The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-18
UNLUOKY TRAVELLERS,
A Little Rock, Mi~ia,ippi River and
Texas Railway Train Robbed
In Arkansas,
rim Robbers Invite the Passengers 10
Hold Up Thair lands While They
Plumber 1heM,

little Erck telegram
The rassa Auof train Oh the I.stle Rock,
Mlaslasmpl M,rt and TEXAS Railway was
s,erred between " uaa IL arioek laat
hight AT u point three ,nihs allow thia
paae hs nve m,skoa sohbs,s, whn rsn the
Min on a ew,eh aaa ,hen pto,eedea Il
plaatl.p HI conductor Int Mee, and
ihe eAntess messenger, Nanese ut. Were IN
the hassavases,s end Win Mes started
tawaya the engine The folsl,efa areael hfc,
shooting Ut him live tmes heln lie and
the messenger Mcte hen eaNsled viii fsssss
Noie, n were tho passerg ~ IN the tient CIR,
TIE rear car carried some forty renrle,
Tie Np.l alseharge ef fre.aims and the
sud 'en stopping uf the trim eieacd great
alarm, and All AaesetsAahle lsaaie en- nod,
Su,ldanly tho anar opened ana SLENDER
hooking White man appeared A II easei,ng
thu ra~~e gets Mi,ha s,x shnot,r ordered
them IL Mo Il NJ lhem hmas, NJ eprn@
s,,ian Masater'a, lrwe,tthe haale II Ut
Mhtle this MS hhins place theee Vt Tue
rshhe,a Mefr AZ Melk ulan tho safe IN the
hspsasr csr ana the ringing hlNMs acN
nlon n could ~ distinctly \ ART Tho RIB.
her Mha guarded thu ,laur talked coA>t,ntly
and III 4 loe lar strain, say ny thu, h was
a relative III Jesse James, and that hr
Ind AIT en men guarding the train and
intended ~ make clean sweer
of all the money aud salnahles belonging
~ the passengers, "Noa Will, Aa he.
"have chance IT, erntnhate IL the m lon.
Ns,eS>" IN he spoke hc was Joined hs 4
second mhhcr, who, hem,ShsnN a pistol,
hegaM snatchsng Watches aud rsckethooks
ma,Sestmma>els and tossing them into a
saek he eanied lie Went through the car
In about ten minutes, Rs the time he had
nni>hea the sat, WAS hurst open and
y aa,Lrea, and tho raSsense,s in the rear
ears having been s,lieSea II the,r money.
the Nsheers ,eta the passensers To remAan
in tn var Tor ten minutes, AZ Il woala be
Nnh althy for them h venture forth hcfafe
tha, t.n,a THY then planpa mo the
woods, dis rrsarsnssn = wssse Y d,rees on,
The tallaMins Na list ef the principal
Nieims> II h new, Of the Arm If Cole
\ new, ~ Little Reek. lost nearly SsaM,
L. Thompson, of fsne Man. Ark, lost
a sod watch and $lo in silver n, T.
Hedges, " l.,,,le Rock. los, sod
watch and small sum " money, W,
Richards, NJ Little koek, lost 4 eeld v Itch
aNA money, W, Dyer, engineer of the
sn,s~ls>t Reese, lest 4 sum u money, j,
M, Rla,r and wife, lost $ln er $ls Matt
v,sca, II LATHE Rock. let -, John W
nlllaM, I tho hrM ~ William kcsor
| \ Go, II 81 Louis, could not tell
how much he lest ], Z, nanean, II
| Ssn Aascase> Tex, s,s,ekman, lost SOL
| MIR. Duncan ssvea 4 large sum by h.,Nns il
/ aNaes his saas ca>hlaa, Geo. ". Atkins,
| II riae Rlutf, loss $aa T. H. Mart II. cf
I Little koch> ia>t ~ Freeman Smith. of
| the trm II II, Waterman 4 Co, II 81
loa,S> lost a. lie saved package con.
ea,asMe SsNa by hsasNe il in se Not, ], W.
n, Ieek, ~ Atlanta, Ca. lest oa'y 81,
Eehea Allen, ef Lutte kees. lost $la,sa,
| &, u, WlhamS, IT the Cole Naaafaeeossns
yem,any, d Memphis, Tenn, lost $lss
Thes, L. MAr,la> NJ Little EoeS, | Il \ sold
watch, ], = WAl,sag, II Itsle Rock, les,
\ watch and cham an Ssu> In aa III on
the N>aiMASser and an The tram han, los,
sums raMstMs feom So h Sla, The ~.
i prN~S car af the southern ENlnss Somrs !
Is said u have eensa,aea aleas Sa,eoo, The
total NMaaMs sAeasea by the suehers is cS.
tsasN,ea Al $,slNoN
LATHE E,,ek has ben m state Of grA,
excitement AL sssv ~ Asecans ef tn AnAsr,
Essss sAsS morning NlssaA, aa,ss wess pa'
ea tho na,l IL the rehhes~. and followed
them straight into the city, Rcf r. Neea
le~erh Icak> L. Z, Jones, John Itssena
Charles Csmrhe'l, aas a hoy aamea rAsker
hve Ia All had hem arr ssea. Jones wi
probably ke r>,lessvsl rAeve af thnss ar
vested have been lienslfea as aaseng III,
srlNes~, The State has uttered Sl,eN IN
the sArsase II the ,csleas, h which III,
sAilrssa caMraMx has added a ike sum
Circumstances point >sso Ils against Cs>ek
IhnNya AMI scaas ra.k r In addition
n their helNs tsleanne,e, Il il rr,sen tha
they were away fsom their hoard, NJ shcas,
NAtll O'Clock this morning.