The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-09

then marched me and John Stealing. III
fireman, TO the express car and toId ne 4,
break the door down, which | aid Nag.
senger Fox had hidden in the weeds bv the
roadside, but they syore they wonI3 I'M
me II he d n not come out, and 90 / called
TOR him and he entered car with tvyo n ths
robbers, who forced ilIm 10 open Inc an.
and pour its contents into the sack, They
were disappointed in not getting NOR,
booty, and knocked Fox down twice witb
u bull and navy revolver, cutting his head
in q fearful manner, They then marched
US TO the coaches, where they kept us
covered with revolyens, while they robbed
the passengers. Afterthe last car was gone
through they marched us back to the
engine, when the leader said: "Now ret
back there. We will remove the
stones, You have been bully boy and
here is a little present for you,b and he
handed me two silver dollars. / told them
! would remove the distractions and the
gang skipped up over the embankment
and We're out Of sight in twinkling. In
going through the passengers each one was
made to hold mp their hands and what was
taken from them was put into a two bushel
sack, Which was nearly full Of watches.
money and other Mluabes, They did not
tdke anything from me- '
EXPRESS C0MpANY's LOSS. f.
A dispatch to the Associated Press from
u b. Treat Express Agent at Kansas City,
says; 1t cannot bo told how much money
the robbers got from the Company safes.
as they took all the way bills, but he thinks
the loss will not exceed n few hundred dol.
lars, Fox, the messenger, although very
badly wounded about the head, having re.
eeivGd several severe cuts, He left
Kansas City this morning for hIs
nome ~ st. Louis, where he will probably
be laid up for some time. He would not
give any Information Of the money he had
~ the safe, Information had Just reached
kansas City when this dispatch was writ
ten that Chief Of Police Speers, who went
out with a pose last night, has arrested six
Ofthg robbers. - - -
Coy, Crittenden issued proclamation
calling on the people to rise en- masse and
exterininate the train robbers. He has
gone to Kansas City To consult with the
authorities OF jackson county regarding
he apprehension Of the robbers, Fully u
thousand men are organized into posses
from Kansas City and from Jackson, IA.
hyette, Clay, Clinton and Saline counties,
and are now In the field under command
Of sheriiIs and Marshals rI.a
.rr.. NAMES or PAssESOERs ROBBED.
Among the passengers robbed are Dr.
Lemstron, Of Milwaukee, NJ. Mead, savau.
naho N, VI A. S, York, Council Bluff.
Mary l. Stafford, Humboldt, Neb.; Peter
Berry, Iowa; VIM. Haynes, Gunnison, Col;
]. \. Long, st. Louis; L. A. Yerkes, Detroit
julia und Fannie Smith, indianapolis; Mrs'
Ellington, Mrs IIaley Davis and Mrs. Dan.
kin, Leroy, n, Y,;P,' Poets, Holyoke; Thos.
Shields, Chicago; J. III. Turbush,
Chicago Nathan Perry, John O'I3rlen, wife
and daughter, Penn Yam, N. Y; G. H.
Brown, Jordan, N. Y; o. "A. Grimneald,
4. Wickes, Col Joseph Harris, Chicago; 4,
y. Davis, Albany n. Y; +. A. Smith, Chi.
Gago. q. H. Camp, Of the Fort Scott 4 Gulf
lMilroad, was accompanying party OF
thirty'fve land buyers from New York,
who were going TO Kansas to make pur.
chases Including Mr.. Camps loss the
robbers obtained from.the party between
three'und four thousand dollars