The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-19

The G2ponA Bmiiioa Robbery ne Atduer-<Dws-
laws Ctrcumv~ntcd Over the Wires-Ogm-
iaiia's Memorable Ca,i for HeIp-Tsicks "f
the Mlwe Hsnlcvr--foeiiug . Greenturw.

operators met here last night and In the
course OF n lonu conversation told somo Of
their experiepces on tho frontier One Of
them bepap nv recalling thu preat bullion rob-
berry nj tbis p,ace II was mt noon. aud most
of tho depot and stage hands had gone across
tho yar,is 10 dinner. A tho opora.or sat In tn.
telegraph Office alone two men presented them
selves mt his door and demanded admittance
Both had reyolyers Ho jumpod up and let
them i'm. and they quickly bound and gagged
him. Believing that he was safe they disap-
penred and he saw no more Of them. As soon
ma they were ont OF siuht lie managed to get 10
His inatrunent and by living down on tho table
found that with one OF his hands he could roach
the kew II was difficult work, but by degrees
he improyed his position until anally he rnised
tho Cheveunc office and communicated the
fact tbnt n robbery was In proQress Tho
operator at that point kept him poatsd IA to
the proceedings there. and In few minutes he
was gratiilod to hear tho intel iuance licked
over tho wjrcs that the s,lpsrintendont and n
party OF detectives were en- route for Sidney on
a special train. The distance was l02 miles.
but tho run WAS made 40 rapidly that the people
of the town were hardly aware OF the robbery
before the train dashed in The operator had
by that time been released. and IL WAS found
that the thieves who hal been secreted under
tho depot had come up through q hole in the
floor made by removing u board. The bullion
wciuhed about 500 mounds. and. "A IL was
thought that they conid not nave carried IL
far: vigorous search was made near at hand.
,o",, -; 49, oh' 49, ,,. aoa, arS ,ha ra
iouhu III hoie "huer tne depot ahu 'ne 70,
%aindes wa, d n" in an "d1n@S coal
,ro, ,,v,, ,,,th onIv ,h,nt Al a ON in curron,v
W.. away WIN ohis npou, si'"" IN e.rae" wy,
man who diacoyaroI tho Ovalnlla train roh-
berv VI" He was IN charge Of the little Office at
Kearny. He had had u very stupid afternoon.
and as the day was miserable without. he
dozed more or less. He tried to read. but after
II became necessary to light the lamps he found
this occupation dlstastefu aud AS no one came
IN nc 'eaheu forward p'acihs MS arms U" h'S
table and his head upon them.
SAID. Tor lost myself ehtire'y ior an nonr OF
two. but presently had an ndi s mprss
In -, Ir.nn, :, .ao,uoJ =. ,n ,,,a, 80, 49,
In nv dream IL seemed 10 nue. tlat eouiu near
less TO renior anv assistance Finally I snt
10, W. 49,, ,.,,h ms,,a ,e.,,,. =, - ss'
bolt upright. win II nervous leehhg rs ii some-
thing terrible had happened which ought to
have prevented. 1 rubbed my owes and
Ioose' around sieepiy IN" oepot WAS empty.
, ~ M''s Wv, ""u Wv ,",. VIZ" ~
o''pPo" ~ '"o "'o, ''' .'"'v '"' III q
minute but heard nothing Ihen wont back
to my desk. filed aud lighted my, pipe and
page whon my instrument sounded once or
twice very fecbly. | looked at 1t closely. 1t
| licked again almost naudibIy. Something :
over he sounder and listened. | could Just
een s VIII key as
listened. began tn comprehend the nature Of
| the message that was being sent. l could not
catch all tho letters. but got enough aftor lis
| tening to it u dozen times to make out this
much: Oealalla. 9yalalla. Helm help l.
Train w apo" being =" r"bbsl ' or had BEEN
robbed; / grabbed my key; and let every
M S"y' it ,.rs for
u time. They sent engines out from two or
three points, and got I? nsalaIla in time to
deal further of than u dozen other operators.
but somehow | was the FIRST one that caught
bnrs came into tn. depot qt Ogniala about an
hour before train time and bound and gagged
.ns and Ar they w not him Inn ssa hsy
W! they left him and he Immediately got him
in ays w Tns nj h% Su say the ksy
twice. ana his arms were rini9ned behind him.
the ilnGors The fact that / could not catch
Two consecutive letters , until had heard hear the
Of my wis iis' "''' was ''0 '''e'0'' experiences
tnrd man b sag I ri Gad 5efn h 600 deal OF
| '" 49,
many adkyentur"s on one Of which ever i'm
| pressed him much. Down at Granada, on the
Santa r. road. when it was first, opened. he
had had circus Az one night with party OF
robbers. The country was then very danger:
GUS one; and ths management was in continual
=. Tns IN me Office in the eyeninE he said.
getting ready TO close up, , when four or i've
hard men came IN. they didn't say much at
first. but seemed to be looking the ground over;
chaps and as the machine was ticking l pre-
| tended that somebody was asking me ques-
ton. laughed Il little. and Selling the key
l broke in with Everybody Don't stop the
EXPRESS at Granada tonight. whether sig,
nailed or not. Robbnrs here They eyed
me sharply. but said nothing. Tho soundei
kspt un merry click. and leaned back in the
| chair. They fooled around for half All hour. and
then one OF them asked mo what time the train
was due. Eleven i've, ! said, Well we want
| IL. one OF them replied. told him that would
signal it. About iO'- got out the red lantern
and lighted 1t. just as / got IT lXrd two Of
them jumped up with reviewers in their hands
and said they would save mo the trouble
| While one OF them covered me with pistol the
others tied me flat on my back to a settec.
couldn't move head or foot After they got me
there | began to think what sort Of II scraps
had got myself In. The train would come pres
emily. and 90 flying by. and then those cut