The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-18
RossERs ATTACK A TRAIN.
The Thieves Plunder the Pas
sengers and Garry Oh Six
Thousand DollarR
They Are Tracked to Their Homes
by Bloodhounds and lden-
titled.

Little ROCK teisgremJ
The passenger train OIL -he Little Rock,
Missis sippi River and Texas Railway was
stopped between 10 and III O'clock last
night, at o point three miles below this
place by five masked robbers, who ran the
train on q switch and then proceeded to
plumber it The conductor, Pat Rice, and
the express messenger, Honeycutt, were In
the baggage car, and when Rice started
toward the engine the robbers opened fire.
shooting at him five times. Both he and
the messenger were then covered with revolt
vers, as were the passengers In the front car.
The rear car carried some forty people.
The rapid discharge Of firearms and the
sudden stopping of the train created great
alarm, and an indescribable panic ensued.
Suddenly the door opened and slender
looking white man appeared. and, covering
the passengers with six shooter. ordered
them to "hold up their hands" No oppo-
sition was offered. Up went the hands OF all.
While this was taking place three of the
robbers were at work upon the safe in the
baggage car. and the ringing blows dealt
upon il could be distinctly heard The rob-
Der who guarded the door talked constantly
and in jocular strain, saying that he was
a relative Of Jesse James, and that he
had fifteen men guarding the train and
intended to make clean sweep
of all the money and valuables belonging
to the passengers. "You Will, said he,
shave chance to contribute to the mission
aries" A., he spoke he was joined by
second Tobber, who, hourishing q pistol,
began snatching watches and pocketbooks
indiscriminately and tossing them into o
sack he carried. He went through the car
in about ten minutes. BY the time he had
finished the safe was burst open and
plundered, and the passengers In the rear
cars having been relieved Of their money,
the robbers told the passengers to remain
in the car for ten minutes, as 1t would be
unhealthy for them to venture forth before
that time. They then plunged into the
woods, disappearing in q westerly direction.
The following is list of the principal
victims: H. B. Dow. of the firm of Cole
& Dow, of Little Rock, lost nearly $500.
L. Thompson, Of Pine Bluff, Ark, lost
a gold watch and so in silver. u. 7.
Hedges, of Little Rock, lost gold
watch and a small sum of money. w.
Richards, of Little Rock. lost gold watch
and money. w. Dyer, engineer of the
snag-boat Reese, lost q SUM of money. j.
nj. Blair and wife, lost $40 or $l5 Matt
Coen, of Little Rock, lost 81. John w.
Dillon, Of the firm of William Resor
& Co.. of St Louis, could not tell
how much he lost. j. G. Duncan, Of
San Antonio, Tex, a stockman, lost $50.
Mr.. Duncan saved a large sum by hiding it
under his seat cushion. Geo. w. Atkins,
of Pine Bluff, lost $40. T. B. Martin, Of
Little Rock. lost IS. Freeman Smith, Of
the firm Of H. Waterman IL Co., of st.
Louis, lost 50. He saved n package con-
tanning 5000 by hiding it in his boot. j. w.
d. Cook, of Atlanta, Ga, lost only 81.
Robert Allen, of Little Rock lost $1,000.
G. Y. Williams, of the Cole Manufacturing
Company, of Memphis, Tenn. lost $40.
Thos. B. Martin, of Little Rock, lost gold
watch. j. S. Whiting, Of Little Rock, lost
q watch and chain and $50. In addition
the roadmaster and all the train hands lost
sums ranging from $50 to 500. The ex-
press car Of the Southern Express Company
is said to have contained about So 000 The
total amount secured by the robbers is es-
timated at Sc, 600.
| Little Rock has been in a state of great
excitement all day on account of the affair.
Early this morning bloodhounds were put
on the trail of the robbers, and followed
them straight into the city. Before noon
Joseph Cook, J. c. Jones, John Clifford,
Charles Campbell, and boy named Parker,
five in all, had been arrested. Jones will
probably be released. Three of those ar
rested have been identified as among the
robbers. The State has offered 81 900 for
the capture of the robbers, to which the
railroad company has added like sum.
Circumstances point strongly against Cook,
Clifford and young Parker. In addition
to their being identified, it is proven that
they were away from their boarding house
! until o'clock this morning.