Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

VI | tApItb5 IuICisls Oe
| ~l5 " cline 10 stare the
VI. emourt OF the ROD.
| berry, but 1t ~ under
stood the loss IS between $40. GOO anG
$50, COO. Between the Stations ShoV:
named the roober entered the express
Car where Henry McElroy, baggage ms
ter, wss sitting on chest near the mid
die Of the csr, and the express messenger
Charles La0rey, was ct one end OF the
car checking CT freight. The roohs,
came first to the baggage mester, pre-
sented pistol and required McElroy &c
hold up his hands. Q lick)y throwing G
sack over MCEiroY's head tneT oober gAVs
his attention 10 the messenger, gho WA
requested e. The point C: 2 pistol to
open the safe. A sack WIS
placed over the messengers head
while the roobsr proceeded WITH 1he 1crs
CT occurring the money. Both McElroT
sid Lsurey were required undss tfreS'
TO hold up their hanos. a'ser securing
the contents CT the safe the robber pulled
tie beIl rope, the trsin teen being near
Nicholson etstion, forty-tVe miles from
this city. When the train stopped he ief;
the car uGobse,ved. The conductor did
not know why the train hsd stopped, snd
On stsrtirg bEcK to ascertain he :CuLd the
resr end Ct the coach next 10 the baggage
car licked ard the key left In the dooF sea
the Cutsiae. When the express csE xst
Fescted Doth MCE.roy and Laure&Sf9eTe
found with their hands up srd sscke cysS
thsir heads. They were uECer the. tiN
preston that the robber was st7ll nFessnt.
Galy one roober wss seen By La1feE e,
NEW ORLEANS, LA, Nov. 5.TAe loae
hiahHaynan les moved east, anu csrfIsS
ont this morning the moEt successful
train robbery ever peypetrEted this side
OF tee mississippi river. al 4:30 O'CLOCK
his morning, when the southoound
.rain On Ihe Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texls PGc:hc RSilToad, on the Queen sEo
Crescent roule, was half wkE between the
little towns OF Derby and Lsursl, Glsa 1,
arc about oix!y mites from thig city, &
passenger VINO had get Oh ct Derby
slammed to Spd licked the passenger
coach, end stepping frcm tbs platform
ito .Ae LSggsce car, drew couple Of
revolvers ard aimsd them at the baggage
usstsr and Charles LsurY, messenger OF
the Baltimore and Ohio EGnrass Company,
and ordered them to
THROW UP THEIR HANDS
urde- penalty Ct death. Both ne2 were
thoroughly frightened AID cid IS or
de1ed, wasrerpon the lone ki2AvLy-
man, sitter locking the door behiud bin,
uafcGed tho expregs n aasen&er 10 lie rear
OF the cEr, ordered Elm 70 open sae safe
thare, clean OF: Gil the m5aey srd
veIu&bles in 1t and put them il bags
for hin. as soon as tbs money
hSd been thus begged, hs
A.,L ~
"NoT, Put 81 empty s&ok over your own
head" This order, like tue Other, wSs
obeyed WIRE Glscrity, otEer which the
baggage mailer ysss similarly hitadiolded
VIII his head IN aacS, and
the two men were led over 20 INC safe
and seated there with their
oEcks to the robber. The EigbWEynaa
coptinuSd bis sehIch fer other vaiua5les,
ripping open the msl Daga and locking
over the contents. After giving his two
prisoners warning not 10 betEsF him
ne stepped Gu. Of Inc baGgsga csr 70 the
Platform waere he had e1safe6 il.
PULLED THE ROPE
10Y The train to stop, and when il alacked
up stepped eff into the brush aGd d!sSp
pesred. a brakeman was ten feet
awsy from him ct the timei
bus suepacting noting wrong
did not stop htu. Tee tram wena on
agsin, bul IN the meantime The prisoners
had been sble TO give the al&Tro.
The baggage Gag was foEced open
ald they Sese re!edstd, stAl IN $
very deulora!;ze1 s2d frightened
condition. The trsin hid proceeded GsY-
eral miles IN the mesa Hhile, a2d Ii was
deemed uealess to return and .0CE for the
robcez. According to al cslcu!a,
,iors he must have been ten or
fl teen minutes engsg ed N his
WORK. He YVES NOT 81 sill
hssty sbcu. tbs matter but want ABOUT
everything slow snd deliberately, AMI
!coKed as though he hsd baeG al ais life
engaged in train robbery. Iaceed, be
even
COUNTED THE MONTY
he had begged, OF 6hich $40. 325 WAS IN
cash and SIS, coo il government boSds.
besides wassever ne got from tie maii
boys. Both the bsggsgemsn snd express
messenger were eb,e TO describe
the robber, although he Was Disguised.
He WAS tel, thin man, they say, red
fsced, lsntern- jawed, with red
whlskers, which seemed false. He
knew the baggsge-msstsr personally,
he ssid, and IL order to conceal his voice
had a oandsua handkerchief IN his mouth,
which gave his voice Z nasal twsng. lie
wore grey overcast.
The express company was warned sew
ersl dayssgo tasi come very suspicious
characters had been seen in the vicin-
ity OF the robbery. A sharp lockout
Wss,kept a. first, but 80 nothing occurred
it was somsBhat relaxed. The rear door
Of the Baggage csr always rernsined open
the conductor AID broksmen Ii q 7ensly
entering, but unfortunately nc1e II thsm
happened 20 60 there while the Robbery
was being committed.
THE NEW SOUTH.