Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-30
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
p,d Car Robbery-Speech Of Lord
Randolph Churchill-Courtesfes
to the French Delegation.
ROLD TRAIN
!, EXPRESS Car Robbed of $4,000 and
Escape of the Thief.

.Express Car Robbed of $4,000 and
Escape of the Thief.
sr LOUIS, October 26.-The Adams ex.
,.oss car attached to the passenger train
r. 2 IN the St. Louis and San Francisco
.o;,road. which left this city at SIS last
night was e-o ooo
:, cash between here and Pacific, Missouri.
rom the meagre reports at hand it seems
that before the train left this city, a man
,oipa by the name OF Cummings presented
Latter to the express messenger, Frothing-
soIn nurporting TO be signed by Officers OF
.Sa cnmpany, stating that Cummings was
shont To take a run on the line, and ask.
~ buckingham to give him the points.
Wben near Merriinac the stranger over
lowered the MESSENGER, gagged him and
ponnd him to the safe, after which he
no"lIv ritled the car. He cut open the bags
S.outo;rinq the silver but took none of Il.
At Merrimac the
HoBBER LEFT THE TRAIN.
Tho robbery was not discovered till the
train reached Pacific, when the express car
was broken open and Messenger Frothing.
ham was found tied to the safe. The ex-
nress officers are reticent, but admit that
aver $50. 900 a taken. The r0bber ia
;ntpcrfectly described as a tall, dark man.
Of prepossessing appearance, dressed in
black, with very large hands and feet. 1t
is singular coincidence that he gave the
name OF Jim Cummings, the only member
OF the once celebrated James gang who has
never been accounted for.
LATER PARTICULARS.
The stranger who gave the name OF
Cummings to rockingham, the messenger,
bearing a perfect fac simile of the signature
Of Barrett, the local route agent Of the ex-
press company at st. Louis. The letter
stated that the company intended to put
an extra man on the route; that the bearer
was he, and that rockingham was directed
to teach him the details of the business. |
The stranger was allowed to enter the car,
and
TOOK E MERE
in all of the movements of the messenger,
apparently desiring to learn quickly the
ins and outs of the duties which the letter
stated he was expected to perform. The
two men busted themselves with accounts,
etc., and all vent we'll until the point be-
tween St. Louis and Pacific, Missouri, was
reached. Forthingham was busily engaged
with his accounts with his back turned to
Cumming. In the course of time it became
necessary for him to go to the safe, and
turning to do SO saw the stranger calmly
sitting in his chair with a
Cooked REVOLVER
]eyelled at his (Frothingham's) head Cum
mings cautiously approached the dunn
founded messenger, and told him if he re-
manned quiet n made or raised no alarm
- H. onl,~..-l NIL |
ger had nothing to do but to submit, and
the robber bound him hand and foot. He
also pressed a gag into his mouth, tied
him to the safe so that he could not move,
and then proceeded with his work. The
safe had been left open and it took but a
minutes fer the robber to secure the
BANK NOTES AND vALUABLEs
in the shape of jewelry etc. The road at
this point runs directly along the side OF
the high bluffs, which, in places, overriding
collisions with boulders, which OCCASION .
ally fall from above upon the tracks. The
trains, therefore, slack up at this point,
and run slowly until the dangerous place
is passed. This the engineer of train No. :
3 did, as usual, and thus offered the rob- .
Der an easy means OF escape. He first !
locked all but one door. stepped out on the :
platform. locked the door from the out ;
side and jumped Of. rockingham, in the .
meantime, could do nothing to release him :
self, not being able even to call for help. :
Two hours later, the conductor tried the :
door and hearing some one struggling with .
in suspected something wrong. He burst {
the door open, finding rockingham as ,
above described. He was quickly released :
and told his experience. The robber had '
a Start of fullv two hOurs and IL waa nee.
less to run back to try and find him. The
train therefore proceeded on it's way and
arrived in this city this morning on it's re I
turn trip. rockingham Immediately {
sought the superintendent of the company {
and was closeted with him for sometime,
at the end of which he commenced the pre-. ,
partitions of his official report refusing to
make any statement to outsiders regarding
the robbery, excepting that the total loss