The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-24
to be least subject to search, but the
robbers did not attempt to enter the

passenger coaches. During this time,
also the express messenger had hastily
opened his safe, taken from it Il large
sum of money, placed it in his satchel,
relocked the safe and then endeavored
to escape by the opposite door. But
have been foiled in any event, for both
doors of the car were guarded. As nc
was about to open the opposite door the
robbers entered by the door which
they had beaten in, aud Grimes was
knocked down by Il heavy blow dealt
him on tho back OF the head with the
butt of Il revolver. The robbers took
from him the key of the safe, threw il
out, seized the bag of money, put the
conductor aboard, suffered the tele-
graph operator, who said lie sould .'sce
the place in hip before he would stay
there any longer, to get aboard the
train, and then ordered the engineer to
pull out and not let the ties grow under
him. The train moved away and the
robbery was an accomplished fact.
The time occupied in it's commission
was about thirty minutes. Tho cngi
neer and some of those who inspected
those revolver lnuzzles thought it was
several hours, but they are influenced
witnesses.
AS soon as the train departed the
masked robbers gathered their horses
into squad, the leader served i part
ing warning upon the inmates of the
little depot not to stir for fear of their
lives, and then tho whole party rode
away in a southeasterly direction, ut
tering wild whoops of cXultation over
their success.
Tho postmaster and his companions
waited II few moments and then broke
open the door of their guar.lhouse and
issued forth to discuss the stirring
event. No trace of the robbers was
left behind. They had disappeared as
they had come, without announcing
their intentions, and tho citizens OF
Glendale had conjectures only to feed
upon. They could communicate with
no one by telegraph, for not only We're
the means of so doing destroyed, but
the operator had also disappeared, and
they had no knowledge of where he
had gone.
The first news of the robbery which
was received in this city was contained
in q telegram to the Times, sent from
Blue Springs, the next station cast Of
Glendale on the Chicago and Alton.
Before midnight the story had become
the property of every one who was up
on the streets.
liz 1OSS II lDc express company Is
not accurately known. Mr.. Treat, the
agent Of the company in this city, says
that he cannot even make an estimate
Of the same, as there was through mat
ter from the West, of which only the
messenger would have knowledge. 1t
is thought, however, that the figures
are very large, and it may be that
$4,000 will not make the company
good for the nights work of the rob-
berS.
Who they were: The descriptions
of the gang are very accurate copies
Of the portrait Of the notorious outlaw
and desperate who has made himself
so famous on Missouri soil-Jesse
James. He and one other man were
unmaskcd. The rest of the party,
eighteen in number, were masked. Ii
is believed by the officers of the coii-
pany that the work was performed un-
der the leadership of James Its bold
ness, the care and foresight displayed
in the arrangement of the details, and
the whole conduct of the successful nu-
dertaking, all point to him as the man
most likely to be the originator and
principal executor of the plan. 1t was
known that Jesse James was in this
city during one day of the fair, and il
seems not ut all improbable that he
has resumed his old profession in the
vicinity of his old stamping ground.
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