Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-19

NOGALEs. 4. T., May l2 - Six train robhe g. snppO-ed to be MeIIcans, at
 tackled the south bound train as it vas standing st a small station called Agus Zarca, aOout ten o'clock last night. The robbers opened fi and killed the fire man and wounded several others, one Of which was conductor Atkinson. who has since died. Messeguer Hay was bad
 " wounded ID the head and back. Wells Fargo & O. 8 safe. containing about one hundred and forty dollars, was tsken. the railroad tfiicisls have offered & re ward of one thousand dollars for the robbers. A large posse of troops and citizens are in pursuit.
 GUAYNAs, Mexico, May l2-Toe south bound train on the Sonora railway while standing at Agua Zarcs station, st 10 o'clock nisht, was attacked by four masked robbers, supposed to be MexI- ans, who fired on the train men, k flag one instantly and severely woundIng three others, one Of whom has since died. The Sonora RaIlsaY Company
 will pay reward of sl, 900 for Ihe arrest and conviction of the robbers.
 Fl. T. RICHARDS.
 Aocldbhut bcucIhl 4hAuhkca.
 Agua Zsrcs station IS IS miles south Of Nogales and tbe train was wooding up when the attack was made. Wells.
 Fargo & Co.'S messen ger Hay IS reported killed. The robbers took the iron safe and carried it of. A mounted posse started from Noesles at l o'clock lhis
 morning in pnrsuit. The robbers were all mounted on horses, two of winch
 were shod, the other two being barefoot 1 The trail from the scene of the robbery
 headed north and the Ia heard of was leading towards Tucson. The name oi
 he passenger killed is l.. A. Atkisson, s brother of Geo, Atkisson, of Coesyne, k4nsGs.
 Wells Fsrgo's messenger reported kill ed is not yet dead, although be Is shot twice, once ID the side and once in the back. He has been taken to Nogsles
 The Fireman who WAS wounded has since died, Alkison was tbe OoBdus- tor of the train and died st four o'clock this morning. Two posses are in pnr- SUI, only five hours behind the robbers. Three other passengers are reported vOunded.-ED CITIZEN
 T NEW YORK. May RI: is estimated thst fully ten thousand people were pres eu. at midnight at the walking match The excitement was intense owing tO the fact that Cue rec was ouly two snd ooe- half miles behind LIttlewOod. The
 wonderful work was telling on him and be was seen 10 begin to stBgger on the
 track, and to the amtZament of the null titude felt twice. He claims be has been drugged which his trainer strongly de uiss. He vas taken of the track amid great applause. The score st 9 o'clock
 .,snd. Littlewood, 56S; Guerrero, 552; Herty, 53l; Norensc, 5OO. At 9.3O Int tlavocd had bes'en Albert record of | 57l miles. At 10 o'clock LittlevoOd lied the best record for l30 hours. and
 bids fair tO beat the record of c-ampion Albert, At noon he had made 5Sl miles | giih Guerrero 20 miles behind him.
 CHICAGO. May l2,-Dispstohes from
 various points along the Missouri aud
 Mlssissippi rlver report Rlmoss unknown | ligh water. Hundreds of thoussnds of dollars worth of damage has been done 70 property in the town fl Dubuque, and d, Davenport there is much the sam" | Sopdit,on of Affaire. The giving away Of
 he government water power yesterday
 caused G damage of two hundred | thousand dollars. The track ot the | Keokuk k Northwestern is abandoned. | Alexandria, five miles beloS. IS in great .tanger of submersion. Citizens are working on leyees which are already | giving way in places and farming lspdr \ .long the river are covered with water. At Canton, Mo-, the railroad is under water and the inhabitants panic strIcken | NoGALvs, A. T., May l2-Oue of the most desperate tram rObOerIes hat has -ver occurred Tn the southwest took
 nIsoe last night sbout 10 o'clock at Agua | Zsrca, a small station on the SoDors railroad twelve miles south of this city, | in Sonora, MexIcO. The tram left here a little after g o'clock and consisted Of two messenger coaches, a baggage, e1- press and mail car and five freight cars. Jus. as the train sloaed up at Agus Ear ca siding to take wood, there were seve- rsl shots fired and Fireman Forbes fell In the passage way between the cab and | me tender and expired instantly, large load of buck shot having struck him iD
 ,be front part of the body. James Gray.
 the engineer, jumped from his seat
 through a cab window and secreted him
 elf under the engine, thereby escaping
 Almost immediately after the first hre tine robbers made for the express car
 .n l shot Ike Hay, the messenger. One .bot struck him in the head, another 10
 he body, the ball passing through the | yidueys, making probably fatal wound, ! IConduc;or Le WIS Atkinson, who WAS in
 ,he bsgzare car, started ou and was fs-
 tally shot just ss be stepped out of the oAr door, W. H, French, & passenger
 who vas formerly conductor on the
 .ouors road, but now of the Mexican Central road, was standing in the second class coach and vss shot through the
 body the ball passing through and lodS | inc in hie left Arm. He will probably , die. as will also Express Messenger Hay When the robbers got into the express oar. the messenger, who had fallen 10 tht floor s, the fret shot. feigned death and ,he robbers turned hun OTer and tcOf . rom his pocket the key 10 the cafe, , small lron box. After getting the Key hav eould not uul ok tha box and thre' of,hem carried it of. The passengers , If which there were a large nun Der , mada A rush for the forward part ot tn ? | rain. but were met in the third clss' [ ,rartmept of the forward coach by som , n, ,he robbers, and were warned by ou' - robbe-. who spoke English well, to 'Ee P back 20 back There were two Mexican P .us,oms guards on ths train (tTo guar { To m sa-h train to MeIicol and the r we're covered with guns and told to Eeel !, au et. As were slsO the passengers. VII
 wee armed Soon after the sale wa ,- taken from the csr ei2h, Mexican GU: V { no Inc guards who V 7re encsmped hal D a mila north of the ststion aud bad h-a' ' th- f ing, put n an appearance aud 10 e robbers mnde their CSC pc. The trai e men th. n side tracked the freight csi V and brought the bals1os ot the trai with the wounded beck 10 this city, si
 uv,ug here at about one o'clock thl
 morning. As soon es She trRi' arrive ls a posse was made up aDd 'he train Hgai Ie stsrtpd on its trip, taking the posse 's far ss the =rene of the rob1ery, Whel l. they Rot of and followed the Mexics I- custom. guards who were on the trsil er tbe robbers. The posse that went ITO 2. here found the express safe short di 's tsnce from the siding, It bad been cen u
 locked snd the contents. about slS1 ID Mexican money and some papers, hkl .s ont There were SIX robbers ID the ps su W. all Me1icans, and ail wore msss ,g Tbey fired about dozen shots Afi
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