The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-10-04
SATAN DELIGHTS
In the Two Men Killed Wednesay,
at Buffalo Station,
Who are None Other, Than the Rob-
bers of the Union Pacific
Express Car.
SATAN DELIGHTS

That our readers may fully understand the
facts in the case we will give them a synop-
sis Of the robbery.
Thirteen masked men took charge Of the
station at Big Springs, Nebraska, on Tues
day, the 18th. inst, and compelled the
agent and operator to tear up his instruments
and four men with cooked reyolvers stood by
while he was doing it. They then ordered
him to put out his red light, all the while
guarding him with revolvers. They then. Or
dered him TO get his mail bag ready
as usual, and then when the
passenger train which was due that
evening at 40 came along it of course stopped
for the signal. They then compelled him TO
knock for admittance at the door of the ex-
press car, and when il was opened pointed a
revolver at Mr.. Charles Miller, express mes
senger, ordering him to open the safes. The
safe of which Mr.. Miller understood the com.
bination was opened, but when they told him
10 open the Through safe" he told them he
could not as he did not know the combina-
ton, as il was only known at Cheyenne and
Omaha This the ruffians did not believe and
at once commenced a brutal assault on the
messenger, going SO far as to thrust a cooked
revolver in his face and TO actually jam 1t in
his mouth barrel first, decorating and bruising
his mouth fearfully, and at the same time say
ing they would snoot him If he did not open
the safe. He coolly told them they would
have flo shoot" as he knew no more about
opening ii than they did.
After getting all they could out oftne one
safe, which was about $4,000 in gold coin,
they entered a first-class passenger coach
and at once ordered every man to stand erect
hold 1t
with they made systematic search of every
male passenger in the car, all the time
swinging their revolvers up and down in the
faces of their victims. The ladies were unmo-
Tested. From one man they got about $50,
from another 500 and altogether got about
5000 from the passengers.
One of the mob held the watches in his
arms, and having so many, dropped one be-
longing TO the conductor of the train, who
reached down and recovered il.
The news OF this daring robbery was of
course flashed across the continent. and all
officers were on the alert in this section to
capture the desperadoes. To Sheriff Boards
ley belongs the credit, however, of capturing
them, and he put them where they would do
the most good-under the ground.
way south with their booty, ana plans were
laid to intercept them. General Pope sent an
order to the com mander at Fort Hays TO fur
nish men and horses 10 help intercept the
robbers, and the Kansas Pacific furnished a
special train to take the sheriff 8
posse to Buffalo Station, small
town about sixty miles west of Hayes City,
where it was understood that the robbers
would cross. They were six in number and
campei near Young's ranch on the Republi-
can river Monday night, and left in a south
ern direction Wednesday. From what megre
information our reporters could obtain last
night, it seems that Sheriff Beardsley came
onto them near Buffalo Station on wednes-
day, and succeeded in killing two of the par
ty and securing sa0,OOO about one third of the
amount stolen. Further particulars will
be found in regard TO the fight in
our telegraph columns. This Is the first sys-
tenatic robbery that has ever occurred on
the Union Pacific road.