Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-31
RCBBING A TRAIN.
Experience of a Passenger at the Big
SDrinOs Robbesu.

Experience Of Passenger at the Big
Springs Robbery.
A correspor dent Of the Omaha
Herald, who was one of the passen-
gers on the train that WAS rei'Md ot
sixty or s, venty thousand b, ll,aS on
the Union Pacific Raili Hal, at Big
Springs, KNcnlir e, wednesday,
night. s, ptemh 10, sends 10 tinu
paper the Following racy account Of
his exptri nee
On THE ROAD. Sep. 20.
That train robbery AT Pig Springs
Station was an interesting occasion,
aid no .liStske. | VAS there, hrt
not by special invitation Not he-
ing aecpstr u, d to that kind of Iii,
version, had known what Was to
happen, think Eshould have wait
cd for the next tl ain. You have
probably got an accunut ~ the VIII lt
thing bv telegraph long agn, so l
will not attempt To write it up for
you IA full, but will give q little
sketch of what saw, which NAV
possibly be of interest.
We rolled up to. Big Springs de-
pot as usual. The night WAS heau
tiful ard the moon ,shone brightly.
AS The train stepped, went out On
my platform of the car, where !
found an Omaha merchant, and we
stood and talked there about two
minutes, when there suddenly ap-
PEE red before us OH the gruu d 70 r
masked men, with Il cooked revolt
yer in each hard aimed directly at
us. At first Thought it was some
joke, but when the devils ordered
us into tile car "d-d quick, "and tu
hold up our hands and make no
''break," aid called US hard names,
] concluded it meant "business,
and another look at thoee eight re-
yolveFs, which just about that Time
began to look like mountain howiI-
Zers, convinced me in much less
than a weeks time that tile evening
air was unhealthy, and had bust.
ness inside immediately. In other
words, got, quick. AS l closed
the door Two shots were fired at my
friend, hitting him twice ia the I'anr
And taking off about a foot uf the
car door casting. That saIisfitd
him, AID Le Luak an inside berth
tolerably lively. The robbers -f,il-
lowed US III ard commenced nrSi
class game of talk. One fired Gff
his pistol in the car-nOt to kill us !:
he held it up, hut probably % give
emphasis to his remarks, which, W
tie way. were more forciLle t'an
polite. Well, they stationed one
man at the front end of the car,
Que at the rear. each with two Te-
volvers, and to each of the remain
ing ruffi.,ns was alInttt d tie pleasant
task of roEbirg row of seats,
which they proceeded To do each af-
ter bis own original style.
The first man robbed was drum
mer from a New Ynik House.- He
was ordered Ia ''star,d up, hold up
his hands, k-rp his ID Ia nth
shut, y and the search commeErti.
They took fr, n. him $3.50 AID g'lr
watch valued at $500. The atxl
man had orly enc arm. TIE gen
iiemahly viilain that Was searching
him happel I'd Co notice the empty
sleeve. I'LL" said he, ''havr
you oily got oltarm ?''
rstOnlv one, sir" replied the man.
"Wtll, d III you, take back Nour
Rtnff-we don't want your mo:ey.
BIT down and keep still.''
Ore Of the wrrtcltes Y. He'd out a.
they came i'll the :ar Hold up
Your hands. every -,
ard keep still; We want your mon
ey, but will give each man go
back. and we wort hmt man un
lees he makes a break. We've Kill
"a ona man ard don't want to Kill
any more. hut your money we will
have, SO d-n you, keep stiIl. and
give it Cp-all Of it. qnir'ly"-and
much more talk or like character.
It wat a rich scene-ahout forty
men of US sitiirg there quietly to
let four masked scalawags 90 through
RS that way hnt what could we
do ? Not g re~niger in the car ex
cept one, and that at the bottom Of
valise. There was no use for any
ono to make start, there We're sew
esal ladies in the cars. 1he two
men at the end Of tile cars cover ed
every body nearly with Two cucked
legolvers, liable to go off at amy
fnomeht, for their bands tTenll led
violently. shoWing that tiey Were
themselves excited. So We obeyed
orders to a certain extent, but not
fully, l didn't. ! had my hand up
most af the time, except when ]
wanted TO use them down, because
1t was Il sort of relief to my arms to
change tbem from their usual posi-
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