The Worthington advance., 1881-09-15

81. u &ta' "st 80, ~ -. =. 49,. No..
PT!EIMBER I! Is, 1881.
| .:.a*t JuiG ~ !.t :, ~, 81: ... .:yst ;
Iegulat items the expenditures we're grcater.
ditares fot thst service xefe over S2; ;OOO. Zoo
he puo'6 debt deers..sd SIS, 900. 900:
THE Missouri BANDITS: -
They Rob Another Traip-Expreas Nessen-
gers SAFE. .PiaadereA Passengers Robbed ot
Watches, Money nd Other Vaiuabl.s.
| At nine O'Clock, last Wednesday night, twC
miles west OF q Glendale, No., the Chicago & Al
ton west bound mail ANA exprte
A dispatch from Kansas City says J. Greal. tn
agent Of the United States Express comp,n,
1t o. sas City, states that he cau't tell how
| mach money the robbers 90. from tho com
psny's safe, 40 they took all the way bills, but
thinks there wasn't more than few hundred
dollars: Fot; the ncssehget. although very
| badly wounded sbout The head, no having 10
| ccived several severe cuts, left ksEsss City
for his home In st. Louie, where he will prob
ably he laid up some time. He would not xiv.
:ny information IN regard to the money he haf
At the instant of the Trains stopping The Ell
| 8ineer and fireman we're ordered from the train
| and taken . short distance away and placed
under guard: The mail and txpless cars we're
| entered and the clerk aud me esseEger knocLe et
down and placed with the engineer and fireman
at = safe distance, were they were guarded by
men. A party of i've men entered the cars 49,
robbed the passengers Of watches and mout r.
The long tin1o intervening from the time Tue
train came to halt aud the entrance of tile
rooDers gave tue Passensers time to eecretc the
only few who lost large amounts.
The robbers came into the car cursine and
swearing. declaring they would shoot the first
man who opened his head and who did not dis
gorge at once. Several Of tho passengers we're
the head, but zone we're injured to any serious
extent All rejoice at getting of 80 easily. >.
Gov. Crittenten has issuea proclamation
calling upon the people to rise en- tlasse aud
s1terminate the. train robbers. He has gone to
Kansas City to consul, with the authorities of
jackson comfy regarding the apprehension Of
the robbera Fully 900 men organized into
posse from Kansas City, jackson. Lafayette,
Clay, Ray, Clinton and Galena counties and arc
now in the field
The ENG1NEER's STORY.
81. Louis, Sept 8:-The Post Dispatch has
Kansas City special which gives description
Of the robbery, which differs somewhat from
those already sent It is by L. Foote. tho en-
gineer, and is as follows:
Between three and four miles east of Independ-
ence IS deep cut, over which the Missouri Pacific
track crossed the Chicago 4 Alton. and it was Just
q feet tn top Of 1heh
was stick, to which was attached red flag. and
behind the whole stood the leader Of the robbers.
OF OF. course y, FL Stopped was then approached by
l, ton you, or WIN KIN you"
He then told me to got the coal pick. which did
They then marched me and John steding. the ire-
door down. which did. Messenger Fox had hid
aen M in the weeds BY the roadside, but they swore
thsy W9aS ;a XII me i he wouldn't M come Sut 50
the robbers. who forced him to open the safe and
pour its contents into sack.
THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED AT NOT GETTING
and Knocked Fox down twice with the butt Of re-
volver. cutting his head In fearful manner They
then marched us to the coaches where they kept
seugets After the last car vas gone through. they
sad &c es..e ee*S% VIII s sass the
s x prs:ss ssss been .nS nS S LnS and
two silver dollars. told them would remove the
distractions, aud the entire gang skipped over the
In going through the passengers, each one was
made to hold up his hands. aud what was taken
from them was put into two bushel sack, which
was nearly full of watches, money and other valu-
THE NEws-AcENr's EXPERIENCE
The train was the west-bound express and
had about 100 passengers on board. all OF
whom lost something. aud many quite heavily.
Frank Lombard, news agent of the train, made
the following statement:
I was sitting in tho smoking car talking with
Conductor Jack Haze!baker: We were on the up
sudden the tram came to a and heard
loud voices and pistol shots, and saw Ian
terms flashing. We knew the train-robbers
the train aud warned the passenger They were
all looking out Of the windows until the robbers
ordered them to pull in their heads and keep quiet
structions on the track. am sure there was
dozen Of them, although some Of tho passengers
place the number at sixteen; Everybody was
and found men questioning the engineer aud fire.
Henry rides. They :eIs swearing " ioaay and md
1s. The sxp1es' M messenger in the meantime oarri-
ths Gsaed the the express sar They climbed upon
then broke into the CIR and Knocked him down By
violent blow on the head. They robbed the safe of
everything and ran back to the smoking car aud hid
dered me to lie down. did so. and they pointed 9
revolver at me and ordered me to fork over" I
said my money was under cushion, and they told
me to get It, and got it in hurry. They went
back to the other cars snd made wholesale
robbery OF money, watches, ana iewelry. Some OF
down on the floor, aud some had their earrings
taken from ths!r ears and many lost their jewc'ry:
One man lost 81 500 In the meautme freight
brakeman, ran down the track with storm Of bull
lets behind him. and stopped the train. and prob
ABLY saEed d. many lives After the cars were gone
timber, where their horses we're. The men in front
helped the train men to remove the distractions
from the track. and then Joined their companions
l should say We stood still half an hour.
FRANK BURTON. BRAKEMAN.
Frank Burton said:
was standing on the front platform of the sleep
er when the train stopped. and heard voices and
going to be robbed Then one Of the robbers cried ed
out: We are coming TN and going through you
all: remembered that a freight train was just
behind, and as heard it coming up jumped off
| menced shooting at me. The bullets whis,led
| around me and struck the rails and stones. They
hYs ta hSs sSo The Sox ene}s H.
| saving the lives of those people. Then one Of
| them threw up one Of bis arms and cried: stop
shooting" Irolled into the car and waved my Ian
tern. The train was stopped only car length
you lost anythinns2' ! answered; FIFTY cents u
cf the rob6er. say to the engineer: You are a
| to keep up this business Here are 81
to buy drink in the morning and drink it 10,
Jesse James warn you you will be killed if you
don't leave this road We are going to tear up and
burst the Alton and Rock Island roads, for they
have been Offering rewards for us. We have nc
grudge against the rullmans and will switch of
their cars and burn all the rest: am the who
killed Westlake at Winston. He too smart a,,i
drew q revolver. Burton did not believe it was
Jesse Jane: Or any Of hi. eape hsy all actet
men living in the vicinity. They all seemed quite
! young and made no attempt to disguise thc
voices.
The passengers tell substantially the same
story Is above.
The Canyon OF the Columbia River.
The canyon Of the Columbia is in some
respects one Of the grandest upon the con.
tinent. Frem Cape Horn to some twent,
miles or more above Celilio, at the head o
the Dalles, distance Of sixty or seventy
miles, the great river finds its way to th,
ocean through gorge, the walls Of which
are from 500 to 4, ,O00 feet high. Even cur