, 1877-09-20
Full Details of Their Remarkable
Foray at Big Springs.
The section-Agent Cowed into 0bedi-
ence, and Used as a Catfpaw.
An Easy Entrance Gained to tho
Exprcss-Cnr and Safes.
Sixty Thousand Dollars In Gold Coin Put
into Saoks and Carried Of.
othor Criminal News Of Less Absorb-
ing Interest
TIE TRAIN ROrl,ERs.

-, iin ,n..1.,1. .tt.r :. -. T..i'..a r.,s..
ov.u. Snh, Sent 1r.-f}no NJ thc mo.t far.
t,c, anJ s,,ccr..ful ,o,,roo,, cvnrr.s rnhbcrfcs
cvcr nrrnetratc,1 IN fh. country orrurrc,t Inst
rtrh, ~ ahout 1o.t5 o,c,ock Mt nto snringr. a
.mn,1 nn1 jsn,atrt1 st,t.on m thc tynion parfnc
Railroad, mi nfic. wcst nj Omaha. Thc ,1etaif.
t,s rni,hrrv l,avc ohtoInc,l from Union PACIFIC
oCla,t. vi,o. rur,v tbis mnrn,nr. ucro in rcccint
NJ ,,,.natchcs anno,,ncino Inc startling news.
.rrst nrcv;ou. m Tho ortivn, AZ tl,e ern,r..
train M. i. lr,un,, Inst. In cbnrro Of Conductor
rottcr,on. ,wo n,a.keI men stcpnc,l into The
ot1lrc ~ tho Station Aren't. Str, Barn
hnr, vino VIVA taken COMPLETELY ty
surnr,.c. Thcy pointed four cooked
rcyolvcrs at 1,ttn and ordered him to tear up
hin tcjeprnp,, instrument, Mr. parubart tried
~ deceive them by taking up h(, soundcr. hut
they stoppcd him anil male HIN take up Ills
re,av. which they corricd on with them. The
poraou who rayc the orders was tho Captain,
and seemed to be m Intelligent man, and Mr..
uarnnart Is OF opinion that he Is = telegraph
operator, Thcy then or,lcrel him to put out
hfs rcd light all Tho tlne kceptpg him covered
will, rcrolyers. After the rcd light was hung
out u,, the track thc7 commanded Barnhart 10
net his u,ajl ready a. usual.
Their arrangements wcrc now complete for
.oso,riao .ia sxnactca tr,t, ,rhtc1, snpn rams
'See''"'t' ."o ..., =, ~
ao"G' anu, VI coo'ae' saoP!eo ~ ootu'e'to '"
the rcd.ltEht signal. Ile masked maraudere,
there being seven Of them In the party, then at
a nor,her, T., Nh, ~. ,o lin, r.,
tA',oul u""a =. 1, .'','
tue uooF OF thc express cur "u1 thaoo i9'ln k"oeh
As hc usually docs when he wishes the express
,,rca. u,c.scnper. having no susoicion that anv
~, 's1oa,,t rorr,,art ,v,. out.ljo o,o,.
o.asr pe'so" uAeepI nA' '.'a. "us o..u'us' upen
cd The door iit1Ie way when tfee OF Iac foopefs
presented their rcyolvrrs At tue messenger.
Thsv thon 1rcot ,bro,,rh onc NJ lin mia. in ,ho
49, as, s'n,r.5 .hs s-ca.,,rc.horc. cnntat,l,,T
car anu secured tne t1easuIe+poaes' :1 eohtalnms
$GO, ,W0 In gold coin. The through safe. which
has combination lock which Ia only unlocked
at coct, end OF the Union Pacific Road. they did
49,. ..,,as ~ ~, y, s.on,,- III 80 t,o,y ,,o
NV ,oNe', ~ w. ..s, -. -.
the secret to thcmt Notwithstanding their
threatening demands. o Tho robbers d1l not In
tcrfcre viii the United statca malls. but went
fs.,, ~ o.n,oss mr. ,n,, th. ct,,s oason.
ger coaches AMI ro'bea inc passengers, alter
which they disappeared.
Tl,rv hal M horses in aIrht. hit II ia sur,.
-,,.o1 ,hnt thcv n,I thrIr strn,,a conrco,cl nam
by. '... -....
Aboye arc the particulars according to parn-
llart's dispatch. Further details nro learned
from Conductor Pattcrsou's kilograms. In
',',I,, noM :. =. ....'., .,.. ~ 80. -
"hleh u Is 0'aleo 'uat 'no pe1'y "unlotioo '1o'"
tel to fifteen men.
Wien he arrived at Big Springs Station they
Ind, as stated above, captured tho Agent, cut
~ ..,h -,,,,,.n.. .,I h,,,o ~, ~as
tne .e,cRrapa 'nslf"nshss' ,S., a"u "'"K ous .ea
llght lor ofaefs. Whcn no etcppea upon LUG
platform 10 get bis telcgraphic orders two mth
with cooked rcvolvcrs ia each hanA told him to
.l,rov nm hts hands. wbIci, he lid. They
80 :, ..,.s,.aa A.. ,'.,..., .n..s
'sad already captured tho express MESSENGER
engineer, anu fireman. Dcssuea tho coin thev
rot $i53 in cnrrcney from tho cxpresstar,
r.rom n nasacnrcr mined l.. Aforr,a thcy rt,t n
aota 18th sta0 IN ,nnn,v on,i n tickct ~ ri.
solu "a'es' w" ~ 'A""o'' A''A - |'~A"~ W WY
cago' s . e
While they were robblng the passengers,
fricght.train NJ. 10 came along, aud this inter-
-,,ntct, thcu, in ,bcr nlundcr,,,r nroceta anon,
.up.eu t"sm a. ~" ~. pa .'Si.hs sa"u.h "s
tiao paaacncefs' As TUG freight was npp1oaeN-
Ink Conductor PATTERSON was allowed 10 20 IN"
der guarl to Tag Il. A GUARD accompanied hlm
,,ntii e nasssel thu s,cepers, when TIC cuaru re-.