Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-14
A Daring EeRBrRY.
Nov an Exuye<s Messenger Died De-
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JOHN fIllsJ. March I3.-One Of the
NOS. daring ana b0idest exprsss roo
berries ever perpetrated IN Illinois &C.
Cured On the Chicago, Rock Island snd
Pacific Eess boand express last night.
uetxeou this place sad Morris ne
fsets - learned from the bscEagsrpan
sre that shortly after the trsln, which
leaves here al l2z45 g. II, lsft seis city.
ne besrd 4 fsp st she baggage ear door.
Thinking y Ea- TIE express E2~ss1n2er
4 be oP@n@d the door, and Ess confronted
% masked robbers, alto covered him
With rsyolvs sad demanded bis keysto
the express car. they were given us,
aud oEe rebber, ~bo wss on top of the
baggage ear. held a revolver or goe bag
g4geLazn thro1Eh q tr4nsom IN the r1of
z tue car. while his cOut=i=r4te- turn
ed iheir attention TO the express car.
Ibey raped on the express car door
and iufJrmsd mess sger Kellogg Nj D.
Jis that the OaggsgemAn wanted - get
10 Il the rear Of gEs express car. The
d0sr w4z opened and tbs desperadOes
entered. Being confronted by the m1T-
deroas villains, the messenger fought
for has life and the property IN bis
trust TIE interior OF THE express ear
shows that be fought tie robbers from
ole end - the other, bat at last the
blows that they rain-d on his head with
al iron poker forced him TO s1ecamb,
and be vas lef. dead IN the car. Ihe
thieves rIfisi MS pockets for the keys 10
me safe, when they robbed OF all Its
contents, vsriou@ly estimated at from
500 20 $500. The checks and
valuable pack ages not containing mont '
they left scattered about the ti-or.
NoghIng vas known of the occurrence
until tue train reached Norris, the first
station vest Of here, except Coal Chute,
xAere the train stopped to take in coal.
At Morris the local express messenger
raped on the express car door, bat as
the Summons was not ansxered, Is was
tnoaght that the train messenger was
asleep. Upon the door of the Car being
opened, the horrible evidences of des-
psrate struggle aud tue dead body Of
the messenger we're discovered. In one
hand the dead man olutched lock of
dark colored hair, which must have
been tors from the head of one of his
assallants.
The news was telegraphed t. this
city. Sheriff Reitz and Chief of Polios
Murray at once organized posse and
started On special engine for Morris.
A large force of officers and men from
this place and Morris are now securing
the oouRtry.
BAagageman N. II. Watt, who is a
young man about - years Of age, told
the following story in response 10 vari.
Gus qaestions: Al was sitting in the
car. The chains were upon the door
which went back 10 the train, bat the
door in the front part of the car was not
locked, as the car ahead was the one IN
which was the messenger. He was
checking up his runs. l sat on a trunk.
Just after they had wnistled for
Minooks | heard a sort Of scraping
sound on the floor, but net much noise,
Just as though some one had
rubbed bis foot on the floor. Before
| could turn around a big gun
was poked over my shoulder and man
said, You open your mouth or move
muscle, and I'll blow your brains out
| esald only see the lever part of his
face. Ii was covered with some cloth
or paper. l sat looking toward the back
part of the car, toward the rear of the
| train, when | heard some one at the
| safe which was behind, and could hear
| a rustllng and tearing of papers. This
went on for a while, and the man who
stood over rne said to me, If you move
or stir, hand .or foot before the train
stops at Morris, that man up there will
blow the top of your head off, | rolled
my eyes, aud there was mans hand
stuck through the ventiistor with a gun
IN It. In about five minutes, as 1t seem
ed to me, the train slowed up for Nor
ris. looked up. The hand was gone,
and jumped out of the car. heard
no noise, nor any shooting. The first
heard was, a. | said, man speaking to
me and at she same time putting a gun
near my shoulder. They must have
gotten into Nichols car first and got the
key tn the safe before they came to the
baggage car"