The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-15


city, and T. G. Edmunds, of Longpoint, are
under arrest and jailed at Prairie City. Coch-
rsnbears a hard reputation and people gener-
ally believe him guilty. He Is notorious
gambler and a thoroughly bad man. Ed
munds is not so we'll known, but is consid-
cred hard character. They are joint pro-
prietoTs of low whisky and gambling rancho
at Longpoint. Talk of lynching has been
rather bold and open to-day, and should they
brought here they would receive prompt
treatment. The detectives are reticent. and
nothing is known to outsiders save what
people surmise.
AT GREENUP.
by Telegraph to the Sentinel
GREENUP ILL. July 1.-TWO men were ar |
rested here to-day who are supposed to
know something about the murder and
woold- be-robbers at Long point tan9. Their |
names are Edmunds and Cochran. |
Edwards has only been living here short |
| time, and Cochran lived at Casey. Edmunds |
says the fireman and brakeman did the
work. He has told several different
two were taken to Prairie City to Jail
TO day by Sheriff Greene, to await their
trial on next Tuesday. When they started
| to Jail they swore they would cot go and
there were not enough men In Greenup to
take them, but they were forced to go.
by Associated Press.I
TERRE HAUTE, IND, July 9.-Longpoint,
I
miles west of Casey, ILL.,, is place where all
trains on that road usually stop for water.
1t is lonesome place, situated
in the woods, with no one living |
| within mile and bali of it. 1t has long
been considered by the railroad men as a
dangerous place. Several times lately the
engineers have seen suspicious persons lurk
ing about there at night and have run by
without stopping for water. Last night
at midnight as train No. 5, east bound, Con.
ductor Frsiley and Engineer Milo Ames,
came up to Longpoint for water, two men
| boarded the locomotive, one from each side,
and SAID to the engineer, "Pull out" The
engineer was at first somewhat bewildered.
When they said again "pull out' be seemed
to comprehend the situation, and answered,
%sn f sssn said. IN w pull win Hu' run The The
thing ourselves, and at that both the robbers
fired. One of the shots killed the engineer
instantly and the other lodged in the cab.
The fireman, who was on the tank, taking
in water, Immediately jumped and ran to
the rear of the train to notify the train men,
having heard the conversation and COM
pretending the situation. During these
proceedings at the engine a confeder-
ate had detached the Adams Express
Co., and they then, pulling the engine wide
open, ran her about two miles east and
, stopped, blowing off brakes to deceive the
express messenger. They then came to the
door OF the car and said: "Let
} me in Jack" He replied to them,
lyon sons of D.. Pm ready for Won: if
, you ever come in here you are dead men,"
The robbers then commenced firing into
the car. The messenger, Burke, said
? it seemed to him there were
a dozen of them, as the shots seemed
to come from all directions. The conductor
and train men, after the shots were fired,
saw the situation of affairs and at once set
about to pursue them. They could
3 only find one revolver on the
train, but found two soldiers
aboard. who were armed with carbpes
two soldiers started in pursuit of the train
and robbers, but when they came up to the
train all was quiet, the robbers
having fed. They found the engineer
in the bottom OF the cab, cold and stiff. There
, CHANGED TO be freight engineer, Jack Van
j dergrlft, on the train, and he with the fire.
3 man Immediately ran the engine
; back to the train and brought it in.
! The robbers failed to gain any entrance
3 whatever to the express car, it being one of
3 the close kind, having no windows and
{ very strong every way. Had they detached
Z the American express car also,
3 which was Immediately in the
} rear Of the Adams, they would
I undoubtedly have accomplished their OBJ
a ject, as it was an open car, having windows
I the doors not being very strong.
) They found the hammer by which
= the coupling pin was knocked
. out, ana winch may D6r0dlI0r serve
, as a clue to the discovery of the perpetrat
+ ors of this outrage. The train men speak in
| very fiattering terms of the pluck and brav-
g cry displayed by the express messenger,
Burke, under the trying cir
f cumstances in which he was
/ among the railroad men over the tragical
death of engineer Ames, and should the
I perpetrators be caught it is very generally
y believed that it will not cost the state any
Ia A
: was one of the best engineers on the road,
: about 35 years old, and had been married
: but short time. The robbers, who boarded
r the locomotive, wore long linen busters
a Conductsr Fraley and all the train
. men, in fact, did all they could under the
q circumstances. Several suspicious persons
are already under arrest, and every effort
: will be made by the railroad company to
bring the robbers to justice. They have, it
is understood, already offered reward of
!, 81 900.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
> by Associated Press
: ST. LOUIS, July 9-Msj. Simpson, general
r superintendent of the Vandalia railroad. has
|, received dispatch stating that three men
have been arrested, one of whom Is known
;, to have been engaged in the murder. The
: Vandalis company offered reward OF 81 900
for each man consected with the affair.
The city of Casey offered $3.50 reward, and
|, the sum is expected to be largely increased
by county and state authorities. Engineer
. Ames was a native of Washington, Mass,
u where he has a brother. Another brother is
!, a conductor on the Missouri Pacific railroad.
Mrs. Lynn Linton is one of the most acute
!, and original thinkers of the day, and writes
! not only fearlessly, but with remarkable
freshness and vigor. She is one of the few
English women who have been independent
enough to leave the narrow grooves and
monotonous walks of society, and lend her
aid toward the advancement of freedom and
r humanity. Her remarkable work, "The
} Girl of the Period, which appeared several
, years ago, added much to her celebrity, and
' excited a vast deal of comment both in this