The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-13
IN TRUE WESTERN STYLE.
ROBBERS WORK ON THE "BIe FOUR"
They Fatally Wound One Man and Fail to
Get Any Booty--One Villain Rolled of
the Train While Going at Fun
Speed---ScOuring the Country

CINCINNATI, June s.-A little after 10 o'clock
tonight the American express messenger, J
II. Zimmerman, and Baggage Master Joe
Ketchum were alone together in the express
and baggage car of the Cincinnati, Indianapo
lis, st. Louis & Chicago railway train, which
is due here at IL o'clock, city time. thinner
man, when the train left Delhi, a station
twelve miles west Of here, called Ketchum'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
Get of it the tramps began firing through the
glass window Ketchum fell shot in four
places, two balls entering his abdomen, one in
his breast and one in his left shoulder. Zim-
hermann tried to draw his pistol but it stuck in
his hip pocket and he retreated to the rear
platform of the carwhere he metthe 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 engineer and fireman and knocked stiff by
two blows from a monkey-wrench The en-
gineer and fireman then rolled him off the ten
der while the train was at full speed. Before
he was thrown overheard, however, second
robber attempted to climb on the tender but
he weakened and lodged back at the sight of
the PROSTATE form of his companion.
Before the train stopped more than one rob-
Der was seen to jump off and disappear in the
darkness. All Of them wore masks completely
covering their faces. Not word was spoken
by the robbers during the entire ARRAY, and not
a 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 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 men distinctly
and that all of them wore masks
They did not get inside of the car and so
have become robbers and murderers without
pay. The police, mounted and foot, aided by
large force OF citizens are patrolling the river
front and securing the country to intercept 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 possible down
at Delphi. The Kentucky authorities have also
been notified to be on the lookout. at this
hour q2:40) nc intelligence has been received
in this city of the capture of any of the gang
not even of the man tumbled of the locomotive
tender.
Mr.. III. J. Zimmerman, express messenger,
says: These men were expert robbers. He
says their pistols were of large caliber, and
that they seemed cool and courageous" Joseph
Ketchum is now under the care of Surgeons
Muscroft and cambridge. 1t appears his
bladder has been penetrated by one of the
balls, and there is no hope of his recovery.
The man tumbled off the tender has not been
found. Two suspects have been arrested.
Joseph Ketcham, the baggagemaster of "the
Big -Four" killed by the highwaymen who at
tackled the passenger train near Cincinnati
Friday night was buried yesterday at Green's
burg