real pur.
pose in stopping the train was to rob MIR.
Stanchfeld, Secretary Of the Clearwater
Lumber Company, whom they expected
to be on the train. After the robbers had
seized Conductor Afford and other train
men, they placed then uRder a guard of the
gang, and then passed along the line Of
the train tlourishing their pistols and
commanded the passengers to keep quiet
or they would kill the conductor and
engineer. Part Of the band then robbed
the express car only Of money and after.
wards plundered the passengers. There
were only twelve male passengers and
five ladies and several children on the
train. The total amount Of money OBJ.
tained including $l0S0 from the express
was 1884. They took only good
watches from passengers and returned
those Of General Superintendent Moreley,
who was on tho train, and Conductor
Affords. because they had their names
engraved on them. The robbers
also took eight hundred dollars from
the citizens Of Gadis Hill. The thieves
are unknown, but It is thought clue has
been obtained. They were traced 10
Black River, six miles west of Gadis Hill,
but the trail was lost there. The Sheriff
Of Wayne county Is endeavoring to or
ganize a posse Of Piedmont TO scour the
country Tor the robbers, and 1t Is under
stood that the Post Office Department
and Adams Express Co. will take active
measures to capture them. ri.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
Abraham W. Rosenlelt; clerk Of Ber.
nard Spyer, diamond dealer; in this city,
disappeared to-day, carrying with him
the key to the safe in which the diamonds
and other ljewelry were deposited. It Is
suspected that he robbed the safe, but this
has not yet been ascertained. He has the
safe key, which Is a combination safe,
and 1t cannot be opened, as Mr.. Spyer, the
only other person belonging to the estab.
lishment who has any knowledge of the
combination, Is absent from the city, and
Is supposed to be in Chicago.
ST. LoUrs, Feb. LIT was Pyles in
stead of Rosenfeldt who disappeared from
here yesterday with the key Of W. Spyer's
safe. MIR. Spyer arrived home to-day,
and in opening his safe he discovered It
had been robbed Of diamonds, set and uu.
set, and gold watches, worth from $4,000
to $4,000. No clue has yet been obtain.
ed as toPyles' whereabouts.