The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-10-01
MORE RAILWAY BANDITS.

/
rived at Hope station on the Iron Mountain
Road, Hampstead County, about 100 miles
south Of thi, city. They spent the afternoon
about the saloons Of that place drinking and
| PLAYING cards. At $3.50 last night they board
| ed passenger rain No. 4 bound north, due
| in st. Louis to might, in charge OF Couduc-
| tor VIII eNidcs. Two Of the robbers got on
the train as it startel off, and the third, who
/ aftcrword proved to be the leader, ran out
OF kohn'S saloon and jumped on the train
when it was moving quite rapidly. lie went
in and joined his companions, and all took
seats in a coach in which were bur two pas
songer' besides themselves, lady and g.n-
/ tleman. There were several extra coaches
in the train, going back to 81. Louis nearly
empty. The robbers dill their work with
| remarkable cpolncss and rccllpssncss. Rhey
made no attack on the passengers, and car-
ried out new plan. They told the passen
gers that they iuteu ell to hurt no one, and
that they were accountable for the life Of the
/ Conductor. They kept two rcyolyers at his
head all the time, and told the passengers
that tue slightest move would cost the life Of
the Conductor.
TIE CoNDUCToR's STORY.
/ Conductor WhitcsiIcs SAYS: 81 found he
robbers in one of the extra coaches, and
when went to them for tickets one OF the
party paid fare for all three to Emmett Sta
| ton, the first point north OF Hope. The
| leader spoke the name of the station as if
spelled Emerett, showing that he was not
| familiar with the country. / went on past
them toward the rear Of the train, when
they got up, and, after taking Il drink from
a bottle vt the door, followed me into the
ladies' coach. They were not masked, and
L had no idea they were desperadoes. l
turned around to order them to be quiet,
when revolver was cooked in my
face and one of them cried out,
Put up your hands; we want your spare
Change l still thought the boys were
spreeing, and smiled at them, when one,
/ jerking his revolver nervously, said: I'VE
mean business and don't want to hurt you,
but we want your change mighty quick 1
started to move away, when the robber
nearest me said, we want your wealth
! first ran my hand in my coat pocket and
handed them SIG in silver but no greenbacks.
'Greenbacks we want he continued, and
told him had none, and they didn't search
me; in fact, they searched no one, simply
ordered one and all to shell out. John Pol
lock, the foreman of the ice cars, had nearly
$1,000 and got off with nearly all of it, throw
ing it under the seat and giving the robbers
500 The robbers, after going through the
ladies' car, crowded me into the Pullman
sleeping car, the passengers in which had
retired. A great deal of noise was made en-
tering the sleeper, one OF the robbers yell>
ing out, Throw up your hands, The car
conductor came running to the door, and
Il
my passengers The youngest of
the robbers threw gum down on
| the sleeping car conductor, and told
him to shell out He handed over $40.
! They then looked into the car, and saw it
all made up and no one in sight. They then
said, DON'T wake the passengers. Let 'em
| Sleep l was then told to face around.
| They marched me back through the train,
two robbers behind and one in front. We
made no stops until they reached the express
car. This car, on the night train, is a COM
bined express and baggage car, and can not
| be kept locked. They made me enter the
| car first, with three reVolNerS at my head.
| Express Messenger Sain made rush at us
/ with revolver, and | was compelled to tell
| him to stop in order to save my own life.
/ While two of them guarded us the other
| went through the safe, tearing open pack
age after package, and throwing the on
Yelopes into the safe. They got out Of
| the safe upward of SIC 900, and in their
mitttance Of the TcNurkana agent, con-
tanning SO, 600. The money stolen
was mostly rcmittances Of agents on the
| Texas & Pacific and International Railroads
on the way to st. Louis headquarters. After
/ the robbery the men got off, climbed an en-
bankment and told the conductor to leave,
and be - quick about it, Engineer
George Stanton, who had been down on the
ground watching he performance, then
stepped off toward his engine, when one of
hn IT. Sri , md val
ley Of bullets ratified up against the loco
motive. He pulled out at once, and several
shots were fired into the cars, hitting no one.
/ Walter Ford, the baggage master, got off
free, telling them he had no money. 4 ne
gro passenger said to The robbers, 'I'se
done paid once, boss, thinking the conduc-
tor was calling on him second time. The
robbers all laughed and let him off. 4"
A BIG REWARD OFFERED.
General Manager HoXie, Assistant Super
intendent Dudley and Division Superintend-
ent Buchanan were on Il special behind
the train that was robbed. At Prescott
HoXie hired men with horses to pursue the
| robbers. Between II and to-day HoXie
had a consultation with Governor Churchill
IN this city, the result OF which is that IOXie
offers a reward of 5000 each for the cap
ture OF the men, and the State offers 1900 for
each. The Governor and several others
left for the scene Of the robbery ~ O'Clock
this afternoon, where pursuit will be con-
tinued under the direction OF The Executive
i'm person. Reports from Southwest Arkan-
ssS are that the people are up en- masse in
pursuit Of the dcsperudoes.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Ben +. Sain, the express messenger, says:
"The leader asked me for the key OF the
safe, at the same time pointing revolver
directly at me- | took the key out OF my
pocket, when he ordered me to open the
safe. l did so, and he proceeded to 90
through the contents OF the safe, while the