Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-20
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DARING TRAIN RoBHrar.
Most Audacious Express Iiobbervia rrli.
nois-A Messenger killed.

a Most A udaclous Express Robbery b.. fr1f-
nois--A Messenger killed.
A Joliet Illinois, dispatch of the 7glf ir-t
says That one of the most daring auf bFo87r-
express roDber1es ever perpetaated ia NIX
los Occurred on the chicago, Rock ISLAND
q Pacific west bound express fsst risEf ~
tween that place and Morris
Inc 1actss as learned from the ba-ua-e-
man. are that shortly after the main isFt
gone- az Iz'to o clock ne heard rap al the
/ baggage car door. Thinking BIZ WIS fhs ~
/ press messenger he opened the door r-.a7.
/ he was met by masked robbers. who Covered
MN with reVoivers and demanded the Hev
] 70 Lie express car. The kew was Given -,
/ One of the robbers, who was IN IN 81 ~
I baggage car had a revolver aimed al tha
Da88aee-LLlau through the tTausom OF the
I FooI OF the car While his confederates
turned their attention 20 the eEl,reas car
They raped on the express car dIelor- and
informed the messenger that a ba1aesa mani
wanted to get in. The door OF die .srnraae
car was opened and the desperadoes enter
/ ed ana tnen occurred one OF the most bloody
and desperate struggles on record. BEING
/ confronted by the murder0uH Williams he
messenger fought for his life, and the prop
erty in his possession.
The interior of the express car shows thar
he tOugOJ the robbers from one end of tina
car TO the other, but at last the murderous
blows that they rained ON his head with an
IRON poker forced him TO succumb, and be
was 4erladead III the car. The robbers rifed
hls pockets for the keys 70 the SAFE. which
they robbed of all the contents, variouslv
estimated at from S25,O00 TO $4,000
The checks and valuable packages not con
tanning money, the robbers LEFT scattered
about the noOE. Nothing was known of the
occurrence until the tram reached Morris.
the first stop west of here, except the coal
chute where the train stopped to take on
AT Morris the local express manager rap
ped on the express car door, AS the sum
mons was not answered it was thought the
messenger was asleep. Upon the door of
the car being Opend horrible evidences Of
the desperate struggle and the dead body Of
the messenger We're discovered. ia one
hand the hero had lock of the dark color
ed hair that must have been torn from the
head of one of his assailauts.
Inc news was at once telegrHphed TO OF
tllWa5 and Sheriff ReitZ and Chef of Police
Murray at once organized a posse and start
ed on special engine for Morris, stopping
on the way at the coal chute, two miles west
OF here 70 see If they could find where the
desperadoes boarded the train.
1t VIII not be safe for the murderers to be
caught here. The dead messenger was q
married man, and had been in the service of
the express company about ten years. he
was one OF their most trusted employees. Bis
hone was at Chicago.
$4,000 REWARD OFFERED.
MIR, Nlggants agent of the United States
company, states this evening that the loss
by the morning s robbery VIII be inside Of
S20yUyJ The express cOmpauV- working
jointly with the Rock Island railway iu en-
deaYoElng to catch the robbers, and $4,000
reward is offered Jointly by toe two compa-
MES.
Assistant Agent Hammond, Of the express
eOmpaDy's Office ia this city, said in regard
70 the murdered man: ''4lEs Kellogg Mich
OILS was a brave and trusted employs of the
company. he was about 40 years of age and
had spent twenty years with the company,
being one OF its oldest employees running on
any road out of this city.'
MT. Nichols was married man. but had
no children The baggage man, N. A. Watt.
who is abOut twenty -four years old told the
following story: 81 was sitting iu the car.
The door IN the front part of the carWas not
locked. The messenger was checking up
lls runs. sat on the trunk, and just after
sort of a scrapiag sound on the door, but
not much, Just as though some one had rub
bed his foot on the door. Before i could
turn around, big gun was pOked over my
shoulder, and man said, you open your
mouth or move muscle and lll blow your
brains out.
l could only see the lower part of his face
Il was covered with some cloth or paper. III
sat looking towards the back part of the car,
when heard some one at the safe which
was behind me. L could hear the rustic and
tearing or papers. This went on for awhile,
and the man who stood over me said TO me;
III you move or STIR a hand before the train
stops at nj Orrls, that man up there viii blow
the top of your head OFF, i rolled up nay
eyes and there was a mans hand stuck
through the VeutilatOr with a gun ia IL.
In about hve minutes the train slowed uD
for Morris. looked up, and the hand was
gone, and jumped out Of the car. i heard
no noise nor any shooting. The first heard
was the man speaking to me, and at the
same time putting the gun over my shoulder
They must have gotten into Nichols car first
and got Il e key to the safe before they came
INTO my car"