Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-14

|, for him, and Ao, suppos:ns any more
I sers on The tAin, his partner coolly
vsiksd into the woods and disappeared.
4 The ssss6g x an apparatus to pre-
vent cars and engines fiom being thrown
from track BY broken axles, broken
rails, or misplaced switches, was wit
messed With great satisfaction by rail-
road men at Baltimore few days ago.
| The remsiis of eI-Chief Justice
Woodward arrivoc from Europe at
.-Wiikesbarre, last Thurrday, and we're
buried at that place last Saturday.
1 FRANCE is about to reduce the freight
rates, one-half, in favor of those who
wish to exhibit during the Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia.
The Austrian Commission for the
Centennial Celebration has been ap-
pointed.
The Prince Of Wales is soon to visit
the English colonies in 1ndia-tha. is,
iu the month Of next October. Seven
hundred and ten thousand dollars have
been set apart as the sum of expendi-
ture by which be is to dazzle the hea-
then, and maintain the pomp and dig
nifty of his station.
The ountain slopes in Hungary
have been swept by heavy rains, that
washed houses and barns away, aud
drowned many people and cattle.
On the night Of the 9th inst, at
Long Point, H., m attempt was made
to rob Adams Express car, on the Van
dalia railroad. The engine and express
car we're cut loose and the engineer
killed. Burke, the express agent, bar
ricaded the doors and kept the robbers
at bay until help arrived. A more re-
cent despatch gives details of the at
tempted robbery and the murder as
follows: Long Point, ILL.,, on the Van
dalia railroad, where the attempted ex-
press robbery occurred, is situated iu
the middle Of dense woods, no per-
son living within mile and q half of
the station. At midnight, on the 9th,
when passenger train No. 5, bound east
conductor Fraley and engineer Milo
Ames in charge, stopped at the water
tank, two men boarded the engine, one
from each side, and ordered the engi-
neer to start the engine. The engineer,
after few minutes hesitation, obeyed
the order. After the starting of the
train one of the robbers remarked,
awe will run the thing ourselves" and
Immediately both robbers fred at the
engineer, killing him instantly. The
fireman, who was standing upon the
tender, ran to the rear of the train to
alarm the traiumen, be having heard
the conversation, and comprehending
the situation at once. While this was
taking place on the engine a confeder-
ate Of the robbers had detached the
Adams Express car from the cars in
the rear. The whole party of robbers
then ran the train to point about two
miles from the station, where they stop
ped, and proceeded to the door of the
express car, demanded admittauce.-I
The express messenger, MIR. Burke,
told them that be was ready for them,
and that If they entered they would be
dead men. The robbers then COM
menced firing INTO the car, and the mes
senger says it seemed to him there was
a dozen of them, as the shots came from |
all sides. The conductor and trainmen,
seeing the position of affairs, set about
to pursue the robbers, but could only
6nd one revolver cn the train. They,
however, discovered two soldiers armed
with carbines, and with these weapons
the trainmen and soldiers started after |
the robbers. When they came up to
the train all was quiet, the robbers
having fled. They found tie dead body |
of the engineer on the foor Of the cab.
A freight train engineer named Jack
Fandergrift happened to be on the
train, and he and the fireman ran the
engine back to the train and brought it
in. The robbers failed to gain an en-
trance to the express car, it being one
of the close kind, having no windows,
and very strong in every way Had
they detached the American Express
car, which was immediately in rear of
the Adams Express, they might have
accomplished their purpose, as 1t is an
open car, having windows AID doors
and not very strong. The finding of a
hammer used to knock ont the coupling
pin may serve possibly as clue to the
murderers. The trainnen speak in very
high terms of the pluck and courage
displayed BY Express Messenger Burke
There is intense feeling smcng railroad
men over the trsgical death of Epgi-
neer Amss, and should bis murderers
be caught it is very generally believed
that their prosecution would not cost
the State anything Several suspect
ed persons are already in custody, and
there is reason TO hope that all the rob-