, 1881-07-17
This Celebrated Cabal of
Outlaws Again Startles
the Country.
A Rock Island Train Boarded
at Cameron, Mo-, by
Seven Desperadoes.
Heartless Murder Of Conductor
Westfau and a Pas
senger.
The Safe of the Express-Car
P1undered of Its Contents
About $4,000.
Abandonment Of the Train by the
Robbers a Mile Beyond
Winston, Mo.
Recitals Of the Horrible Affair by The Mcs.
senger, Car.Conductor, and
Passengers.
Official Accounts as Received at the
Railroad and Express Head
quarters.
Flight Of the Villains Across the
Country, and Details of a hot
Pursuit.
Recitals Of the Horrible Affair by The Mcs.
senger, car.Conductor, and
Passengers.
Official Accounts as Received at the
Railroad and Express Head
quarters.
Flight Of the Villains Across the
Country, and Details of a hot
Pursuit.
AN EYEWITNESS,
HE DETAILS TIE ROBBERY.

SPECIAL Dtsp4tch 70 Inc Chtto3o Tribune.
Davenport. Ia, July 1G.-One of the eye
witnesses of the robbery Of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific passenger train last
night was Mr.. c. II. Murray. the express
messenger. lie came i'll On his regular run
at IL O'Clock this morning, looking good
deal the worse for his encounter with the
desperadoes. Mr.. Murray has been in the ex-
press business for fifteen years. The last
six years he las been running on the South
western Division of the Rock Island, between
+ Davenport and Kansas City. Your repre-
sentative called upon Mr.. Murray at his
home, No. SO Ninth street, this afternoon,
and found him lying upon the sofa. In an
swer to your correspondents request he de-
tailed
THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT:
"We get our stuff at Kansas City, but on
last night we had very light trip of both
money and ght,-lighter than usual We
had seven bars of silver bullion, weighing
about 80 pounds apiece. At Cameron, Mo-,
we worked the Atchison train, giving and
receiving freight at that station. At Winston
the baggagenlan took OIL some freight, but
no express business was done there We
pulled out Of Winston, Conductor William
Westfall jumping On the head end of the
smoking-car to 60 through the train for
tickets, as he always does We left Winston
about on time, $3.50 o'clock. Being in the ex-
press-car did not see what transpired in
the smoker, but passenger told me as
follows:
A MASKED MAN AROSE FROM HIS SEAT
and, approaching the conductor as he CAME
along. said: "You are my prisoner" The
conductor had not time to make word of
reply when the stranger pulled out revolver
and shot him. The conductor reeled against
the seat, and attempted to go out the rear
door of the car, when the robber fired again.
Westfall managed to get out On the plat
form, where he fell down and rolled off the
car to the ground dead. After the report of
the shots the train suddenly stopped. We,
that is, I and the baggage-man, Frank
Stampes, were standing between two trunks
in the middle of the car at the time. Just
after the train stopped Baggagenan Stampes
stepped to the north-side door to see what
was the. matter. The door was open to al
nit Of ventilation, as the night was very
warm. Without warning Stampes
WAS GRABBED By THE LEGS
by four masked men. Their spokesman said:
tCome out, yon- of a A., come OUT at
this they pulled him out. When they got
him down on the ground they told him if lie
moved or spoke word they would kill him.
The robbers then shot into the express car
twice. Knowing pretty well what was conl-
ing, I had ensconced myself behind the
sample trunks. The four men then jumped
into our car and put the lights out AS they
did this got out of my place and went over
toward the locomotive end Of the car. The
robbers were looking for me, as heard them
say especially, 'Where is the other - OF Il
~. ,Sr,1-
ing probably had left the car. also deserted
it for the time being. I jumped up and
barred the end door next to the smoking car
and shut the south side door. Ihen barred
the door next to the engine.
THERE WAS SOME FIRING DONE AT THE CAR
while was locking the doors, but howmany
shots don't remember. One ball went
through the door, missing me BY about three
inches. After running about half a mile the
train came to stop, as it was started inlme-
diately after the road agents pulled the bag
gaeeman out Just as / was barring the out
side door, the last one of the four, the rob-
bers came to that side. Four Of them rushed
into the car and began shooting again. How
many shots they fired 1 don't know, but
afterward we counted twelve bullet-hoies in
that end of the car which we're shot OH the
inside. At almost every shot they would
keep up the yell, 'Come out, you = of
- kept my place, sQuattirg on the floor
till thought they had ceased firing; then l
rose up and said, Here am They. grabbed
me and Whirled me around several times and
DEMANDED THE KEY.
I gave it to them. One fellow went towards
the safe. then turned around, handed me the
key, and told Inc to unlock the safe. l. ula ela
SO at the point of four reyolvers, threw the
onvor hanl- and leaned IN against IEle SEuC