The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-08-15

ago, nothing of the kind has taken place i
this vicinity, and with the exception of
few minor sIrikes-and they have not beel
continued since the introduction of tn
Governors smiIitia-the railroads have beel
allowed 10 go their iron way rejoicing. A
Is now we'll known, the Kansas Pacific AT
fair was planned and carried out BY boi,
band Of highwaymen, among whom wer,
the Mcdaniel boys, assisted by four othel
equally a. noted characters. The sffai
was considered at the time To be one of tn,
boldest and best planned operations of tn,
sort, but the perpetrators were soon run t6
cover, and two or three Of them are pre-
sumed to be now in the other world, whers
robbers do not break through and steal
The particulars Of
| BUD M'DANIEIe'
capture in Kansas City and his tragic dealt
soon after, in the swamps near Lawrence
are matters of history, and need not he here
repeated. "Thomp" McDaniels, his broth
er, was shortly after killeL in Kentucky for
completely in the Huntington bank rob.
berry, Of West Virginia, while the terrible
tragedy of Fairbauit about year ago
m ade short work OF Clel Miller, Charlei
PItt., Bill Chadwell, and the the Younger
BROTHERS, all OF whose names had been
spoken Of A. being Connected with the Nun.
Gle affair
The robbery on the Kansas City. St. Joe
4 Council Bluffs road, early Wednesday
morning, MAS daring and successful,
however, rs the one mentioned above. The
following are the further particulars con-
corning tn. robbery.
THE ROBBERS.
Six persons got ON the train at Winthrop
and iour of them were the men who robbed
the train. The robbers entered the train by
going through the ladies car, then through
the smoking car, and finally they wound up
ON the front platform Of tie smoking car.
How THEY LOOKED.
The first of these fellows was tall man
with beard and moustache, whiskers of n
long, thin growth. He had large features
and was ..raw-boned" lie wore q linen
Ulster and WAS apparently about thirty
live years old. Another WAS a man of me-
dium height, sbout thirty years of age,
stout built, had red moustache and goa
tie, wore a linen duster oxen down the front
in passing through the Cars, and was neatly
dressed.
u,'u vas noi :, '"i,n SCI "oi' fa'h
ef sood iooAins' a niue oioer than any OF
tfie othei members OF ine party, ana ms
mar, "n,ch was piack' was "iAs1 @ win
gray ne wore gray uus'er; Inc re,
porter : Informant sa'd una, the man had
dark ~hisNers, pu' ne could mol describe
the s,yie In ~hicn they were worn. Inc
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SLOUGH hat, the rim of which he pulled
down to conceal his features. None of the
party wore masks,
TUE rxco,-.-n
n
ni Sonuu' o"n nsa naue MS
s's"s run '"s rear Pia'ioIm Vi tle baggage
car nc 'uineu anu ~as aoou. en'erihs lhe
p's' .s " 'sNe up 'ne iaieS' "hen'
stanns is. III iion. vi MN upon the
Pia,io, III vi 'ne snoNus car, .hree men
WIN uia"n iesoi'eis, winch were Drought
y " 1sar upon ':e oouuuIor' hel ms gaze.
Suhueniy voice, cieariy Gi''inG, nc. ABOVE
'iie noire Vi .ne ", wheeis saia ,c Iioiu on
r.of there, OF we IL SHOOT. Inc CONDUCTOR
a' ohce s'ooo e'iii'
ARE YOU ARMED ~
continued the speaker from the opposite
platform. 81 am not" said the conductor.
aHave you any money!" was the next
query, and no" was the reply. One of the
men then .,epped across 10 the platform of
the baggage car, turned the conductor
around and bade him open the door of the
baggage car. The request was very un-
willingly obeyed and the men entered the
baggage car.
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forw,rJ nr..en,ed HIS navy in the fac. .o1
the messenger and ordered him to stand up
and throw up his hands. lhe messenger
Was taken completely by surprise, but the
revolver in his face was too persuasive an
argumsn Mt TO lie resisted. The baggage man
was called from corner, and the extra
messenger from another part OF the car,
and the whole company were made
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fo' KIN RUBBER
No one knew IRON whence he came, but
the presumption was that be had been
standing guard hrst inside the door oil the
smoking car and that alter his partners had