Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-17
IN TRUE BANDIT STYLE.
Two Highwaymen "Hold Up"
 a Passenger Train.
ONE PASSENGER IS SHOT DEAD.

The Robbers Force Their Way Into the
 Express Car and Capture $3,OOO.
 Twelve Shots F:.ed at the Thieves, who
 Escape Uninjured.
 WINoNA, Miss, Dec. H.-Passenger train No. on the Illinois Central railroad was ap- preaching Duck Hill, north of here, about 10 o'clock at night, when 1t was stopped by two men, who robbed tho express car of $3, ,OOO and shot and killed Charles Hughes, of Jackson, Tenn, a passenger who had cov- cred the robbers with rifie When the train was reaching Duck Hill two men boarded the engine and commanded the engineer, A. J. Law, to run fast and not stop until told to. The engineer and Fireman George Evans, were covered by navy revotvers and forced to obey When mile north of the station the men ordered the train stopped. The en- gineer and fireman were made to dismount, and were marched to the express car. One of the robbers knocked on the car door, and Messenger Hill opened it. Three shots were fired at Hill, and the men entered the car and took all the money there was-$3, ,000.
 Conductor P E. Wilkipson who rushed out on hearing the firing, to see why the train stopped, was fired on, and, being un- armed, he returned to tue train. Charles Hughes, of Jackson, Tenn,, passenger, then ran out with a Winchester rifle. As hs stepped to the ground he was shot at. One ball struck his left arm. Another went through his stomach, ipflicting a fatal wound. The death of the young man was vsny sad, as he was the only support of his widowed mother. He came to Lexington, Miss, to meet his sisters family and a younger brother, all of whom were on the train and were greatly distressed at his un- timely death.
 The robbery was done in the regular high way style. Nine shots were fired by Conduc- or Wilkinson and Passenger Roban, three 5y Hughes and four or five by the robbers. During the robbery great uneasiness was felt oy the passengers, who feared for the safety ,f their valuables. Engineer Law says that both were white men, One was tall and slender and the other of ordinary size. Both were poorly dressed, and showed themselves to be hard characters. Tine tall one wore sandy chin whiskers, and Law is in doubt as to whether he had mustache.
 Express Messenger Hill gives the following description of the robber who entered the car: "He was tall man, and wore a white slouch hat. He had no beard on the side of his face. The mask covered tho face bc.oy the nose. He had large nickic-plated pis- tol, which looked unusually long, The bore vaS very large and the barrel was round apparently for cap and bal. The man had dark hair, cut very short. It looked as if it had been cut by country barber. He wore gray suit of very ordinary clothes. He put the stolen money in a sack, larger than the one used on the express car, but of the same material. Both of the robbers were masked } It is believed that neither was hit by the shots fired at them.
 The place where the robbery occurred is an open low marsh, fifty yards from woods The men fled eastward into the swamp. A posse is being organized to join in the chase after them. Bloodhounds will be put or their track The description of the tall mar with the whiskers would answer for that oi the man who recently robbed train on the Northeastern railroad