The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-01
The Details OF the Robbers HORT"
I,,ed--r hc Hravc Messenger

indianapolis, Ind, April 3o.-Thc
EXPRESS matter In the L., N. " u trMn
was FRIED in the baggage car 'which
is occupied by the messenger anu
baggagc-ma ard IL was as usual
the first car on the train. The express
messengers name was
:, oEo. N. DAVIS, or LOUISVILLE.
Last night Mt ll:l6 o'clock the tram
reached lIarrodsburg, owen county
A local station, the third below bioon
ington. II has popuintioh Oh NJ,
more than 400 souls and AZ .has
time OF night was rs lule' az
,m;ids from LAFAYETTE and Ms there Is
| water tank nj uarrodsburg the tram
: stonned there four or five Minutes 10
o ronlanish The engine. While 1t was
: a, a siandstill one of the passengers IN
1 tho sleeping car, j. II. Ham lion, OF
Green Castle, happened to be looking
il out of the window and by the rehect-
= ed lirht of the engine and the am
J. illumination of the car windows sa"
h a man emerge apparently
II FROM UNDER THE TRUCKS,
and disappear in the, direction o.
The engine. In the briet ghinps.
Mir. Hamilton had OF the Inn.
he saw he was above nleu,u.,
" hight dressed in the tatterG !,
Garments of Il vagrailt ana carrieu :,
ut his hand club or stick. lie hatura,
RS liz supposed hir to be some Tran
Ms who was stealing ride unuer W
as trucks and dismissed the matter iIon
,er his mind. Meantime the engine na
III taken water and started. No'nih
mt nnusual occurred until the niue 81,
us tion of Smithville Hin, auoI
he two miles north OF hariJ w.
rm burg, was reached, when sharp rih
mt of the bell in the engine stoppeu y,
to train. Before an inquiry as 10 WI
,us pulled the bell cord could pe h'a y,
The The baggage master hung open u
IN door of the smoking car ana
que KEEI.ED IS COVERED WITH BLOOD
ire that trickled from CHASTITY wound
en- the head. lie sank on his Knees
the tyeeu the forward seats and gasp
in ont 10 tho Mortified passengers, w
rushed to him, that robber hau !
Veu tered the baggage car and shot NJ
Ma selt and the express messenger. ~
ion was all he was ablssto say, When
" tell uncons cious upon his faee' !
'e"N that tune Conductor Chambcriin
M his side, aud with rev o.
ooE, more intrepid of the passengers, III
.an, his way into the baggage car
,aat single lantern turned down low
. 10 swinging from hook in the cen
'tTrbp MA cast dim light over the irisn
ances scene. Davis was
STRETCHED In POOL OF Bho'
he the side of his safe, which
ie of Every where there was evidence
3 ru- ,err;iic struggle. The floor wa
IN the ,orad with papers that the ass
ration had taken from the chest and d
of the ;na worthless had thrown away,
entral the heavy boxes that stood in the
of the were scattered around In confu
pecial nov;s WAS lifted and carried int
.mory. smoker. He was breathing
was evident
Iaiy. uP WAS WOUNDED UNTO DEAF
, !; in He had been shot in the upper
mn of the head, piece OF soul as
ih.et as a dollar beng LITERALLY
IN mis- -.
led to oil. From the aperture Dioo
brains freely oozed
Webber, the baggage mastel
nm. this account of the affair; Wh'
1.-THE traiu stopped at Harrodsburg,
e IMAM Davis were asleep upon tnci'
rom the chests. Both doors oil the car
I'd new open and they had no susp :,
ANYTHING wrong. Just aiter u
GOT in motion Webber was
IS J. r. by violent blow Oh his he
RUSSIAN force of which was such as
IT Nor him but, staggering 10 his
hooAi saw
: ATALL MUSCULAR MAI
r. Than a struggling with Davis, the me
.o, un"' who was bespattcred with