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st. LOUIS Democrat.
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The -,aesc rsndsnw ora war Robber-
re l. Instantly EIite1 by an Adams
Express Messenger.
/ Iron tho chicago Post and Mail, May7.l
! Thp Adams nxpress car which lett hsre
last Light for Pittsburgh Aon the Fort
| Wayne Road, was the scene of most re-
mar kable event before it reached the end
| of its route 4 masked robber broke his
way through the car, and was shot dead
after firing two bullets at tire messenger In
charge. The bravery and faithfulness of
the messenger saved the express company
several thousand dollars, and the body of
the wouldkbe robber and murderer ROW
lies dead at Crestlins Station. The mes
senger is Geo. III. Price, recently ffom
Kentucky, a married man OF about thirty.
| The robber was II, e. Binkley, formerly
conductor On the Fort Wayne Road.
running the accommodation train between
Lima and Fort Wayne up TO last week,
when he was discharged because of grow
/ ing bad habits. He lived ar the latter city,
where he had most interesting family,
The train had passed Lima, where it had
! stopped for water, and was between Ada
and Lafayette, about 223 miles from here,
whes Price heard, above the racket of the
rushing train, the sound of cracklire
wood, which came from the deer behind
/ him at the end of the car. Suddenly turn
ing, he saw face With black muslin tied
over it, coming througha hole in the door,
made by breaking out the panel. Price
} n oil nd affl =.
He was armed, but it did not occur
to him TO reach for his pistol. The
sight was so unexpected that, for 4
few seconds, he was taken aback, The
car was somewhat dim, slight Hickerine
lamp providing the only light. and he was
not quite sure as to what IL was t,iat was
coming up out Of the obscuTity of the cor
ner. Price is man Of about thirty, tall
strong, fully proportional, onV OF those
| healthy young fellows for whom railway
| companies have sharp eye when .nere f
treasure to be guarded. he SAID, after Il
was all over, that ne did not know what
I was coming Eext The. thought of dan.
I ger did Rot ectSedr to him so much as a feel.
! ing e' Startled curiosity, He had, few
! noments before, called out 'GOod night
/ TO the solitary station keeper at Lima. as
! the train whirled away from the plate
and he had shut the door, locking him.
/ self In preparatory for a quiet tourney
over the other 1G0 miles to Pittsburgh
There was nothing unusual at the last
stopping place. The car was strong. well
] bound in I'll Its parts, as hefstted the re.
ceptacle of the immense suins of money
and quantities of valaables carried from
time to time, between the great cities o.
| the West. There We're on hcaFd several
chests packed With costly wares. silk.
clothing, jewelry, diamonds, money, fol
the worth OF every one of which the Com
pany Is Liable to the sender ii case of loss
and the man who travels with these in
charge is more than the mere baggage
handler, he is for the time being the only
protector, the only barrier between
the owner and the thief. His position
is dangerous one. 1t Is not possible
TO place more than one man in a train
and he must needs ride alone. His route
lies over great stretches of wild country
across uninhabited prairie, through dense
and lonely forests. The conductors dC
not come near him, the brakemen are no
permitted TO enfer-the door is locked
against friend and foe alike. When Pric,
saw the panel fall away, he saw that i
was man who was on the other side Of
it, and that his face was covered With
cloth. The mans eyes could be seer
shining through the holes cut in the 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
what would be the next move the man
in the mask stood up with his back ag,inst
the door, his right arm with pistol in tbs
hand stretched ont, looking steadily al
him. This all took perhaps not half 8
minute. Price had Just time enough 10
turn his head on hearing the crash, when
the mouth Ofthe pistol was staring him in
The face. "Give me your keys! - aanlr
from under the mask. I5stsntIv Mr.
Prices presence of Ting can,e back. 1t ali
flashed before MIN. hoboers were on
Doard; tne r3r was to be pillaged; he
mmet Eve up or die. Still he did not
sSaCh out for his own weapon. "Not
YETI" he replied, and grinned at the ma n.
at the same time taking in his build, as il
TO calculate what the chances might be il
tussle. He saw that he was about hi;
own size. 4 pistol shot was the reply
and Price felt the cutting sweep of bullet
across his arm and over the forehead, i'm
mediately followed by another through hi,
left shoulder, the arm falling limp and thu
blood trickling down his face. Quick as
flash his own pistol was out. "No, sir y
he shouted, not yet not Just YETI anC
he raised his right arm. For a second
they two stood face to face, the loaded pis-
tOl of each pointed at the other. 1t wa
no longer spOils or no spois, it was life
and death. The locomotive whistle
shrleked across the bleak prairie, the
wheels roared above the sound of powder
and shot, the car swayed from side to side
hut
Prices pistol was raised to the full. Thai
of the other had yet to be raised. 1t was
the wO: k of a second, the contraction Of
the muscles of a finger, but it was enough
to turn the balance of a mans life. The
robber pulled the hammer, and it quickly
responded TO the pressure, but that same
instant Prices pistol flashed, and the
would be thief and murderer was shot
through the head, his brains splashed ovel
the walls. He fell back, striking the door
dead. In few minutes more the train
had reached Ores time, where the body
was lifted off, where it now lies, awaiting
the Coroner of Allen County o., in whose
1 jurisdiction the death occurred. Price
will be due here tomorrow, and an ovation
awaits him. If there is any thing which
warns up the cookies of an express com
pany's heart, and proves that, at least, one
kind of a corporation has a soul. it is tC
find man who stands up for it in the
hour of danger, and this Price has done il
the hraveSt manner. His conduct has
given the greatest satisfaction to the Com
pany, and there is not a soul about the
office, from Arson GOrtOn down, who i;
not willing TO swear to-day that Price i;
one of the 'gamest men in America"
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