The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-20
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.
MASKED THIEVES ON TIE ILL
NOIS CENTRAL.
Ohio White Caps Will Disband-A South.
ern Victim Border Snug
glers-Criminal Matters.

GRENADA, Miss, Dec. II. The Illinois
one mile north Of Duck Hill by two robbers
and the express car plundered. The thieves
boarded the engine just as the train pulled
out of Duck Hill and ordered Engineer A.
]. Law to pull out fast and not stop until
told. The engineer and Fireman George
Ryans, being covered with navy ''sixes, y
obeyed the. command. One mile north of
Duck Hill the train was stopped and the
engineer and fireman were ordered to dis
mount. This they promptly did. They
were then marched to the express car
One of the robbers knocked on the door,
which was opened by Messenger Hill. After
firing three shots the man entered and took
SO, O00-all there was in the car-from the
messenger.
The firing of the pistol and the stopping
Of the train attracted the attention of Con-
ductor P. B. Wilkinson, who rushed out and
was Immediately fired upon. He returned
to the train, and Mr. Charles Hughes, of
Jackson, Tenn, dismounted with Win
chester rife. AS he stepped on the ground
from the smoking car he was fired upon
One shot strnck him in the left arm and
another. went through his stomach, infict-
ing a wound of which he died. Nine shots
were fired by Conductor Wilkinson and
Travelling Passenger Agent Roban three
by Hughes and four or five by the robbers
During the robbery great uneasiness was
felt by the passengers, who feared for the
safety of their valuables and lives
The following description of the robbers
is furnished by Engineer A J. Law:
yuhi 10 mar On fol-
slender and the other was of ordinary size.
Both were poorly dressed and showed them
selves to be hard characters The tall one
wore sandy chin whiskers I don't know
whether he had a mustache or not
Express Messenger Hill gives the follow
ing description of the robber who entered
the car: HE was q tall man-5 feet 10
inches Highland wore white SLOUGH hat
He had no beard on the side of his face and
the mask covered his face below his nose.
He had large nickel-plated pistol, which
looked unusually long. The bore was very
long and the barrel was round, apparently
for a cap and ball. The man had dark
hair, cut very short. 1t looked as if it had
been cut by a country barber He wore a
gray suit of very ordinary cloth. He put
the money taken from the messenger in a
sack larger than the one used on the ex-
press car, but Of the same material Both
robbers were masked. -
It is believed that neither of the men was
hit by the shots fired at them from the
train The place of robbery was an open
low marsh about fifty yards from woods
Both robbers ran eastward and into the
swamp. A posse is being organized here
to Join in the chase. Bloodhounds will be
used to follow the trail The description OF
the tall man with sandy whiskers is a good
description of the man who recently robbed
a train on the Northwestern road.
The death of Hughes, q young man, wa:
very sad, as he was the only support of his
widowed mother. He came to Lexington
Miss, yesterday to meet his sisters family
and younger brother, all Of whom were on
the train and were much distressed by hi
untinely death.