The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-09
A WILD WESTERN WAY
OF BELIEVING TEDlous TRAVELLING
On the PraIFies Of the Far .West-ROB.
bers Reckoning with the Money.
ed Passengers on a Chicago
.- aud Alton Train Near
Kansas city, No.

Kansas city, No.
ST.. LOUIS September S.-The Rpubli
eGH'sIndependence, No., special, receiyeda
haltpast 5 o'clock this morning, says: Pas
sengcr train No, 4son the Chicago 4 Altor
railroad was stopped and robbed by twelve
masked men, four miles east OF Indepen
dence and fourteen miles from Kansa.
City, at9 o'clock last night, The express
car was broken open and the messenger
for refusing to give mp the key to the safe
was so terribly beaten that he can not live.
The amount taken Is not known, but Is ".
timated from s., 1000 to $4,000, After 90.
ing through the express car, all the passen.
gers were robbed Of money and watches,
amounting 10 several thousand dollars
The robbers, being armed, kept up u con.
tinual firing OF pistolsto intimilate the pas.
sengers. Several shots were fired ut Conduc.
tor Hazelbaker, but he escaped un-
h9r, The wholeaHair occupied less tllRn
fifteen minutes and was done very syste-
matlcallyo After securing tho booty the
whole party rode of into the woods. The
train men made u show Of resistance, hut
being unarmed they oould effect nothing.
The spot selected for the cold decd Is in u
dense woods, two miles from any hahita-
tion The train WINS stopped BY rcd
lantern and obstl1lGtiDns OH the track The
trail ran into Kansas! !Cityygaye the alarm.
Chief OF Police Speers started at once with
fifty men on horseback. A special train
with posse under Marshal Murphy, also
went Immediately To tho scene of the
robbery, and largelbodles OF men ara being
sent out from all points in every direction.
The whole country was aroused and in.
tense excitement prevails G "
The leader Of the party answers thedes-
crlption of the leader Of the party that
robbed the Chicago 4 Rock Island train
at Winston Julyl7 ~ '' -
LATER DETAILS, "
The following further particulars are re-
ceived: The trhir was the west bound ex-
press and had about one hundred passen.
gers on board, all'of whom lost something
and many teheayily, Frank Lombard,
news agent Of the. .tralp, made the following
statement: was sitting IN the smoking
car talking to conductor Jack Hazelbakcr
We were on the up grade four miles from
independence. All ot d sudden the train
came to stop. We heard voices and pis-
tol shots, and saw lanterns flashing; we
knew the train robbers were on US. Hazel.
baker ran back into the train and warned
the passengers. They were all looking out
Of the windows till the robbers ordered
them to pull In elrhgads and keep quiet.
The robbers had stopped the train BY put
ting an obstruction on the ruil and sigual-
ing. am surethete were dozen Of them,
although some Ofthe passengers place the
number at sixteen. Everybody was panic
stricken and helpless. | run out OF the car
and found men guarding the engineer and
fireman. They were poorly masked, but
all armtd with rifles. 'lThey we're swearing
loudly and shooting at random. Someof
them passed into tho mail cur but didn't
touch anything. Express Messenger Fox
In the meantimGh hid barriCaded the express
cur. They climbed upand run aroundand
began to shoot. They then broke into the
car and knocked Fox down by violent
blow OH the head They robbed the safe
of everything. ran back into the shok-
ing car and hid most OF my money. The
robbers came hi and ordered me to lie
down. did so. They showed a sttt' to
my head and told me to fork over. I
said my money WINS under the cushion.
They told me to- get It and eot II III a
hurry, you bet. They then went back to
the other cars and made u wholesale rob.
berry OF money, watches and jewelry.
Some OF the passengers secretHd their
money, but tho great majority lost all. The
ladies were compelled to sit down ON the
floor, and some Of them had their earrings
tnken from their cars and many lost all
their jewelry. One man lost $3.50. III the
meantime q freight train was coming up
behind, and lsartoh, tho bmkehan, ran
down the cut with q storm Of balls after
him, stopped the train and probably saved
many lives. After the cars were gone
through the robbers jumped oiTand struck
for the timber, where their horses were.
The men In front helped the train men to
roll of the obstruction and then jOihed
their companions. / should say we stood
still hafan hour. .,.l Dl g.'IltuH
SAVED PROM A GREATER DISASTER.
Frank Burton, tile brakeman, sdidi II
was standing on the front platform Of the
sleeper when the train stopped and 1
heard voices and oatlis Oh the back plat.
form. | said, we are going 70 be robbed
Then one Of the robbers said, 'We are
coming in and going through you all.'n
II remembered tint the freight train was
Just behind us and heard Il coming UP.
| jumped off and ran with my lantern
down the track. They commenced shoot
Ing at Inc. The bullets whistled all around
me and struck the rails and stones. They
mtist have fired. twenty-five shots. The
engineer cried, For, Gods sake don't
shoot the boy, he Is saving the lives of
these people, Then one Of them threw
up his arms and cried, stop shootingp III
rolled into the cut and waved my lantern.
The train was stopped only Il cars length
Of. When ! came back the robbers said,
i'EIave you lost ahytlllng21 answered a.
ty cents. He gave, me 81; 90 cents for In.
trrest. Then 1heard one Of the robbers
say TO the engineer "Choppy Fotte, you're
too good tnail to keep iip this kind Of
business. Here's two dollars TO buy drink
in the morning. and drink II for Jesse
Jaines. warn yoti that you will he killed
II you don'tleave this road We are going
TO tear up and burst the Alton 4 Rock IL.
land roads, for they have been offering re-
wards for tiA We have no grudge against
the Plillman's and will switch off their
cars and burn all the rest / am the nun
who killed WestlAke at Winston. lie was
too smart, and drew a. a.reyolyer." .f
Burton did not believe Il was Jesse
James OF any of his gahg. They ali acted
green at the business, and lie thought that
they were men living IN the vicinity, They
all seemed voting, md made no attempt 10
disguise theit voices, Tile passengers tell
substantially the same story IA above. /
Z ESatSEEh FootB's STORY.
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