, 1881-09-24
Armed Mon In Pursuit. OF the Ec0un.
drcts-Escapo IIulfcycd 10 10
Impossible.
Gov. Churchill ind tho Railroad Company
Offer Rewards Aggregating.
S10,500,

"Ali throw up I,aitlstn Tile robbers nil b.
[ng young, tho oldest apparently not 70, the
conductor turned laughingiy aud told then,
to behave themselves.
+suY O., WE yEAN t}us1SEsstn
answered thu lentlur. "Up with your
lNhusl" ntll Il cUllple of rcvotvcrs wuro
uluerG uunfust The uo,,t111ctor'a hnnt1. 'rhnv
robbct linl aild marched through the tuIn
to tho rear, lcallng Tho conductor with
then, ami kcep!lu. rcyolyers Mt Ills llead In
cucIl cur, announcing tl,a5 thu conductor
woull l,e instantly killed II any Disturbance
was rtliscd. Ncaulug The sieepl,tx-,,.r, tho
conductor Ut That coacI wus robbed, aid tic
passengers not 1nu1estc,l, latlips were to|t
to keep uuipt, they wollI not bu robbed. and
tho men informed tint watches aid Icwelry
werc mt wanted, lii tho uxprcss-cur Mes.
sc,ger SaIu, tu suyo tic conductors life.
was
COMPELLED 70 OPEN THE SAFE,
which they robbed Of stu, 900, mostly tic conf
pany's money, roNlttances of agcnts III
Texas, golng to ST. Louis.
col. II. u. l1oxic, GoMeral Manager Ut tho
St. Lostis t. Iron Mountain lsu.ttl, Superln-
tOntent buchanan, aid The IlOt. q. Il. Moure,
Attorney-Gcnural uf tho State, called on Gov.
Churchill tlIis afternoon alld held coJssuttu-
tiDn, and tho company offered S5VtW each
md the State ShO0 zach for tho capture OF tho
robbers. Churchill left on 4 specIul ntI
o'clock this cycniu. for the SCENE of the rob-
bpry, and will command II pursuit. III parsn,
Tho pass.,,,gccs los. about S3,OOo. Tic rol,-
bers woro M masks.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Special pt.paseh to 7;s Chtc4ao Tribune
NEWPORT, Ark, Sept. G.-At II o'cluck
last night tllo train Oh tho Iron A1ounta.a
l1uilroad, willis Gu roi.te Tor st. Louis, WIS
stopped near Hope by five masked men, ono
Of whom took ci,irgo OF tho engineer ,yhilo
the others entered the eypress-car, present.
ing revovcrs at thu head of tho express mes.
scl,ger, and tlemu,lliux that the suro be t,,-
stailtly opu,,ed. Tho t1c,r,nntl was after brlcf
representations coupled with, a,d tho ruiz
bors carefully exuntueu the s,fe. abstrutt-
lng tho yaluobles anil tossing them 1ntn I,
sack Which one uf them lcld. 1t was stated
tllat they secured S1Y0o0. Aftor ut,ine
through tho express tEloy entered the mas
srugcr ears, calling out In Il Threatening tul,e.
"uo1,p III. Yo,1,, HAMS
II YOU value yo,tr ltyesn Many of thu nas-
sel,snrs ware nat awnro oY wl1nt wns nn,nt-
oil In the rcur cars, u1,d tho nppeuratlca Of
tho robbers createtl MI almost Understandable
panic. Men utte,nntctf to xnr,nr from, tia
wiudnws nf t]n r,rs wo,ne,, ' acrea,ne,l mai n,nt mi
tried to secroto themselves ,,ntIur tho scnta.
Everybody was terrified, und nobody offered
tn lfft II tfuror In resistance 4 unsannrrr
from w,uu, yol,r torresuon,ent nhtuI,,otl
tho psrttculurs gnld lo cayt III hts Dnrkot.
book containing over 500 II, nancy md two
checks fur S4U0 and 500 respectively almost
mechanically. Tho pAssenEers wrro
LITERALLY sriltprEn Of EVERYTHING
In tile SHINE Of yaluublps. Ono ,nnn sltpucd
II nackuue of s.. .}oo undar tim sent nnd tIus
saved It, but the bulk of tho travellers lid
moi cnn,,n,, left tn INV for thelr hran,.foat
Vhe robburs occunIud SCARCELY lulf nm l,onr.
,rbnv ,lnrte,i otf fnta tlla woods M snon ma
tl,oy hu,l f,un,njnted tieir wpr,. aud t,Io m.
gIusr nt o1,ru rn,l tl,o train lnto Ltttlo l,,,c;