The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-01-27

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~. LoUiS IAN N-Last ns<ht,. n
Dksp1fch has he following arcoanf
daring attack on . Waka n 49,
train- and tho dsfsaf and captar. ~
robbsrs- II say > that . daring. but ~
cessfni attempt 60 rot IN express train
the Wabash w estsrn road VA maa-
about halt past nine O'Clock last nI,h.
. point . few miles east of Missonr, r.
. little town ID far from Kansa. NV.
The regular Kansas City-Sf Loni. NJ
press train No 4 lsft Kansas civ .+.
regular hour. SD p m Il was II cAar-.
Of W. q beckiy. the regular conauc.,.
Georxe Aorsey was In the eat of III. !.
CINE. No iJl.- I'd sharp. one oftlie 49,,
messengers on ths road in time * .err'.
was II the car Of the P.ridc Err.
Company. and y. = Trnes dale 49,.
charge Of the baggage. The train m.s.
il first stop at Harlem ~ txantv.6v.
minutes 10 nine. Then il went
past Randolph, Birmingham. In,
~ Landing and Clay without sto.nn.
reaching Missouri City. twenfv-txa n.as
from Kansas City. az SD D. m. 4 sw
minutes before time On the platform
the little station was . band " men 49,
shotguns. Tho conductor VA. inform-
that they w6re under command * IN v.
fciAl Of the county who had re,nsr.a
word that an attempts would b. mad. \.
rob the 81 Louis express NJ a lcnels ~,
. little less than two mils~ EAST w N.
souri, City. One Of the officers rot n n.
cab Of the engine with the engineer IA
fireman. md the others distributed ,h.n.
selves through the train.
In another minute the train pnii~ "A ~.
toward Lexington Junction. ths ~
and Lexington are several small sta..prs
The first Of them Is Cooley's Lake. 4 ~.
ing resort for the employees u the Wana,a
road IL Is about two miles east of N.-
souri, City. IL i ons az the lonlies nsas.
on the road in winter time. for ~ ltt..
house ~ the lake Is deserted ant tAara
not another dwelling IN sight. Aalar,-
Of . mile away - the Missouri rivsr. wall
in the other direction is a strip III f.anb.
Just west of Cooley's lake K sh~ --s.
where. according 20 the information n.
csived bv the authorities Of tie gonat
the attack was to be made.
Nome OF the passengers on fhs rral.
were notified of the danger. bur TX M.
train pulled out Of Missouri CITY ~
lights in the carr we're low sred. AMI IT,
train men took their place. az the in-s
of the caches with rsv0lrers Drawn
Thsy could SEQ a one on the uintfru f
ths coaches without themselves beng
seen The express messenger barenlai
the door Of his car and the hnsgaEsnan
shut himself carefully in
THE
The train movsd on ~ Is regular rate *
speed In the cab Of the engine crAncaet
q man with . loaded shotgun A. the
point Of attack was neared a re4 ixtr
was seen gIea ming ahead The en- neF
obeyed the danger signai. fur Il sixaf
have been tn front " . break m tha track
or = bnrricade which would hare thrown
the eng ne from the track As the tran
slowed up the engineer saw three MASKED
men standing on the track They warp
armed with rifles and THAR faces we're
concealed BY pieces Of cloth with aolss
cut in them.
sect OH there AID the leader u the
tnree men 70 p
.wbar 90 you wants asked Engineer
Norsev.
-Ssver Won mind.- SAID the maskai
nanait- ~fou ~, ~ me-
Aorssy climbed ao~h ou- ~ ~.
Jrst a. ne rraelea ~ $3.50 .-r
IN tne ehn pe'n.ea -
WINDOW ani nrrL '
leader oi ne pana ~ $3.50
could nut slnrr 49, ~
the engineer 1917 y =
hat - SON ~ 4,
md ALorssf rnpP7- 1o~n M VA
Inc snot from me 80
shoss 4 49, ~ ~.
rs'1si ao'n. 80
narn- ~ "e
smora4'-ea s'a
Az AMBUSH.
A thcy mores- back . part ot mr.
came mp from the woods. ~hers t4af t.
feen in corcca mont Tor Some n n.
opsred IRE ON them. these men
sent our from Lsssouri 1irF "
81 tins train p 2 eoiac~4'- -
selves. - he in readiness whenHsfr
shon'd D. needed
About twenty shots were sxflA1
the men On the train ioinin- ~ F fN
suit. Then the track was ~ainAn
found clear. and the tram nNiseH
twenty-five minutes behind tmF 1Nf
ington Junction.
The po~se continued IN rursuat of '7
band. and when the train reached Nna