The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-07-21
BOLD ROBBERS.
Attempt to Rob the Express
The Engineer KilIetl-ThB
Messengers Brave Ns


The Engineer KilIed-Ths
Messengers Brave Sa
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iTERRE' HAUrE. IND. July 9--Longs q
Point, station on the VSndalias
railroad. three miles west OF Casey,
lllinoise. 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 a
mile and half of it. 1t has long
been considered by the railroad men
as dangerous place. Several times
lately the engineers have seen sus-
picious persons lurking about there at
night and have run by without stop-l
ping for water. aas - 8aI
M ENGINEER AaEEs KILLED. ns
Last night at midnight, as train
No. S cast bound, conductor Fraley
and engineer Milo Ames. came up
to Long Point for water, two men
boarded the locomotive, one from
each side, aud said to the engineer,
.pull out ~ 40 ID
The engineer was at first some
what bewildercd, when they said
again, pull out, whcn he, seeming
to comprehend the situation. said:l
'sall right Ilh-pull Quite q 7ss "a
The men then said 1--WE will run
the thing ourselves and at that
both robbers fred. One Ofthe shots
killed the engineer instantly, and
the other lodged in the cab. .ta srIt
e MESSENGER BURKE ATTACHED 10
During these proceedings at the
engine, confederate had detached
the Adams Express car, and they,
then pulled the engine wide open,
ran her about two miles east and
stopped, blowing off brakes to de-
ceive the express messenger. They
then went To the door of the car
and said. "Let me in, Jack" He re-
piled TO them, ''you sons OF bitches,
am ready for you. If you ever
come in here you are dead men,"
The robbers then commenced fir
ing into the car. The messenger
Burke, said it seemed to him that
there were dozen of them, as the
sllots seemed to come from all direc-.
tions. ..s.s[
+. PURSUIT BY THE TRAIN MEN. .o5.i
Tic conductor and train men. af-s
ter the shots were fired, saw the sit
uation of affairs, and at once set
about to pursue them. They could
only find one revolver on the train,
but found two soldiers ON the train
who were armed with carbines,
With these weapons the train men
and the two soldiers started in pur-
suit of the engine and the robbers,
but when they came up To- the en-
gine all was quiet, the robbers hav-
ing fed. They found the engineer
in the bottom of his cab, cold and
stiff.
There Glanced to lie a freight en-!
gineer (Jack VandergreA) oB the
train, and he, with the fireman. i'm.
mediateIy ran the engine back tO
the train and brought it in. ..
ENTIRE FAILURE or TIE ROBBERS.
y The robbers failed 60 gain any
entrance whatever into the express
car. it being one of the close kind,
having no windows and very strong
every way. Had they detached the
American Express car, also, which
was immediately in the rear of the
Adams, they would undoubtedly
have accomplished their object, as it
was an open car having windows,
and the doors not being very strong,
The trainmen found the hammer BY
which the coupling pin was knocked
out, and which may hereafter serve
as clue to The discovery of the
perpetrators OF this outrage. ss
THREE MEN ARRESTED.
ST. LOUIS. July 8. "A good deal
of information was received here to-
day regarding the murder OF En-
gineer Eams and the attempted rob
berry of the Xandalla railroad train
at Long Point last night, bet the
main facts Of the affair are fully
covered by the account from Terre
. Haute this morning. Major SiTp-
son, general superintendent OF the
lVandalia roafi, received o dispatch
stating that three men have been
arrested, one of whom is known %
have been engaged in tile murder
! The Vandalia Company offered a re-
ward Of $1,000 for each man connect
ed with the affair. The City Coun-
ell Of Casey offered $3.50 reward,
and this sum is expected to be large
II ly increased by the county and State
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