Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-01

The Express Messenger Refuses to Unlock
the Safe and Receives Bullet
Through the Head.

4 DARING TRAIN RopnGRY.

vile, New Albany n Chicago
railroad, due here at s o'clock this
morning, was stopped near Harrods-
burgh, Ind shortly before midnight
by aband ofmaskcd'robbers who com
PEELED the engineer and nremen to
leave the engine. catering the eN.
press car, the American Express mes.
senger was COZ cred with revolyers,
and, refusing TO unlock the safe, he
| was shot dead. The safe was broken
open, but was found To contain hut
| $500 The scene of the robbery X
among the hills In stone quarry. The
region Is butthlnly settled.
DETAILS oF TmE AkFRAY.
lNpIANARoIIs, iNp., April 30,--The
| express matter In the Louisville, New
Albany n Chicago train waa carried Ia
the baggage car, which WAS occupied
by the messenger and baRgage-mRster
1t was as ueual the frat car on the
train.
The messengers name was George
N. Davis OF Louisville. Last night AT
il;l6 o'clock the train reached Har.
rodsbuigb, owen county, . local sta
tlon, tho third below Blooming
ton. II has a population OF
not more than 400 souls and at that
|
grave. IL ia In round numbers / IL
from Lafayette. There Ia water tank
at Harrodsburgh aud the train stopped
there four or i've minutes
no REpLENIsIl rnE ENGINE
While 1t was nj atandBtill one of
the passengers In the sleeping car,
j. III. Hamilton OF Green Castle.
happened TO be looking out OF the
window, and by the reflected light Of
the engine and the dim Illumination
from the car windows he saw man
emerge apparently from under the
truck and disappear Gin the direction
OF the engine. In the brief glimpse
! Mr. Hamilton had OF the man
he said he was about the
medium height, dressed In
the tattercd garments OF a tramp
aud carried In his hand club or stick.
He naturally supposed him
10 BE SOME TRANP
who WAS stealing ride under the
trucks and dismissed the matter from
his mind. In the meantime the en-.
CINE had taken water aud started
Nothing unusual occurred until the
little station Of Smithyllle Hill, about
two miles north OF Harrodsburgh, was
: reached. There sharp ring OF the
bell ON the engine stopped the ira in,
Before an inquiry az TO who pulled
the bell rope could be made, the
baggage master flung open the door OF
the smoking-oar and reeled In
COVERED WITH MOOD
that trlckled from CHASTITY wound
In his head, He sank on his knees
between the forward seats and gasped
out 10 the horr fled passengers who
rushed to him, "That robber had
entered the bapqage.car and shot
4 himself and The express messenger
, This was ali he was able to say,
yhen he fell unconscious npun his
face nv that ,i,... r,,.,,c,,r IMAM.
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, tutneu luW hnu sWinYInf luin NOUN
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: oMEn LIE rn.uhlr ~ y rNn -
DaVis was stalcneu ~ y poor VI
uio1u 10y 'nu hiuo " W sa'et
Whlcn WAS p,phen opvh anu pun,
dered, everywhere was tbe evidence OF
= beriinc stuRBie, lhe 'VyI WAS "
tered with papers that the assassin
had taken from the chest ana ueeinlpB
them worthless ma thrown mem
away ana The heavy lo&es when
stood In the car were scattered around
In confusion. Davis was llited up ana
carried into the smoker 10 was
breathing, but II was evident That he
WAS wounded 70 the death. lilo had
beensahot In the upper part OF the
\ head, a piece Of the tkull as large ~
/ a silver dollar being literally
blown Off From this aperture
THE BLOOD AND BRAINS FREELY
OozED.
Webber, the baggagemaeter, gives
| this account OF tho affair When the
! train stopped at HarTodaburg he and
Davis were asleep upon their train