Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-11-27
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
A Supposed Accomplish of Mckinney, tho
Murderer Of Cooper, Captured.

For some time past 1t has been
known to Sheriff Rowland that an
attempt would be m ade to rob the
railroad office at San Fernando.
On two occasions he was apprised
that the robbery would be perpe-
trated on certain nights and be
went to San Fernando to capture
the robbers, but his presence becom-
ing known, the robbers did not ex.
ecute their purpose. Learning that
q third attempt had been planned
for last Thursday night the Sheriff
rode out to San Fernando on the
locomotive of the emigrant train,
slipped into the station house and
concealed himself without being
seen by any one but the agent.
Shortly after midnight masked
man entered the Office and COM
manded Mr.. driswo!d, the agent,
who had not yet gone to
bed, to throw up his, hands
and give him all the money
In the Office. At this point
the Sheriff stepped to the
door of the room in which he was
concealed and, covering the robber
with pistol, said: "Throw up
your hands and surrender The
robber turned suddenly and as he
did So reached down as il for an
other pistol, when the Sheriff, who
was in the doorway of another
room about fifteen feet from and
four feet higher than the office,
fired. The robber staggered back
as though hit and fell through the
door into the warehouse. This
room being dark and the Sheriff
knowing that the man was
armed and not knowing
whether he was seriously
wounded or only playing postum,
went round to the outer door so as
to approah him from another di.
rection. Some little time was oc i.
cupled in opening the door and
when be entered the room expect
ing to find, if not a dead man, at
least one seriously wounded, the
robber had gathere himself up and
escaped. A vigorous search was at
once instituted, but without find
ing any trace of the robber, and it
is supposed that he must have had
horse near at hand, which he
mounted and made good his es-
cape.
After fruitless search the Sheriff
and two men who had been in the
Station with him and who, by the
way, could easily have killed the
robber, both being armed with
shotguns loaded with buckshot,
had they not supposed from his &C.
ton that the Sheriff's ball had fin
ished him, returned to the office
and on exam ination found that the
ball from the Sheriff's pistol had
struck the floor at an angle and
glanced up, lodging in the wains-
coating.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Rowland
knowing that the man, to avert
suspicion, would return to this
city, telegraphed to Under Sheriff
Rays to have him arrested. This
duty was intrusted to Deputy Ling,
who, about noon, found his man
walking unconcernedly along Main
street and took him into custody.
He will be taken back to San Fer.
nando by the Sheriff to-day for ex-
animation before a Justice of the
Peace at that place.
The name of the would be robber
is Nelson Dupuy, who is we'll
known at San Fernando, having
worked for farmers in that neigh
borhood for some months. In adj
dition to the crime for which he is
now under arrest, he is believed te
have been with Mckinney OIL the
night the latter murdered Cooper
and to have assisted him in maxi
ing his escape He is also supposed
to know McKinney's present hid
ing place and it il thought his OBJ
ject in attempting to rob the rail
road station was to raise funds to
enable the murderer to leave the
country.