The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18
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ryLEn, Dec, 10, special IA party of
hunters hum Tyler, ooi ,istiuS 81 Capt.
Jack, general passenger agents Mr..
Browning, ticket nSsui Nr. Flanders,
r0ndurtr, nj, nf me icYss g ~. Louis
afro Il, with NJ, -~rs, Stuh"s, connaily,
,ioou aud Meadow, geung men OF Ty-
Ter, have been on the Ihiuity river, aud
intended Ia come kome last night
While waiting al the soctiun-house for
the easl-bnu pnssina"r Train, THINK
Ing To have some Gtu, thcy told the Sec
tion boss they were train robbers aud IN
/, tended 10 il,u the frdiu aud rob II, Jus,
\ before the train uriVcd the men sipleu
NIL irum .thon,, met the train anu IN
formed Lhe c,s,nuutur that rohhers
would flag him ~ the serii"n-house'
The conductor liogiied the nassrnscrs,
and every 0ua hih .nrir money ara
ewelrv. some goJ their guns, others
Heir '.t,pDdic.," aud III" rest Bht iva, !
Sthe seats. IL wasa tlmo to Try mon
souis rhesnrmy was Just ahead, ANA
blood was about to How. A. the train
approached tho section house the sigma
was seen, hul the engineer put on AL
s.eaur, hid down IN tho cab, an" the
tram wen, by like shot and the pas
aenpers breaihed again.
THO HNIDIlSt lllt t'hiNN w
can better he Imagined than described
When the train reached Athens the con
.Juctor notiti, Il the sheriff, who organ
iyed large posse and went after tht
'"rohbers" on the first train. or course
he captured them aud returned VIII
,then'to Athens where tn" boys bav,
been all day trying 10 eXplain that u
was joke. They viii have lively no
rception on their return.
ANurUER ACCOUNT,
Cox, q Ma Dee. IL -I Special. Las
night the choir Of the Catholic churcii
which hal been IN Tyler 10 a~sis in thu
dedication uf u new church, enc, unteret
bi of romance on their return, whici
Originated ina joke, but came near re-
sultiug in the death of one OF the tad,
'uemhers { the choir, aud two o. he
parties The tain lett tyler thre'
hours late, and when 10 arrived NJ AIN
ems. WA. held Tor the east-bound train
which was about due. When The east
hound train came into Athens the pas
sengers reported n band OF robbers II
Trinity bottom, that would in all prooa
biii,y attack the west nonnd train. Mr
Cari1ruter the couductUc, called IN Tn
sheriff of Henderson county for An es
oorg through the bottom. Ihe sherii
summoned a'posse of men, armed VIII
doutle barrclled shot-guhs' an, AM
boarded the threatened Train
The lady passengers were al
placed in the rear oach with the mall
passengers, who were unarmtd, ana th
iighls put out The sheriff, with nj
posse. aud all the pa-senge : who hat
arms, staff yned themselves in the ron
car. tlow,,ur the engineer, two armed
men, The dOors we're burra
caded aud every precaution take
toward conducting succesS,u
and nos ihly bloody fight
A the tiain entered the bottom Tn
conductor, who was Watching aneau
caught glimpse OF light Signaiin
the train to stop. Nothing but the run
BILE OF the lraia broke the awful su,
pense. IL was serious and an avn
lime. Some ot the members OF Tn
choir thought i, would ba good time
open the doors OF the chur II, Will
others could be- heard repeating, snow
lay ue down 20 sleep ~nen the trai
was brought to II sudden stop and say
age-iooking men having guns, spran
on to the cars and made Tor the door
but they were confronted by a. brav
men within, rmeu 10 the teeth, M
who had sworn to tight to u
bitter end for the precious freigi
In the rear coach. AS the men on IN
outside approached the DOORS shot-sui
from within were stuck into their race
and they we're ordered To throw up the
hands, which they did instanter.
When The excitement was over,
was discovered that the robbers WEI
only baud of sporting men VINO ha
been on hunt, and white in the bottoi
came. across O lone negro, on wbo'
they perpetraled joke in making M
believe they were truin robbers, ana |
had made his way to Mnlakof, where
met the ell tbound train, telling IL
train men that "A baud of robbers wei
going to capture tho west-bound trail
II came near resulting IN the death
Two OF the hunters and one lady WI
faiuted away, aud was after consider
ble difficulty, resuSiIated.