The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-05-20
SHOT DEAD.
Tie Tragic Ending Of . BOLD
Train RO6Dcr.
From tho Chicago Post.l

from tho Chicago Post.l
The Adams Express car which left
chicago, Thursday night, for Pitts
Durx, On the Fort Wayne Road, was
Ne sceno Of most remarkable event
before it reached the end of its route.
A masked robber broke his way
the ca:, and was she. dead
after firing two bullets at the messen,
ger in charge. The bravery and
faithfulness Of the messenger saved
the express company several thousand
dollars, and the body Of the would
be robber and murderer now hes
dead At Crestline station. The mes
seurer is Geo. H. Price, recently
from Keniuck, married man Of
about 80. The robber was h. =.
Binkley, formerly conductor on the
Fort Wayne Road, running the ac-
commodation train between Lime
and Fort Wayne up to last week,
when he was discharged because OF
growing bad habits. He lived at the
latter city, where he had most IN.
teresting family. The train had
passed Lima, where it had stopped
for water, and was between Ada ana
LAFAYETTE, about 222 miles from here,
when Price heard, above tho racket
of the rushing train, the sound OF
cracking wood, which came from the
door behind him at the end Of the
car. Suddenly turning, he saw
face with black muslin tied over 1t
coming through hole in the door,
made by breaking out the panel.
Price was alone, and it was after
midnight. He was armed, but 1t did
not occur to him to reach for his PTS
toll The sight was SO unexpected,
that for few seconds he was taken
ahack. The car was somewhat dim,
a single Pickering lamp providing the
only light, and he was not quite sure
rs to what it was that was coming up
out Of the obscurity o; the corner.
Price is man Of about 80, tall,
strong, fully-proportioued, one OF
those healthy young fellows for
whom railway companies have
sharp eye when there is treasure to
be guarded. He said, after it was all
over, that he did not know what was
coming next. The thought of danger
did not occur to him, SO much as .
feeling Of startled curiosity. He had
a few moments before called out
"Good night to the solitary station
keeper at Lima a. the train whirled
away from the place, and he had shut
the door, locking himself in, prepare
tory for a quiet journey over the
other 160 miles to Pittsburg. There
was nothing unusual at the last stop
ping place. The car was strong, well
bound in all its parts, as beGtted the
receptacle of the immense sums OF
money and quantities OF valuables
carried from time to time between
the great cities Of the West. There
were on board several chests packed
with costly wares, silks, clothing
jewelry, diamonds, money, for the
worth of every one of which the com
pany is liable to the sender in cas-.
Of loss, and the man who travels viii
these in charge is more than thu
mere baggage handler, he is for thu
time being the only protector, thu
only barrier between the owner ans
the thief. His position is = danger
Gus one.
1t is not possible 20 place mor'
than one man in train, and he mus
needs ride alone. His route lie.
over great stretches of wild country
across uninhabited prairie, through
dense and lonely forests. The con
ductors do not come near him. thu
brakemen are not permitted to ente
the door is locked against frien,
and foe alike. When Price saw III,
panel fall away, he saw that it was I
man who was on the other side OF it
and that his face was covered Will
cloth. The mans eyes could be seer
shining through the holes cut in thu
cloth, but there was no sign by
which he could tell what man he was
He had not long to think, however
Before he could guess as to wha,
would be the next move, tho man il
the mask stood up with his bacI
against the door, his right arm will
q pistol in the hand stretched out
looking steadily at him. This al
took perhaps not a half minute
Price had just time enough to turn
his head on hearing the crash, wher
the mouth Of the pistol was staring
him in the face. "Give me you
keysm came from under the mask
Instantly Mr.. Prices presence Q
mind came back. 1t all flashed be
fore him. Robbers were on board
the car was to be PLACED; he mus
give up or die. Still he did no,
reach out for his own weapon. "No,
yet!' he replied, and grinned at the
man, at the same time taking in hi.
build, as if to calculate what the
chances might be in tussle. He
saw that he Was about his own size
A pistol shot was the reply, and Price
felt the cutting sweep Of a bulle,
across his arm and over the forehead
Immediately followed by another
through his left shoulder, the arm
falling limp and the blood trickline
down his face. Quick as flash hi,
own pistol was out. NO, sirw h,
shouted, mot yet! not just yet"
and he raised his right arm. Fer .
second the two stood face TO face, the
loaded pistol Of each pointed at The
other. 1t was no longer spoils or nc
spols, it was life and death. The
locomotive whistle shrieked acros,
the bleak prairie, the wheels roarec
above the sound Of powder and shot
the car swayed from side to side, bu
neither moved. The hammer O
Prices pistol was raised to the full
That of the other had yet to bt
raised. 1t was the work Of second
the contraction of the muscles of f:
finger, but it was enough to turn tn,
balance of mans life. The robbel
pulled the hammer, and it quickl,
responded to the pressure, but tina
same instant Prices pistol flashed
and the would-be thief and murdere
was shot through the head. Hi
brains splashed over the walls. HI
fell back, striking the floor, dead.
In few minutes more the trail
had reached Crestlins, where tn,