Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-13
THE TRAIN ROBBERY.
The Three Daring Men Still at Large
With Rangers and Detectives
Close on Their Heels,
Ludlcrsus Incidents Attendant Upon
the Robhery-One Nan Ready 10
Fight for His wife.
a Man From Decatur A Rs a Young Mites
10 HIDE His Treasures, NOD Tells Rer
where TO Put rhsn.


FROM BOWIE.
Special to the Gazette.
Bow., Tx, Dec. lS.--The train no .
berry continues TO be the allabsorbing
talk here. Sheriff McLsin and posse left
last night after them. He says he knows
all the men and win have them No re.
ports have been received yet from any OF
the posses that are out. Every place Is
watched, and y Is almost certain they
will be captured,
Ross Drury, travelling for Max Elser OF
Fort Worth, was on the train. He was
sitting in the rear coach, and the ilrst he
knew was two men came in the front
door with pistols presented aud said,
GLANDS up, gentlemen This demand
was complied with instanter. A lady In
the coach said sis there not o man In
this coach With bravery enough to raise q
hngery" Some one In the rear, said
"fes, man! Every man la this car Is
brave enough 70 raise all his tihgers.n
The big robher ordered them 90 keep
their seats and then made each man take
his turn to be robbed The robher then
would ask them II they had any
stun; then he would run
his hands down into their
pockets, and would be satisfied with
whatever he could get. After robbing
the passengers, the robbers ordered them
to 20 in the front coach, and each man
went as meekly as lamb. They got IS
in silver from Mr., Drutyi ne had hid his
watch and about $500 10 money behind
the seat lie was talking with Miss Car.
roll Of Henrietta at the lime the robbers
came IL the car, Miss Carroll also hid all
her yaluables.
The irst man 10 be robbed was ordered
in the front coach He went, but came
nuck at once and said to the big rohber
"Look here, my wife IS In this car, and,
by G., propose 10 stay IN this ear and
protect herr The rcbher said "Now,
Mr., 10 back in that coach Not lady
viii be molested, and he was true 20 hts
word. Qnly one man made any objection
to being robbed. The balance were OK.
tremely willing The big robher was
very COOL and seemed TO know what he
was about
A GAZETTE reporter, whose name
could not be learned, was on the
train. When his turn came to be robbed,
the robber asked him the ususl question,
when be pulledout 10 cents. The rohbur
said, "Hrll, Is that all2' The reporter
said, Eyes, i am a newspaper reporter
T'AHg EAtlli4aG ADOfltir lttNb WI
Sam Maddox % Wichita Falls contribu-
ted three drink checks ~ the general
fund.
One man whom they robbed OF watch
and chain told the robber the chain be-
longed to his wife and was an old relic
priced very highly. The robber said, "Take
it of and keep 1t tbon,n
They asked the peanut boy for $40,
which he gave them.
Pacific Express Messenger Ray stood In
the door Of the express car aud guyed the
passengers about letting three men rob
them The robbers made no attempt on
-. &c express car and II was well they did
not
The robbers rode up to a little house
on the north side OF the track at the tank,
and tied their horses to the fence, walked
around 10 front Of Tne house and sat
down. The lady living there had good
view OF them The pumper Mr.. Duncan,
also saw them for thirty minutes before
train time.
Bellevue Is just oue.quarter OF mule
from the tank, ant the depot was crowd
ed with people, but they did not know
what was going on
PROM DECATUR.
Special to the Gazette.
DECATUR, TEX Dec. l2 An extra
coach and engine went up the Fort
Worth & Denver City railroad this morn.
ing with detectives and rangers bound
for the scene Of the late trsin robbery.
Yesterday, soon after the souih-oonnd
Fort Wortb s. Denver City train came In,
two sorrowiul-looklng men were seen
coming up the street looking ike two OF
Sam Jones victims. Upon examination
they proved TO be Jesse Carpen-
ter aud Tom Wagner Upon fur
ther ipquiry II was learned that
the train had been robbed, and that these
gentlemen had been on It. Mr.. Cirpen-
ter said they MADE water haul on him,
that he saw what they were doing Ia the
other car, and pulled off his fine $3.50 pin
Mary had given him for Cnrlstmgs pres
emit, an his roll Of $500 As good luck
would have IL, he happened to b. sitting
by the side OF young lady 70 whom be
handed the treasures. She asked what 10
do with them when, when Jessie, all
bushes, said 10 her; "EN--excuse me,
miss, nut put them In your stocE--stock-
Ing"
She did so, and they are safe. Poor
Wagner was not 80 fortunate. ne
handed out 70 cents aud told the robbers
he was poor cow-puncher, "brokei ana
long way from home.
The train robbery was all the talk yes
terday, and all the officers were on the
qui viye 10 catch the hlghwsymep and
get the $500 each Col. Frost had ohefe0
Tor them
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