The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-26
SOUTHERN TRAINS HELD UP.
Robbers in Texas and Mississippi Steal
Heavy Bags Of Treasure.

Heavy Bags OF Treasure.
MoRILE, Ala, Sept. a5.--The Mobile &
Ohio south-bound mail and passenger train
was held up at 30 this morning by train
robbers at Bucatmua, Miss. seventy miles
north of Mobile. Just before the train left
Bucatuma two men mounted behind the
tender and climbed over, covering Engin-
eer Thesrl. and Fireman Hurst with revol-
vers. The robbers were disguised. The
leader ordered the engineer, under pain o:
death, topull out and stop al a bridge two
miles below Bucatuma and place the train
so that the express and mail cars should be
on the further side 0f tha bridge from the
rest of the train, the bs3des bsiag tfestle
over q deep creek. sfhis was done, and
then a third robher appeged.
They covered the express messenger and
compelled him to dump the contents of the
safe into sack. He managed I'm doing so
to secrete 81 600. They got s. 600. Along
side the express car door was pile of $780,
coo of government money brought from
Florida, which the robbers failed to notice.
Then the robbers made the expressman
get out OF the car and go with them TO the
mail car.
w c. Bell, mail agent. suspected tn at
into the baggage car with number OF reg
istered packages OF mail. Just as he step
ped 10 the end door OF the car the robbers
stopped him. The robber leader, supposed
TO be Bunch. faced him, pistol in hand and
finding Bells arms full of packages said:
Dump those here on my left arm" There
were twenty-four packages, and Bell
dumped them as requested. The robber
l. U.tI H.. l.
which he carried of with him. The pouch
was made up at Meridian. and the contents
and value are unknown.
Just then Billy Scales. the conductor,
armed with Winchester, came out and
shouted: What's the matter" The rob
ber fired two shots at at him. crying out
Come up here and you'll see what's the
matter" The train was then allowed to
proceed, and the robbers disappeared. A
posse has been sent in pursuit.
The leader of the the train robbers Is
believed 10 be Rube Burrows, the noted
desperado. the man for hon the search
created so much excitement in the north
ern part OF the state few months ago. At
that time IL was believed that he was
organizing gang 10 hold up some train.
and the Mobile a Ohio Company antici-
pated an attack and armed all it, train
hands with Winchester rifles This was
made public and was doubtless what the
robber referred TO this morning when he
said during the progress of robbing the
mail car: The Mobile & Ohio dared me
10 hold up train. and | wanted 10 show
them could do il. "
FoRT WORIn, Tex, sept. 25.-I asst night
As the north-bound santa Re train was
pulling out OF Crowley, ten miles south of
This city, three men boarded the train.
Two other jumped on the locomotive.
The two on the engine put pistols TO the
heads OF the engineer and fireman and
when two miles from Crowley ordered
them to stop. The robbers then cut the Ell
CINE. baggage and express cars from the
rest of the train and ordered the engineer
10 pull half mile further
The express messenger was then com
PEELED 20 show the robbers money. They'
took two bags said to contain $50 each.
overlooking three or four other package.
The train reached h~re at midnight. A
posse Of twenty men started la pursuit of
the robbers, who have taken western
course