New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-22
TWO BOLD TRAIN ROBBERS.
Jury GET $4,000 FROM A SOUTHERN
PACIFIC EXPRESS CAR.
,,n,yG UP A TRAIN IN OALIFoRNIA-A TRAMP
PROBABLY FATALLY SHOT BY THE
HIGHwAYMEN.

r,,o,e Cal. Jan 2I.-One of the most daring
...;n robberies in the history of the State oc-
arr.d this morning between this place ana
co.ben on the Southern Pacific, when two men
she,d upo train and got away with express
"a mail matter valued at $4,000. 1he way
- which the robbery was carried out SHOWS
~. the men were old hands, and 1T is suspected
49,. +bev were the same men who robbed the
c.n,berr Pacific train at Delano, about one
hundred miles below Tulare. AT 4 O'Clock thls
rao,ninr in a heavy rain, two men boarded tne
I-o., ~ tbe EXPRESS car at Goshen When lew
.,ies ont the engineer heard noise, as II some
-. wos crawling over the coal bunker, aho'
.,,,r;r, round he found himself covered WIN re-
...,-ers hold by two men, who wore dark slouch
,o,. and masks They at once ordered him to
,on tho train and when be hesltated ne hcaro
,ho click of the revolvers they were brousho
% ba1fcoek. With the assistance of the hre-
man he soon brought the train TO standshu'
The robbers next compelled the engineer ana
sreman to lump from the cab and so oack WIN
them TO the express car.
Tell that fellow inside TO open the ooor'
commanded one of the robbers, or we WILL
make short work Of you"
The engineer obeyed and after parleylng fsr a
time. the express messenger threw open the "soI
He was ordered out Of the car and tOld'to stand
alongside the track with the engineer and fire
man. While one of the men kept the train hands
covered with revolvers, the other sprang into
the car and ransacked the express pouches. Ihe
messenger was forced TO open the treasuIe-OoN
and the contents were crammed into barley y-sacK
The robbery was so quickly performed that many
passengers knew nothing Of 1t until after the
train reached here. After securing all the booty
in sight. the robber left the car and joined his
pal" who was holding the ualn-men under
arms A brakeman who was IN the rear car then
came up the track TO ascertain the cause OF Tue
DELAY but lie quickly returned when one OF the
robbers drew bead on him Had he KEPT coming
toward the party when ordered back, he would
probably have lost his life, for the despeTadoeS
were ready and prepared 10 kill. After satisfying
themselves that the brakeman had gone back 70
the rear, the robbers invited the engineer and
fireman TO take drink with them
The invitation was not declined
An unfortunate tramp, who had been stealing a
ride on the brake beams crawled out from under
the cars Just the robbers were going. lie wanlco
10 see what was the matter, and his curiosity
will probably cost him his life. The robbers mis-
took him for one of the train hands and shot
him in the head. They left him writhiAg along
side the track, and forced the engineer and fire
man 10 accompany them several hundred yard;
from the train.
"You can walk back slowly" said one of the
masked desperadoes, but don't try any tricks.
When the train hands got back TO Where the
tramp lay they picked him up and placed hin
in the express car. The train then moved ahead
and few minutes later dashed into town witt
still in an unconscious condition, and il is doubt
ful if he will recover. A posse of armed mel
started off in 5earch of the robbers, but as ye
have been unable TO get any trace of them.