The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-03-20
A BLOODY DEED.
An ExpreHa Messenger Murdered
and illa Oar H0bbod.
Terrible pfime Cammiitsd On the uaeL
Island hnad Between Joliet snd aat.
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Chicioo. March " The express cn
Of the Chicago Rock Island train which
leaves ibis eliy NJ II I. No., was boarded
ht robbers NJ Joliet, nj one O'Clock ihls
morning Kellogg Nichols, express mes.
senger oi the United States Express
Company was killrd and money and lew.
1rly valued a. about S8i, 100 were stolen.
Nichols attended to hts dutlrs nf Joliet
hut when the iran arrived at Morris,
twenty miles beyond Joliet, he did not
open the door Of the ear The local agent
AZ Morris forced open The door, and found
Nichols lying dead on the floor ot the car
with his throat eut from ear lu ear and hls
head horribly cut and crushed. The bag.
gagcman was found bound aud gagged In
uenext ear The safe was broken open
and ~ contents gone, As the train does
not stop between Joliet and Morris, II Il
approximately certain that the rohbcr.
boarded the cars ut the former place,
CmCAGo, March 1.-THE news Of the
robbery Of the express err and the niur.
der Of the messenger produced the
| greatest excitement In the Rock Island
| )illcc In this city yesterday. Division
Superintendent 4, II Chambcrln was IN
receipt OF dozen dispatches detailing
the particulars of the affair The officers
Of the road held a consultation and agreed
| 10 send special detectives on The track ni
the rulllans nj once The train, No. 3,
lcit the depot Friday night nt eleven
| o'clock. II consisted Of the locomotive,
| two baggage cars, two slrcpcrs and three
coaches, In charge nl Conductor wng.
ner kcllog Nichols, 0i this city, was
the express messenger. II ~ Thought
that the men who committed the robbery
and murder are cons 's, lately released
from Joliet pcnltcnliny. The brakeman
OF train No ~ says he saw six men walk.
Ing along the edge Of the woods near An
Sable, which IN close 10 Morris. Officers
from Joliet are out after The men. They
left nothing In the car by which they
might be identified, except a stove poker
which was used by one oi them ms o
weapon. Superintendent Chamherlm left
for Morris yesterday to investigate the
affair aud take charge Of the body Nichols
WAS iorty.llye years Of age and unmarried
llc lived on the North side.
nrssENGEHs sfAfrurSr.
The first authentic Information ni IN,
murder reached the express Office on
Washington street. when the incoming
messenger, W NJ. Turner, reached here
His train met the one on which Nichols
was Killed, at Morris, aud Mr. Turner
reached the place soon after the murder
whs discovered. The widest eXcltemcn
prevailed about the depot at the time
Nichols Was found with his throat cut
from ear 10 ear, the wound hcing Jagged.
uneven gnsh, as n It had hecr
inflicted with hatchct. Turner had tr
leave for Chicago before the investigation
was well under way, II WIS found, how.
ever, that everything was all right when
the train drew mp at Joliet. started
promptly, and according TO schedule time
was due tO arrive at Morris at $50 a. M
No stops were made between these
places, an1 Tor that reason II II thought
the murderers boarded the train of Joliet
Arriving NJ Morris, Nichols, as was M.
wont, did moi appear at the door of The
express car Ia deliver bis packages. The
agent waited on the platform for several
minutes, aud, tIfing Of the delay, opened
the door himself The sight that met hi,
eyes was horrible one.
. |
wing In one corner Of the car. the safe
was open ani the yaluahles found miss.
ing. The United States express officials
here say that Nichols had In his cn.t1dy
from go ,GO0 10 s25,00 and some fnrlJ
packages u jcwelry consigned 10 icwcln
firms IN the country. The value oi thii
jewrlry II unknown, jut the express
people say II can not be- less than S.. 900
and may be worth double That amount
The express company acted promptly
as soon a. they heard oi the murder
They took immediate steps 10 track Tho
muGdcrcrs, and large force ui detective.
was set 10 work on the case
A special from Morris says Conductor
Wagner, Who had charge oi tlie train M
which the express agent, Kellogg Nichols
was murdered SAYS, "As ihc tral came
70 staudstill at Morris ~ 80 this morn
ing, got out 0u the platform. About th,
same time Watt jumped 0if The baggage
rar as white - sheet aud gaspcf
, 1uti "My G1di Look In there The
money II all gone aud the paprr
all over the carl" I looked IN will
my lantern nud The sale Was silndln.
open; The Waf.bllls were all scattered
around aud llir drafts and other papers
some u them torn. were all around ~
The fDor TOOK ms kcy and Nont IN ne
, other car nnd called 'Sicki Sick" huI
lbtSe was no answer. A. ! swung mj
lantern In tie car a horrible sight va
seen. There vas blood scattered around
everywhere aud on the trlnks. The igca
Hay.hilr were all covered with blood
and the legs ~ the chairs we're bloody
IN The forward part oi the car
found the body NJ Nick. The face wh'
. covered with blood aud great pool Hn'
. underneath him. The hniy was still
Aafm. The car showed that thrrr hHi
J leen big hxht, from nearly oue rni T.
/ | the other. ON a hook hung a big poker
J which was also covered With hilud
"Nlrk" lag with both hands rionched
and between the nngcfs NJ uue hlnI
he held lock Of black hair, while in thl
other hand vas a lock u red hair." ThI
conductor thinks the ROBBERS got 1n a
The coal chute. near Joliet. ani had
, jumped "a Just a. The u n slowed np a
! Morris.
II il understood that the Rock ISLAM
road will offer a reward II si0.1n1 fo
! The capture n the mrn who eommittel
/ the robbery aud 5000 iir the arrest .
any ore u them.
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Supposed To be Io.t with Al m Hnsss
. SANDY IIoos, March ls.-Tho steims