The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-09-19
II La LII II "A L III
An Attempt Made to Rob the
North.Bound K. & T. Train
Last Night.
One of the Bandits Gives the
Whole Thing Away, and
Preparations
Are Made to Give the Gang
a Remarkably Healthy
Reception.
The Intention Was to Kill the
Conductor and Then Rob
the Express and Pas
sengers.
Instead, However. One Of the
Robbers Gave Up His Life
and the Scheme Was
Frustrated.
Conductor Chick Warner Shot
in the Cheek, but the
Wound is No
Serious.
Considering That q Dozen Shots
Were Fired, the Result is Some
what Miraculous.
The Dead HiRhwaymanB Brought as
Far as Parsons and Left on
aTruck.
Considering That q Dozen Shots
Were Fired, the Result is Some
what Miraculous.
The Dead HiGhwaymanBr ought as
Far as Parsons and Left on
aTruck
A Talk With Messengers Jacobs
and Dixon, Who Were on the
Attacked Train.

Word reached the X e. T. office, in this
city, between IL and IL o'clock last night,
that an attempt had been made at Vinita,
Indian Territory, to rob the north bound
X. & L. passenger train, in charge of Con-
ductor Chick Warner, at 10:40 p. M, and
that une of the robbers had been killed,
while the conductor himself was wounded
This was about all that could be learned
at that time, and IF the employees at the
company's office knew more, they We're
10TH To GIVE 1T OUT.
This morning, the robbery was the one
subject OF conversation on tie street, and
all sorts of rumors were rife, but none of
them could be traced to any reliable source.
AT 9:05 O'Clock, however, the train which
had been attacked arrived here, and soon
the train men We're surrounded bv anxious
enauirers, who were DESTROYS of ascertain
ing all the particulars at the earliest pos
sible moment.
A BAzoo reporter was of this number
and at once laid hold upon Express Mes
sengers Jacobs and Dixon, knowing they
had come through from benson, and be-
irg on the train
WHEN THE TROUBLE OCCURRED.
could give much better account of the
affair than those who had obtained their
informatio merely from hearsay.
Ii seems that band OF outlaws in the
territory planned the robbery, last night be-
ing the time selected, ana Blue Jacket,
small station this side of Viaita, just over
the line i'm the territory, was designated Us
the place of robbery. According Ia pro-
gramme, two of the robbers were TO board
the train as il was pulling out from VIM
ite, when they were 10
KILL THE CONDUCTOR,
then run the train to Blue Jacket, where
a gang was lying in ambush TO accomplish
the work which had been accurately
mapped out The initiatory part of the
work was performed with a success that
would have been creditable to even the
late lamented CD Jesse James in his palm
lest DAYS, and had it not been for the
treachery of one Of the gang, the result
started out for would undoubtedly have
been accomplished.
One of the robbers, however, named
Brown, or that is supposed to lie his name,
lost courage and
GAvETHE WHOLE SNAP AWAY
at the last moment to MIR. J. b. Barrett,
route agent on the St. Louis d San Fran
cisco road for the Adams Express COM
pany. He was made aware of all the
plans of The robbers, and at ence set 10
work to Illustrate them, letting Brown go
ahead and assist i'm carrying out the rob-
berry as it had been planned.
Mr. Barrett then boarded the south
bound train, No 153. and rode 10 Eufala,
in the territory, where the nOrth-bound
train, No. l52, was passed. This was at
6:3O p. m yesterday. He at once took
passage on the north-bound train, and
made the conductor, express messe myers
and train men acquainted with ali
THE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED ROBBERY,
and of course they Immediately set TO
work to give the outlaws hearty recep
ton when the attack should be made.
From Eufala to Vinita is one hundred
miles, and while this distance was being
travelled the train men had ample time TO
consult as to the best manner OF procedure,
and the result shows that they acted wise
". At different stations along the line
between Eufals and Vinita guards were
taken on the train. and al 1880 p. IN 1,
when the train pulled into Vinita, it car
ried an armed posse that would have sent
terror to the
WORST GANG OF BANDITS THAT EVER EN-
listed.
After the usual stopping time had been
taken up at Vinita, and three or four
guards added, the train pulled slowly out,
Conductor Warner boarding the front end
of the smoking car at the north end Of The
platform, sand an instant later Brown,
the 'squealer," and his pal, whose name
could not be learned, also stepped up on
the platform. The conductor instantly
threw hie lantern in the face of Browns
companion, and at the same moment asked