The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-16
FULL OF FUN AND FROLlC.
BUT THEY WILL NOT DO 1T AGAIN.
Some of Tyler's Jocular Narrow Gauge
NimrOds try to Play the Train
Robber Racket ON Section
Boss - The Sequel.

TYLER, Dec. l5.-ISpecial,l IA party Of
hunters from Tyler, consisting of Capt.
Jack, general passenger agent; Mr..
Browning, ticket agent; Mr.. Flanders,
conductor, all of the Texas & st. Louis
railroad, with Messrs. Stokes, Connally,
Boon and Meadows, young men of Ty-
Ter, have been on the Trinity river, and
intended to come home last night.
While waiting at the seCtion-house for
the east-bound passenger train, think.
ing to have some fun, they told the sec
tioa boss they were train robbers and iu-
tended to ilag tue train and rob it. Just
before the train arrived the nleu slipped
of from them, met the train and in-
formed the conductor that robbers
would flag him at the section-hou so.
The conductor notified the passengers,
and every one hid their money and
jewelrv. Some got their guns, others
their "hOOdles," and the rest got under
the seats. 1t was time 10 try mems
souls. The enemy was just ahead, and
blood was about to flow. AS the train
approached the section-house the sigma
was seen, but the engineer put on all
steam, hid down in the cab, and the
train went by like shot and the pas
stllk6TS DTeAlucV again,
The surprise of the party Of nimrods
can better be imagined than described
When the train reached Athens the con-
ductor notified the sheriff, who organ
lied largo posse and went after the
"robbers" on the first train. or course
he captured them aud returned with
them to Athens where the boys have
been all day trying to explain that IT
was joke. They will have lively re-
ccptiOn on their return.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
CoRSIoANA Dee. l5.--ISpecial. Last
night the choir of the Catholic church,
which had been to Tyler to assis in the
dedication of new church, encountered
bli OF romance on sheir return, which
originated in n joke, but came near re.
sulting in the death of one of the lady
members If the choir, and two other
parties. The train left Tyler three
hours late, aud when 1t arrived at Attn
ems, was held for the eaSt-hOund train.
which was about due. When the east
bound train came into Athens the pas
Sengers reported a band of robbers i'm
| Trinity bottom, that would in all proba.
hllity attack the west-Nound train. Mar,
Carpenter, the conductor, called on the
sheriff of Henderson county for an es-
| cOrt through the bottom. The sheriff
summoned posse of men, armed with
double barrelled sh0t-guns, and
boarded the threatened train,
The lady passengers were all
placed in the rear coach with the male.
| passengers, who were unarmad, and the
lights put out, The sheriff, with mis-
posse, and all the passengers who had
arms, stationed themselves in the front
car, allowing the engineer, Two armed
men. The doors we're bHrra
cnded and every preCaution taken
| toward conducting suCcpsstul
and possibly bloody fuht.
| As the train entered the bottom The
conductor, VINO WAS Watching ahead -.
caught glimpse of light signaling
| the train to stop. Nothing but the rum
HE of the train broke the awful sus-
| penSo, II was serious and an awful
time. Some OF the members of the
choir thought it would be a good time to
open the doors of the church, while
others could be heard repeating. "now |
lay me down to Sleep" when the train
was brought to Il sudden stop and say
| age-looking mon having guns, sprang
on to the cars and made for the doors,
but they were confronted by as brave
men within, armed 10 the teeth, men
who had sworn to fight 10 the
bitter end for the precious freight
in the rear coach. As the men on the
outside approached tho doors, shot-guns
from within were stuck into their faces
and they were ordered TO throw up their
hands, which they did instanter.
When the excitement was over. il
was discovered that the robbers were
only Il band of sporting mon who had
been on hunt, ana while in the bottom
camo across lone negro, on whom
they perpetrated a joke in making hun
believe they were train robbers, and he
had made his way TO Malakof, where lac
met tho east.bOund train, telling the
tram men that baud Of robbers were
going to capture the west-hound train.
1t came near resulting IN the death o,
Two OF tho hunters and one lady vii,
tainted away, and was after considera.
ble difficulty, resusitated.