The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-02
TELEQRAPHIC
TRAIN ROBBERY.
Details of the Bloody Affair.
Capture of the Murderers.

men Will probably De remover 10 CONS
other point during the night. In the ex,
press safe at the time OF the attempted
robbery there was between $40. 600 and
$50, coo and but for the fight made by
Patterson, the robbers would probably
have made big haul, as before he droN Q
the man f'onn his car, the men in the en-
CINE had things their own ways
The plan of the robbers was
that while two men captured the en-
CINE, and made the engineer run tie
train, q third man was to kill the meg
ssDger, then riffs the safe while the
train WAS in motion, then ali three escape
at once to some convenient place betWe 4
Coolidge and Dodge City.
The belated trsin reached Kansas City
last hight, and Patterson, express mes
ssnge-, makes the following stsrtliI g
stateren: "You are Of course aware
that the raid took place st Coolidge STA
tion, on the line Of the Atehison, Topeka
& Santa Fe, about ten miles east OF the
Colorado State line, between 2 and 8
O'Clock this morning. There is an eating
house in the station, and the train
stopped twenty inmates, IS usual, in
order to give passengers an opportunity
to get lunch. The train was No. 4,
bound east, Conductor Greeley, Engineer
John Hilton, Fireman Fsddler, Bag
gaReman johnson. When the train
stopped I put off some railroad mail
which I had, and there being No
express to pat off, and no further work
for me to de-, lay down on my box Just
in front Of the side door onthe
side Of the car next to the
depot. After lying q few minutes I
dropped into dose and was lying on
my back with nay arms folded over my
breast. Both of the doors on the side
Of the car next to tbs platform were
pen, bsggsgemsn johnson being seated
In the back side of the door looking out
on the platform. My revolver. Q COLTS
Al calibre double action, lay at my side.
| had taken it out Of my scabbard and
laid it down that / might be ready for
any emergency that might arise. The
pistol lay where I could easily lay hands
upon it, at about the time for the train
to start, when heard the words. Come
cut Of there, you ---" This woke
me, and 1 afterwards learned that
the remark was made by Con-
ductor Greeley to man whom
he noticed getting into the car.
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the car and I saw standing within four
feet of me, man with pistol in hand.
| wss lying with my head toward the
front end of the Car and the man was
standing near my feet. did not soy a
word, in fact. did not have time to speak
before he covered me with q revolver and
then fred. The bullet went over my
head, and I could feel the fire burning
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Of the doorway at the conductor. When
was going on. With the hope Of making
l unclssped nay hands which were folded
at my side. Ny right hand fell on the
muzzle OF my revolver, end real 'zing
that it would never do to allow
the robber to see that I was
about to defend myself. I worked my
hand slowly into position until ! had beld
Of the pistol, with the right hand Oh the
trigger. The robber did no. notice this
maneuvre because it was quite dark in
the part of the car where I lay. Mean
time, the man was working his way to-
wards the rear Of the car, evidently sup
posing he had finished me, and Re
intended to kill the bagesgeman or any
one else who got in his way. AZ soon ss
I got hold Of my pistol I sprang into 8
sitting posture and fired. ! jumped up,
and then walked toward the man. He
raised his revolver CO if to shoot again,
but it went off premsturely, tho bali
striking the roof Of the car. When ]
shot at him part of his body was
behind the stove. I aimed 1t his
abdomen, and I believe that my ball
took effect. About this time I saw
another man, who proved to be pal
Of the first, trying to climb in at the aide
door. No sooner had I fired than be
disappeared, and the man shot jumped
out on the platform from the rear side
door. That was the last I saw of the
robbers. calculated they would com
up 10 the front eide door, ADD seizins
some freight barricaded the door. Les:
than half minute after the robbers left
my car heard some shots at the engine
They wsrs fred half rs many min,
utes. / stocd at the front side door O
my car, revolver in hand. just ther
Conductor Greeley csme up. Have
they gomez" I asked. tI think So
said he, "but believe the engineer ini
fireman are hurt" Going forward anc
returning to me he said "they were botl
killed. The engineer is aho'
through ths heart aud the hrena ~
through the neck" / then jumped cut ol
the platform and saw the engineer ane
fireman lying on the platforn al0nssid,
of the engine. The fireman was still
conscious and Was taken into the hotel
where talked with him q few minutes
The body Of the dead engineer was pu
aboard the train and taken to Dodg
city. Before the train left I went int,
the telegraph ofhes and sent Q Telegram
to Mr.. Patch. After considerable della,
We got new engineer and fireman q
Coolidge and started on our journey
one hour and forty minutes late. A
Cimmaron. twenty miles distant, W
met special train from Dodge city, con
veying to Coolidge the sheriff and posse
to pursue the robbers"
Marshal Nsthers and O. s. Parsons
sheriff Of Bert county, Colorado. arrive,
late last night on q special train from
Coolidge. They brought with then
John Looney, cowboy, belonging
to the Arkansas Valley Stock company
ranch, Louis Chambers, also a cowboy
with Bates and Bal, on the "L
brand" Both men have exceedingl,
hard regulations about Coolidge. Cham
bers vas armed with hammsrless As
calibre revolver, which when examined