The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-26
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY,
Highwaymeu Hold Up an Ey-
press on the Mobile & Ohio,
THE BOLDEsTExPLOITS
by Robbers on RecoFd-ExpreSs and
Mail Oars Plundered, But Not of
AlIthe Money they Contained,
Traipmen oyeFpowored.


MOBILE, AlAo Sept 25,-The Mobile
Ohio south bound mail and passenger
train was held up at $40 this morning
by train robbers, at Buckatunna, Miss
station seventy miles north Of Mobile
The train was due here at6R, IN, Just
before the train left Buckstunna two
men mounted behind the tender Of the
train and climbing over, covered Engln,
eer Jack Therrel and fireman Thomal
Hust with their rrevolven. The robbers
were disguised with red bandannas over
the lower part Of their faces,
The leader ordered the engineer to
pull out land to stop at the bridge, two
miles below Buckatunua, and to place
the train so that the express and mail
car should be on the further side OF the
bridge from the rest oi the train, the
bridge being a trestle over q deep creek,
"You obey Instructions or It's death, !" he
said. The train ran rapidly down to the
spot indicated, and the engineer put the
train Just where the man with the pistol
wanted It, Then there appeared a third
robber disguised like the other two.
These three made the engineer and iire,
man come with them TO the express car,
and the engineer had to call out to Ex.
presslnan ]. W. Dunning to open the
door Of tue car.
Then the leader made the messenger
dump the contents Of the sale into a
canvass sack, hut noticing that he was
not closely watched Dlnning showed
some Of the money aside 80 that about
q thousand dollars was hidden, the rob.
bers getting twenty seven hundred dol.
lars. All this money belonged to the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company.
Alongside Of the express car door was,a
pile oi seventy thousand dollars goyerR-
ment money enroute to Florida which
the robbers failed to notice. Then the
robbers made the express man get out
Of the car and 70 with them to the mail
car,
w. O. Bell, the mail agent, had sus.
pected that robbery was going on and
tried to get into the baggage car with a
number Of registered packages, Just as
he stepped TO the end door Of the car he
saw through glass the robbers had In.
tercepted him. The robber leader, sup
posed 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 In all and Bell dumped them as
requested. The robber made Bell hand
him registered pouch and ordered the
agent to open 1t, but Bell had no key, so
the robber carried the pouch otfwith him.
1t was made up at Meridian and the
contents and value are unknown. Just
then Billy scholes, tho conductor, who
had been trying to find out the trouble,
and had armed himself with a WinChes.
ter, came out OF the rear Of the train,
waved his lantern and shouted:
"What's the matter2" The robbers
fred two shots at him crying out;
"Come up here and you'll see what's
the matter" The engineer told the
robbers to let up on 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
null out ut once, which 1t did.