Mohave County miner., 1888-03-03
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5t-,n's Pass, two men Jumped on the for.
ward end of the mail Car, next to the
tender, and drawing their rifles on the
engineer ordered him to pull the trail
ahead about two miles. One man tber
Jumped, taking the engineer with him
and 6rod three shots into the ground D.
intinidats tho train men and passenger
They then proceeded TO the rear of the
sxpr'sss car and ordered the engineer TO
vrcorpLE TUE EXPRESS
From the forward sleeper and pull ahead
about two miles further. Two tramp
who we're stealing ride between the OK
Dress and mail cars. seeing what wa
going on immediately made tracks fol
The rear end OF the train. After takins
the mail and express two miles further a
stated. the robbers vent TO the expresi
car and ordered the messenger 20 oper
the cur and deliver what money and vslu
ables no had, which he did without aryu
ing the question with them.
After securing their plnnder, and with
out attempting 70 touch the mall car
they started Of on foot. takinsa
sorIuraiY DIRECTION.
Tho engine then backed up TO the trsif
ind ran to the first telegraph station and
po.ifed Snpt. Noble Of what had occur
red. The train was In charge OF Conduc
tor McLellen and the engineer wns Col
Harper, who had q similar experience ir
The big robbery near pantoni last April
Col. Harp.r evidently thinks he IL lated
YEEYARArior 9oa Pursuit.
supt. Noble immediately notified the
cornpany's detective. Len Rarris, Marsha
W. X. Meade and ehenE Shaw Word
wae also cant 70 San Xavier TO the four
Papaso trailers who have been engaged
by ths company. In tL5 t!le4ntirno a
posse hal been o..aHizsd. conS!si;n. o.
Lsn harris. Sfarshal Meaas, Gh8rif
Shaw, Deputy Marshal viii Smith. w
@. Who-f ard others, who. with horses
boarded the special and left for the scene
shortly before two o'clock. An engineer
was taken along to bring in Col. Harper''
engine. who had been ordered to Join the
posss. Marshal Meade also took the two
tranps back with him. as they may be o.
some assistance In describing the robbers
The special arrived on the scene shortl,
after daylight this morning and the Off.
csrs commenced sssrching for the trail
Immediately.
DaAKxAAH JACHsoK's ACCOUNT.
G. A. jackson, known through Texss
as EEL Psso Jack" name given him 70,
having had shooting scrape with train
robbers on the TEXAS & Pacific, Uas the
rear brakeman O! the robbed train and
this was his second TIP. His account o:
the affair is a. follows: 40 tLs train was
pulling ont Of S.sin's Pass head brakeman
Jerry Csrreno saw two men who, he sup
pos"d, were tramps. get on the forward
end Of the mail car. After quite . run he
reached them, but found two rifles
throws down upon him, coupled with
an order to get back lively. Hs did not
know they were robbers until tho trail
stopped about q mile from thvre. Thc
robbers then fred three shots and made
tho engineer cut tho malt and sxpres
cars OF and pull ahaad about two miller.
They then stated TO Enginssr Harpe
that they did not desire to harm any one,
tnd fo~ him 70 inform tho messenger
that tact and there would bs no trouble.
The messenger concluded this was tn,
proper thing 70 do, and opened up. givin
them his grn. and handed th"m the
money packages, which they placed 10
sacks, and without Offering to moless the
mail disappeared. taking a southerly III
rection. As 'oon as the engine pullet
array from the train McLsllen and Ger.
reno went back 10 Sts!n's Pass 10 report
| started towards the engine with IA,
lamp and had proceeded about hall .
mile whom n,et the engine coming back.
SCENES on TIE TRAfy.
Tbs train was an unusually largs one,
there being three Pullman sisepsrs fillsd
with wealthy Eastern people. In addi,io
to the regular train. Az soon 40 tn
shots were fred and the passengers real
ICED that the train was being taken In
every woman In the three sisepsrs tainted
and the cars were soon rednlsnt with the
odors Of dozen different kinds Of rsstor,
atives. Men wers pale and excited and
were deity slowing away thsir valuahles
In out Of the way places. II the robbers
had ever entered thoss cars they would
have had picnic. II 10 very singular,
but it happened that there wss not q
single firearm among ths passengers
This would probably not happen again In
ysars. Upso this writing no nsws has
been received from the posse. II is
understood that the whola amount taken
will not exceed $1,000 in cash. There
were, of course. great many drafts, bu'
these will be OF no use TO them Citizen
Hay Sent to England.