Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-04
TRAIN ROBBERY.

THE ROBBERS COVERED THE EN-
GINEER AND FIREMAN WITH RE-
yOLyERs AND MADE THEM STOP
THE TRAIN IN THE SPOT SELECT
ED FOR THE ROBBERY-"oBEY
OR DIE"
A special from Mobile says; Inc
Mobile & Ohio southbound mail and
passenger trnin was held up at 3'lo
yesterday morning by train rob-
bers at Buckatunna, Miss, q sta
ton seventy miles north of Mobile.
The train was due here at 6 a. IN.
Just before the train left left Buck
atunna two men mounted behind
the tender OF the train, and, climb
Ing over, covered engineer Sack
Therlel and fireman Thomas llust
with their revOlveTs. The robbers
were disguised with red bandanna
handkerchiels over the lower part
of their faces. The leader ordered
The engineer to pull out and stop
at the bridge two miles below
Buckatuuna, ard to place the train
so that the express and mail car
should be on the further side OF the
bridge hOm the rest ofthe train, the
bridge being trestle over a deep
creek. "You obey instructions or
DEATH" be said. The engineer
looked down on the barrel of the
pistol aud slowly and pulled the
lever. The train ran rapidly down
to the spot indicated and the en-
glneer put the tram just where the
men with the pistols wanted it.
Then there appeared another rob-
Der disguised like the other two.
These three made the engineer and
fireman couie with them to the ex.
press Cur, aud the engineer had to
call out to expressman ]. w. Dun.
Inng to open the door of the car.
The wooden door was already open
but the iron barred door was clos
ed and locked. Dunning was seat
ed with back to the door and when
he turned round be looked down
the muzzle Of three revolvers.
The command was given and Dun.
nlng opened the barred door, and
In the chief robber jumped. The
other two remained outside to
guard the engineer and fireman.
The leader made the messenger
dump the contents Of the safe into
a canvass sack, but noticing that
he was not closely watch, Dunning
showed some of the money aside,
so that about a thousand dollars
were hidden, the robbers got e27, ,.
600. All this money belongs to the
Mobile Il Ohio railroad company.
Alongside the express car door was
a pile,of $4,000 government money
ell route to Florida, which the rob
bers failed to notice. Then the
robbers made the express man get
out of the car and go with them to
to the mail car. w. G. Bell, mail
agent, had suspected that robbery
was going on, and tried to get into
the baggage car with number Of
packages of mail. Just as he step
ped to the end door OF the car he
saw through the glass that the
robbers had intercepted him. The
robbers leader, supposed to be
Bunch, faced him, pistol IN hand,
and finding Bells arms full OF pack
ages, said, dump those here on
my lett arm" There we're twenty
four packages il all, and Bell dump
ed them as requested. The robber
made Bell hand him then regis
tered pouch, and ordered the agent
to open it, but Bell had no key, 80
the rObber carried the pouch of with
hlm. The pouch was made up at
Merdinu aud the contents and
value are unknown. Just then Billy
SchOles, the conductor, who had
been trying to find out the troubls,
and had armed himself with Win
chester rife, came out of the rear
of his trais, waving his lantern
and shouted, "What the matter y
The robbers fred two shots at him,
crying out, "Come up here and you
will see what's the matter" The
engineer told the robbers to let up
shooting, as the train hands would
open fire and be shooting their own
men. There was no more shooting,
and the train was ordered to pull
oHt at once, which 1t did, the robbers
: disappearing in the underground
on the west side of the track. The
tram pulled down TO Citronelle and
swapped time with the accommo-
datiOn train, and The accommoda'
ton train, engine and car were sent
back to the scene Of the robbery
with detectives and an armed posse.
The leader of the robbers is q man
six feet high, OF about 10 pounds
weight. dressed In common clothes
and slouch hat. His assistants
wore common clothes and nothing
to distinguish them. When the
- handkerchief slipped down a little
J off of the leaders face, the express
messenger says he saw he had a
black mOustache and thinks he had
Q a beard.
BELIvED TO BE RgBE BURROWS.
T Mobile, Sept. 26.-The leader o
f the tram robbers who held up thu