Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-04

n w from this city. The
VI express officials de-
" " cline to STATE the
~ amount of the rob-
berry, but 1t is under
stood the loss Is between t40 GOO and
$4,000. Between the stations eDoVe
named the roober entered the express
car where Henry McElroy, baggage mas
ter, was sitting on chest near the mlo-
die OF the car, ard the express messenger,
Chsrl, Lsurey, wss at one end OF the
car checking on freight. The roooer
came first to the baggage master, pre-
sented pistol and required McElroy to
hold ND his hands. q lickly throE wing
SICK over NICE roy's need the robber gsVe
his sttention to the messenger, WHO WAS
requested at the point OF g pistol 10
omen the safe. A sack WAS
y aced over the messengers hesd
while the roober proceeded with the WORK
Of securing III monty. Both McElfoy
and L.urey were required under Unrest
20 hod up their hands. After securing
tas contents CT the safe the rcbber pulled
me bell rope, the train then being near
Nicho son ssation, foIt}tlve miles from
MS city. When the train stopped ne LETT
the car unobserved. The conductor did
not know why the train had stopped, ana
On starting bscK to ascertain he found the
rear end Ct the coach next to the baggage
car locked and the key left IN the door on
the outsi-e When the express csr WAS
rescued both McElroy and Laurey were
found with their hands up and escss over
their heads. They were under the I'M
preston that the ro5ber was still present.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA Nov. S-The lone
hignwsymsn has moved east, sno carried
out this morning the most SUCCESSFUL
train robbery ever perpetreted this SIDE
OF the mississippi river At 4:3o O'Clock
this eIaotning, whan the sGu.hoound
.ass MN the Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Itxis Pc fc R,i.road, on ths . ueen and
Crescent route, WAS hslf RsY between the
little towns Of Darby and L.urel, Mics ,
cnd sbcut sky miles from this city, q
passenger who had got cn st Derry
slammed to snd lcCksd the passenger
C ach, and stepping from the pisttoFm
iato the Luggage Car, drew couple CT
reyolvars aDd aimed them ct the baggage
master and Charles Lsury, messenger OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Express Company,
and ordered them 10
d. THROW UP TREIs HANDS
under PEI ally of DEAN. B9ta men were
thoroughly frightened and did IS Or
dered, whereup1n the loae hi2hTay-
man, after locking the door behind him,
usrched the express messenger to the rear
of the csr, ordered m TO opan the safe
there, cleaa GU. al the money and
valuapIes in /: and put them In bags
far him. AS soon as the money
had been thus Gagged, he
called to the terrified messenger
"Now, put n empty sack over your own
head.h This order, like the other, was
obeyed with alacri,y, after which the
6asgsge mailer was similarly blindfolded
with his hesd In sack, and
the two men were led over to the safe
AID seated there with their
backs TO the robber. The h!ghwaynan
continued his search tor other vslusbles,
ripping open the mail osgs and looking
over the contents. After giving his two
prisoners warning not 10 betray him
he stepped out of the baggage car TO the
platform where he had entered it,
PULLED The ROPE
for the train 10 stop, and when it Stacked
up s.eppesecF into the brush AID disap
pe.red. IA brakeman was len feet
away Aom him ct the time,
hut Epecssag nothing wrong
sSm nos Napskfin. The tram went on
49, inSBui fEiHe meantime the prisoners
Ss sbeen able to give the alarm.
aEH6 baggage car was forced open
cand they wese Ie.sfsed, ttill in .
very demorslizai and frightened
condition. The train had proceeded sew
sral miles in the mean while, and 1t was
deemed useIess to. return and look for the
robber. According to all c,lculs
tions no must have been ten or
fifteen minutes engaged in his
work. He was. not at all
hssty shout the matter but went about
everything slow snd deliberately, and
looked as though he 'had been all his life
engsged in train robbery. Indeed, he
even
CoUNTED-THE MONEY
he hal begged. of 2nich slo,3aN,was in
cash end sls. coo in government bonds,
besides Whatever he got, from the msil
noys. Both the baggageman and express
messenger were able TO describe
thsisoboer, although he YVES disguised
aHe Aas toll, thin man, they ssy, red-
Iastd, lSntern- j,wed, with red
NSfskers, which seemed falee. he
lew the baggsge.msster personally,
sGg ssid, and in order to conceal his voice
nad oandsra handkerchief in his mouth,
which gave his voice nasal tWsng. He
wore grey oyercoat.
The express company WAS warned sew
eral days ago tina. come very suspicious
characters had been seen in the vicin-
ity of the robbery. A sharp lookout
wasIkept at first, but as nothing occurred
1t WAS somewhat relaxed. The rear door
of the baggage car always remained open
,the conductor and brakemeD frequently
entering. but unfortunately none Of them
happened to go there We the robbery
was being committed $50
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