, 1875-12-19
CRIMINAL NEWS.
an Express Car Robbed On the North
Missouri Railroad.
Executions in Quitman, Ga., and Lewis
burg, Ark.
EXPRESS ROBBERY,

Ma ooA' A"ee' ~"'51eoe' ooJ'ha' ~14Ao
morning the e1press-car attached TO the pas"
due here At 6:15 o'clock yas broken into by threa
~ ,akad ,,a,, .t no;nt hatuaan A. T,on,. and
r..aeoo 4A1o' $500 ~ f.' r...s .I. $40 1
retsason o'a'ion' @"u 1ooooo VI ~oou' "Ao'-
oOo IN bonds and currency, ABOUT So'ooo oeane
in cash. The agent, kinkaid, was surprised
while asleep. oyercame. thrown into 4 large
....;... Lor 80 80 +ha~. ,,raa- 1on, ~
paeA'os oo1. Auo 1e4s |no.o uAoo. 'o0A a4A
Key. bens IN possession o, ene icy 70 sne sac.
the robbers had little difficulty IN getting at The
money. Tbey rieed the safe OF ali its contents,
and then opiet1v stenned MI the train end dis
apnearsd- When the train reached ST. Louis
the agent was found locked M IN the box. He
was a2tricata1 withont a bru1so. and in explaua-
safe was immodiatefy examined, and the
rohber1 djscoyareI. The aeent was taken in
charge hv The railroad ofioisls. and brought to
the Fonr Courts. where he was inter7ieved and
c,osn11 r,,ns+;oa "a ~ .t.a datscttvoa Ia aaw.
G', :. 80 1; LIt $780, - ~ ona ~ +ha n..G3no
ho,ea rbnn at :. sj;rht tan on tha sho1ider'
;mmed;.ta1v .tnrnad nv head round. and WIS
confrontad hv a fsrrinear in tho hands Of =
masked man Pafore could utter word. I
was seized by the collar from behind and found
m~.elr nnder cover of two niatols. Wa then
t.lan md n caat into ma Of the laroe packire-
c,ssa rh;ch nd haan emnti I'd of ia coutents.
80 ia cinaad dn,yn ard the iock tnrnad On
was va, i LETT there until i reached St. Louis
r rr4 G-%11H yDhA
Tss nlacad in the box. / could hear
-. .,,oa 1880 ~.a-e;ao ~ .tha aefo and T
s,.,x,>aad tho, tta,- 1ara rohh;nu Thev antared
5rop tha h.0osoa.car fonnd that tfe atap;e
hsi hen d1eun from tha doora on the ins1de
tnnt aven;na IN not The onIv ma WIN has
~ Ia.I ~ tba ;no,a IT the arnraaa rsr. Near.
III ,to 10 ra9oan h.va mt keva "a thev ara
r5aon;ra5 M ~ n,ss thrnnch he antira train TbiIa
~ 80 ro.d Thaaa nan T think orot on at st
Chs-iaa W. hod raschad a no;at betwoen Jen-
AA~~@
o,cSrra51 ~.
1ha 5ata,t;vaa .-a ~ +ha on;nion that the
rohhers lneg K;ntaid and were asgured Of IN
assv victo-v .ton1J ths ins;da or tho car be ouca
a.sshS ~r atranra r;rcumet.nca ia that he
nas 81 a9h;h+ one brnae ~ d;scolnr.tion on
his hodv mt tw;thstandinc f1is etorY Of beipe
th1c11 ;oto +ha ho| ond ;ocked m Nm clew
h.s vat basn oht.;ncd NJ thu rohhera- The gen
ern, ;mnTession ia that thew crosged the nyer,
s.,d - roai1 -o.i -, ~ 1roo3s i T,1;,o;s
~~'0 VIVA ~ r. RI ~ A.aoezased Prs.s1
ar. Iou1s' Mo-. Dec. 1s,-Between and 5
o'clock this morning the United States Express
car on tha St. Louis. Kansas City d Northern
vain 3na tbera Al 5.16 !. m xns eutered between
T,ilea from here the mesaenper Cha1les Kin
Ts;d thrown into n iarre nscking-chast and
1ockad m and tho ssfa robbafl of from $40 900
r. a9o IN N money and oooda- Klnkaid was
1v;re m one of the nackmo-boxes in the car half
es1eSn, wheo ia felt he.yy hand On his ehoul-
der. He t1rned his head around lnd
yaa confronted hv a nsrol IN the hnnds OF
masked map. Before be- could speak be was
seized hY tha collar of tha cost from behind aud
fonnd b;naa1f nn3sr cover ~ rnore nstols in the
horda ~ anothar m.stod 1n.n IN waa then
| Thirst ;nto - isr<ze n.csng-hoy which had been
amntief1 oF ia rscknreg hT the rotbers. and the
IA ciosed ~ hin enf 1octed. Ha doesnot know
whnt ocrnrrod af.a- that mt, tha train reached
81 I,on1is, md he was released. excepk that be
-.oaad +lov -,ar~ 1nhh;,c + IA s.vs the doom