Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-19
EASTERN DISPATCHES
Tho Missouri Train Robbery "A
Passengers Account Of tho

Affair.
Rock ISLAND. July ls.-E. L. Martin
Of Ksnsas City. who WAS one Of the
passengers on the train which was
robbed near winston's Station the other
night. gives the following graphic state
msnt OF the affair:
The train left Kansas City at $50
Friday evening. and consisted Of six
carr we'll allied with passengers. inolud.
ing q sleepins car. Supper was furnish
ed ct the regular eating station, and no
event seemed to excite the suspicion Of
the passengers or train men until Win.
ston was reached, which was ct $50
o'clock P. n. At that station four
rouph.appearing men got on the train
with hsndkerehisfs held about their
faces, 20 a. to partially conceal their
features. The nrst intimation the pas.
ssngsrs received that anything was wrong
Was the cry. "All aboardl" which ap.
peared to be the signal. At that instant
The four men. a. well % several others
who had come from Kansas City and
Cameron, made . rush for tie engine
and for the conductor. Charles W.stfall.
Firing was heard on the front cars as
we'll a. on the engine, and then the train
VA put In motion ct the rate OF forty
milss an hour.
On giving the signal two Of the men
made Tor the first coach. where the con.
ductor was standing. One Of the men
went up to conductor Wsstfall. and
pointing a pistol at him. said /: lyon
are the man I want" and hrsd: The
ball struck Westfall In the arm. bat did
not prove fatal. wsstfsll attempted to
run, and 90 he did SO the robber hred
twice at him. Westfsll reached tbs
platform, when . second robber hred q
shot which killed him instantly. The
conductor fell dead on the platform.
he was wounded In several places, but
the last shot took effect 10 his brain.
producing almost instant death. Three
OF the robbers started for the engine.
with tho intention OF shooting the en-.
einssr and taking possession Of the on.
Rine. The engineer seemed to spprs.
bend that there wal danger. - on the
approach OF the trio be started back on
the engine and ssorsted himself 10 the
tender. A stonemsson by the name OF
Miller came forward from the baggage
car while the shooting was In progress.
The robbers mistook him for the en-.
sipeer and shot him. the ball taking Of.
fect In his heart.
Charley Murray. the express messsn-
ger, was visited by some Of the robbers.
BE was knocked over the head and made
10 deliver the keys to his safe. The rob.
bers ransacked the safe, and secured
$500 In money. $500 In vslusbles and
. government bond Of the amount Of
$1,000. Murray was threatened with
instant death II be concealed anything,
but was permitted to live on informing
them that oil his valusbles were 10 the
safe. The brakeman on duty. whose
name cannot be s~seertsinsd, % soon -
he learned Of the murder OF the oonduc-
tor, rushed through the train and In.
formed the passengers that an effort
would DO made to rob them. Az soon
a. this bad been accomplished. the
brakeman started firing. and when the
robbers entered the second coach Of both
doors. with pistols In their hands. de-.
msnding money. the brakeman pulled
the cord attached to the air.braks. and
soon after the train stopped. The men
Jumped OF from the cars, and made for
az. vooa. NJ Msrtio stsfed thai not
more than fifteen minutes elapsed from
the time OF leaving Winston until the
robbers jumped from the cars and made
themselves scarce. The sleeping car
porter locked himself up In . ststeroom
OF the sleeping car. aud did not make
himself visible till the train was near
Washington. Conductor wsstiall. who
was killed. lived at Miller. where his 70.
mains were left yesterday morning. The
robbers numbered thirteen. and only two
OF them had handksrchisfs tied about
thsir fpcts,