The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-09-15

gorge ct once Several Of the passengers were
treated roughly and several we're thumpnd OF.
the head, but zone were injured to any serious
extent. All rejoice at getting off SO easily
4 Gov. Crittenden has issued q proclamation
calling upon the people to riso EN- masse and
externlinate the. train robbers. He has gone to
Kansas City to consuls with the authorities of
jackson county regarding the apprehension ct
a posse from Kansas City, Jackson, Lafayette,
Clay, Ray, Clinton and SAlena counties and are
now in the field
THE ENGINEERS STORY
ST.. LOUIS, Sept 8-The Post-Dispatch has
a Kansas City special which gives description
of the robbery which differs somewhat from
those already sent 1t is by L Foote, the en- I
glneer, and is as follows:
Between three and four miles east of Independ- !
ence is deep cut. which the Missouri Pacific
rack crossed the Chicago & Alton, and it was Just
before entering this part Of the cut tnat saw pile
was stick, to which was attached a red flag. and
behind the whole stood the leader of the robbers
OF course stopped. I was then approached by
step down off that engine and do as
Il tell you, or I will kill YOU,
He then told me to get the coal pick, which did
after some pareying; but as his revolver was
pointed at my head could not refuse to obey.
They then marched me aud John Steding. the fire
door down, which Idid Messenger Fox had hid
den in the woods by the roadside, but they swore
they would kill me if he wouldn't come out, SO !
called for him, and he entered the with two of
the robbers, who forced him to open the safe and
pour its contents into a sack.
rHLY WERE DISAPPOINTED AT NOT GETTING
1855 MORE BOOTY.
aud knocked Fox down twice with the butt of re-
volver, cutting his head in fearful manner. They
then marched us to the coaches where they kept us
covered with revolvers while they robbed the pas
saugers.. After the last gone through, they
marched us back to the engine, when the leader
said now get back there. We will remove the
Sfr
here's little present for you, aud he handed me
two silver dollars I told them would remove the
distinctions, and the entire gang skipped over the
-mbankment and We're out of sight in a twinkng.
In going through the passengers. each Que was
made to hold up his hands, and what was taken
from them put into a two bushel SACK which
was nearly full of Watches money aud other yalu-
| ables.
THE NEWS AGENTS EXPERIENCE
| The train was the west bound express, and
had about 100 passengers on board, all of
whom lost something. and many quite heavily.
Frank Lombard, news agent of the train made
the following statement: @
was sitting in the smoking ing car talking with
Conductor Jack EaZelbaker. We We're on the up
i grade, q mile from Independence, when ali Of q
sudden the train came to a stop, and we heard
and sho ana naw
| we're on us. Hazelbaker ran back into
the train and warned the passengers; They were
1 al! looking out OF the windows until the robbers
ordered them to pull in theic heads and keep quiet.
The robbers had stopped the train by putting OBJ
i structions the track. am sure there was a
dozen Of them, although some Of the PASSENGERS
place the number at sixteen. Everybody was
panic stricken ana helpless. ran out of tie car
and found men questioning the engineer and fire.
Henry rihes They were swearing loudly and
shooting at random. Some of them passed into the
mail car but did not touch . anything.
caded the express car They climbed upon
the car and ran around and began to shoot They
then broke into the car and knocked him down by g
| nix hips,r hal Z rpe hoI ha
everything and ran back to the smoking car and lc
most of the money. The robbers came in and or
Ordered se
q said my money was under q cushion. and they tolo
me to get it, and ! got it in a. hurry. They wen
4 back to the other cars and made a wholesale
robbery of money, watches, ana iewe!ry. Some O
1.-The passengers secreted their money, but thu
majority lost ALL The ladies were compelled to 81
. down on the floor. and some had their ear-rlng
taken from their ears and many lost their jeweiry
One man lost $4,000. In tho meantime freight
train was coming up behind US. and Burton. the
| brakeman, ran down the track with storm Of bull
lets behind him, aud stopped the train, and prob
, ably saved many lives. After the cars were gon
through the robbers jumned off and struck for tn
timber, where their horses were. The men in from
helped the train men to remove the obstruction
from the track. and then Joined their companions
should say we stood still half an hour
FRANK BURTON, BRAKEMAN.
Frank Burton said:
was standing on the front platform ofthe sleep
er when the train stopped, and heard voices an
oaths on the back platform. | said: We are q
going to be robbed. Then one of the robbers erie
t out: We are coming in and gong through 20
: all. Remembered that a freight train ju:
! behind. and as heard it coming up I jumped o
! and ran with my lantern down the track. They con-
,nencel shooting at me: The bullets whistle; ,S
around me and struck the rails and stones. The
: must have fred twenty-five shots. The enginee
: saving the lives of those people. Then one (
e them threw up one Of his arms and cried: "Sto
shooting rolled into the car aud waved my lar
tnr or nod prIx naW
you lost anything?" / answered. Fifty cents.
obSe4s snsps Taen aeard
70 keep - this business a Here Hs arc S
2 Jesse James. warn you you will be killed if yo
i don't leave this road We going to tear up an
= burst the Alton and Rock Island roads. for the
4 grudge against the Pulmans and Twill switch Q
their cars and burn all the rest. am the man wi
killed Westake at Winston :, He was too smart al
. Jesse james or any of his gang. They all acte
= green st the business and he thought they we
e II voices. az
Tbs passengers tell substantially the san
story as above.
: The process Of So bdiyiding the lare
= plantations into smaller farms is going o
Ii steady in the south. In Mississippi, fl
9 instance, there were AZ, $40 plantations
I. 1860, and the average number Of acres
!. each was $40. Ten years later there wei
6S, O23 farms, the average area Of eac
being 1913 acres. In 1880 the number
: farms was e, 205, averaging 1875 acres eacl
s While the area Of cultivated land is LEI
3 than it was in 1860, the production Of Co
a ton is. nearly twice as great. The censt
K of 1880 will doubtless show q still great
@ change in the domestic economy Of Il