The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-10
Daring RaiIrond Ilobbcry.


railroad robbery took place on the West.
ern Missouri road last night, equalling
in all respects and exCelling in many, any
other one on record. From the confused
accounts given by passengers and rail.
road men the following facts are cleaned
The eastward bound train on the Mis-,
souri, Pacific road, lett Otterville, Mo-, a
few minutes past 10 o'clock last night,
When q miles east Of that place and in
a deep cut the engineer saw a signal light
TO stop Thinking some obstruction was
on the track he applied the air brakes
and after running few yards he discov.
cred pile OF Ties and lumber on the
track. He comprehended the situation
at once but could not stop the train, and
il was not till the locomotive had climbed
partly upon The pile Of ties that the train
came to u stand, at the same instant,
about IL or 10 men appeared with ter.
rifle yells and discllarging pistols dashed
into the train proclaiming their inten-
tions; two jumped on the engine and with
navy revolvers covered the. engineer and
fireman and iheatened to, kill them Il
thap offered any resistance. They were
then marched into the baggage car and
placed under guard. At the same time
the other robbers climbed into the ex-
press car by the side door which was op-
en-. Brohnell the express messenger
however, had been too quick for them
and hal dashed through the train TO the
rear sleeper and giving his sale keys to
brakeman named McDoham, who put
them in his shoes. Mr.. Conkliug tie bag
gage master OF the train was in the cx-
press car when the robbers entered and
they demanded Of him the keys Of the
safe andhe told them that he was not the
messenger and had no keys. Two Of the
robber then put Conkling in front Of
them, and with revolvers at his head
marched him through the train demandig
he should point out the messenger when
they came TO him. In this way they
passed through the entire tram, to the
terror OF women and children aud the
great fear ot the male passengers, many
Of whom had crouched down under the
seats aud hid themselves in various ways.
Arriving at the rear Of : the sleeper,
Conkling pointed out Bushnell, and the
robbers demanded the safe keys Of him.
Under the circumstances there was moth
ing to do, and Bushnell took the keys
RON .i ''e nInoss an man au - % ,%a is,.or ,,,en
% W .',s foooetS % e ono VI pnaS,ai, snS ' whiIa H
stoou -, Ruaiu oSer ro,,ii;Sn Ss I'LL, " % ,he
sIe a osnef 'na,o"ea ,.S""a SA "a U'" onoraS %
express sM, W. Mneie , ~. wy. .oa,an,a n.
haami EsPPes saiG S;Hh aaa Laa ' reoh, luz ;or
sSo ,ho ',.an." "sas S ", % ha;na aI,a -, nan ,Ss
s e P"spSS' Iii, % ,ho % nps I ,hev .,o, T from
snS, pns,,nsiI e'" one NAM .s ~e,, ~ ,bs @ @eTn;ne
~, ] - "ict AMI I with ibis broke in one III
s ,La n'nnoIs @ E ~ ,hs sa,s and In contenta
nu ~oro % aI.o mt into S,cks The robbers
,ben % ,"oE I ,bs M;ssonr; Kansas a Texas
ist,sr @ I bo% and broIe 4 onen Ebut f;nd;np
no,b;r1 " ~ ,hsv wantaJ scsttersJ the Letter.
nvsr % ,bs iIoor NJ the cor Tbev ajso went
III W ,hs I SJsms lam i EInrcSs freisbt car Int
tornJ ~ ND .noth;n. there hat sesn,ed Il be
,0 ,ss"ii,n % ~ ~. VIII ,hasa aots ,yoro
,s;na ,o.forne, ,ha soms;ndsr NJ tbe
sohbssrd s P''s'U w.ro m"E;rs n;sbt b;,lso"s
tUOD h. masoh;n. %, m % nnd Sown % on,s;Je tbs
,sy.;n ~ S nsIi;asS I H. ~ Iav;is % mi % sr;ns AZ AZ
tLa;n % y;a;nIs ~ In ,r;s % mav ,ha @ nasass,srs @ os
,S"rs sn.n s"MUIs,slv , ,srr;Ss3 @ "rI s not ths
i.so, %s.s sSoT oI ros;stance w"S @ msSs @ bv bv
ham ,S '" Vixen tbs;r work was done tbsy
isit The scene n their daring eynlo;t ami
Isnsrte,l lar @ in :, sontherly dfrsction IL Il
."ngsrsiooJ 4 nartv ~ citirsns ara n y
mn rs,,;t Of thpm and nj slast accounts
were onlv Tan miles LetThd them 81 far
ss can be- learned Adams express COM.
many ha, Lost some 81 fIC(I and tbe United
States comnany about ri 1000 int these
amounts NAV nroye IN he ioo small The
renort in circ,,lation Thai the loss ia much
greater Than the above Ia bascd upon the
snnno.sd iact that tIis train ad.four
days' exnress matter from Texas ON
SoSPJ. Int tbs .rnrsss ] officers of lie trsin
,leny iLis and s,y ihSt dining he brenE
in on thS Kansa: 4 Tonska road these
yainabIes haI LCen br6nght irom mai
STATE by another route p =
Sr LOWS ,July SwTbe railroad com.
nany has sSnt the s6eriir of Psisrs county INIT
with a nosse of men in nnrsnit II tbs
rohbers Gen. Bacon Montgomsry .of
sedslia n noted fiphter of rnsriIIss A..
inc the war, bas also gone IN nursnit
with n party Of picked men. and str,,ck
the trail some ten miles south Of Otter.