The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-04
MADE NO FUSS ABOUT IT
TWO TRAIN ROBBERS LIGHTLY
LIFT A MODERATE FORTUNE.

N~~AAsS
LIFT A MODERATE FORTUNE.
Plans Well Laid and Neatly Executed
The Train Boarded ut a Proper Place
ard Cut in Two-Gettinx Away With the
Money.
OswEGo, KAN, Nov. 27.-A train
robbery of extraordinary boldDess was
accomplished in Choctaw Nation, Iudian&
! Territory, last night. The Missouri,
Kansas aud Texas express train, north
bound for S.. Louis, was held up on
Pryor Creek, near Perry station, and the
express car was robbed of about $50, 900.
The robbers displayed great coolness
and went about their work in such
familiar manner as TO convince the train
men tha. they we're old time profession
els. The road agents we're only two in
number. They lad concealed themselves
in clunp of bushes near the water tank
on Pryor Creek, and when the train
stopped for water they boarded the
engine, one on either side, and covered
the astonished engineer and fireman
with their revolvers and explained to
them their design of roboing the train
One OF the robbers climbed into the
tender and from that point of vantage
was master of the engine. The men in
it were at his mercy and were compelled
to obey his command. The other robher
in the meantime had gone back to the
express car aud had uucoupled it from
the rest of the train. catering the car,
he intimidated the messenger by present
ing brace Of revolvers at.his head and
ordering him to disarm himself. The
messenger obeyed and the robber pos
sessed himself of the messengers
weapons, and then, through the window,
called to his confederate in the tender:
"AiLright! let her go!" The latter re-
peated the command, and the engineer
had nothing to do but obey. BE opened
the throttle and the engine and express
Car sped away from the train. Mean.
while the robber in the express car had
rot been idle. He compelled the messen-
ger to opeu the safe By threat OF death,
and TO transfer the safes contents to a
large eunny sack which the robber had
brought along to convey the booty 10.
The messenger agsin obeyed. The rob
Der then made hasty examination of the
Car 70 see that nothing valuable was
overlooked, gave the signal to his con-
fedcratc and the latter ordered the en-
gineer to slack up. This done, the rob-
bers disembarked end made their escape
in the darkness. All this was done 80
quickly that the engine had proceeded
ouly mile end half from Pryor Creek
and the robbers had completed the rob-
berry aad effected their escape before the
surprised trainmen knew what had oc-
CURED. No attempt was made TO pursue
the agents, and the engineer ran back to .
the creek, picked up his train and pur-
sued his trip. The train was the regular
express, which always carries large
amount OF express matter, and the rob-
bers couiu badly have selected better
one for the robbery: + was Eep9Sssa Am
Asst sissss ss:sss = - had beeH 7oS1e6
aud the passengers relieved of their
money and va.uables, bus when the train
reacred here at 2 A. ~, that report
was found to be untrue When the train
arrived here Express Messenger john
son had just completed footing up his
losses. The total figures were between
$40, 600 and $50, This loss must be
borne by the Pacific Express Company,
which operates on the line OF the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas. An attempt to
rob the Santa Fe train was made at
nearly the same point in the Territory
last week, but the officers OF the road
somehow got wind of the plan and pre-
vented its execution, although they were
unable to capture the robbers. It Is
thought they are tie same men who
committed the robbery last night,
although nothing definite is known as 20 :
their identity. The trains stop was SO
short at this point that 70 description OF
the robbers could be obtained. The train
will not arrive at St. Louis until late
this afternoon.
JOHNSON TELLS ANOTHER STORY.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo.-A special from Sc
dalia, Mo-, gives interview with Oscar
Johnson, the express messenger whose :
car was held up aud robbed at Pryor
Creek, twenty-five miles south Of Vanita.
Ind., last night. His story is as follows:
When the traiu stopped at the wafer
tank near that station gang Of men OF
not less than five boarded the train. Two
of them took possession of the engine
while another cut the mail, baggage and
express cars off from the engine. a shot
alarmed Johnso!, who was secreting
valuable packages. By the time the
highwaymen were ready to to enter his
car be had all but about 81, Qp~-stored
away in various palts Of the eaF> the !.
point of the pistol johnson opened the
company's safe and the robbers secured
the 81, 900 found there. They then
opened his train box and seeing small
amount of money asked whose it was.
"That's part Of my salary" replied
Johnson. The robbers left it, telling
him that they were not robbing trainmen.
Johnson told them that was all the
money and the left the Car. johnson,
ayeon pauiej By the express company
officials, lett for St. Louis this afternoon,
the former practically under arrest.