The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-07-26
A DARING TRAIN ROBBERY
Outlaws Boldly Capture a Train on
the Rock Island Road and Kill the
Conductor and q PASSENGER.

AANoAS SIII, Ao.i Cuiy ~ -lutOI
nation has been received here of dar
|ingly planned and successful train rob
berry at Winston, Mo-, an the Rock Is,
land road, short distance east of Cam
eron. The robbers we're supposed tt
be under the leadership of Jesse James
The men boarded the train which leave.
this city at 6 P. NJ, at Cameron. Two
of the robbers got on the front. end OF
the baggage-car, next to the engine
three more were in the "smoker" and
two on the platform between the bag
gage Car and the .'smoker." There
were seven men in all. Conductor West
fall bad passed nearly through the smo.
king-car when they stood up in the aisle
with drawn revolvers. One of them ad
vanced with revolver in each hand to
wards Westfall and ordered him to hold
up his hands. The conductor was slow
in complying with his demands and was
shot through the heart He staggered
out on the platform Of the car and fell
off. into ditch. One of the other men
shot through the head Jno. Mccullough,
a stone-cutter Of Wilton Junction, who
turned outward in his seat. His dead
body was found beside the conductors
The men then went through the train to
the express car and overpowered the
United States Express messenger, Chas
Murray, who was intimidated into open
ing the safe, from which $1,000 was ta-
ssses. When <thag entered the express
car Murray, who was looking over some
OF his papers, and Frank Stamper, bag
gageman, was sitting in chair near the
open door, both men were Immediately
covered with four revolvers, and when
Murray objected to handing over the
keys of the safe he was knocked down.
1t is thought that about $l5, 900 was in
the safe, but the exact amount is not
known.
The desperadoes then went to the en-.
CINE and told the engineer to start his
train. This he could not do on account
of the automatic brake, and he was at
once fired upon by the robbers. The
engineer put out the lights in the cab
and crawled along the foot-board to the
pilot, and after ex xjinguishing the heal.
light laid down in the pilot. The rob
bers made no search for him, bat de-
parted. The train went on to the next
side track, where it waited for the pas
seDger train, which took Westfall's body
10 Cameron The Sheriff was notified
of the robbery as soon as possible, and
heimmediately started in pursuit with
posse of about sixty men, but at this
wiring no tidings have been received
that he has overtaken the robbers, =
Great excitement prevails in the neigh
borhood, and the whole community is
much agitated over the event. j. R.
Treat, the express agent at Kansas City,
said this morning that not much money
went from Kansas City, but the impress
sion seems to be that the robbers secur-
ed several thousand dollars. The gen
orally accepted theory out on the road
is that the robbers were professionals
One Of them. the tallest one, was seen
in Cameron all day Yesterday and could
be identified by several people. The
men who have been searching for the
robbers to-day found where thev had
their horses tied in the woods, and say
that in their hurry to get awsy thev did
not unite them, but cut the halters and
left them hanging to the trees.