The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-27

his red light. After the red light was
hung out on the track they commanded
Barnhart to get his mail ready as usual.
The expected tain soon came along
and stopped in obedience to the red
light signal.
THE ROBBERS
at once began to carry out their well
laid plan. The four men who had
Barnhart in charge took him to the door
of the express car and made him knock
as he usually does when he wished the
express messenger to open the door.
Miller, the express messenger, having
no suspicion that any other person ex-
cept Barnhart was outside, opened the
door little way, when three of the
robbers caught the door, and, throwing
it wide open, presented their revolvers
at the messenger. They then went
through one of the safes in the car and
secured the treasure-bOXes, containing
100000 IN GOLD COIN.
The through safe, which has combina-
ton lock which is only unlocked at each
end of the road, they did not touch, as
the messenger did not know the COM
bination and could not therefore reveal
the secret to them, Notwithstanding
their threatening demands. The rob-
bers did not interfere with the United
States mail, but went from the express
car to the first-class passenger coach
and robbed the passengers, after which
they disappeared. They had no horses
in sight, but it is supposed that they had
their steeds concealed near by. The
above are the particulars according TO
Barnhart's dispatch.
FURTHER DETAILS
are learned from Conductor Patterson's
telegram, in which it is stated that the
party numbered from 10 to Is men.
When Conductor Patterson stepped
upon the platform to get his supposed
orders, two men with cooked revolver
in each hand, told him to throw up his
hands. He did. They had already cap
tured the express messenger, engineer
and fireman. While they were robbing
the passengers a freight train came
along, and this interrupted them. As
the freight train was approaching, Con-
ductor Patterson was allowed to 90 I'M
der guard, to flag it. The guard ac-
companied him until they passed the
sleepers, when he rejoined the main
gang, who then Immediately retired
and quickly disappeared. They had
extinguished the fire in the engine of
the express train, and when the freight
train come up Conductor Patterson
started the freight engine out after some
one to spread the news and get up par
ty to pursue them.
Miller, the express agent, was some
what bruised about the head, but not
dangerously, at the hands of the rob-
bers, who also took his revolver away
from him. .-..-...
TIE PURSUIT.
Sheriff McCarty, of Sidney, started
out early this morning with a large
posse in pursuit of the thieves, and
Bradley struck the trail 10 miles north
of Big Springs, and found two revolvers
and an empty coin box. 1t is thought
that they are the same robbers who
have recently been plundering Black
Hills stage-coaches.
Upon the receipt of dispatches in
Omaha before daylight this morning,
they were carried to General Superin-
tendent Clark, at his residence, and he
was soon at his office. The first thing
that he did was to notify all telegraph
stations along the line and in the Black
Hills, offering
REWARD OF $4,000
for the capture of the thieves and mon
ey, and proportionate amount for
either. He then telegraphed the in
formation to all other parts of the coun-
try.
This is the first robbery of the kind
that has ever occurred on the Union
Pacific. The loss, of course, falls upon
the Union Pacific Express Company, an
organization that is a part of the rail
road company. The above amount of
coin is considered very large run, as
compared with the average. 1t was
shipment from California.
THE ROBBED TRAIN
arrived here at 6 o'clock this evening,
and passengers and train-men corrobo-
rate the above statement in the main
points. Conductor Patterson, VIXEN he
stepped out on the depot platform, was
cornered and robbed of his watch and
money, but he got his watch back
again, as they dropped it out of the
flour sack into which they put all their
loose plumber. Andy Riley and ex-
Councilman Cummings, of this city, step
ped out on the car platform, when the
robbers told them to get back into the
car. Cummings did so, but Riley mis-
the order, and was going to
get off the car, when two shots were
fired at him, one of which grazed his
left hand. Both balls buried themselves
in the frame of the door. They then
robbed him of two watches and S27 in
money. After the express car had been
robbed six maskers entered the passen-'I
and ordered every body to
HOLD UP THEIR HANDS.
They then robbed every man in the car,
which, however, did not contain many
passengers. They got 81, 800 in curren- I
cy, several gold and silver watches,
iewelry and railroad tickets. From L.
Morris they took gold watch, $3.50 in .
money and ticket to Chicago. They /
did not rob the ladies, and to couple |
of cripples they returned their money. /
They attempted to enter the sleeping |
car, but could not open the door. Had F..