Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-01
ARKANSAS ROADMHN.
Another Passenger Train on the ST.
Louis, Arkansas and Texas Rail-
way Robbed in Arkansas.
The Engineer and Fireman In Charge
the Same Whe Were Running
the Train Robbed Is Genes
From Five to Ten Thousand Doilars OBJ
tanned from the Express Oar-The
Eegineex's Account OF II.

E9EineeRa Account Oh H.
ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY IN ARKANSAS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. ga special to i
the Post Dispatch from Pine Bluff, says
the train robber has again appeared In
Arkansas, this time on the st. Louis, Ar
kansas and Texas Railroad, about twenty
miles below this city. AS train No. 2
north bound stopped at Kingsland about
O'Clock this morning three men stepped
on the platform Of the baggage car next
to the engine. About mile from Kings
land the train suddenly came to a stand
still and the conductor, j. B. Browning
stepped to the door to see what was
wrong. As he opene d the door bullet
whistled by his head and he at once re-
tired inside of the car where he remained
during the trouble. The robbers
went to work In 8 cool and systematic
way. They boarded the engine and COM
manded the engineer, Bob Rev, and the
| fireman, Ed Harknett, to hold up their
hands. Harknett was Just in the act OF
putting q shovelful Of coal In the fre-box
| and, supposing It was one Of the train
men trying to perpetrate joke, he
dropped his shovel, exclsiming "ah,
there!" The robber with grim humor
dropped the muzzle Of his six-shooter
against the hreman's cheek with the
words, 'tstsy there, you -"
The fireman quickly climbed down from
the box. Taking the fireman and engineer
with them, the robbers ordered them to
call on the messenger
TO OPEN THE CAR.
They did as ordered, but he refused to
show up. Then began fusilade which
lasted while the attempts was being made
Ito force way into the car. The fireman
was ordered to take slash bar
from the engine and break in the
door of the car. He obeyed, but as
| he could not get IN after ten minutes de-
| Law the robbers proceeded to set the car
on, fire. This forced the messenger to
46sen the door and the engineer and 8re-
man were made to get into the car first,
their bodies thus protecting the robbers
as they climbed in. Tie messenger open
| ed the safe without further trouble and
the contents we're quickly transferred to
q sack. The exact amount taken is not
| known, though 1t is believed to be large.
I Tne maiI car And passengers were not
! molested. The engineer and fireman Of
this train were in charge OF the train
robbed at Genoa, Arkansas q few weeks
ago. The messenger received 8 note at
| Texarksns warning him 10 look out, but
he paid no attention to 1t believing it to
be Joke. The robbers were just thirty
five minutes doing the work.
/ Later reports state that between $4,000
and $40, 600 was taken. Some place the
;Istsas much higher. The sheriff and posse
fare in pursuit of the robbers.
THE ENaIN8ER'S STORY,
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 29.-0fficlsls of
the Cotton Belt Railroad were notified
this morning early that robbery had
been committed on passenger train No. 2
at Kingsland, Cleveland county, Ark, at
about l O'Clock this morning, and
that considerable money and unnsgotiable
papers had been taken from the express
car in charge OF Messenger Gavin Of the
Southern Express Company. Calvin also
had in his charge packages Of money col
lected at stations along the route intended
for the central offices of the company.
This with some of the funds Of the ex-
press company made the cash lost about
$1,000.
d. G. Allis, auditor OF the rosd, received
the above from Superintendent Fleming,
located at TexafkAns, and later came
- MRAGRR DESCRIPTION
of the robbers, giving their height at
ABOUT FIVE feet ten inches, five feet seven
,Ijnehes and five feet six inches, and weigh.
jSag 16O. 150 and 140 pounds respectively.
He is also informed that the sheriff Of
Jefferson county started in pursuit Of the
robbers at 5:20. this. morning, and that
the sheriff Of Cleveland county
fha .
large posse. It Is expected that
will be on the alert, as Governor Hughes
has offered a reward Of 5000 for the arrest
Of each robber. The railroad company
has offered $3.50 reward for each, and the
express company signify their intention Of
adding 5000 for each capture, making q
total reward Of $3.50 for the three.
Bob Rev, engineer of the train, tells OF
the robbery as follows: Ihsd Just put on
. the air-brake for Kingslsnd when fellow
came crawling over 4he tender towards
me, and in sn instant had his revolver
pressing sgainst the side Of my head. He
said, "Pull out, quick,n and did 1t, you
bet. After we had run about mile and Q
half he told me to shut her OF, and as
soon as We stopped two other fellows
showed up
FROM BEHIND THE TENDER
and ordered me and my fireman to come
of that engine. Harknett, my fireman
: crawled down. but told them l wouldn't
leave my machine. In about second
: there were six reYolvers pointed at me
and 1 concluded It was too warm In my
engine any -way and so got
down too. Then they told US to
uncouple the mail and express cal
from the rest of the train, but We pre-
1ftended not to be able to do it, and as the
i messenger, Tom Calvin, refused to oper
T up they commenced shootings in 8 lively
shape. Then they went and got can Of
= toikfDm the engine and lot of waste
n and piled 1t up against the car door and
> set fire to it. Calvin began TO beg them
and told them If they would agree not tc
. hurt him he would open up. They told
him to come ahead, and he
THREW OPEN THE DOOR
!. and jumped down to the ground. The
robbets then helped themselves. dom
t believe they got great desl, IS abou
i nine-tenths Of the run was hidden by tn
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