Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-06
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| An Iron Mountain Train flunuereo Near
Hope, Ark.-Three Beardless Boys Cap
ture the Entire Outht-About 81, 600 in
| Cash Taken.
| LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Sept. %.
Yesterday afternoon three rather good
looking country boys, young in years, ar
rived at Hope Station on the Iron Mountain
Road, Hampstead County, about 100 miles
south of this city. They spent the afternoon
about the saloons Of that place drinking and
playing cards. At $3.50 last night they board
ed passenger train No. bound north, due
in st. Louis o-night, in charge OF Conduc-
tor Whitesides. Two Of the robbers got on
the train as it started off, and the third, VINO
afterward proved to be the leader, ran out
Of kohn's saloon and jumped on the tram
when it was moving quite rapidly. He went
in and joined his companions, and all took
seats in a coach in which were but two pas
sengers besides themselves, lady and gen.
tleman. There were several extra coaches
in the train, going back to st. Louis nearly
| empty. The robbers did their work with
| remarkable c,olness and recklessncss. They
made no attack on the passengers, and car
ried out n new plan. They told the passen-
gers that they intended to hurt no one, and
that they were accountable for the life OF the
Conductor. They kept two revolvers ut his
head all the time, and told the passengers
that the slightest move would cost the life OF
the Conductor.
THE CONDUCTOR'S STORY.
Conductor Whitesides says: 81 found the
| robbers in one of the extra coaches, and
when went to them for tickets one Of the
party paid fare for all three to Emmett Sta
ton, the first point north Of Hope. The
leader spoke the name of the station rs IL
spelled Emerett, showing that he was not
familiar with the country. went on past
them toward the rear Of the train, when
they got up, and, after taking drink from
| bottle ut the door, followed me into the
ladies' coach. They were not masked, and
/ had no idea they were desperadoes.
turned around to order them to be quiet,
| when revolver was cooked In my
face and one Of them cried out,
Put up your hands; we want your spare
| Change 1 still thought the boys were
| spreeing, and smiled at them, when one,
| jerking his revolver nervously, said: I'VE
mean business and don't want to hurt you,
but we want your change mighty quick
started to move away, when the robber
nearest me said, I'VE want your wealth
first 1 ran my hand in my coat pocket and
handed them SIG i'm silver but no greenbacks.
| 'Greenbacks we WANT he continued, and
told him had none, and they didn't search
me; in fact, they searched no one, simply
ordered one and all to shell out. John Pol
lock, the foreman Of the ice ears, had nearly
81, 900 and got off with nearly all of it, throw
| ing it under the seat and giving the robbers
$50. The robbers, after going through the
ladies' car, crowded me into the Pullman
sleeping-car, the passengers in which had
retired. A great deal of noise was made en-
tering the sleeper, one of the robbers YELL
ing out, Throw up your hands, The car
conductor came running to the door, and
said, shut up this racket, or you will wake
my Pn asssenser u.s. The youngest OF
the sleeping-car conductor, and told
! him to shell out. He handed over SO.
They then looked into the car, and saw |.
all made up and no one in sight. They then
said, Don't wake the passengers. Let 'em
Sleep 1 was then told to face around.
! They marched me back through the train,
two robbers behind and one i'm front. We
made no stops until they reached the express
car. This car, on the night train. is n COM
| bined express and baggage car, and can not
be kept locked. They made me enter the
| car first, with three revovers at my head.
| Express Messenger Sain made rush Mt us
with n revolver, and was compelledt to tell
HlIll 10 supp III OlucI W saNc oNh
While two Of them guarded us the other
went through the safe, tearing open pack
age after package, and throwing the en-
velopes into the safe. They got out of
| the safe upward Of SIG, 900, and in their
haste overlooked one package, the re-
mitttance Of the TcXnrkana agent, con-
tanning $4,000. The money stolen
was mostly remittances Of agents on the
Texas a. Pacific and International Railroads
on the way to st. Louis headquarters. After
| the robbery the men got off, climbed an en-
| bankment and told the conductor TO leave,
and be - quick about it, Engineer
| George Stanton, who had been down on the
ground watching the performance, then
the gang said, Quick, - yOii,' and a vol
ley of bullets ratified up against the loco
motive. He pulled out ut once, and several
shots were fired into the cars, hitting no one.
! Walter Ford, the baggagc-master, got off
| free, telling them he had no money. A ne
gro passenger said to the robbers, 'I'se
| done paid once, boss thinking the conduc-
tor was calling on him second time. The
robbers all laughed and let him or"
A BIG REWARD OFFERED.
General Manager Hoxie, Assistant Super
intendent Dudley and Division !Superintend-
ent Buchanan were on q special behind
the train that was robbed. At Prescott
l. HOXie hired men with horses to pursue the
| robbers. Between IL and 1 to-day Hoxie
had a consultation with Governor Churchill
| in this city, the result Of which is that HoXie
offers reward of S., 900 each for the cap
ture of the men, and the State effers $500 for
each. The Governor and several others
| left for the scene Of the robbery ut O'Clock
| this afternoon, where pursuit will he con-
| tinued under the direction OF the Executive
| in person. Reports from Southwest Arkan-
sas are that the people are up en- masse in
pursuit of the desperadoes.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Ben F. Sain, the express messenger, says:
"The leader asked me for the key Of the
safe, ut the same time pointing u revolver
directly Mt me. / took the key out of my
pocket, when he ordered me to open the
safe. I did so, and he proceeded to 90
through the contents of the safe, while The
other two stood with cooked revolvers point
ed at me and the conductor. The amounts
taken consisted Of one package Of SIS, $50,
and another package of $40, all in charge OF
the Express Company. belonging to the Iron
Mountain Railroad Company. One of the
packages left behind contained about 49,.
900.
Each of the robbers had light hair and
smooth faces and wore black felt hats, but
had no masks on. They appeared 10 he ar