Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
THE DENVER ROBBERY.
The Story of the HOldUp as Told by the
Conductor and Engineer.
How Big Pops and Rough Language We're
Hurled atthe Train Men-The Robbers
Five in Number-NO Arrests.
Correspondent OF the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
CLARENDON, TEX, Aug. 4.-The fox
lowing particulars in regard to the ,,tfdin
robbery at Cheyenne are gleana& from
C. W. Moffatt, conductor, and William
9'Brien, engineer, who arrived Eere at
7:15 a. m. "a
The south bound train of the D6HEer,
Texas and Fort Worth railroad stoppefas,
usual this morning at $3.50 a m at the
water tank near Cheyenne The con-
ductor and brakeman hearing voices out
side, looked out through the window
1t was quite dark. A fierce voice or
dered, them, "'Take your heads in there
you id or IN shoot 'em off. - This
was followed at once by a shot, which
glanced along the side of the car. The
same voice called out, IF that engineer
makes break, kilFth d d---.'
Two more shots were then. fired through
the smoking car window, but no one was
hurt.
Two men, masked with handkerchiefs
over their faces, through which were
punched holes to see through, ordered
the engineer, William . 'Brien to get
off the engine or they would kill him
4pt expecting anything of the sort,
0 3rien first thought it was some friends
who were joking him, but one OF the
robbers mounting the engine and catch
ing O Brieu by the arm the latter saw
his masked face and the pistol in bis
hand and obeyed promptly. He was
then told that they were going to hold
the train up and that he must do as they
wanted him or they woald fill him full Of
holes. Covered by two pistols at his
head he was ordered to rap on the ex-
press car door, No response being made
Ha-was ordered to cut loose the engine,
mail and express cars from the. passenger
train and to 'IaouIft his engine%and to
pull down 10 a ztrfdge and to leave the
end OF the express car on the bridge.
O 'Brien told them he could not see well
in the darl1, but would do it as nearly as
possible The two parts of the train
not separating easily, one of the
two robbers on the engine showing a pis-
tol in the engineer face said: "COme,
none of your ID monkey business. I
want you TO pull out of here. 1 know
something about this myself -
O'Brien told him the brakes were hang
and did not release readily. The robber
SAID very politely, excuse me, didsF not
know that &
When the train arrived at the Bridge8
o 'Brien was ordered to so back8tO the
express car the leader of the robbers first
asking for the coal pick and takin9.5it
with him. They ordered o 'BTeSstoltte=
mand the express man TO open theGdporSs
which he did several times. MarslE thez
eXpressntan, said IN trying to IfgRt a.
light, and after a few minuteSS sai(I&h
could not find his matches. TheHhsbbsrs
becoming impatient ordered QeBTfen TO
break in the door with the coal PICK,
which he did, making q hole big enough
for man 70 crawl through. Two shots
were fired int6.the. gar and Marsh or
5dEred to come Tout or be killed,
The robbers remarking if shooting
wouldn It do they would burn the car.
Marsh then came out, and, being or
deTed, opened the safe, from which they
took two small packages of money said
to De not over 500 in value. The rob-
bers were chagrinned and angry at find
ing so small an amount and suspected the
messenger of hiding it, and demanded
the way bills which were given vp. They
then went to Che maH car but obtained
only one registered package addressed to
Tascosa. There were eleven or twelve
registered packages in the car but all but
the one taken were hid by the postal
clerk, Me- D. B Walcott. The train
men were then marched over 10 about
seventy five feet on the north side of the
track, ordered to put out their torches,
and the robbers, five in number, all
masked with handkerchiefs, disappeared
in the darkness.