Telegram-herald., 1890-03-08

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rode Ga al order prepared by the Chlea-
20 supeTiassadsat One afternoon about
two ha1rs before train ttne, and while
I Sas as TIE 0f-ces a military looking
nan. who clstmed - Do paymaster,
entered And arranged u express his safe
% 81. Louis. It's contents were said -
be upward Of szoo. .0oo, aud he applied
for permission - send two trusty sol
diers along N ths car. l heard this
much without having taken any special
interest ia the case When Ne came 70
receive our stuff from the wagons 6here
1ss paymsster's safe. and little later
oa man dressed In the uniform OF
sergeant OF infantry and accompanied
by private soldier presented sn order
permitting them 10 ride IN our car as
gard.
While every thing was regular, ! did
not like the looks Of the men. They
seemed 70 me 20 be tough characters,
and when I got q chance 20 speak TO Ora
han. my assistant. found that he en-
tsrtained the same opinion and had be-
come suspicious I therefore gave them
the other end Of the car and whispered
20 Graham that we must keep our eyes
open The hrst thing we did after the
train pulled out WAS 10 place our reyolv-
ers where we could grab them on the
instant, and as we worked over our way
bills We kept a weather eye open for
signs. For time il looked as IL We
had done the men an injustice. One
took seat on the safe and the other in
a chair. Each lighted cigar. and their
conversation, as we overheard word
now and then, related 10 military matters
and was honest and straight When
Graham and had finished our work we
sat down az the other end OF the car and
the quartet OF us rode In this fashion,
with only break now and then, as we
stopped at station and put of some
thing billed there
Our longest run was between midnight
and one o'clock We then passed three
or four small stations without stopping,
making the run about nineteen miles.
IL the men were not what they repre-
sented they vsnd show their hands dur
ing this rrA They appeared to be sound
asleep when we entered upon IL, and
Graham, who st near me, was nodding
in his chair. They had the end Of the car
next 20 the enigma, and all Of a sudden,
while was looking at them from under
the vizor of my cap, both arose, stretched
themselves, AID as the sergeant started
for my end of the car the other unlocked
the door and admitted two men. Things
moved like lightning. Both of us saw
what was up, and as we sprang to our feet
every n 81 /. that car began shooting.
caa's soy whether the fight lasted one
minNsse or five, but when il ended | had
a flesh wound in the left arm, rake
across the cheek, and bullet hole in
my cap. Graham had an ear split by a
bullet and another embedded in his
shoulder and the car was In darkness
Istruck match, lighted a candle. and
found that we we're alone Not exactly
alone, / Ut safe from further attack. The
sergeant lay dead on his back, shot
through the head. and beyond him was
one Of the men who had been admitted,
so near dead that he gasped his last as
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and the other two had leaped from the
platform. One of them at least was
badly wounded, as trail OF blood
proved
The train had made its run by the
time we had sized up the situation, and
a doctor was put aboard to dress our
hurts as we continued the journey.
Both corpses were carried into st. Louis
for inquest and Identification, but they
could not be identified. AS you have
surmised, tAe paymaster's safe was a
dummy. II did not contain one dollar.
The whole job was put up TO get hold OF
express money, and the fellows didn't
propose 10 give us any chance to save
our lives by giving it up think chat
one of the robbers who jumped $50
came TO his death, as a man was next
day found at that spot who had been
cut In fragments under tho wheels.
Some parts of this adventure reached
the press. but the express company
hushed matters up IN every way pos
sible, and in this effort they were aided
by the Government It was sfterward
said that every member OF the gang was
Chicago crook. and that the man who
personated the paymaster at the Office
was the sergeant aboard my csr.-N- Y.
sun.