, 1881-07-17

whether they killed the conductor as .
means Of creating panic SO as to have q
better chance Of going through the cal, with
safety, Ut whether they had some special OBJ
ject in getting him out Of the way, I can't
tell. | cannot fancy that they had any en-
nifty against Wesrtall, who was very pop
ular conductor, yet the remark made to him
seems to imply that they had made up their
minds for some reason TO kill him.
IL cannot see what object they had In
killing Mcmillan, the mason. The chances
are that, rs he had been working in the
neighborhootl. he had become acquainted
of the robbers. Possibly he betrayed himself
into 4 nomentary recognition OF one of them,
OF the way"
t,,., pq yS ,l tHnk s.. the James boys had any
cannot tell. The man who shot the
conductor was Of medium hight, thin face,
full but not long wlliskers, gray coat and vest,
and low-cr0wned black hat. None Of the
men were >ked. One Of them hal a hand
car, AMI may become 4 clew by which the
robbers may be discovered. It seems to mo
that there ought to be Il. good chance to
catch these men. If they do not do so feel
upon train: All they got FROM their rob
berry was $1,000; you may say $500. us the
BALANCE WAS j $1,000 bond which they will
not be able to dispose Of. Supposlng that ten
Gen "eae sc ~ .a;a utu a1i"t, ..,,n VIZ ~
enough to take them out OF the country.
Under these circumstances the gang will be
very desperate and very really to risk their
lives again for another stake"
J, II, N'cLEARY,
of Kansas City, who boarded the train at
that place for the purpose OF coming to Chr
cago, said:
Il saw very little OF the shooting. I heard
4 shut lust after we passed Winston, and
% JueG 9p an tru uoher ~ ttU fonr 'uE fa,nus aen
& h az" a;.,ia t;T;n'9 - III thoir n;"tots srh..
..,'t' ~ ~ t,,at ~ ~; !, ;no tn'. saamaI
scarnd tn death Hiy. stout men crnwied
s}.,,,., ~, ~, 49,, Hnor ,nd fr;i to oar un,1ar tha
seats. One lello" naa Wsto! VIII ninl'
ana lie called onI from MS htnins-ptace De
tween twn seats, IS ne showed the weapon
does anybody want it? Anybody can have
it, Nobody wanted the pistol, however, and
lie laid it upon the windowSil ready for the
robbers to CAPTURE wien thew should arrive.
..srhe W hr,Enman If he car rocted nnhfv-ar
~ 16n,', ~ n.,a1 uv aors,a ois ,,;H
ie1sl one u en. naeo neol t ;s+ NIX oiu. ID
went among me women anu cnliaren, ana
quieted their fears. us much as possible
Then, sou know, when the robbers got pos
session Of the train they started it OFT at
terrible rate of speed. which would soon
have c.,nseI II tn RIM riff a high trpstle 4 liz
rio way ahead, Brakeman Cole rushed at
$EEas1 RI tlrt istt
i'm. remarEino. tThat viii sim Won. Won
e1'ue enn"nIrnis The fro;n di sfoc}. m nm
siderably then for q few min utes. but then il
Started OF again. During ths slack running
hoscI ute tn the ' 'front.' nart If tha ~ enr1ne
i,,mned nff and manareti tn gnt IN tha hack
..nH If lie train. We we're Mi 80 we'll plrased
at TIN, nerve Iisplayed by The brakeman that.
when We cot to Galatin. a number Of thu
r. -: 80 r. - ..t;.1ss..~a
oftar,var,is Sinnci nv MI the nassenrers WIN
ta,,l., ha aronse, from their sleen t6 IN an
ia i1are Is Isl the resolution. "'~~f S'
A- ' ~ "oy HOARD THE CHICAGO, RocK)
' jnlv IL 81.
~wo tha undersigned do hereby resolve that
the brakeman. Mr. George Cole. deserves tn4
highest praise for his bravery and heroic con-
tender our sympathy to the perceived relatives
and frtenaS ol otr nntoftnnate ana orave NY con-
dnctoE, MI!inm i messs'; ~ "ao 9sGa " M pssi'
wi,ftnH, nTnrxc M:r." r Marin Knn.sas NV. "
r. R Rockveil. J. +. Corie. Kansas City; Scott j.
ANTHONY, A. % Denver, Colo: ". B. Everhnrt, Kansas
City: Eld. Robert Smith, j. E. Hill. Iowa: Miss
Flora snider. Iowa: j. E. 1Ianktns, w. DIehl.
Charles F. Chase, J. 3. McClceIy. kansas City:
n. F. CARPENTER, y: =. nemingwas' I; ". :" n.!-
man. Ge95xo & a. afnstFong' stn 4 r fdao t.Eon IA
SatSnn, s. ,,.as nne hrava man that brakeman and
o ,esrt iS mi's ofroiJ to mt his head mt nf tha
Mg Msr ~, sn 1hpt ~ eoinp IN nt the
time. Men twice as big wouldn't peep out
from under car-seat for any money"
"1low many do You think were engaged IN
the robbery"'
."They said that there were five men In the
three on the engine Then there were the
couple that the Canadian saw ]eapng Up
from the fence. guess there were fully III
teen or sixteen robbers in ali-'