Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-07

over, there would be less to distract pub.
lie attention from internal affairs, the
vigorous prosecution of which will only
make clearer the vital consideration Of
division and separate statehood.
PA1NuD.
A vIGiLAnrE VISIT
TO Railroad Train In Search Of an Onsnd.
ing African-Mistaken for Train Rob.
bers.
Tho following, from the Nashville
Daily American of February 9th. pos.
sesses additional interest from the fact
that General Beadle, of Yankton, was on
the train:
When the south bound train from
Louisville pulled up at Nolin station,
fifty-three miles from Louisville, at 1O:l5 |
O'Clock yesterday morning, fifty or more |
armed men, wearing their coats turned
inside out and maska made out of mus
lin, old felt hats and the like, boarded it.
At the first sIght of this large company
of armed men. Engineer William Shall
CROSS dived IN his tool.box for his re-
volver and said between his teeth in . |
manner: Reckon they are
train robbers sure enough this time"
The same thought struck Conductor Joe |
Robineon, who likewise felt for his handy |
pop; the mail agent reached down his |
six shooter from one Of the pigeon holes |
in which he had been watching it trip
after trip without an opportunity to
make himself immortal, and the express
messenger. in accordance with the red
tape rules of the corporation for which
he works, shut his doors quickly, locked
them inside and grasped revolver in
each hand With ss much nerve and de-
termination as an old timer. Express
messengers have stereotyped orders how
to act upon OCCASIONS of this kind, and
arc 80 we'll trained that they scarcely
ever fail to do the right thing at the
ing offer of $1,000 reward which goes to
Express company who successfully de-
tends the company's property from fall
ing into the hands OF train r0bbere. The
train butcher y youth of sixteen sum.
mers. also opened his fruit boxsand
whipped out Smith 4 Wesson improved
selt-cocker, and was about to get in his
work.
Yhe captain Of the band soon began
parleying With Conductor Robinson, and
told him they wanted q negro prisoner.
who Was on the train, charged with out
raging white girl near Sonora, the sta
ton two miles below Nolin.
MIR. Robinson replied that the sheriff
OF Hardin county was aboard the train,
but did not have the prisoner With him.
The captain, Who was fine looking
young gentleman, with black hair aud
wore kid gloves, said he was very sorry
to doubt tie conductors y ord, but wonli
take the liberty OF making Q thorough
sea rch through the train. some ten ol
twelve Of the masked men, armed With
revolvere, then begau prosecuting care.
ful search through all the passenger
cosches, even looking III the closets, aud
requesting the ladies to arise 60 they
could look under the seats.
i Tue search was conducted in q very
gentlemanly manner, aud the alarn
which had seized some of the passenger
soon wore away, especially as they saw
several hundred citizens lining tie plat
form and IN the neighborhood Of tne
depot, watching the progress Of th,
search with great interest.
Conductor Robinson also busted himsel
explaining the matter to the passengers
and the sheriff of Hard in came forwart
. and explained that he had not taken th
prisoner from tha Eiizabethtown Jail
as he was Informed that he was to b
I lynched as soon as he arrived.
, The search occupied only five minutes
. and it was done in such quiet, orderl
and business like manner that the lad
Q principal of Boston school on her wa
. to Florida for her health, remarked, afte
I carefully wlping her eyeglasses and ad
8 justing them on her nose: SWELL, reall,
9 they are very interesting, the Marc
: Gras people from Memphis on lari
!. What jolly set Of jokers they are, to b
i. sure." Alter the visitors had left the ca
/, and the ature of their mission was e,
n planned to the Boston lady, she wa
d thrown into fright, out of which st
,s was only brought by the explanation {
9 the sleeping car conductor that it wa
one of the customs of the country, aft,
,r which she gave couple of drummers
Z lecture on southern depravity.
+ The crime for which the negro priso,
ID er was wanted and for which the cou
,. was waiting to try him at Sonora, yeste
He was an old family servant of
o highly respected family in the vicinit
i. of Sonora and it is said perpetrated tt
y foul crime with which he was charge
il when he went into the young lady
al room to make up the fire, while she "
,e sleeping in the morning.
Is A gentleman who came down on Il
re train which was boarded by the arm,
band Of masked men. furnished d
70 American reporter with the facts 90
1T cerning the raid above stated. He al
10 said that when the train arrived Ut s
. nora. several hundred citizens were wa
ie lug for it, and when they found that Il
ri sheriff of Hardin had not brought t
Ii accused negro with them several men
Ut the crowd we're heard to say: swell. Il
boys ut NOlin will wait until the nor
,e bound train reaches them and captu
le 1t and 60 to Elixsbethtown aud take th
q. nigger out of Jail and bring hlm do,
en- he:e aud hang him"
Tue excitement in Hardin county
ts, said to be wrought up to the high.
ut pitch.
ID ,. a. WILDER. T.R. lExal