Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-20
FOILED BANDITS.
Train Hands Repulse a Band of Wyoming
Train Robbers,

RAwLINs (Wy. T.), August 1Sth-At 2:35
this morning, while the east-bouud Union |
Pacific passenger train was lying at the |
water tank two miles from Dana, and the |
engineer was oiGng up and the fire. |
man on the tender filling the tank, sud
denly three men rushed up, covering them
with revolvers, and ordered them to throw
up their hands. The engineer did so at
once, but the fireman jumped down from
the tender, and as he did so was slightly
shot in the right arm constant fire was
kept upon the train by some robbers con-
cealed in the darkness fifty yards away.
The front brakeman, William Tillman,
when told to hold up his hands, did so.
AS he lifted his hands higher his lantern
dropped, when he was ordered to PICK 1t
up again He stopped down to do so, and
at the same time grasped lump of coal
and smashed the robber in the face, stag
gering him backwards, and then jumped
on him.
A desperate hand-to-hand conflict took
place, both men rolling down cinder
bank into the track ditch. The brakeman
was finally shot in the arm and through
the hip, splintering the bone.
When the robbers found they were foiled
they abandoned the attack and fled. The
passengers were uninjured. The robbers
are supposed to be heading south toward
North Park, Col. large posse is scour-
| ing the country, and if they are caught the
miscreants will be given short shrift
HOT ON THEIR TRAIL.
| ROLLINS (Wy.), August 19th.-The latest
| dispatch from the train robbers is that they
are fifteen miles north of Medicine Bow
| river having crossed at Cottonwood ford
and heading into the Shirley basin and sur
rounding timbered mountains. The Rawl-
| ins posse is twelve miles behind and hot
| on the trail If the robbers get into the
| Shirly basin their capture is almost i'm
| possible.
A reward of 81 900 has been offered by
| the Union Pacific Company, and the Gov
| ernor for each robber, dead or alive. The
probabilities are that if caught they will
be lynched.
Mrs. Langtry Interviewed.
lcopwigat, 1885, BY the California associated Press
New York, August 19th-Mrs. Langtry
was interviewed to-day. She said she ex-
pected to start on Thursday for California
to look after her ranch. She expects to re-
main on the ranch till the season opens in
Omaha on October 18th. land will then work
her way East. She says there is no truth in
the report that she will only play a short
season. Her time is already booked to The
end of April. There is also no truth in tht
reports OF her intended marriage. She il
not vet divorced, and while the wife of Mr.
LaDgtry it would be indelicate to discus!
the probability of marrying another man
Judge Thurman's Coming Trip.
COLUMBUS, August 19th.-The Columbus
Hooking Valley and Toledo Railroad man
agement this evening rendered Judge Thur
man a special car for his trip from Colum
. bus to Toledo, en- route to Port Huron
leaving this city at P. NJ. tomorrow. Be
sides Judge Thurman there will be his sop
A. w. Thurman, Congressman Outhwait
and representatives of the Associated Pres
and few special correspondents. 1t is ex