The Penn's Grove record., 1889-09-28

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with them to the express car, and the
engineer had to call out to expressman
j. w. Dnnnlng to open the door OF the
car. The wooden door was already
open, but the iron barred door was
closed and locked. Dunning was
seated with his back to the door, and
when he turned round he looked down
the muZzles of three revolvers.
The command was given and
DunDiDg opened the barred door, and
in the chief rebbsr jumped, the other
two remaining outside to guard the
engineer and fireman. The leader
made the messenger dump the con-
tents OF the safe into q canvas sack,
but noticing that he was not closely
watched Dunning showed some of the
money aside, 60 that about $1,000 was
hidden, the robbers getting S2700. All
this money. belonged TO sther Mobile and
Quo Railroad Company. Alongside the
express car door was a pile of $4,000
Government money, en- route 10 Flor
Ida, which the robbers failed to notice.
Then the robbers. made the express
man get ont of the car and go with
them to the mail car. w.
G. Bell, the mail agent, had
suspected that robbery was going
On aud tried to get into the
baggage car with anumber OF regis
tered packages Of mail. Just as he
stepped to the end door OF tie car he
saw through a glass that the robbers
had intercepted him. The ropber
leader, supposed to be Bunch, faced
him, pistol In hand and finding B.ll's
arm full of packages, said dump those
here on my left arm" There were
twenty-f0nr packages in all and Bell
dumped them as requested. The robber
made Bell hand HIM, then, a registered
pouch and ordered the agent to open
it, but Bell / had no key 70 the
him. The pouch was made up
at Meridian and the contents and
value are unknown. Just then
Billy Scho!es, the conductor, who
had been trying to find out the trouble
and had armed himself with a Win
chester, came out of the rear of the
train, waved his lantern and shouted,
whats the matterp" The robbers
fired two shots at him, crying out:
''Come up here and you'll see what's
the matter" The engineer told the
robber to let up on the 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 ut once, which it
did, the robbers disappearing in the
underground on the west side Of the
track. raAHt @af g. ohF
p Tho train pulled downgto Citronelle
and swapped time with the accOmmo-
datiou train, and the accommodation
train engines a was sent back 10 the
scene Of the robbery with detectives
and an armed posse. The leader of the
robbers is q man six feet high, Of about
ITO pounds weight, dressed in common
clothing and a SLOUGH hat. His assist
wore common clothing and moth.
ing to distinguish them. When the
handkerchief slipped down q little off
of the leaders face the express mes
senger says he saw he had a black
moustache and thinks he had a beard.
The leader OF the robbers is believ.
ed to be Rupe Burrows, u noted des-
peradO. the man whom a search for
created 80 much excitement in the
northern part of the State a few
months ago. at that time 1t was be-
lievad that he had organized a gang to
hold up some train, and the Mobile and
Ohio Company, anticipating an attack,
armed all its train hands with Win.
chester rides. This was made public
and was doubtless what the robber re-
feraed to this morning Is he said during
the progress of robbing the maii "a
"The Mobile and Ohio dare men to
hold up a train, andI wanted to show
them l could do II.
A special to the Mobile Register,
from Buckatunna, says the suspected
parties were zen camping near the
bridge for several days. Three men
were seer this morning, about nine
O'Clock, on their way East on foot.
They were armed and we're avoiding
the houses by going around them.
They were believed TO be the train
robbers. A posse was In pursuit up to
last accounts and confident of over
taking the men. The Mobile and Ohio
road offers $1,000 reward for the arrest
and conviction Of the robbers.
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