The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-03
THE TRAIN
Fun Particulars OF q Most AudactOus
Crfmes


KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 16.-Further in
formation has been received here by an IN
coming Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific train
OF the daringly planned and successful train
robbery, which occurred at Winston, a sta
ton on the Rock Island road a short distance
east OF Cameron. The robbers were six il
number, and are supposed to have been I'M
der the leadership Of Jesse James. The men
boarded the train, which leaves this city at
$50 p. M, at Cameron. At Winston, when
the train stopped, they stood up in the aisle
of the car with drawn revolvers. One Of
the bandits, q man with heavy whiskers, ad-
yanced with a revolver in each hand towards
William Westfall, the conductor, and ordered
him to hold up his hands. The conductor
was slow in complying with his demands,
and was shot through the heart by the des-
perado. One of the other men then shot
John Mccullough, a stone cutter Of Wilton
Junction, who turned outward in his seat,
through the head. The men then went
through the train to the express car and over
powered the United States Express messen-
ger, Chas, Murray, Of this city, who was in
timidated into opening the safe from which
$4,000 was taken. The desperadoes then
went to the engine and told the engineer to
start his train. This he could not do on &C.
count of the automatic break, and he was at
once utilized as 8 target by the robbers. The
engineer put out the lights in the cab and
crawled along the foot board Of the pilot, ex-
tinguished the head light and lay down on
4La r,1nt TL1 roIInrc x,1l, ~o ,,n-.I e.
him but departed. No attempt was made to
Winston rose en- masse, and armed men are
now industriously seeking the desperadoes.
THEORY OF FL ROBBERY
The generally accepted theory out on the
road in that the robbers were professionals.
One of them, the tallest one, was seen in
Cameron all day recently and could be iden-
searching for the robbers to-day found where
they had the horses tied ii the woods and
say that in their hurry to get away that they
did not unite them, but cut the halters and
left them hanging on the trees.
The train went on to the next side track
where it waited for the east bound passenger
train, (Which took Westfali's body to Came
ron.
The Sheriff was notified Of the robbery as
soon as possible and he Immediately started
in pursuit with a posse Of sixty men.
-m5." P%INKERToN's VIEWS.
Many Of the officers at the Rock Island
road do not hesitate to say that the work was
done by the James gang. Detective Pinker-
ton speaks as follows on that point:
1.-THE work was undoubtedly done by Jesse
and Frank James, who are the only surviv-
Ors Of the famous James and Younger gang.
the remainder being dead or in the peniten-
tiary. Jesse James lives in Clay county,
Missouri, and he can gather q party to rob a
train in Clay county ia about two day's time.
He has a thorough knowledge Of the country,
and # need be will be secreted by the citizens
for months 50 as to avoid arrest. These peo-
pie can be brought to justice, but only when
with a determined effort, the railroad COM
panies and express folks unite and firmly re-
solve to push the thing to a final determine
ton. Here is an Illustration: You may
have heard of q little disturbance of a similar
nature down at Seymour, Ind, some years
ago, where trains We're robbed. Well, those |
people were hung, and there is no more quiet
neighborhood in America to-day than around !
Seymour. / have been in Missouri a good
deal o1 business for our agency, and do not
know WestphaI. One thing is certain, he
never piloted our people through the country
and we never knew him.
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