The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-19
The South Bound Train on tho
ceatraI Captured Last
Night at Hutohlns.
The MaSken Wound the Messenger,
Farce an RnlraRce Into the IA.
press Tar aud Rag Ferry Tive
Hundred Dollars OF nO0ty,
The Station Agent Ia Usrd as u Shield by
tho Robbers In Effeoilnu tho Cap
ture Of tho Engine aud the
Express Coach

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Last night Juat previous 10 the arrl-
val OF the south bound expresa and
passenger train No, 1, on the Texas
Central railroad NJ Hutchlns station,
four masked men dashed In aud over
powered the agent When the tain
arrived, thu robbers placing him he.
fore them, moved toward the engine,
hripg IN they advanced, the railroad
agent calling 10 the messenger and
begging hlm not 10 shoot The men
In the cab OF tho engine were then
taken captive and also placed before
the ro6eers, when they moved on the
express coach, In tho mean time the
messenger, Henry a. Thomas, extln.
guished the lights and made the fast.
ening doubly secure The maskere
broke Ia the DOOR, and IN the exchange
% shots that again eusued the mes.
senger wts wounded. The engineer,
fireman, agent and negro were then
placed IN the front part Of the
coach, while the contents OF
the express was rllled, the robbers
getting about forty five hundred dol
lars. They did not offer 10 modest the
passengers, withdrawing as soon as
they had gained their booty, going
In n .northeasterly direction TO-
wards Trinity bottom The leader OF
the gang il about ave feet eight inches
In height, weighing between one
hundred aud forty.hve and one hun.
dred and any pounds, black hair aud
eyes, whiskers about ten days old and
complexion sunburnt. They were
thoroughly armed aud well mounted,
and II Ia supposed they are the same
gang who robbed the train u short
tlme since at Allen station. In effect.
Ing the capture of the train fifteen or
twenty shots were fired, hut IL In not
known whether either of the masked
parties were wounded or not. The
wounded messenger IL "A cousin OF
j. Thomas, who was In charge OF the
express train when robbed at Allen
station, immediately after the ilight
of the robbers the citizens OF Hutchins
organized themselves into party, and
followed In pursuit. Superintendent
Quinlan telegraphed to all pointsl to
look out for them. Upon the receipt
OF the telegram Marshal Morton hal
the police mounted, and guards placed
at the Trinity bridge, at the fords be-
low, and on all the main roads lead
ing into the city, while posse OF men
were organized to scour the country.
Express Agent Cornish, the cap
turer of Spottswood, the Allen robber,
boarded u south bound freight for
Hutchins, in order to get on the direct
trail OF the robbers. Up TO the hour
of going to press nothing new had
been received concerning the robbers.
This IS one of the boldest robberies on
record, and shows but too plainly that
the days of the Claude Duval's and
their clans are not yet over. That
such a cool, deliberate and daring deed
could be committed in such thickly
peopled neighborhood, seems almost
beyond belief, and decisive measures
corresponding to the offense, should be
taken to suppress these brayado out.
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