St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-09
Train ROBBERS FOILED
An Express Messengers En-
counter With a Gang Of
MaraudePs.
They Open Fire on Him and
Another Through a
Glass Door.
Four Bullets Find LOdgment
in the Body Of a Bag
gageman.
He Will Die THE Robbers
Are Still At Lib
erty.

CINCINNATI, o., June S.-A little
after 10 o'clock tonight American EX-
press Messenger III. ]. Zimmerman and
Baggagemaster Joe Ketehum were
alone together in the express and bag
gage car of the Cincinnati, indianapolis,
st. Louis e Chicago railway train which
is due at II o'clock city time. thinner
man, when the train left Delhi, station,
twelve miles west of here, called Ketch
um's attention to some tramps that he
saw through the glass window of the
car door leading to the front platform
next to the locomotive tender. Both
men arose and went toward the front
door. When within ten feet of it the
tramps began firing through the
glass window. Ketcbum fell, shot in
four places, two balls entering his abdo-
men, one his breast, and one his left
shoulder. Zimmerman tried to draw
his pistol, but it stuck in his hip pocket
and he retreated to the rear platform of
the car where he met the conductor.
The latter pulled the bell rope and
stopped the train. While this was going
on one of the tramps climbed on the
tender where he was met by the engi-
neer and fireman and
KNOCKED STIFF BY TWO BLOWS
from monkey wrench. The engineer
and firemen then rolled him off the ten
der while the train was at full speed.
Before he was thrown overheard, how
ever. a second robber attempted to
climb on the tender, but he weakened
and lodged back at the sight of the
PROSTATE form of his companion. Be-
fore the train stopped more than one
robber was seen to jump off and disap-
pear in the darkness.
All of them wore masks completely
covering their faces. Not word was
spoken by the robbers during the entire
atfray and not shot was fired at them.
Indeed that was not possible under the
circumstances. The night was very
dark, and Zimmerman and Ketchum,
supposing them to be tramps, went
with a lantern to the front door and
gave the miScreants every advantage.
Had they waited instead of firing, the
men would have opened the door and
would have been
ENTIRELY IN THEIR POWER.
They fired, Mr.. Zimmerman and the
conductor think, not less than fifteen
shots. Zimmerman says he saw four
atiu tilttU Oil vi GilCih
wore masks. They did not get inside of
the car, and so have become robbers
and murderers without pay. The police,
mounted and on foot, aided by large
force of citizens, are patrolling the river
front and securing the country to inter
cept the scoundrelS. The sheriff is out
with large posse. A train with thirty
policemen went down from here by
rail, starting at II o'clock. They will
get as many mounts as possible down at
Delhi. The Kentucky authorities have
also been notified to be Oh the lookout.
At 1910 this morning no intelligence
had been received in this city of the
capture of any of the gang. not even of
the man who tumbled off the locomo-
tive tender. Mr.. Zimmerman, the eX-
press messenger, says the men were eX
pert robbers. He says their pistols
were of large caliber, and that they
seemed cool and courageous. Joseph
Ketchum is now under the care or Sur
geonS Muscroft and cambridge. 1t APP
pears his bladder has been penetrated
by one ball and there is no hope of his
recovery. The man who tumbled off the
tender has not been found. Two sus-
poets have been arrested.