The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01

mics. The end Is not yet.
Another Daring Train Robbey.
About 10 o'clock on Friday nigh Of last
week, on the Iron Mountain railroS, IN the
woods midway between the towns of Hope
and Emmett, some fifteen miles moth or Lit
tie Rock Arkansas, occurred anothe' of those
bold train robberes which Of late VARS have
become so frequent in the southwest. The
robbery was the work of five youn; despera-
does, the oldest apparently not over 81, two OF
them taking charge of the engine, vhlle the
other three went through the train robbing
the passengers and the express car. lConduc-
tor Whiteside who had charge of The train,
gave a reporter the following account of the
affair:
When was pulling out of Hopetwo men
got on rs the train started Atterwarl another
ran out of a saloon and got on the tnln, join
ing the other two. On gong through the
tram found the three In one OF ihe extra
coaches there being several extras The train.
There were no other passengers in tff car, ex-
cept lady and gentleman. / walled up to
the men, and asked tor their tickets. One of
W
merrctt" pronouncing the name of tip station
incorrectly, IT being Emmett Told llm, and
he paid the passage for the three. lie asked
one Of his companions for pocketb3k, and
1t having nothing IN it the other HANDED him
another, from which he took money ald paid
the fare. This man, who was the leader, had
black mustache. / went back intC the Ia
dies car. The lady who was in tlfre SAID
they got up and followed me, stopping at the
door and drinking from bottle. Tlen they
opened the door and went out, and came into
the car where | was They walked up behind
me. The one with the mustache cred out;
Il want your change | thought they were
halt drunk and turned around to make them
be quiet, when | saw their revolveH. The
leader then said, looking at me: we mean
business; we don't want to hurt anyone; we
only want your change l turned to walk
away, when he brought the revolver down on
me, saying: 1--WE want your money first l.
ran my hand into my pocket and handed HIM
about Sl5 III silver. Give me your green
backs, ouckr he continued. Il have none
told him, and that saved them, for he did not
search me. Go along, now and he stepped
behind me, the other two getting ahead. lry
proceeded to rob the passengers, calling for
change, and occasionally giving back $3or
81 to victims They gave back SEQ to one man
from whom they took $500. They did not rob
more than ten or fifteen passengers. One man
bluffed them off with so cents. When went
into one car, where | knew John Pollock, who
has charge of the ice.Cars, and who generally
carried several hundred dollars, was asleep, |
called out to him, giving him an opportunity
to save something, saying: Get out your
money, john He handed the robber s45 or
$50, throwing roll of $500 under the seat
They then pushed me along into the Pullman
sleeper, and banged the door open, taking
very loud. Conductor Carr came running up
to US and said: "Shut up that racket or you
will wake my passengers The Leader drew
his gun on the conductor and compelled HIM
to shell out $40, which he said was all he had.
They did not rob the sleeping car pass.n gers,
and did not even wake them up, rs they were
IN great hurry. noticed in the sleeper they
all wore SLOUGH hats, pulled well down. Leay-
ing the sleeper, they marched me back through
the entire train to the express car This car Is
combined express and baggage car, and the
door is not kept locked. The service is done
by the Iron Mountain company on this train,
the Southern Express company only running
messenger on Nos. and 3 The leader said,
If any one makes move you'll getit,' crowd.
ing me along with his revolver. | said
Throw up your hands, Ben; If you shoot, I'm
a goner' | was compelled to do this, tor there
was one revolver in my tace and the muzzles
of two others against my head. They made
Sain unlock the safe, and took the packages
themselves, tearing open the envelopes. The
messengers purse, containing $40, they also
appropriated. After going through the safe
one said Now show us good place to get
Ionf;' and they got oil right where they robbed
the tram, about four miles north Of Hope, and
the same distance south of Emmett. When
h,l c1; nod hn mi ap L mo nj tbp
leader yelled out: Now 90, and be damned
qulck' George Stanton, the engineer, who
had been standing out on the ground watch
ing the robbery, started to get back ON the en-
gine, and no; moving fast enough to suit the
ldesperadoes they fired a volley at hun, or the
engine. | was in the baggage car, and fired
tour OF five times out of the door to make the
passengers get their heads away from the win
ldows, for did not know but they might fire
into the cars as we went past them. bly, bag
gageman, Ford, told them he had no money
They did not even search him. One passen
ger, negro, said, to the demand for change
Use paid once, boss thinking the robber wa:
the conductor. They went on right past him
The report that they had coniedcrates on the
train believe is mistake The robbery took
place about 10 o'clock. The delay was moi
over fifteen or twenty minutes. The robbers
were strangers at Hope, and had been there
but few hours. 1t was known they spent O
good portion OF the day at the Hope water
tank, three miles north of Hope, where they
had horses. The tram, however, did not stop
at the tank, so they left their horses and went
TO town. The total amount secured by the
robbers from the passengers and express com.
lpany Is in the neighborhoOd Of $4,000.
The railroad and express company and Gov.