The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-08-09

stopped three rough looking men,
who had come from Pittsburg on
the Fort Wayne train, boarded
the Cleveland express. They
looked carefully at the passen-
gers in the smoking car, where
Hulligan and Medium sat, and
brakeman declared that one of
the men gave a signal to the de-
Etective's prisoner through the
window of the car before enter.
ing it. The train soon pulled out
of Alliance and did not stop again
until 1t had reached Rarenna.
Captain Hoehn stood erect, with
his hand on his revolver, watch
ing Hnlligan and the prisoner
across the car. When the train
had come to a standstiIl at Raw
emma, the men who had boarded
it at Alliance walked rapidly in
Ito the car. At Sight of them a
fourth man, who had ridden all
the way from Pittsbarg, arose,
revolver in hand. One of the
villains moved up the aisle OF
the car carrying what looked
like a roll of newspapers.
"A third member of the party
took a position at the rear door,
with apistol in each hand, and
before Captain Hoehn knew
what had happened he was COW
cred by four revolvers. At that
moment the stranger who had
carried the roll of papers brought
it down on the head of Detective
Hulligan. As was afterwards
Learned the villain held an iron
coupling pin wrapped in paper.
The blow brought an awful groan
from the detective, and when
the iron pin had descended a
second time upon his head the
poor fellow sank, insensible and
bleeding to the floor. In the
meantime Captain Hoehn, who
had risen to his feet, was grap-
ling with one of the rescuers. He
was bearing the fellow to the
aoos when the man with the
coupling pm dealt him terrible
blow on the head. Dazed and
half blinded, he staggered back,
but soon recovering himself he
4 sent fire bullets from his revol-
yer into the midst OF the, murder
ers. The fire was returned, and
the Captain went down with
three bullets In his body and
two bad wounds on his head:
No sooner had the scoundrels
disposed of the Captain than
they dragged Huiligan and his
prisoner out of the car, broke
the handouts which held them
together, and with McMunp made
their escape.
The wounded officers were
brought to Cleveland, Detective
Hulligan being taken to his
home, where he died four days
later, and Captain Ioehn 10 the
City Hospital. where he was care
fully nursed back to health and
strength.
A reward of $4,000 was offer.
ed for the capture of the mur-
derers, and then began the long
hunt for the Ravenna rescuers,
as they were called. Word came
from Alpena, Mich, finally, that
Blinky Morgan. Billy Harring-
ton, Pat Hanly and Harry Nc
Mum, The men desired in the
police circular, were believed to
be in the city.
The one supposed to be Nc
Mum disappeared rather sud-
denly. however, and on the night
of Jnpe p, when the arrests were
made, only Moagan, and the two,
supposed TO be Hanley and Har
irngton, were captured. Morgan
was taken into custody at the
house where he was staying, af-
ter "a desperate struggle, in
which he shot Sheriff Lynch, of
Alpena, in The leg, producing a
wound, which finally caused that
officers death. The other men
were arrested as they were about
to board a boat from Alpena to
Oscoda, Mich.
Morgan and his companions,
who proved to be James Robson
of Pittsburg, and John Coughlin,
of this city, were brought to
Cleveland on Friday morning,
July 1st, and after being in Jail
there a few days we're taken TO
Ravenna to await their trial for
murder. On October 8. 1887,
Morgan was brought into Court
at Ravenna for trial. The wit
nesses for the State, one after an
other, gave testimony which con-
nected Morgan with the burglary
and the subsequent murder on
the Cleveland and Pittsburg
train. Notwithstanding this fact,
Morgan's attorneys refused to
call a single witness in his de-
fense-not even attempting to
prove an alIbl-and at the con-
clusion Of the testimony for the
! nrocecution Moroan's coursel