Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-01-24
PARTICULARS OF THE At
TEMPTED TRAIN
ROBBERY.
SUCCESSFUL RAID ON
MOONSHINERS.
OPINION REGARDING To-
CAMS CHINESE BILL.
The Train Robbery.

passengers, who arrived in this city
this morning from San Francisco,
the following particulars are OBJ
tanned of . daring attempt to rob the
Central Pacific passenger train At
o'clock Sunday morning, while the
East bound passenger train was water.
ing aud coaling a. Monsello. q short
distance from Toano, a masked road
agent suddenly sprang into the cab Of
the engine, and, holding 3 cccked re-
volver at the head of the engineer, com.
handed him to keep his hands off the
throttle valve on pain of death. The
engineer being uuarmed, and seeing no
chance to ef-cs an escape or to cue
cessfully grapple with the rascal,
folded his arms and awaited develop.
ments. simultaneously with the cap
ture of the engine, another masked and
armed man sprang from the shade Of an
adjoining building and proceeded to
the express car. Closely following this
man came four others.--all of them
making for the point to which the first
robber had led the way. Arriving at
the express car, ems OF the makers
raped at the door, while the others
stood around ready to enter upon the
door opening. The messenger, Alex
auder Ross, unconscious Of the danger
which threatened him, threw back the
car door, but instantly closed it, bav-
ing taken in the situation at
glance. The bsff I'd maskers,
enraged at the action of the messenger,
called upon him to open the door or
they would kill him. The brave fellow
sang out "kill and be id to you
You don't get in here" They called
to him to throw out the treasure boxes,
and threatened to fire the car and roast
him out if he refused. Meanwhile Ross
was busy piling up packages against the
car door, and having done that, grabbed
loaded rifle and brace of revolvers
and told the road agents to "Come in
if you dare" The response was hail
of bullets, some of which passed
through the car door, one Of them strik.
in Ross on the left hand and wounding
his two forefingers. The messenger
returned the compliment,
firing through the door and emptying
his revolvers and rifle. ''Come out,
yelled the Infatuated maskers, but Ross
refused to do anything Of the kind, and
instead thereof, kept up steady fire
the car door whenever he heard
a noise that indicated the presence
of . masker. Another volley from
the outside riddled the car door and
one ball struck the messenger in the
left side, inflicting serious wound.
Still the brave fellow held out and kept
up his fire whenever he heard any noise
around the car. Finally, finding it use
less to ask him to surrender, the rob-
bers got together lot of wood and in
dammable material and piled it up un-
der the car and set fire to it, intending
to burn the car aud Ross in it. Before
the fire could be got to burn, the rob-
bers got frightened, and they drew off
into the darkness and disappeared With.
put molesting the messenger or getting
away with any money except small
sum taken from the conductor and !
Drakemen who had been captured by |
Two Of the gang while the others were
attempting to rob the express car. Be-
ng relieved from restraint by the rob-
Ders. the conductor. brakemen and
others, went back to the express car,
where they found Ross lying behind
MS barricade. wounded as above men.
Toned, and still grasping his
-evolver in his unipjured hand. He
was made as comfortable as pos
,ible, and the train soon after.
ward pulled out fur Ogden. At
The time of the attack the passengers
we're ali asleep and but for the reports
If fire arms none of them would have
Known of the attempted robbing
When it became known that road agents
lad captured the train, scene of wild
confusion followed, but the fears OF all
we're alIayed when the conductor, re.
eased from restraint, entered the cars
% announce that the trouble was over
md that the robbers had fed. The
rain arrived at Ogden about an hour
md half behind time. Ross was
aiken to his home and the best Of surgi. |
al aid provided. His wounds, while
evere, are not necessarily fatal. There
8 no doubt bnt that this band Of rot.
,ers havefortitied themselves IN Granite |
Utah. and have been raidin2
he settlements for several months. The |
on the waylaid train sent a
:ard to the Tribune tescifyins to the
leroism of Ross, and give him credit
or SAVING the train,
Society Gossip.
OMAHA. Jan. 22.-Mace and Slade ar.
'ive't hare this afternoon, and gave an ex-
,ibiti"n this evening, which was largely
They leave Tomorrow for Chi
ago to meet Richard X. Fox, their
packer. to arrange fight between Shade
md Sullivan. Mace expresses the great
ut confidence In Shades ability to down
and says if Fox does not want to
lack Slade he will put up his own money
n him. Mace said that he thinks Sulli-
an has not yet had a man in front of
i'm able to take or give punishment. but
hat Slade can do both. and furthe, more,
phen placed in front of Sullivan he will
cree the fight, instead of allowing Sulli-
an to do the attacking. Paddy Ryan,
,ho recently spent one week in Omaha,
as picked up pro:eee whom he calls
he Nebraska Giant. He is called Baby
barnes, is six feet four inches tall. well
nd powerfully built, is twenty -four years